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The Nexus Room was silent. The singular being present, known only as the Host did not even make the sound usually associated with movement or breathing, simply sitting perfectly still and silent as it stared out over the empty room.
The room itself was a blank beige walled space with a handful of simple but comfortable seats. Similarly the Host was a pale gray humanoid figure in a drab jumpsuit. Appearing like an animated puppet almost if not for its deep dark soulless eyes.
Slowly the Host rose up its right hand above its head. The faint ruffling of fabric being the only sound in the room followed by a snap of its fingers in a deafening crack.
With the snap a collection of figures burst into existence out of a single flash of light. They were a diverse group, ten in total if excluding the Host. They were also a very displeased group of individuals, bouncing immediately to their feet in outrage and shock at their sudden teleportation to a strange place.
"Where are we?" One of their number, a young woman with pink hair asked.
"I don't know, but I doubt it's anywhere good." An older silver haired man replied.
"Kakashi?" A blond man asked in shock.
"Hela." Another man said with a conflicted scowl as he looked over at a woman with a headdress.
"Oh, hello there father. What an interesting place for a reunion." The now named Hela said with an acidic smile.
The loud crack of a snap drew the group's attention to the Host who briefly gazed over them before snapping again and summoning an ancient looking book.
"Greetings. Forgive my sudden intrusion into your lives but allow me to explain the situation that is occurring now and introduce each of you." The Host flatly said. Its eerie voice would normally put most of the guests on edge but an odd sense of calm filtered over them.
"You have been brought to the Nexus Room, a space between the multitude of realities across all of time and space. Here your powers and abilities are limited to that of an average human as you are simply temporary guests in this place at the behest of powers beyond even your comprehension. Beyond, perhaps, even my comprehension. That all having been said you are in no danger and instead have the opportunity to enjoy a fresh start at life together alongside another whom all of you either have known or do know." The Host explained.
Minato slowly lowered back into his seat. "This is a lot to take in."
"I understand but I assure you all that this is in your benefit. You are not your original selves, a copy of your original incarnation and little more. Your tasks here are simple and rewarding. As you are only copies, your existence is meaningless, except to entertain those that create all of this. As I said though you will be rewarded. Should you complete your task you shall be granted a new opportunity in life." The Host explained.
The guests stared blankly before the redheaded woman among them finally asked. "Who are you?"
"You may simply refer to my person as the Host. Now your compliance is mandatory. You will read and react to events that constitute your original future. Primarily focused onto the individual that ties each of you together but is not present." The Host said.
The group looked around. Several of them failed to recognize the others before eyes widened.
"Where is Naruto at?" Hela asked with narrowed eyes.
"He will be joining shortly, but not until after you have begun to read." With a snap the Host planted the book into Hela's hands.
"One final thing will be introductions. Then Hela will begin to read." The Host announced.
"Well, as our…Host said, I am Hela Odinsdottir rightful heir to Asgard." The tall darkly dressed woman said as she swept her hands across her head to remove the headdress.
"What is your connection to Naruto?" The redhead demanded.
"Her toes as well as the Asgardians' will be revealed in time. Continue with introductions." The Host commanded.
"Hmm, very well I am Odin Borson, King of Asgard." Odin said as he continued to eye his daughter.
"Frigga, Queen of Asgard." Similarly to Odin, Frigga looked conflicted at the sight of her step daughter. She had never been close, but neither had been antagonistic either.
"I am Thor the God of Thunder, and rightful heir to Asgard." Thor declared while glaring at Hela.
"God?" One of the shinobi asked.
"Just let it go, Sasuke, it's not like that is the weirdest thing today." His sensei said.
"Please finish your introductions, then we will get started with the reading." The Host brought the guests back on task.
"Very well, my name is Loki, Prince of Asgard and Rightful Heir." Loki smoothly said while glancing over at his adoptive siblings getting a flat glare from Hela and exasperated frown from Thor.
The shinobi present glanced at one another mentally communicating their opinions about the odd family dynamic the Asgardians had in place.
"Right, I am Minato and this is Kushina…Naruto is our son." Minato commented on getting surprised looks from the Asgardians though they refrained from saying anything.
"I'll just round this out, I'm Kakashi his teacher and these two are Sasuke and Sakura." The masked man introduced his team.
"Now you may begin the reading. Many of the questions you may have will likely be answered. Proceed Hela Odinsdottir." The Host said.
Hela slowly nodded. She felt more…complacent than was natural but she would play along for now. If what the bland being said was true, in a short time she would be once more reunited with her love and they could decide a course of action after that.
Asgard. The home to many, most notably Thor, Odin, and at one point in time Loki. It was a beautiful land made of giant gold buildings and breathtaking landscapes. Now however it looks a lot different. What was once a beautiful sight was now dull and looking worn down. If one were to look down into the actual city they would see hundreds of asgardian soldiers laying dead on the ground. Blades imbedded into different parts of their bodies. All but one soldier was dead.
"Hela." Odin hissed in fury.
"Rebellion ends in death, theirs or mine and they were so much weaker." Hela said simply.
The shinobi eyed the woman with a new sense of danger as they realized she might just be a problem. A big problem if they were understanding the situation that was unfolding in the lands of Asgard in their story now.
The warriors met their end by the same person. The person responsible for the massacre was a woman who looked no older than twenty five. She wore a form fitting black and dark green body suit with a portion of the shoulders missing. She has long flowing black hair as well as dark shadows around her eyes. Her name is Hela Odinsdottir the first born child of the former king of Asgard.
"Former king?" Several of the guests muttered.
"Well it seems an opportunity has presented itself." Hela and Loki both said at the same time.
"How is it they aren't biologically related in any way but they are more similar than I am with either of them." Thor pouted faintly.
"Go back to whatever cave you crept out from." Yelled the final Asgardian warrior "You evil demoness." He added before charging. Unfortunately for him he didn't get very far as Hela wound her arm back and created a blade that pierced the mans body. He was left suspended on the blade, his feet not touching the ground.
"So rude…Asgard is my home after all. I can't believe you would have subordinates so willing to insult their own home like that father." Hela joked, causing Odin to roll his eyes.
Taking a look around to make sure no one is standing she turns around to her companion. He's a bald headed man with two tattoos on his head and armor. This is Skurge the man she ended up giving a job to. He didn't exactly accept more like not answer and didn't get killed for it.
"A traitor." Odinn frowned.
"A hypocrite." Loki scoffed, getting a betrayed look from his father.
"They are so dysfunctional." Sakura whispered to Sasuke. The dark haired boy was self aware enough to simply give her a look before slowly pointing between himself, her, and Kakashi.
"Come now. We have things to do." She says as she walks past him. Skurge takes one look around before following suit. The two made their way through Asgard in direction of the bifrost. To both of their surprise, 'Hofund' the sword that activates the bifrost was missing.
"Impossible." Skurge says while running up the steps. "It was just here." He added before turning to look at Hela. The goddess narrowed her eyes in anger before turning around and walking away. Skurge caught up to her and spoke "We'll find the sword. Whoever took it can't be too far away."
"He's a bit of a coward." Kushina commented sourly.
"Cowards can be useful." Minato and Hela said simultaneously, blinking in surprise as they glanced at one another.
"See to it that you do. But never mind that now. There's something much more important we must do. Hurry along now." Hela told him. Seeing that she wasn't in the best of moods he didn't speak and simply walked faster to keep pace. He wondered where they were going.
To his confusion she took them to Odin's throne room. Having not been in there that many times he looked around taking in the sights. He stopped when he noticed Hela stopped walking and was looking up at the mural on the ceiling. The goddess of death felt a deep anger flow through her as she looked at the images.
"Goddess of Death…" Minato mumbled. A mental image of the phantom-like Shinigami hovered over Hela's shoulder.
"That's only extremely ominous." Kushina mumbled.
"This is what Odin replaced the truth with?" She hissed out as she took in the pictures of Thor and Loki. "Look at these lies. Goblets and Garden parties?" She hissed. She looked at the next images. "Peace treaties?" She said no more, instead opting to create multiple blades and strike the ceiling at different points.
"Lies?" Thor asked.
Odin said nothing while Hela sent her father a look. Frigga looked guilty as well.
"Yes Odin believed it was the best way to achieve a brighter peaceful future." Frigga admitted.
"Lies don't form a good base to build from." Kakashi said. Sasuke and Sakura nodded along, they knew now about the lies surrounding Naruto and Sasuke's childhoods that only made things worse as time went on.
Skurge watched as the ceiling began breaking before completely falling down. He moved out of the way as to not get hit by debris while hela stayed put. When the slight smoke cleared he noticed a different mural.
Skurge frowned in confusion as he stared at the new images. Odin in the center, around him images of battles portraying Hela and himself as well as one other notable person. Hela began explaining to him the story of how Asgard was a force to be reckoned with before Odin seemingly had a change of heart. He tuned part of her out as his attention was focused on one image in particular.
Odin and Hela side by side. Odin holding up his golden staff and Hela holding up a hammer that looked like the one Thor used. What really caught his attention was the other man. In that same image there was a blonde man standing behind Hela. The shocking part was that his arm was holding her around the waist pulling her towards him. He too had a staff being held up into the air. It was nothing fancy, a simply thin black staff with a C shape at the end of it.
"Naruto." Several people in the room, excluding only the Host, Thor, and Loki said quietly.
"….and as our ambition grew greater than his, the old man decided to seal us away until the end of time." She finished. Whether she knew that Skurge wasn't listening he didn't know but he was thankful she didn't call him out on it. He was tempted to ask her who the guy was in the picture but didn't get the chance as she continued on forwards.
"You sealed our son away?!" Kushina shouted toward the old man.
"He was a threat!" Odin snarled back.
"Naruto is a hero!" Sakura joined in. The shinobi were immediately on their missing member's side of things. He had powered through every obstacle and won not only their respect but also peace for their people.
"He was a weapon." Odin said grimly, causing rage to spark in the eyes of Hela and the shinobi. Before it could continue the Host intervened forcing the group back on track.
"Let's go." She told him. The two walked down a few sets of stairs before Skurge realized where they were.
"Odin's vault" He whispered to himself. He had only ever heard of this place. It was said to contain only the most powerful artifacts. They walked down the path, lined on both sides with relics. Hela stopped at a golden gauntlet.
"It's impressive. Not that I know what any of that is." Kakashi commented.
"Less impressive than you think." Both Hela and Loki said.
Thor pouted as he knew what was coming. Though not as badly as Odin, even though only Frigga could tell with him.
"Fake." She said as she knocked it over. "most of this stuff is fake anyways."
"Weak" She commented as she looked at the casket of ancient winters.
Some of the Asgardians shot Hela a hurt look causing the woman to roll her eyes. The shinobi remained largely lost though.
The crown of surtur she noted was smaller than she expected. The tesseract was in her opinion 'not bad'. Finally she came across the item she was looking for.
"Not bad…" Loki asked slowly.
"Just watch big sister. You'll catch on to real power soon enough." Hela smiled arrogantly.
"Now this… is truly special. The eternal flame." She said as she dipped her hand in it. She pulled it out and Skurge watched as the flames danced in the palm of her hand. Hela produced a weapon out of her sleeve and proceeded to smash the ground until a portion caved in. Looking down all that could be seen was darkness. The goddess turned around.
Odin tensed. His daughter was rebuilding her forces, which meant after them would be him.
"Want to see what real power looks like?" She asked before letting herself fall backwards into the pit. She flipped right side up on the way down and landed gracefully. She looked at the bodies of all her warriors and her trusted dog in sadness.
"With the eternal flame you are reborn." She exclaimed before slamming her hand on the ground. The flames turned green and began consuming everything around her inside the room. The skeletons of the long dead warriors lit up in green flames before giving them life. Fenris' eyes glowed before it too began standing on all fours. Soon her former comrades were all awake and began walking towards her before kneeling.
Minato frowned at that. Having been a victim of the Edo Tensei he recalled how wrong it felt. However this seemed drastically different and he wasn't sure what those warriors could feel at all.
"I've missed you." She said looking at Fenris. "I've missed you all." She repeated to everyone else. She waved her hand and all the undead warriors began jumping out of the hole.
Minato hummed at that. Despite her coming across as a power hungry tyrant almost he could also tell that perhaps there was more to this Hela. He himself had been regarded as a butcher and monster by some so was the concept of a warrior queen like her being so brutal to her enemies really so bad? Kushina simply looked displeased. She was already guessing at the connection of her son with Hela thanks to the mural. It didn't necessarily fill her with optimism for what they would be reading more about. The feeling only worsened as she realized that this was her son's future they were reading.
"We're still missing one." She said quietly to herself as she walked deeper into the room. She walked for a good five minutes down a set of stairs until she found what she was looking for. It was a pitch black room, the only light visible was a small fire in the corner of the room that didn't seem to give off much light. In the center was what looked like a large boulder.
"You really sealed him away…like a bijuu or like…" Sakura said horrified for her friend.
"Kaguya." Sasuke frowned. He and Naruto had plenty of issues in the past but Naruto was the one person he truly respected and called brother. He could only imagine how long the blond had been sealed away. Already he was on the same side as this Hela woman. His loyalty was to his friend. THe man that had pulled him back from becoming a monster himself.
Etched into the stone were hundreds upon hundreds of asgardian runes. "The old fool really outdid himself with this." She said as she ran her hand along the stone. Her prison weakened with his death but not his. It made sense to her though, of the two he was the stronger one. Not that she'd ever admit it to him, she didn't want him to get a big head.
Thor and Loki exchanged a look. They couldn't help but wonder just what this Naruto was like. What kind of horror was about to be unleashed.
Kushina eyed the woman once more as her thoughts on her and her son ran through her mind. Kushina had never really gotten much of a chance to be a mother, but still she felt protective of her son. Even after all the power he had gained that her husband had told her of. It was natural.
She placed both of her hands on it before pushing her power into it. The runes glowed a bright green before cracks began appearing on it's surface. Soon it was done, the boulder exploded.
"And so he is freed." Odin sighed. He sounded largely defeated.
Blackness was all he knew. He didn't feel anything around him, see anything, or hear anything. It wasn't that he was deaf, no, there just wasn't anything around to make any noise except for his own breathing. All he had were his thoughts. He didn't know how long it'd been since he'd been trapped here, he'd long since lost track. It felt like forever though. Most of the time he spent going over just how he had ended up here.
"A torture in it's own form." Sasuke grumbled unhappily.
The Host watched the group closely. It could sense the displeasure among many of the readers. The tension growing over them.
It had been so sudden. His life was great; he and Sasuke had defeated Kaguya with a bit of help from the Sage. The two worked out their issues and Sasuke had finally seen the error of his ways as Itachi had wished. Everything was good, but over time he noticed something strange. As he grew, so too did his power. It seemed that Hagoromo had given him more than just a small power boost. Eventually his power became so great he had no equal on his planet. When his time finally came, and he died of old age he found himself in a similar room as the one where he had met his mom.
"So this is how then. Or at least part of how. It was the Sage's fault." Kakashi commented.
"Who is Kaguya?" Thor asked.
"Imagine an all powerful goddess able to create and destroy on a whim and travel between dimensions as easily as opening a door." Sasuke said.
The Asgardians grimaced. Hela smirked. Kaguya sounded impressive indeed.
Only this time he wasn't with his mom. The only other person in that place was a whitish yellow figure with no distinguishable features. When he asked who he was the figure referred to itself as 'the one above all'. He explained how his power had reached heights that should've been unattainable to mere humans. As such he would not be going to the heaven that his world leads to. Instead he would awaken and reside in a place called Asgard.
"That's not fair though." Sakura stated.
"That's right, it's not. That old Sage bastard went even after sitting around the mortal world for centuries after he died, but Naruto can't?" Kushina was outraged.
"I'm glad. Had he gone to your heaven he wouldn't have had a second lifetime. A happier lifetime even though it had trials and battles of it's own." Hela said simply.
Before the blond had a chance to protest he was ejected from the space and awoke in a completely different place. Not only that but he looked the way he did when he was 24 and had his old power in tact. After a few years in his new home he joined their army and quickly rose through the ranks. Eventually his power was known throughout the lands and he found himself as Odin's right hand man. His word was only less impactful than Odin's himself and his daughter Hela.
"He's very different from the Naruto we know." Kakashi said.
"He's had another lifetime of experiences. Just like people change over a lifetime he would change more from a second one." Loki said, getting a surprised look that annoyed him from Thor. Though the small smile from Frigga caused the God of Mischief to bite his tongue…for now.
Hela and himself were Odin's main weapons in their conquests. The two of them would lead the charges against enemies, both invading and defending, and together took many lands. The nine realms were won basically because of them two. Their chemistry was good, so well that they were almost inseparable. It came as no surprise to anyone when word got out that the two were together. Over time they grew even closer and eventually with Odin's blessing they wed. They were powerful, they were feared and respected, everything was good.
"I really do not like Naruto being referred to as a weapon." Minato said.
"Funny, considering." Sasuke said with a look causing the blond to narrow his eyes at him.
"Oh yes, father and father-in-law, so similar at their base level." Hela said, causing Minato to frown once more in agitation while Odin refused to take his daughter's bait.
That was until Odin feared that Hela's ambition for power and dominance was growing out of hand. Odin had a difficult choice to make. He loved his daughter and son-in-law but feared for the future. He knew that wherever Hela went her husband would follow. His fear drove him to seal them away for all of eternity.
The room remained silent but a series of glares and thoughtful looks filled the room. A few guilt ridden ones as well. All of them wondered how they would handle the situation and each of them hoped that they would have made a better solution than Odin. Sadly they would never know.
The blond never saw it coming as one moment he and Hela had just finished a hard battle and were exhausted. As they were preparing to depart Odin had ambushed them, a beam of light from Odin's staff was the last thing he saw before the familiar blackness took over.
"Father…" Thor mumbled in shock at what he had just learned.
"Hmm, I have to say an excellent double-cross. Maybe I am your son after all." Loki said watching the pained frown deepen on Odin's face in sadistic joy.
The shinobi, had they not been won over in support of their friend and son from the beginning, were now committed to him and his apparent lover even more. They also had a strong distaste for this King of Asgard…he clearly wasn't one to trust.
His musings were interrupted as a green light appeared in front of him. His eyes grew wide as he realized what was happening. Suddenly for the first time in years he hears her voice.
"Welcome back darling." He hears. He couldn't see her as the bright green light from the fire as well as not seeing light in years had left him sensitive for the moment. It would take hours or days for a normal person to recuperate from this, for him however, it only took a few minutes.
When his eyesight was back he finally saw her face. Hela was as beautiful as he remembered. He walked forward and wrapped her in a hug. She sighed but returned the embrace nonetheless. Emotions and such were never really her thing but she'd make an exception.
Sakura and Kushina awed at the sight. As guarded as they felt toward the woman wrapped in darkness, they could see both Naruto and Hela cared for one another deeply. Frigga also smiled faintly at the sight.
He lets her go and takes a look around at the now broken rock he was in. "So what have I missed? Where's that old man?" He asked referring to Odin.
"The old man is dead." She said happily before taking a look at his tattered clothing. "Before anything else though…" She trailed off. She snapped her fingers in his direction and on him a new set of clothing appeared.
He now had on a pair of black pants along with a form fitting black and green shirt. Over the shirt was a piece of black armor covering the chest and shoulders but leaving the sides open. He had matching arm guards on both arms.
"Oh, that looks good." Sakura said. She was so used to the variations of orange, seeing her friend in something else made it much easier to see how handsome he was. For her brother-figure she could only approve and oddly enough it got points for Hela in her mind.
"Matching colors huh?" He grinned at her. She snorted quickly in amusement before walking off.
Kushina hummed and Minato chuckled at her actions. He knew she was trying not to gush about her baby interacting with his wife but it wasn't really in her to be able to restrain herself all that well.
"Come now I'll fill you in on what's going on." She told him. He followed suit and left the room and jumped out of the hole they were in. Skurge noticed him and realized it was the same guy he'd seen in the mural. He looked innocent enough unlike Hela, but he felt something was off about the man.
"Odin's gotten some new ones since the last time I was here." Naruto commented as he walked alongside Hela.
"Yes. Too bad most of the things in here are either fake or weak." She says before turning to skurge to tell him something. The two noticed that their blond companion was no longer walking alongside them. Turing around they found him looking at a glowing blue cube.
The Asgardians grimaced in various amounts of distaste as they knew what caught Naruto's eye. Hela simply smirked.
"That's the only decent thing in this place." She commented to him. He didn't answer, instead his gaze was kept on the cube. He was looking at with concentration she hadn't seen from him before.
"What is it darling?" She asked. Again he didn't reply, instead he picked the cube up and began to close his hand around it then began adding pressure. In a matter of seconds the cube let off a small pulse of power before it was crushed.
"I think he has already gained enormous power, but whatever that is must be incredibly strong on it's own." Kakashi commented.
"Smart of him to use it. He has changed a lot." Sasuke said.
Minato and Kushina both glanced toward team seven causing Kakashi to stiffen while the younger pair failed to notice. It seemed not all was forgotten and forgiven when it came to certain treatment of a certain blond in his first life. No matter how things had turned out in the end.
When he opened his hand again they noticed a small blue stone inside the small pile of glass that was the cube. Naruto dropped the glass leaving only the stone in his hand. "So this is an infinity stone." The blond said to himself.
"That sounds pretty interesting." Kushina said.
"Interesting, is a very grave understatement." Thor said.
"Only calling it a grave understatement is itself a grave understatement." Loki added on.
"You two really have no idea about some of the more insanely powerful things out there do you. Odin failed to prepare you for the real powers out there." Hela said with a scoff before she continued to read.
"Odin told me about these stones once. There's six of them, each giving the user great power depending on what stone he or she has in their possession. This will be useful." He commented. He took off his arm guard and pulled his sleeve back. On his forearm was a simple storage seal from when he was alive. He placed the stone close to it and the others watched as the stone disappeared. The seal glowed briefly before it died down.
"Well now that that's done." Naruto began as he went and wrapped an arm around his wife. "Lead the way." He finished. She shook her head in amusement but continued nonetheless. Skurge meanwhile watched in confusion the whole time. He was about to speak when his new queen turned her attention to him.
"Find the sword. I don't care if you need to turn Asgard upside down. I want it found. Understood?" She asked. Skurge gulped but nodded.
"I guess cowards really do have their uses." Kushina said.
"Good. We'll be back in a few hours. Now go." The man left the vault on a mission, for he knew if he failed he was as good as dead.
"So where are we going?" Naruto asked.
Hela let a smirk grace her face. "To our chambers of course. It's been over 1500 years you know. I'm getting impatient lets go." She told him. Naruto's eyes widened in excitement as he knew he was in for a good time and hurried after her.
Kakashi and Minato smiled while a few others grimaced. Kushina did not want to picture her baby in that sort of situation at all while Sakura blushed lightly despite having recently married Sasuke herself.
After a few hours of fun and a brief explanation later the two now refreshed entities were standing before the inhabitants of Asgard. Hela looks out at the people before speaking up.
"Refreshed." Loki rolled his eyes.
"Oh please, like you can even imagine." Hela replied.
"What are you implying?" Loki growled. He wasn't one to be humiliated.
"That even if you were to have sex with someone, it wouldn't compare in the slightest to he and I making love to one another. We just do everything a bit…" Hela trailed off.
"Better?" Thor asked sarcastically.
"Well yes, but I was going to say more honestly. We are married, you know. Have either of you ever felt true love?" She asked with a raised eyebrow causing both younger Asgardians to stare back at her awkwardly. She was far different than what they were expecting. Actually sitting and talking with her was making a different image of the Goddess of Death in their mind.
"Everyone here has decided against our rule." She says referring to herself and Naruto. "One of you knows who stole the sword to activate the Bifrost, or one of you yourselves has stolen it. So we're going to give you a little incentive to hand it over. You there." She points at a woman in the crowd.
"Bring her forth." On command her warriors retrieved the woman. She was crying, pleading to be let go but her pleas fell on deaf ears.
"Hmm. A public execution. Haven't seen one of those in a long time." Naruto commented as he watched Hela present Skurge with an axe.
"Hold on, Naruto wouldn't be okay with that!" Sakura said in shock.
"Oh? You know him so well after what? Twenty years maybe? I've known him for centuries. Fought alongside him for just as long on battlefields that would ensure you never slept again. You know a child. That is a man." Hela said, causing Sakura to click her mouth closed.
"They are establishing control anyway. Sakura, Naruto served as Hokage before he died. Do you honestly believe he never ordered the execution of someone, or never had to kill someone. He was a soldier for Kami sake." Kushina reprimanded.
"He worked for peace though, not oppression." Sasuke argued.
"You are a child." Hela said as she returned to reading.
Just as the man was about to bring the axe down, a man in the crowd admitted that he knew where the sword was. "Take us." She ordered.
They were taken to a mountain side where two giant doors were closed. The goddess began creating blades but a hand on her shoulder stopped her.
"Please allow me. I haven't been able to really stretch my legs since I've been free." he told her.
Many of the guests leaned forward at the notion of some of Naruto's powers being showcased.
She took a step back and gave him some space. "Very well." Smiling at her he raised his hand in direction of the door and used his magnet release to forcefully pull the door off the mountain. It remained floating in mid air until he dropped it down using it as a bridge for them to get across.
"After you my queen." He told her as he extended his hand. With that being said the army headed in. She walked in with her army following suit only to find out that the chamber was now empty. The undead warriors began storming the room looking for any hidden citizens only to come up with nothing.
"The situation is weird but I like the interaction. You can tell you two care for one another." Kushina said, finally having decided she could accept her daughter-in-law. Hela chuckled as she smirked at the redhead.
Hela narrowed her eyes in anger and was about to speak before she was cut off by a banging sound. Then another.
"That's coming from the throne room" Naruto commented as he looked in that direction.
"Thor is here. I'll be sure to kill him this time." Hela said.
"Who's Thor?" Naruto asked.
"My brother. The 'God of Thunder'" She told him using air quotes when saying his title.
"This will be kinda weird. Meeting the in-laws is always a pain." Kakashi joked.
The others turned to stare at him. Kakashi slowly sank deeper into his seat as the others gave him blank stares. He turned as he felt someone patting his shoulder.
"You've come a long way trying to be humorous from the little kid I had on my team. Just maybe read the room better." Minato said pleasantly, causing his student to sink back into his seat even further.
"Your brother? Hmm. Perhaps I should meet him." He said rubbing his chin. "But before that, do you mind making me another staff? I could make one myself but it won't work for what I have in mind." He asked her.
Hela brought her arm up in his direction. On command a pole began extending out of her sleeve until finally the whole thing was revealed. Skurge noticed it was the exact same one he had in the picture on the mural.
The blond held it up for a second making sure everything was right before nodding in satisfaction. He rolled up his sleeve and smacked his forearm allowing a poof of smoke to appear. Once cleared it was revealed to be the space stone he had taken from the cube. Holding it in his right hand he slammed it into his staff just under where the 'C' shape at the top began.
The stone let off a pulse of power as it sat in the staff before calming down. "Now lets see if this works." He said as he applied a little chakra to the staff. It worked as the stone began to glow and a dark blue portal appeared in front of him.
"He is going to outpower the Sage soon at this rate." Sasuke said.
"If he doesn't already." Minato agreed though he also carried a great deal of pride for his son.
"Alright now we can go." He said as he held his hand out to his wife. She takes his hand and walks forward but not before stopping to speak to her executioner.
"Deal with the people." She ordered as they left through the portal.
The two deities reappeared in front of a shocked Thor who wasn't expecting this at all. Before the god of thunder could speak Naruto stepped forward.
"You must be Thor, nice to meet you." He said calmly. Thor frowned, not understanding who this strange man was.
"Who the hell are you?" He questioned? He'd never seen this man before.
"How rude, little brother. Didn't daddy dearest teach you any manners?" Hela asked.
"She has a point." Kushina agreed.
"Oh I am going to like having you as a mother-in-law I believe." Hela said.
"We'll see." Kakashi mumbled under his breath getting a suspicious eye from Kushina.
"Oh right, my bad I haven't introduced myself yet. Naruto Uzumaki I'm your brother-in-law."
Thor was baffled. If the situation wasn't so dire he'd believe this to be one of Loki's tricks "Brother-in-law?" He repeated to make sure he hadn't misheard.
A nod was his answer. "Mhm. I married your sister a long time ago. Isn't she the greatest?" He asked turning his head to glance at her. Now Thor knew something was very wrong. His sister, the greatest? Most definitely not.
"Oh you're going to hurt my feelings." Hela pouted jokingly.
The demigod turned to his sister. "He's joking right?"
She let out a chuckle "No he's not joking. I actually did marry this simpleton a long time ago." She replied while running a finger under the blonds chin. "But lets not discuss that now. You're in my seat." She said as she ran her hands through her hair, allowing her antler like head piece to appear.
"Even in that you two manage to be cute together." Kushina gushed slightly. Minato smiled, he was happy to see her pleased with their daughter-in-law.
"Believe me I'd love for someone to rule Asgard but it can't be you because…you're the worst" Thor replied.
"Needs work." Sasuke groused.
"Yes, you really should try practicing your lines before you make another attempt at a joke." Loki jumped in to pick at his brother.
"Ah, so you rehearse your jokes then Loki?" Hela asked causing
Hela turned to the blond. "Don't interfere." Was all she said before the two siblings began their duel. The blond frowned but complied nonetheless. As the two were duking it out he could sense multiple battles happening near the Bifrost.
"I'm going to go enjoy myself." He said to his wife before he used the stone to teleport himself out of the room. Those opposing Hela didn't know it yet, but they were in for a bad time.
"You may take a break if you desire. Kushina will be reading next." The Host said.
"If you are all fine with it I would actually like to continue on." Kushina said as she quickly flipped to the correct page.
"I wouldn't mind we have only been here a moment anyway." Hela said flippantly.
The others agreed and the Host nodded as they began the next chapter.
And that is chapter one. More to come.
Till Next Time