Chapter 23 The Trial of Pandora Part 1
The group of Ninja from the ninja lands stood in front of a large door that was well reinforced to prevent anyone from entering whats behind the door or get out.
"Whats the door for?" Omoi asked.
"Just something to weed out the week." Themistocles said.
"Hmm?" Sasuke said.
"We've had plenty of people who try to back out of the trials as soon as it started. This prevents them from leaving till they either pass enough tests or complete the whole thing." Sean said standing by the gates.
"Uh I'm confused where exactly is this temple?" Asuma asked.
"Find the statue of Athena and she'll explain the details of the trial." Sean said before he and Astinos pushed the gates open and soon the path to the desert of lost souls was open. "Good luck. You're going to need it." Sean said as they went past the gate before they shut completely preventing them from escaping.
"Ha. I don't need luck. I'll pass this whole thing by myself." Kiba said grinning. Of course he didn't have his partner with him since Sonja accidentally injured him when he was flirting with her. Sasuke rolled his eyes at his arrogance.
"Was I like that before the Exams?" Sasuke asked Kakashi who chuckled a little.
"Well, you've certainly improved since then so thats all that matters in my view." Kakashi said before they found the Statue of Athena.
"Uh so how does this work?" Shikamaru asked before she glowed and her eyes opened.
"You are the first Shinobi to ever take the trial of Pandora. Be warned though. Many of the tests you must take will make you tremble and your humanity may be taken away from you." Athena warned them.
"So wheres the Temple?" Sasuke asked.
"You first must find and kill the sirens in order to gain passage to the next path. Once you have completed the tasks in the desert you will find the temple strapped to the back of the Legendary Titan Kronos." Athena said making Sasuke widen his eyes. Sean had told him about the Titans and how the gods had defeated them all.
"I thought the gods killed them all." Sasuke said.
"Kronos is the last of them all. Zeus has commanded him to wander the desert aimlessly. The Temple of Pandora chained to his back as the sands rip the flesh from his bones. Stay true to the song of the Sirens. For once you kill them all then the next path to Pandora's temple will be opened." Athena said before she stopped glowing.
Finding the Sirens was difficult due to the sand constantly getting in the way and even Kiba's sense of smell wasn't doing any good.
"Hmm." Sasuke said before he stopped moving and listened to any noises before he heard the sounds of a woman singing and opened his eyes with his Sharingan. (Just so people don't get confused. His Sharingan hasn't fully matured yet)
Sasuke quickly rushed to the sounds of one of the Sirens and found it just standing as it sung before Sasuke quickly dashed over and sliced its head off and its soul flew out of the body and went straight for the door.
"That's one down." Sasuke said before Itachi killed the next along with Kakashi before the next path opened up for them.
"Show offs." Kiba said as they entered the next rom which was had a moving floor that had gears in the back to crush anything that came in its way. Jumping down they found a secret door and quickly opened it showing a large rock cube and pulled it out and saw a door at the far end of the room above them.
"I guess we need this thing to jump up higher." Neji said before monsters appeared and attacked them.
Kiba of course was trying to get the cube to the other end of the room till one of the monsters got the jump on him and pulled him down making him travel to the gears.
"HEY! HELP!" Kiba yelled in fear as he was getting closer to the gears. He tried desperately to get these monsters off him but they had a strong grip on him and just held him in place.
"Damnit!" Kakashi said trying to get rid of these things to help Kiba along with the others.
"HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPP!" Kiba yelled before.
CRUNCH!
Everyone winced as they saw Kiba getting flattened and his guts sprayed everywhere.
"DAMN!" Shikamaru yelled before they took out the monsters and used the cube to jump up to the door.
"Ok that right there was really messed up." Omoi said in shock.
"It's his own fault." Sasuke said getting their attention. "If he had worked with us as a team he wouldn't have gotten himself killed so easily. He relied on his own abilities which ended up being his downfall." Sasuke said. True he might had been like that before as well but not any more. Those days were long since behind him.
"He's not wrong." Guy said.
"Hmm." Neji said looking at a horn of some kind.
"Whats that for?" Omoi asked before they saw the wave of sand in the way. Neji blew into the horn before the wave of sand was cleared out of their way. Rushing through the path they reached a second horn before it was taken away by the remaining sirens who shrieked at them.
"Man theres just no end to these things." Shikamaru said as they fought with them and managed to defeat the sirens and the horn appeared before them again. Sasuke was the one to blow the horn. Minutes passed before Kronos and all his former mighty glory arrived. They took this chance to jump onto Kronos before climbing to the top.
Hours later
Sasuke panted in exhaustion as they reached the top of the mountain.
"That...Was...Troublesome!" Shikamaru said exhausted.
"Everything to you is troublesome." Sasuke said before they headed for the next part of the trial. Seeing another door they looked around for a lever or something to open the door. Sasuke however saw someone starting a bonfire and quickly jumped up to the fire and saw a man who looked half dead half alive.
"So another foreigner seeking to prove himself worthy of Greek training." The man said.
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked making him chuckle in mock amusement.
"Can't you tell?" The man asked.
"You were the first person to try and get Pandora's box. And failed if your appearance is any indication." Sasuke said seeing his appearance he should have been dead.
"Right. I was the first to try and best the temple and failed. So as punishment by the gods I am stuck here for all eternity letting others get into the temple. Back then it was all about power but now its about proving ones self to others that they are worthy of training in the Greek ways." The body burner said. (Thats his real name in Wiki)
"I'm only trying to prove to a friend how far I've come since being an ignorant fool who pushed away what was right in front of him." Sasuke said making him scoff.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter to me." The body burner said before opening the next gate. "May the gods...Ah screw it doesn't matter you'll all end up dead anyway." The Body burner said.
"Turok got through this when he was 8 years old." Sasuke said making him scoff.
"Sure cause he got lucky. But do you know how many others went with him inside that temple? A hundred foreigners went inside and only he came out alive." The Body burner said making his eyes widen in shock. "And judging from the looks on their faces down there you just lost one of your own. Stupid fool. Surprised he didn't die at birth." The Body burner said making Sasuke frown at him before jumping down to the others.
"What's with the look?" Itachi asked seeing he looked annoyed.
"Lets just say I'm glad that guy is stuck here for all eternity and leave it at that." Sasuke said.
"He bad mouthed Kiba didn't he?" Neji said making him nod.
"Yup. Taking all his anger out on everyone else for his failure." Sasuke said before they went up the stairs to the next part of the trial.
Meanwhile
Sean was looking at the moving form of Kronos and scoffed.
"Why Zeus doesn't just kill the dumb thing I'll never know." Sean said before looking at a chart using magic and saw who was still alive and scoffed.
"Kiba you idiot." Sean said.
"So dog boy ended up dying first?" Sonja asked walking to him.
"Looks that way. I knew he wasn't ready yet but the council made the selection." Sean said before a screen of the next part of the trial appeared showing Sasuke and the others. "Hmm. Well, at least they're managing to keep calm and collected during this whole thing." Sean said.
Back with the group
"Hmm." Itachi said looking at a book placed in front of a large door.
"Whats it say?" Shikamaru asked.
"This temple was erected in honor of and at the command of mighty lord Zeus. Only one hero shall solve its puzzles and survive its dangers. One man will receive ultimate power. I guess this was written before the trial was made." Itachi said.
"Lucky us. I feel sorry for the poor saps who had to go through this in ancient times. Must have been even more troublesome." Shikamaru said.
"No nothings changed." Sasuke said making the others look at him. "I asked Sean if there were any changes from the original challenge and nothing has changed." Sasuke said.
"What a Drag." Shikamaru said.
"Nothing we can do about it now." Neji said.
Auhthors Note: Now the fun begins. Yes Kiba died so sad...NOT! Anyway next Chapter is where the real fun begins. Fighting off tons of monsters and doing the most inhuman acts to advance to the next part of the trial. Oh yes this should push them way beyond their limits. Who will die next? Who will survive? Will there be a shocking twist at the end...Probably not. Read, Review, Fav and Follow. REVIEW! Oh and Also since I keep getting mixed reviews to not Add Sakura or to add Sakura to Sean's Harem I decided to make a poll. Vote yes or no for her to be in the harem. Honestly I really don't care but hey I live to serve your requests...Mostly.