Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or High School Dxd
Speech: "Do not undermine the ability of the Uchiha."
Inner Thoughts: 'Is this what you meant Hashirama?'
Jutsu: "Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
(Actions)
*Sound Effects *
*Madara's room in Valhalla*
Pat reon: Wandi_theCreator
Currently we find our protagonists regrouping in Madara's room, recovering and licking their wounds from their battle against the Valkyries, a battle they lost.
Issei and Asuka were resting on Madara's bed with Asia doing her level best to heal her two friends, they have been out cold for quite a few hours now and it was beginning to take it's toll on the blonde Uchiha, Raynare, Mittelt and Kalawarner grabbed a seat and were conversing amongst themselves, Kunou herself was at Madara's balcony, sitting on the edge of it, practising hand signs of other Jutsus she has not quite yet mastered.
The group tried their best to put on a brave face and pick up each other's spirits, but deep down they were all upset with themselves, they promised Madara they would be victorious and yet, they have failed, they truly were scared of seeing their leader right now.
Issei: (Cough Cough)
Asuka: (Painful Groaning)
Asia broke out an exhausted smile, looks like her hard work has finally paid off, she wiped the sweat from her brow and stopped her healing as it looked like her comrades were finally waking up.
The three fallen angels shifted their attention to the bed and could see that there was signs of life from Asuka and Issei, they got off their seats and made there way to the king sized bed.
Mittelt: "Kunou get in here, looks like Issei and Asuka have woken up.
Kunou got off the balcony and made her way to her older brother and older sister figures.
(Cough Cough): "Oh shit, that fucking hurts." Issei said while massaging his jaw with his right hand, the Red Dragon Emperor, looked like he was waking up from his unceremonious knock out.
(Painful Groaning): "Fuck...(Wincing)...I feel like I got hit by a truck." Asuka said slowly opening her eyes and seeing her close friends surrounding her.
The rest of the group just smiled at their comrades comments, it looked like they their personalities haven't taken any damage.
After a little more complaining from Issei and Asuka the two rivals eventually re positioned their bodies and were sitting up right facing everyone.
(Deep Sigh): "So we lost huh?" Issei questioned as he knew if both him and Asuka were knocked out, it could only mean one thing.
"Yes unfortunately." Asia responded giving off a sad smile as the result was disappointing for everyone.
Issei looked up to the ceiling and Asuka looked down to her resting body, that was truly disappointing news they have just heard from Asia.
(Wincing): "Where is Madara-sama?" Asuka questioned now shifting her attention back to Asia.
"Big brother went to go check up on your cousin Yui, he told us to gather here in his room, because he wants to speak to us about what happened." Asia replied, continuing to wipe the sweat off her face.
Issei and Asuka's anxiety shot right up, they were really didn't want to see Madara right now, especially since they promised him, they would win the fight.
"You fought amazingly babe." Kalawarner said looking to cheer up Issei.
Issei just smiled and motioned to both his lovers to come and give him a hug, the two fallen angels obliged and embraced their man.
"You too Asuka Onee-sama, you were absolutely amazing." Kunou said giving Asuka a bright smile.
Asuka just pulled Kunou towards her and began squeezing the life out of the young nine-tails, truly Issei and Asuka needed this moment of affection and support from their people.
Some time had passed and the mood seemed to lighten up a bit, the group were eventually joking around, teasing and even laughing, for a brief moment the disappointment from their loss disappeared.
(Laughing): "But honestly Kalawarner, what was that? You looked horrible when you were fighting Brynhildr." Asuka pointed out while still cuddling Kunou.
"Hey! Like I said, I was fighting the strongest Valkyrie, of course I was going to struggle." Kalawarner stated, doing her best to defend her embarrassing elimination.
The group just laughed at the embarrassed expression of the fallen angel, it was not every day you saw Kalawarner embarrassed.
(Chuckle): "Leave my baby alone, she did her best." Issei said, pulling Kalawarner closer to him and being protective of his girl.
"Hmph...you tell them babe." Kalawarner said with her also pushing herself closer to Issei as she was enjoying this protective cuddle session with her man.
The rest of the group just started laughing once again, it truly looked like their spirits were beginning to rise once again.
*Knock Knock*
The group were immediately brought out of their feel good energy as their attention shifted towards the door.
"You think it's Papa?" Kunou questioned with her anxiety slowly rising.
"Since when does master knock? I doubt it." Raynare said.
Mittelt: "You got a point there."
"Come in." Issei said and with his permission the individuals from the hall opened the door and entered.
The group were surprised at the amount of individuals entering the room, the likes of Yui, Athena, Aphrodite, Yasaka, Tiamat, Azazel, Sirzechs, Michael, Penemue, Buddha, Gabriel and Jesus all entered the room and focused their attention on the group.
"Well looks like you all are enjoying yourselves." Sirzechs said smirking at the scene in front of him.
"Well this is unexpected, we weren't expecting so many of you to be here." Raynare said and her comrades nodded in agreement.
"We came to check up on you all, and hear what Madara wants to discuss." Michael said with him and the many others grabbing a seat.
"Oh by the way, amazing fight guys, I saw everything from the resting room I was in, although you guys didn't win, it was still a breath-taking performance from all of you." Yui said with her also doing her best to encourage her cousin and new companions.
The group gave the older Toriyama a polite smile, as they truly did appreciate Yui trying to make them feel good about themselves.
"So where is Sensei?" Issei questioned as the main-man was no-where to be seen.
"His having a little chat with Freya, he should be arriving soon." Yasaka said getting comfortable in her seat.
"I hope he takes his time honestly, after losing to the Valkyries, he is the last person we want to see." Mittelt said, with her looking down as she was disappointed for letting Madara down.
"I do understand your frustrations, however you guys should know very well that you were bound to see him sooner or later, I do understand that it is not the result you all wanted, but rather face it, do not run away from Madara." Jesus stated adopting a soft expression as he could empathize with the young ones of the group.
The group knew Jesus was right, but still were very hesitant and against the idea of seeing their leader, they just wished that they could skip this moment and move on.
"These things happen kids, you win some and you lose some, we saw that you gave it your all, it just didn't work out, don't beat yourselves up over it, it's just apart of life." Azazel said going to Madara's kitchen area and fixing himself a drink.
(Sigh): "Yeah...(Short Pause)...still sucks to lose, it just feels like all the effort we put in, was all for nothing." Raynare said.
"Indeed, losing is something one wishes to avoid, however Azazel is right in life you will win some battles and lose others, the most important thing is how you respond to your loss." Michael said doing what he can to encourage Madara's subordinates.
*Lightning *
Everyone shifted their attention to the balcony as they noticed a lightning struck at the distance.
"Is that Thor?" Kunou questioned.
(Sigh): "No...more like someone teaching Thor a lesson and you guys know exactly who that is." Jesus said while face palming.
The group immediately knew that Jesus was referring to Madara, and once again their anxiety began to rise.
*Lightning *
"Well looks like you all should prepare yourselves, the lightning is getting closer." Athena stated as she could sense Madara getting closer.
The group took a deep breath and readied themselves for the dreaded encounter with the Ghost of the Uchiha.
A few more lightning strikes could be seen and heard in the distance, and the group could see they were getting closer and louder.
*Lightning *
Eventually a massive lightning bolt struck the balcony blinding a good amount of the occupants present in Madara's room, once their eyes got enough time to readjust everyone could see Madara standing before them with his arms folded giving his subordinates his classic stoic expression.
Everyone from Madara's group froze, their anxiety was now through the roof, as when they made eye contact with their leader, they had no idea how to act or respond.
Madara took his time and looked at every single one of his subordinates, really taking his time to analyse all of them.
An uncomfortable amount of time passed with Madara and his subordinates just staring at one another, the tension was so high that the others present were beginning to feel quite uncomfortable, they were just waiting for Madara to break the ice.
Raynare took the extremely bold move of breaking the ice first so they can get things going.
(Nervous Breathing): "Uhmmm...master, we are sorr..." Raynare was not allowed to finish her sentence as Madara shifted all his attention to Raynare giving her an extremely intimidating glare.
"I don't remember giving you permission to speak Raynare." Madara said and Raynare decided to immediately shut up and make her body small in order to avoid another glare from Madara.
"You failed." Madara said addressing the group as it was about time he started speaking.
The group all lowered their heads and looked down in disappointment all their negative emotions began surfacing once again.
The rest of the individuals didn't dare intervene, they knew full well that this is between Madara and his subordinates, so no matter how harsh he was going to be, they would not get involved.
"You promised me victory and what I was given was defeat, you failed...(Short Pause).. as I have said before, it does seem that things have not gone according to plan, but oh well." Madara said with him now closing his left eye and thinking of his next move.
Madara's group were shocked, they raised their heads and looked at Madara with a great deal of confusion.
"Wait...you are not angry big brother?" Asia questioned.
"You all would be the target of ire if you did not dance as well as you could, Asia my little sister, you always do your best to heal your comrades, to the point where you even disregard your own health, I can see you are absolutely exhausted from all the healing you have done, you have made me proud my sister." Madara said.
Asia's couldn't hold back the waterworks and cried tears of joy as this was a touching moment for her, to hear that Madara was proud of her was the equivalent of her entering heaven, it is something she has been yearning to receive.
Madara: "Kunou I have already addressed you before, but I will say it once again, you truly are worthy of being my daughter and worthy of the Uchiha name, you have also earned my pride."
Kunou joined Asia and cried tears of joy, Madara truly was someone that could unlock the young nine-tails happiness and joy.
Madara: "Mittelt, you are wiser than you look and at times quite cunning, those are invaluable assets, your performance satisfied me and at times impressed me, you are becoming an important member of this group, well done."
Mittelt was up next to shed a tear, it was an honour for her to get recognition from the man she admires.
Madara: "Kalawarner...(Short Pause)...you are the only one who disappointed me, you were too proud that is why that Valkyrie made you grovel in the ground, you dare dance like that again, know that your next opponent will be me, and I don't intend on holding back."
"Yes Lord Madara, I apologize for my horrible performance." Kalawarner said bowing her head in remorse.
Madara: "Raynare, you have now become an elite of the fallen angels, I see you as the new leader that will take over after Azazel and Penemue here, my standards for you now have risen don't disappoint me now, I expect you to live by them."
Raynare released a heartfelt smile, this was the first time, she was given praise from someone she has great respect for, it really was an enjoyable feeling.
Madara: "Hyoudou and Asuka, today you have proven that you two will always be my trump cards in battle, you two are always the ones I look at to win me the day, the strongest of my little group here, in my homeland there were Shinobi that were so powerful they were given the rank of Kage, the Kage were the leaders of their respective village, just know that you two are my Kages, you have dance well Hyoudou, Asuka."
Issei and Asuka did there best to fight back the tears, however they could not stop themselves from smiling, it truly was an honour to be apart of Madara's crew and journey
Asia(Crying): "I love you big brother."
Kunou(Crying): "I love you so much Papa."
Mittelt(Crying): "I'm so grateful to be with you big brother."
Kalawarner(Bowing): "I beg for your forgiveness Lord Madara."
Raynare(Smiling): "You don't have to hype me up like that master, but thank you."
Issei(Smiling): " I was just trying my best Sensei."
Asuka(Smiling): "Next time I promise you victory, I will make damn sure I keep it Madara-sama."
Madara took one last look at his subordinates than nodded his head, he then made his way to the single seat sofa in order to now address everyone.
"Right then, I have requested all of you here, because you all are individuals I have some level of trust for." Madara said with him getting a seat and making himself comfortable while resting his cheek on his fist.
Everyone now focused their attention on Madara as they can see that things were starting to get serious, although many of them were rather glad to hear that Madara trusts them.
"So what's on your mind my chosen one?" Tiamat questioned.
"This operation of Freya's, it will not end well, I know for a fact that the giants will not join us, plus they have a strong affiliation with Lucifer after their war with Odin." Madara said.
"You are so adamant that the giants will not join us, what if Freya is able to convince them to join us." Penemue said playing devil's advocate.
"Be realistic, many of you have lived for hundreds to thousands of years, you should know hatred is one emotion that is at times impossible to get rid of, you really think a talk with a race that has been slaughtered by Odin will just forgive and forget?" Madara questioned focusing his attention on Penemue.
Penemue froze, she didn't know how to counter that point.
"Madara is onto something, blood has been spilled for far less, now imagine having hatred as your fuel, there is no telling how the giants would react when seeing the Akatsuki in Jotunheim." Azazel said.
Everyone remained silent and contemplated on Azazel's words, it was difficult to counter them.
"Not only that, but that Valkyrie Brynhildr, when I was in Sage mode, I sensed a rather sinister and ominous energy from her, even Buddha here was able to detect it." Madara said shifting his attention to the man of peace.
"Indeed, something was off with Freya's warrior, me and Madara couldn't really point it out at the time, but after much discussion we were able to form a hypothesis as to why she became so powerful." Buddha said.
"Well then? Care to share?" Aphrodite questioned.
"We believe that Brynhildr was able to get that final form of hers, because her divine Aesir energy was mixing and being boosted by Stray-devil energy." Madara said.
Everyone apart from Buddha and Jesus were rather surprised by that statement, they really wanted a proper explanation for that statement.
"Hmm...I'm not surprised you came to that conclusion, when I saw her in that dark armour and aura, even I felt something was off and they way she just dealt with Issei and Asuka here was not natural." Jesus said.
"Wait a minute! You three must understand what you are saying, you basically telling us that Freya's most loyal Valkyrie has Stray devil energy, the energy of the Old Satan Faction, so far from what we have seen, a member of the Old Satan Faction has to be in physical contact with an individual to give them Stray devil energy or am I mistaken?" Gabriel questioned.
"Not only that, as Gabriel has just said, Brynhildr is Freya's most loyal Valkyrie, she has been with Freya for more than a thousand years, you are also saying that Freya's most loyal subject is a traitor." Michael said.
"Indeed what you say is the truth, so far from what we know the Old Satan Faction can only give someone Stray Devil energy when in physical contact with them and yes we didn't see or sense anyone from the Old Satan Faction in the Arena, but even you all must find it strange how powerful she became in such a short period of time, her first power up was decent but even Asuka here could handle it, the second one was just unnatural, think about I have Sage mode, Jesus has Ultra Instinct and Buddha here is the best sensory type in the whole of the Akatsuki and all three of us felt something was off with that Valkyrie, it can't just be a coincidence." Madara said.
Once again Madara had a point, the Ghost of the Uchiha, the son of the Holy one and the Man of Peace, were all elite level sensory individuals, if they felt something was off, most likely something is off.
Asuka and Issei looked at each other both being completely bewildered at what they have just heard, but it did make sense now as to how they were completely one shotted by an opponent they were holding their own against.
"So what do you guys think we should do? Tell Freya?" Aphrodite questioned.
(Sigh): "Unfortunately it would be futile, you can all see how head-strong Freya is, if we try to tell her our concerns and opinions, she will just think we are against her and her plan." Buddha said folding his arms and closing his eyes.
"Indeed, even I gave her my word, whether I like it or not, we shall be going to Jotunheim, however I will not go as a fool, I refuse to believe that the giants will join us that easily, I refuse to lower my guard." Madara said.
"So then? What do you suggest dear?" Yasaka questioned.
Madara: "That's why I have brought you all here, I believe we need a contingency plan, when things do eventually fall apart with the giants."
Everyone remained silent and thought about Madara's words, many of them couldn't really argue against the idea, and it would be better to have a back up plan, if things do go south and if the giants join the Akatsuki, then they won't need to use the plan and Madara's suspicions were just a false-alarm.
"Alright then Madara, let's say we play along, what exactly do have in mind?" Sirzechs questioned as he was more than interested in this idea of Madara's
'So remind me again Sage, what Jutsu did that Sasuke's elder brother perform again?' Madara questioned.
'Right, when Itachi was battling Naruto Sakura and Kakashi, he transferred his consciousness to another body and made the controlled body do his dirty work while he was safely tucked away elsewhere, I believe you can do the same if you create wood-clones for everyone else.' Hagoromo explained
'Huh? It does keep us out of danger and seems like the best course of action for the situation, very well then let's give it a shot.' Madara said.
'Though keep in mind Madara, if it was just a clone of you, I believe you could handle it, but now you are making a clone for everyone, not only that you must transfer their consciousness and power to the clones and keep the Jutsu active for as long as possible, be weary Ghost of the Uchiha, this Jutsu will take a lot from you.' Hagoromo claimed.
(Chuckle): 'Hmph sounds like my kind of Jutsu.' Madara said ending the mental-link with Hagoromo.
Madara proceeded to explain to everyone the consciousness transfer Jutsu Itachi and Kisame used in the Shinobi world and explained the mechanics of the Jutsu.
"Wait! So let me get this straight, you can make clones of all us?" Penemue questioned as she definitely wanted to see this.
"But of course, observe." Madara said then brought his hands together forming a cross like hand-sign creating wood-clones that were the exact replica of everyone present.
The room was starting to get a bit crowded with all the bodies in it, however beggars can't be choosers, Madara's room was the only place where they could have their talk.
"Now would you look that, shit I am hunk." Azazel said admiring his clone look alike.
"It's scary how much they look like us." Kunou said studying her clone.
"I don't know if I should be creeped out or impressed that you can do this." Penemue said as she could see that her clone looked like her 100 percent.
(Chuckle): "Always full of surprises Madara." Athena smirked while observing her clone.
"So Madara, you saying we can transfer our consciousness and that we can only transfer 50 percent of our power to these clones right?" Michael questioned.
"That's correct, so if we do go ahead with this plan, know that you must use your power wisely, so then what do you all say?" Madara questioned.
The group had a decision to make, they could either go to Jotunheim themselves and have 100 percent of their power readily available, but this also means that if Madara's correct, then the group is in potential danger and they are in the giants territory, they would be severely disadvantaged.
The other decision was to go ahead with Madara's plan and use the clones to step in for them, this of course means that they would only have half of their power when using their clone bodies but the advantage was that if things do go south they would be completely safe and out of the giants territory.
"Well even though I would like for the giants to forgive the Aesir and join the Akatsuki, they have a very strong love for my elder brother Lucifer, so I think the best move is go with your plan Madara, I'm in." Jesus said.
Tiamat: "You know I will always gamble on you my chosen one, if you think this is best, I will follow your lead."
Yasaka: "I am with you always my dear, I trust you 100 percent."
Azazel: "I mean there are too many advantages if we use the clones, now that I think about it, so I'm definitely in."
Kunou: "I'm with you Papa, I will always trust my father's judgement."
Buddha: "The clones are a genius idea, they even allow us to survey the giants territory, and observe if there are any potential weaknesses, so even if the clones fail, we the originals will already have an idea of where everything is in Jotunheim, it would be foolish not to try this approach, I as well will join you Madara."
Athena: "This is a huge advantage from a warfare perspective, just like Buddha said, we will already know what's going on without needing to expose ourselves to danger, we can easily rush in ourselves if our clones fail and we will already have the advantage of knowledge on our side, I definitely need to try this out, sure let's do it Madara.
Asia: "I have never gone wrong following your leadership big brother, I will do what ever you think is best.
Issei: "Man this sounds too cool not to try out, let's hit it Sensei."
Asuka: "It's like having a respawn option in a video game, but in real-life, fuck yeah let's do this shit."
Raynare: "I mean, out of danger and pain, my original body gets to stay in bed cuddling up to my man, what's not to like."
"What she said." Kalawarner added while pointing at Raynare and also cuddling up to Issei.
Mittelt: "I almost died a few hours ago, yeah I don't feel like doing that again, let's do it big brother."
Aphrodite: "I'm not really a fighter, my sister here is the goddess of wisdom, so if she thinks its smart, than I'm all for it."
Michael: "I don't have any complaints, let's see what we can do with this advantage we have."
Gabriel: "My brothers trust you Madara, so I will too."
Sirzechs: "I always wanted to be in one of your operations Madara, looks like now is the ideal opportunity, let's do it."
Everyone then shifted their attention to Penemue as it was now only down to the fallen angel.
"Argh...fine, there is no ways I am going to be left out, when everyone else is on-board, let's do it." Penemue said folding her arms.
"Very well then, give me a minute." Madara requested, than began taking some deep breaths, just like Hagoromo said, this Jutsu will require a lot of chakra from him, so it only made sense for him to use every advantage he could.
Madara began gathering an absolutely monstrous amount of Sen-Jutsu, it was the same amount he gathered when he used the Ultimate Susanoo for the first time.
Yasaka and Kunou's eyes widened in shock at the insane amount of Sen-Jutsu Madara was cultivating, they felt like Madara was trying to prepare for a war, as for Jesus and Buddha they both raised a single eye brow, as even they thought that this amount seemed a bit excessive.
"Why are you gathering so much Sen-Jutsu Chakra dear?!" Yasaka questioned as the amount Madara was gathering was raising concerns in the Nine-tails.
"This Jutsu will take quite a bit of Chakra from me, I need to make sure that I can sustain it for as long as possible." Madara explained.
After quite a bit of time, markings began appearing on Madara's face and our protagonist was now fully in Sage mode.
"Right then before we begin, make sure to put your body in a comfortable position, it will stay like that for as long as you keep using your clone body." Madara requested with him now opening his eye.
Everyone took Madara's word for it and began moving around the room finding seats, tables corners and spaces on and around the king-sized bed to make themselves comfortable.
Yasaka saw a golden opportunity and made her way to Madara, and made herself comfortable by sitting on his lap and cuddling up to the father of her child.
(Subtle Sigh): "Of course." Madara said rolling his eye as he knew that this kind of affection is something he will need to get used to.
(Giggle): "What? I saw an opportunity and I took it." Yasaka said admiring Madara's face.
Madara: "I cannot fault you for that."
Yasaka grinned then proceeded to give Madara a short kiss on the lips.
The likes of Aphrodite and Gabriel were quite jealous at what they were seeing, they were still not quite sure about how they feel about Madara, but they knew that they didn't like it when another woman was showing him affection, it was just upsetting to them.
"Right then." Madara said raising a single hand and performing an activation hand-sign.
The clones spawned to life and made their way to their originals, placing their hands on them.
"Let us beg..."
*Door Slams wide open*
"Here you are Madara I was wondering...(Short Pause)...are we interrupting something?" Elizabeth questioned.
Madara was not allowed to finish his sentence as Elizabeth, Cleopatra, Nike, Ra and Artemis all came to his room to find out where he and the others have been.
(Sigh) "Enter and close that door behind you!" Madara demanded as he was now starting to get annoyed.
The newcomers didn't have to be told twice, they obeyed Madara's instructions and closed the door behind them.
"So what the hell is going on here?" Cleopatra questioned being confused seeing so many people here as well as double gangers of the same amount of people.
Jesus went of to explain what was going on, Madara's plan and the Jutsu they plan on using, when going to Jotunheim.
"Ah I see, that's quite smart." Ra said stroking his chin.
"But Madara really? You don't invite me of all people, I'm hurt love, I thought we had something special, I also want to try this out." Elizabeth said showcasing fake tears.
"Why does this feel like it has changed from a tactical advantage, to a Fear of Missing Out situation, it looks like people want to join in just because all of us are doing this clone technique." Buddha said with him opening his eyes.
"I mean you can't leave us out, we also have our doubts about this trip to Jotunheim." Artemis said.
"So then Lord Madara? Can you involve us in your plan?" Nike questioned
(Sigh): "Fine, get a comfortable position quickly, I want to perform this Jutsu, before any others get any idea or wonder where we disappeared to.
The newcomers wasted no time and got themselves comfortable, Madara quickly made wood-clones of the new comers and ordered the clones to stand beside the new-comers and place their hands on them.
"Right then, let's begin, everyone begin pouring your power into the clones, I will deal with your consciousness." Madara said then began performing hand-signs which would allow the transfer of consciousness from the originals to their clones.
After about ten minutes of this process, the originals felt their bodies go limp and felt their consciousness being pulled out of their bodies, it went dark and quiet for about another five minutes until they felt their consciousness enter the clone bodies.
Another minute passed and now their consciousness successfully transferred to the wood-clones and they had complete autonomy of their wood-clones.
"Seems like it was a success." Madara said stretching his wood-clone body.
"I swear, a person can never get used to the things you can do Madara." Azazel said admiring his clone body.
"Though you are correct, I can feel that I do not have access to all my power." Nike said feeling out her wood-clone body.
"I never knew I looked so beautiful when I'm sleeping." Aphrodite said admiring her original body sleeping peaceful.
"Focus sister focus." Artemis said looking at her sister.
"Yes, let us head out now, before more members of the Akatsuki begin wondering where we are, Yui we entrust the safety of our bodies to you." Madara said as he went for the door and exited the room, and one-by one they all exited the room.
"Right! You can count on me Madara-dono." Yui said closing the door and locking it behind them, and went to the bookshelf in Madara's room to keep herself busy with some reading.
"Onto Freya I suppose." Jesus said and everyone began making their way to where the other members of the Akatsuki were, as it was about to time to head to Jotunheim.
*Odin's Throne Room in Valhalla*
Madara and company where intercepted by a few Valkyries and were escorted to Odin's throne room where they would find the other members of the Akatsuki.
"It's about time you guys got here, I was about to start looking for you all, I was thinking Madara was trying to convince you all to not go to Jotunheim any more." Freya said giving Madara a smug look.
"I gave you my word Freya, that I will accompany you on your fools errand, I am a man of my word, we were just simply having a chat." Madara said.
"A chat about?" Freya questioned.
"None of your concern." Madara responded and a few of his members smirked and smiled at his comeback.
"So are we going or what?" Jesus questioned as he was ready to get going.
Sif: "Yes we were just waiting for you all."
Madara and company made their way to the other members of the Old-Satan Faction, getting ready to leave for Jotunheim.
*Jotunheim before the arrival of the Akatsuki*
*Thrum's Throne room*
(Clicks Tongue) "This place has too much nature for my liking." Vlad Dracula said as he and many other members of the Old Satan Faction arrived to Jotunheim via magic-circle produced by Nyx.
"You know nature can be good for your health right?" Cronus questioned shifting his attention to the God of Vampires.
"I'm a vampire Cronus, remember? castles, cities, man-made architecture is more my style not bloody vegetation." Vlad said in disgust as he just hated all the green that was in Jotunheim.
"Focus you two, remember what we here for." Sekhmet said as the Egyptian goddess of war wanted to get this show on the road.
"Speaking of focus, where is Rizevim? He is the one that summoned us here after-all." Medusa said as the queen of the gorgons was waiting to be briefed as to why so many members of the Old-Satan Faction was called to Jotunheim.
(Chewing)"He is still discussing things with Thrum...(Chewing)...he should be here shortly." Pandora said with a mouth full of food as she was still snacking on the cuisine of Jotunheim.
(Sigh): "He better hurry up, I have had enough of the waiting." Kokabiel said as the fallen angel wants to get down to business.
*Magic Circle appears*
Rizevim and Thrum finally made an appearance via a magic smile and both of them were smiling ear to ear.
"And then? What's with that stupid smile you two have?" Hera questioned as she was curious to why these two were so happy.
"Firstly let me explain what we have just found out about our quote on quote un-killable god Baldur." Rizevim said then went about explaining explaining the story of Baldur's invincibility and his unexpected weakness.
"So all this time you are telling me that it was a mistletoe, that was the key to killing Baldur?" Erebus questioned refusing to believe that it was that simple to kill the Norse god of light and peace.
"Indeed, that really is his weakness." Rizevim confirmed.
"Now I have truly heard some idiotic things in my time, but for Freya to ignore a mistletoe and for it to be Baldur's weakness of all things is truly another level of stupidity, Freya is more dumber than she looks." Shalba Beelzebub said while shaking his head in disappointment.
"Regardless that is his weakness, now onto more pressing matters, the Akatsuki will be making their way shortly here to Jotunheim, me and Rizevim have been devising a plan to kill Baldur." Thrum said.
"How do we even know he is coming? from what you have just told us, Freya tends to keeps her little boy tucked away and safe in Asgard, what if the Akatsuki arrive here without him?" Cronus questioned.
"Oh he is definitely coming, Baldur is the Norse god of light, they will need his light speed travelling abilities to make it here to Jotunheim from Asgard, it is the only way the Akatsuki have to reach the land of the giants in the shortest amount of time possible." Rizevim stated.
"Right then, so explain the plan then Rizevim, how do we kill Baldur?" Nyx questioned.
"Glad you asked." Rizevim said then snapped his fingers and Thrum's giant servants entered the throne room with obscene amounts of mistletoes.
Rizevim: "This is how it will go down."
Rizevim went on to explain the plan to the rest of the Old Satan Faction members and gave them the game plan, as they intend to ambush the Akatsuki when they are in Jotunheim, they will wait for the appropriate time to struck and attack Baldur, going for the kill, everyone was given their roles and the positions they must play in this assault.
'No doubt you will be here Madara, you played your chess move and got the better of us with Yui, but on this day the Old Satan Faction will have victory over the Akatsuki, today is the Baldur dies, this is the Old Satan's Factions next chess move.' Rizevim said to himself while imagining a chess game between himself and Madara.
(Sinister Laughter): "Members of the Old-Satan Faction, move out!" Rizevim said and all the members sprung to life going to their respective positions in the Land of the giants.
*At the Gate of Jotunheim*
"When last did I see this gate?" Odin questioned out loud while placing his hand on the massive gate, the all-father was having a flood of memories of the war enter his mind, it has been many winters since he has even laid eyes on another giant beside Loki.
"Sorry to ruin the moment Odin, but how exactly are we getting in Jotunheim?" Amaterasu questioned as those runic locks on the gate looked quite high security.
Odin shifted his attention to his ex-wife, looking at her for that solution.
"I have a one time request to call forth Thrum, the king of Jotunheim, he promised me that if I use it he will allow me and whoever I travel with into Jotunheim." Freya said.
"Even if it is Odin or Thor here?" Jesus questioned.
"Yes...(Short Pause)...Thrum always wanted to marry me, his love for me would sometimes make him lose all common sense." Freya said with a nostalgic smile.
"You only tell me this now!" Odin snapped at his ex-wife, this could've been an advantage the All-father could've used to enter Jotunheim and finally kill his greatest enemies.
(Clicks Tongue): "Yes! I knew if I told you, you would've wanted to use it to kill the rest of the giants, remember this Odin, just because you hate the giants, doesn't mean I have to, the giants will always be my friend." Freya said standing up to her ex-husband.
Madara shifted his attention to Sigrun and gave the Valkyrie the look of I told you so.
Sigrun sighed and sweat dropped at the scene in front of her, if this carries on then Madara would be correct, it looks like Freya and Odin cannot function together.
A quite intense argument ensued between Freya and Odin, the two deities were truly going back and forth, with neither party backing down and it was becoming quite awkward for the on-lookers.
"Enough!" Jesus said while raising his limited aura, but it was still enough to capture Odin and Freya's attention.
(Clicks Tongue): "But he started it." Freya said while pointing at Odin and pouting.
An overwhelming amount of the Akatsuki collapsed to the floor as they couldn't believe Freya was behaving like a child.
(Sigh): "What did I get myself into." Madara said out loud as he just folded his arms and closed his eye as he couldn't believe this childish behaviour on display.
The Akatsuki members rose to their feet after that incredibly childish moment.
"But its no-fair, Freya kept a big secret from me." Odin said also displaying childish behaviour.
Once again members of the Akatsuki dropped to the floor as they couldn't believe the All-farther of people would indulge in such antics.
(Pouting):"You were always mean to me Odin." Freya said clapping back.
"And you are always stubborn Freya." Odin responded folding his arms and shifting his to the side.
(Deep Sigh): "No wonder they married, these two were meant for each other." Shiva said as the Hindu god, couldn't believe what was on display.
Madara once again shifted his attention to Sigrun and the Valkyrie just looked away from the Uchiha, choosing to hide from Madara's gaze, because our protagonist was looking right by the second, Freya and Odin may very well not be able to work with each other.
"Now this is a sight to behold, a god and a goddess acting like children, you would've thought." Buddha said
Freya and Odin didn't stop with their back and forth, it was actually quite impressive for many of the Akatsuki how both parties had so much to say about one another.
"Christ, let me try...(Short Pause)...Enough!" Madara said, raising his aura causing the flames of the Susanoo to come in-between Freya and Odin.
Freya and Odin finally snapped back to reality, they would finish this argument another time, but for now, they had a mission to accomplish.
"Right sorry about that everyone, let's get back to it." Freya said with her now moving towards the door.
Madara lowered his aura, causing the flames of the Susanoo to fade away.
Freya raised her left hand and began activating one of the tattoos on her forearm in order to call Thrum.
"Seiðr!" Freya called out and a tattoo with the symbol of Jotunheim began glowing bright green.
*Thrum's Throne room*
Thrum felt a strong sense of Vanir magic flowing with him, the king of Jotunheim knew that meant only one thing.
"They are here." Thrum said out loud while looking at Rizevim.
"Right then, let the games begin." Rizevim said with a devilish smile and teleported to his position in this game plan via magic circle, leaving the king of Jotunheim to his lonesome.
"Forgive me Freya, I had a deep love for you, many winters back, I expressed my emotions for you and you rejected me, for that bastard Odin, you chose your side, you are an enemy of Jotunheim, on this day, your son will die, Ragnarok is coming." Thrum said out loud sitting on his throne, the king of the giants snapped his fingers allowing for the gate to Jotunheim to be open.
*Outside the gate to Jotunheim*
"Was something supposed to happen?" Zeus questioned as they have been waiting for a reaction for quite a bit of time.
"Give it a minute, if I know Thrum he was most likely sleeping and it just waking up." Freya said embracing that nostalgic smile from before.
A few more minutes passed by and finally a reaction was given, the gate lit up bright yellow and many of the Akatsuki could see runes and Jotunheim symbols glowing on the door, the same process that happened for the Old Satan Faction a few hours ago happened again, the gates fully opened allowing the Akatsuki access to Jotunheim.
Our protagonists wasted no time and walked in the bright yellow light, but this time there was a difference, the Akatsuki did not appear in the same place the Old Satan Faction did hours ago, the Akatsuki were transported deep into the forest of Jotunheim.
Madara looked at all the Akatsuki members that had wood clones and gave them a nod, indicating to them that they should be on guard and pay close attention to their surroundings.
For many of the Akatsuki members this was the first time being inside the Land of the Giants, it did look quite impressive but most importantly vast, this forest looked like it went on forever.
"So where are we?" Poseidon questioned as it looked like they were in the middle of nowhere.
"We are in the forest of Jotunheim, don't know why Thrum would transport us here of all places." Freya said being confused as to why they are here.
"It's Thrum after all, remember he always like playing games and jokes." Thor said remembering the king of Jotunheim to be a rather playful individual.
"That is true, he always did like to do pranks." Heimdall added onto his brother's comments.
"Must be a giant thing, now we know where Loki got his mischievousness from." Gna said.
"It doesn't matter, I know where we are, I've been in Jotunheim multiple times, I know where Thrum's castle is, Baldur my son, be a dear and please transport us there." Freya said then gave her son coordinates to Thrum's castle.
The Norse god of light tried to use his light magic to transport everyone but it failed.
"What's the matter brother? Transport us, I wish to see Thrum's face once again." Thor said.
(Frustrated Sigh): "I can't." Baldur claimed.
Everyone looked at him with a curious gaze as they were wondering what he meant by that.
"What do you mean you can't?" Odin questioned looking at his son with a curious gaze.
"Exactly that father, I can't, can any of you please try to teleport to see if there is something up." Baldur requested.
Many of the Akatsuki members tried to teleport using their powers and it was the same for them, they just couldn't teleport, Madara even tried to use Kamui and even he couldn't teleport.
"I don't like this, something is not right." Madara said as he was sure there was something, or someone blocking their ability to teleport.
"There you go again with your negativity, just relax Madara." Freya said but even she was concerned, this is the first time she couldn't teleport freely in Jotunheim.
Madara tried to gather natural energy and even that was blocked, now Madara was suspicious, so far, he knows of only one person that can block him from gathering natural energy and teleporting, Pandora.
"Buddha, Jesus out of pure curiosity, can you two sense anything?" Madara questioned as he was looking for a second opinion to confirm his suspicions.
Jesus and Buddha obliged Madara and tried to sense and even they couldn't sense anything.
Buddha: "Oddly enough no."
Jesus: "This is strange no."
Other members also tried to sense and even they couldn't sense anything, it truly did feel like something was in the air blocking them.
(Nervous Chuckle): "It doesn't matter, like I said I have been here multiple times, I know where to go, let's all take to the skies and follow me, I will direct us." Freya said, doing her best to down-play this very suspicious moment.
"Should I my Lord?" Tiamat questioned offering to transform into a dragon, so Madara can ride on her.
"No, save your strength, we might need it." Madara said looking at his dragon from the corner of his eye.
Many members of the Akatsuki that could fly summoned their wings and took to the skies following the Vanir goddess.
Many offered to carry Madara, but being the proud man that he is, he wouldn't dare want to be carried around like a child, the Uchiha activated the Rinnegan in his left eye and performed a cluster of hand-signs.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
A massive puff of smoke emerged and surrounded the area was standing, a few seconds went by, causing the puff of smoke to dissipate and everyone could see Madara standing on the heard of his massive Rinnegan eyed bird.
(Chuckle): "Of course, how could I forget about my fighting partner?" Athena rhetorically asked out loud, when seeing Madara's massive bird.
"Care to give us a ride dear?" Yasaka questioned as the nine-tails and a few others were wanting to ride with the Uchiha.
Madara just motioned for them to come, and the likes of Yasaka, Kunou, Asia, Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis, Elizabeth, Cleopatra and Buddha all climbed on Madara's giant bird and once everyone was secured, Madara ordered his bird to take to the skies and catch up with the rest of the Akatsuki.
*Intense Wind current*
"Athena." Madara called out while keeping his eyes on the Akatsuki members ahead of him.
The goddess of wisdom heard Madara calling for her and began making her way to the Uchiha while placing her hands on her head to some what stop the wind from blowing her hair.
"Yes Madara." Athena said now being adjacent to our protagonist.
"Listen closely, the last time I wasn't able to teleport and my ability to gather natural energy was hindered was back at Olympus, when Pandora opened her box, I believe the same is happening here." Madara said shifting his attention to the goddess of wisdom.
"Makes sense, Pandora's power is all about, corruption, negativity, disruption and chaos, but if it is Pandora that all but confirms your theory of the giants siding with the Old Satan Faction." Athena said.
*Intense Wind Current*
"Yes, plus I don't like how we were transported to the middle of nowhere and that we have not seen a single giant, it's quiet and not the ideal kind." Madara said with the wind playing with his hair.
"The idea of leaving our actual bodies back in Asgard, is looking like it will pay off." Athena said still holding most of hair in place.
"Indeed, being a goddess of war, what do you think their first play would be, if they wanted to take us down?" Madara questioned.
"Divide and conquer, separating and guiding your enemies to where you want them to be is one of the most effective approaches when looking at the current situation." Athena said.
"Than that's most likely what they are going to do, if we ever get separated, I want you to handle my pet here, so far you are the only one capable of controlling him." Madara said looking at Athena through the corner of his eye.
Athena just smirked and nodded at Madara.
The Akatsuki were flying for quite some time now, and all they kept seeing ahead of them was the forest, not a single sign of life or civilization.
Madara was finding this whole thing, truly odd, they have been flying at quite a fast pace and still there was nothing but forest around them, therefore he wanted to test something.
*Intense Wind Current*
"Kunou, Tiamat." Madara called out.
Kunou: "Yes Papa?"
Tiamat: "My chosen one?"
"I want each of you to go to either wing of my bird and start launching fireballs at the forest." Madara requested.
Both ladies didn't question Madara further, they simply followed his orders, Kunou went to the right wing and Tiamat went to the left wing and both ladies began launching fireballs at the forest, causing the tress and vegetation to catch on fire.
They did this for quite a bit until Madara ordered them to stop and told everyone on his bird to pay attention to the forest, after some time they flew a distance where the flames could not be visible any more.
They kept on travelling in the air, until something very strange caught the Akatsuki's attention, as they were flying forward, they noticed two sets of flames ahead, on the right side their were golden flames and the left side their were blue flames, flames that looked like the ones Kunou and Tiamat created moments ago.
Madara ordered his bird to pick up the pace, and it flew to where it was now in front of everyone, Madara forced his bird to stop ahead of everyone as he wanted to address something to the Akatsuki.
"We have been going in circles, those flames below us, were stared by Kunou and Tiamat here moments ago, they were supposed to be long behind us and yet here they are right below us." Madara said.
"He is right, I know Kunou's and Tiamat's fire, I saw them launch the flames a few minutes ago, this is the exact fire they launched moments ago." Amaterasu said looking at the two sets of flames.
"Something is definitely wrong here, even you can't deny this mother." Baldur said as he has noticed his mother refusing to accept that something is wrong.
Freya couldn't fight it any more, as much as she wanted to believe things were normal and everyone is just being paranoid, even she could see something was definitely wrong here, the sooner she accept it, the sooner the Akatsuki can find a way to deal with it.
Madara focused with his Rinnegan and noticed their was a lot of energy circulating around the immediate vicinity, perhaps they were stuck in a barrier and they didn't notice.
'What do you think Madara? Think it's a barrier?' Hagoromo questioned.
'If it is a barrier, there has to be a limit to it, we have been travelling for quite some time, so my question is that why have we not reached the end? , unless...' Madara didn't finish his sentence he just looked to the sky and ordered his bird to fly up.
"Wait where are you going?" Sif questioned as the other members of the Akatsuki saw Madara fly up into the sky.
"Uhmmm...Madara, where are we going actually?" Elizabeth question as she and many who were on Madara's bird were wondering what's the plan.
Madara didn't respond he just flew as high as possible to the point that the other Akatsuki members were no longer visible, once Madara was at a suitable height he jumped off the bird and started free-failing to the ground.
Everyone looked at Madara like he was mad as they were wondering what the hell was he up to, Athena quickly took control of Madara's giant bird with the intention of saving Madara from falling.
"Don't Save me!" Madara exclaimed looking at the incoming Athena.
The goddess of wisdom was taken aback, but decided to trust in Madara, besides if something happens to him, it is only the wood-clone that would be a causality not the actual Madara.
Madara decided to focus his attention to what was below him and really took the time to scan the whole environment, every single detail was observed and taken in by the Ghost of the Uchiha.
Madara's altitude dropped to the point where he was close to the other members of the Akatsuki, some of them tried to catch him in order to save the Uchiha, however Madara gave them the same command he gave Athena, do not save him.
Amaterasu just chuckled, well it's been nice knowing Madara.
Many of the Akatsuki were thinking that Madara was going to activate a Jutsu or something in order to break his fall, however no, that was not the case.
Many that cared for Madara couldn't look they just closed their eyes waiting to hear the impact, they couldn't bear to see Madara hurt, even if some knew it was a wood-clone.
*Sudden Impact*
Madara made contact with the ground and Asia was compelled to jump of this bird and hurry to her older brother's side in order to heal him, the blonde Uchiha forgot for a good minute that Madara was a wood-clone.
Dust erupted and enveloped the area Madara crashed, time passed and the dust settled and once everyone could have a clear visual they were surprised that Madara was unharmed without a single injury on his person.
"Just as I suspected." Madara said out loud while dusting himself off.
Many of the Akatsuki were confused as to what they just saw, they literally watched Madara fall to his death and here he was standing completely un-harmed.
"Tiamat, you trust me right?" Madara questioned looking up to his dragon.
"Always, my chosen one." Tiamat said from Madara's bird.
"Then jump, I promise, no harm will come to you." Madara said.
Tiamat nodded and jumped off the bird and crash landed to the surface and just like Madara, the Khaos Karma Dragon was completely unscathed, in fact it was actually kind of ticklish.
Madara helped her up and now everyone was really confused as to what was happening, many of them decided to follow Madara's and Tiamat's lead and crash-landed to the surface and to their surprise they didn't get hurt at all.
"Okay, clearly you figured something out, care to explain?" Penemue questioned while dusting herself off.
"At first I thought we were all trapped in a barrier, but a barrier has a limit and we have travelled quite some distance since we have entered Jotunheim, besides, Tiamat and Kunou's fire still have not gone out, or the trees that have been set on fire, burn to a crisp, observe they are still fully intact." Madara suggested while pointing at Tiamat and Kunou's fire.
Madara was right about that, everyone could see the fire continue to burn, but in the same token, the trees were not burning down, they are still completely fine, even though there is fire on them, the flames looked more like a decoration than a threat to the trees.
"So if we are not in a barrier, what exactly are we in?" Zeus questioned.
"We are in someone's own personal dimension, it is the most plausible answer."
"That does make sense, if we are indeed in someone's personal dimension that would explain, why the trees are not burning down or why when we crash landed we didn't experience any pain, since it is their own space they are more than able to manipulate the physics and laws of the dimension." Odin said while stroking his beard.
"A barrier is one thing, but a dimension is a completely different problem, how exactly do we get out of something that stretches for infinity?" Artemis questioned.
"You are looking at it from the wrong perspective." Madara said.
Artemis: "Than what perspective am I supposed to look at from?"
"The dimension is not what you should be looking at my daughter, the dimension itself has no weakness, it is the owner of the dimension who you should be looking at." Zeus explained to his daughter.
"If someone placed us in this dimension there always has to be a way out, the simplest way would be for us to just teleport out of here, but I believe that's were someone from the Old Satan Faction blocks us." Madara said.
"And who would that be Madara?" Tsukuyomi questioned.
"Pandora, remember at Olympus, it was her power that blocked us from teleporting out of there, I believe the save thing applies here she must of used her power to block us from leaving this dimension." Madara stated.
"Yes, this hostile energy I sense in the air, is quite similar to the same energy, Pandora released in Olympus, your theory does make sense Madara." Buddha said using whatever was left of his sensing ability to detect Pandora's power.
"But if what you are saying is true, that means you are essentially telling us that the Old Satan Faction is here in Jotunheim." Sif said.
Freya flinched after hearing Sif's words, the Vanir goddess definitely did not want to believe in those words, she doesn't want to accept that the Old Satan Faction might be here.
(Scoffs): "I've been preaching that ever since we were in Asgard, but never-mind that, I am focusing on a way out of this dimension." Madara said, now focusing his attention on the environment.
"And have you figured a way out big brother?" Asia questioned.
"Perhaps not a way out but a weakness." Madara said then began walking north scanning the environment carefully.
Most of the Akatsuki looked at each other confused and just began following the Ghost of the Uchiha.
Madara stopped and once again performed a cluster of hand-signs and slammed his hand to the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
In an instant puff of smoke, Madara's Rinnegan eyed multi-headed dog, Ox and Rhino, and Madara ordered his pets to survey the dimension, the three new comers would take the land and Madara;s bird would soar the skies giving Madara complete vision of everything.
Madara kept walking but with the added eyes of his pets, the Uchiha was now guaranteed not to miss anything important.
"So you guys have to deal with this all the time?" Penemue questioned while looking at Madara's group.
"What Lord Madara doing his thing and leaving us blank?" Kalawarner questioned.
Penemue nodded as the fallen angel found it extremely annoying when Madara, does not share what he finds out.
(Sigh): "Pretty much." Mittelt responded giving Penemue a look of pure defeat.
"Well it would be nice, if SOME ONE CHOOSE TO SHARE WHAT WEAKNESS THEY THINK THEY HAVE FOUND OUT!" Penemue said while raising her voice so that Madara would be sure to hear her.
Madara just stopped and rolled his eye.
"You should learn to think for yourself sometimes, it will prove itself useful in your life." Madara said then continued scanning the environment.
Penemue: "Dick."
"Okay let's try a different approach, Madara my friend, would you please tell us what's on your mind, so that we can collectively help as a group, the more of us are involved, the quicker we can get out of this Dimension." Jesus said choosing to do damage control.
(Sigh): "Think about it, remember what Zeus said, the weakness is the owner not the dimension, now, this dimension works quite differently from my Kamui dimension." Madara said.
"How so?" Azazel questioned.
"The physics, in my Kamui dimension I cannot control the physics of the dimension, in that sense my dimension is it's own entity and has it's own rules, this dimension is different though, it is operating on someone's will, the land, the environment, the air, this is all programmed, so that can only mean one thing." Madara said.
"Ah yes of course, I understand what you mean Madara, since like you said everything is being programmed, the dimension needs a programmer." Athena said finally getting Madara's point.
"For the love of God, please don't take me back to Computer Science class, I'm on semester break here, can you explain it in simple English." Asuka said as she was having PTSD from remembering her Computer Science exams.
"Basically, if want a dimension to do what you want, you have to be present and oversee that it does exactly what you want, so basically Madara is saying since this dimension is being programmed, the programmer has to be here inside the dimension to make sure everything goes smoothly." Ra explained.
"Indeed, that's the weakness, the owner of this dimension is here with us somewhere, we just have to find them, be alert they could be take the form of something in the dimension to throw us of, just be on the look out for anything that seems strange or out of place." Madara said then began walking again analysing the environment.
"Right then, let's get to it." Asuka said, then summoned a few of a spirits and they began searching for anything odd.
Kunou brought her hands together and formed a cross-like hand-sign and created a few shadow clones and they sprung into action searching for anything peculiar.
The rest of the Akatsuki followed suit and used their various different powers to help with the search.
*Three hours Later*
Quite a bit of time has passed and the Akatsuki has been searching for the owner of the dimension to no avail, the dimension was too vast and the owner could take the form of anything and not look out of place, this really was a testing situation for our protagonists.
'But honestly what are their intentions with trapping you all in a dimension? It is clear that they are not going to attack, so truly what is there objective in the grand scheme of things?' Hagoromo questioned as it has been quite some time since they have been in this dimension.
Madara remained silent and thought about it, even he was wondering what was their objective here, what were they hoping to achieve? it can't be as simple as just trap the Akatsuki here for eternity, it's not Rizevim's style, the second-born of Lucifer would at least want the satisfaction of the Old Satan Faction completely dominating and humiliating the Akatsuki not simply trapping them, there has to be more to this Madara thought.
Madara truly brainstormed about what could be the Old Satan Factions motive, until a conversation he had earlier with Athena popped up again in his mind.
{ "Athena being a goddess of war, what do you think their first play would be, if they wanted to take us down?" Madara questioned.
"Divide and conquer, separating and guiding your enemies to where you want them to be is one of the most effective approaches when looking at the current situation." Athena said. }
'Divide and conquer huh? Separating and guiding your enemy...guiding your enemy...guiding huh...(Short Pause)...wait a moment, that's it, that's there plan, they wish to divide and guide us to where they want us to be.' Madara thought to himself.
'Divide and conquer? I mean sure it is an effective strategy for an attack, however the Old Satan Faction had multiple advantageous times to attack us and catch us by surprise, I mean many of us have been scattered all over this dimension for hours, they could've striked any time, do you really still think they wish to attack?' Hagoromo questioned
'That is indeed true, they had so many opportunities to attack us and yet nothing, what could be another reason for separating a group then, if you do not plan to attack?' Madara questioned.
*50 minutes later*
Madara and Hagoromo's brains were in hyper drive, both our protagonists were brainstorming and bouncing around ideas as to what could be the reason for separating the group.
Hagoromo: 'Madara I'm telling you, the reason they are separating you all is because...(Short Pause)...wait unless...'
'What is it Sage?' Madara questioned as he could see that Hagoromo has a new idea he wants to throw in.
'Damn, we have been looking at it all wrong, they are not trying to attack, they are trying to capture, the reason they are separating us is because they have a target within the Akatsuki and they want the target as far away from the group as possible, so they can go on with the capture.'
'A capture you say? That is not an absurd suggestion, the Old Satan Faction have always been open to recruiting members from the Akatsuki, but the question honestly is who do they have their eyes on? Yui is not among us, so who else is on their radar?' Madara questioned.
'You think they coming for you again?' Hagoromo questioned.
'I doubt it, I have been alone for quite some time, at the mercy of this dimension, they could've taken me any time they wanted to and yet nothing, it's not me they looking for.' Madara said.
*30 minutes Later*
Time has been ticking away and the hours of finding nothing were beginning to take it's toll on the members of the Akatsuki, frustration, irritation and fatigue were starting to creep into the minds of our heroes, even our protagonist Madara was getting agitated, the Uchiha just couldn't think of who the Old Satan Faction would want to capture.
There was one advantage for some members of the Akatsuki, and that was for the fact that some of them were wood-clones, so they were not experiencing the physical fatigue their other none wood-clone compatriots were.
Madara was caught in a cross-roads, on one hand he can focus on locating the owner of the dimension, finding a way out for him and his comrades, but that means potentially leaving themselves exposed so the Old Satan Faction can capture their desired target, on the other hand, he can round up the Akatsuki together and every member does what they can to protect one another, making capture near impossible but that also means reducing their chances of finding the owner and finding a way out of this dimension.
'There must be a means of escaping this situation, I have been through far worse, my only issue is that I don't have access to all my power, I need to be creative with my escape, but regardless I will find a way out.' Madara thought to himself.
'Correction Madara, we will find a way out, remember that this time you are not alone.' Hagoromo interjected.
Madara just smirked at Hagoromo's words, that is indeed true for the Ghost of the Uchiha he must always remember that this time, in this world he is not alone.
'Team work huh?' Madara questioned still keeping his smirk.
'Sometimes it is good to attack the situation with numbers' Hagoromo responded giving off a smirk of his own.
'Overload it huh?' Madara questioned.
Hagoromo: 'Exactly.'
Madara paused for a minute as an idea just popped in his head.
'Overload...overload...overload...wait a moment overload it, that might be the key.' Madara said as his brain was once again kicking to hyper drive.
'I don't quite get you.' Hagoromo said as he was wondering what Madara was getting to.
'A few months back, I recall Asuka doing her school work, she once explained it to me that she was doing programming and writing a code, however her code was completely ruined by a malware she said was a virus' Madara said.
'So are you thinking of using this virus tactic?' Hagoromo questioned.
'It may be a means of escaping this dimension, I must find the girl quickly.' Madara said then ended the mental-link between him and Hagoromo.
Madara ordered his giant bird to come pick him up, and swiftly began making his way to Asuka.
*With Asuka*
(Exhausted Sigh): "This is fucking exhausting." Asuka said in frustration as she and many others were getting rather irritated at the countless hours of looking for a way out of this dimension, it was beginning to eat away at their sanity.
"Keep a calm head, Asuka, in moments such as these it is important to remain level headed, if you lose control, you allow the enemy to win." Jesus said looking at his host, but honestly the son of the Holy One couldn't fault the Toriyama, even he was lost, Jesus has never found himself in such a predicament.
*Smash*
Everyone shifted to the sudden unexpected noise, and they could see that Raynare just punched a tree in her frustration, leaving a massive whole in the product of nature.
(Deep panting): "Fuck! Fuck! Fucking Shit! Fucking piece of Shit! Mother Fucker! Fucking Dumb ass shit! Bitch! Asshole of a Mother fucker! Fucking Shit! Fuck Fuck Fuck!" Raynare said as her emotions were getting the better of her, she was starting to lose her cool, as this situation was beginning to push her beyond the edge.
Issei Immediately rushed to his women side, hugged her and placed his mouth next to her eye doing his best to calm his woman down.
"Well I always knew Raynare would be the first of us to lose her mind, if shit hit the fan." Mittelt said as he observed Issei do his level best to calm his elder sister figure.
"I don't blame her, the circumstances we find ourselves in is vexing." Yasaka said.
*Crying*
Everyone shifted their attention to who was crying and this time they saw Thurd the daughter of Thor breakdown.
(Crying): "We are trapped here...(Crying)...we are stuck, there is no way out of here." Thurd said and unfortunately for the princess of Asgard members of her family were scattered all over the dimension, therefore there was no one to comfort her, well that is except for one person.
Kunou made her way to the daughter of Thor and gave the princess of Asgard and loving embrace.
"Don't speak like that, we will get out of here, that I can guarantee, I can put my life on it, that we will escape this dimension." Kunou said continuing to embrace the daughter of Thor.
Thrud pulled back to look at Kunou and could see the confidence in her smile and eyes and wondered why the princess of Kyoto had so much belief.
(Sniff): "How can you be so sure?" Thrud questioned with Kunou wiping away her tears.
(Gentle Smile): "Because I know my Papa will find a way, there is nothing that can stop my Papa, he has done the impossible so many times and has taught me to never give up, no matter the situation my Papa always finds a way, he is Madara Uchiha he will figure a way out, I'm sure of it." Kunou said continuing to give Thrud a confident smile which was still bewildering for the daughter of Thor.
Many smiled at the words Kunou said, no one more so than Yasaka, it tickled her heart to see Kunou have such faith in Madara, and the Nine-tails could only agree, no matter what Yasaka was sure Madara would find a way out.
"Hmph, not bad Kunou, I will say I like the confidence you have."
Everyone shifted their attention to where the voice was coming from and could see Madara above them, standing on his giant bird which was hovering above all of them.
"Papa!" Kunou said with a excited smile.
Madara jumped of his bird and landed gracefully on the surface and made his way to Asuka.
"Gather round, I believe I have found a solution to our predicament." Madara said continuing to make his way to Asuka.
Kunou looked at Thrud and smirked.
"See...I told you, my Papa always finds a way." Kunou said then offered her hand to Thrud intending to help the daughter of Thor up.
"I hope you have something Madara." Buddha said as he began making his way to Madara.
The Ghost of the Uchiha was now standing in front of the young Toriyama, which did greatly unnerve the host of Jesus as she was wondering why Madara was staring at her.
Madara: "Asuka."
"Y-Yes...Madara-sama." Asuka responded being extremely nervous.
"Now listen carefully, all of you, we have already established this dimension is like a programme and that the programmer is her within the dimension making sure the programme runs smoothly, it is clear that we are failing to locate the programmer, so then if we cannot locate it them, there is another alternative to attack them." Madara said still keeping his eyes on Asuka.
"And what would that be big brother?" Asia questioned.
"Overwhelm the programmer, by creating a virus in the system." Madara said.
Once Madara said those words, Asuka's eyes began to light up as she was finally getting what Madara meant.
"Yes Madara-sama that's it! I can't believe Mrs Watanabe's IT classes would actually come in handy, in a situation like this, but yes, if we create a virus that might be enough to overwhelm the program and programmer.
"Uhmmm...okay I get the general idea, but please explain to us in simple terms, please remember that some of us are not learning computer science, we still have to act like high schoolers." Kalawarner said.
"Okay...okay my bad, check this out programming is all about writing codes, the codes is what makes the program run smoothly, a virus is essentially an annoying mother fucker that writes it's own code into the host's programme, so when the programme is running the virus's code is launched first, causing infection and damage to the system." Asuka explained.
"So that's how a virus works huh? Now I fully understand." Madara said as Asuka just placed the final piece of the puzzle for Madara.
"So we basically have to create our own virus huh?" Issei questioned.
Jesus and Buddha were up next, as they were now both on Madara's metal wave, they were understanding what they need to do to get out of this dimension.
"Okay, if the programmer is the owner of the dimension and the programme is the dimension, that means the codes are the physics, laws and environment of dimension." Mittelt said putting the pieces together.
"So what then? We need to create our own laws within the dimension?" Raynare questioned.
"I mean sure, we have people in the Akatsuki that can do that, like Madara-sama here can create a forest, Jesus-sama can manipulate the temperature with Ultra Instinct, Amaterasu-sama and Ra-sama can create their own sun, it could work." Asuka said.
(Deep Sigh): "Unfortunately this course of action is indeed our best way out, however there is one thing that is going to stop us or at least not make it easy for us to write our own code in the programme." Athena said.
"And what is that Sister?" Aphrodite questioned.
"Pandora's energy." Jesus responded as he understood the problem they are facing.
"Indeed, Pandora's destructive energy is essentially the Anti-virus, I have created a forest before against the Old-Satan Faction, and her energy completely devoured my Jutsu, Pandora's energy is spread across this entire dimension, we cannot escape due to it and if we use our powers it will just neutralize them, it seems Rizevim and co did plan for this potential weakness in their plan." Madara said.
"Uhmmm..."
Asuka raised her hand, since this is essentially IT and Computer Science talk there was an abundance of knowledge that she can share with the group.
Everyone shifted their attention, to Asuka, giving the Toriyama the go ahead to share what she has on her mind
"There are disadvantages and weaknesses to Anti-viruses you know." Asuka said.
Everyone's eyes lit up when she said that, as now they were fully invested in what the Toriyama had to say.
"What? Don't you guys know that?" Asuka questioned, thinking that this was general knowledge.
Everyone now just looked at her with a bored expression as they just gave Asuka a 'really now' look, it seems that the Toriyama forgets that she is the only one studying Computer Science module.
(Nervous Laughter): "Oh yeah I forgot, you guys ain't in university...(Sheepish Smile)...my bad, anyway an Anti-virus has a number of disadvantages, but I think the biggest one that can help us is the fact it can slow the system down, it takes a lot to keep a programme running, but also resources have to go to also sustain the Anti-virus, and the higher quality the Anti-virus the more it's going to demand from the system, so if we keep spamming viruses, the Anti-virus will be in hyper drive, trying to eliminate the viruses, causing the system to slow down, that could be our way out of here." Asuka suggested.
The rest of the group took a step back to digest Asuka's words, to be honest it was quite a clever suggestion, if all else fails they will just ask Asuka for more disadvantages.
"I mean it's worth a shot." Azazel said as he liked the suggestion.
"Right then, Asuka since you are more well versed then all of us in this department, you will take lead child, direct us accordingly, perhaps this will be the key to our escape." Madara said.
Asuka froze, she wasn't expecting to be made leader of this operation, she was just offering suggestions, not volunteering to lead a portion of the Akatsuki, a portion mind you who have divine and planet busting entities.
Asuka: "Uhmm...w-wait, I'm not sure a-about this...Madara-sama...p-perhaps ,th..."
"Oh come now Asuka, trust in yourself, you are a valuable member of this group, stop acting as if you aren't worthy of taking charge of an operation, we are all in this together, so sort yourself out young lady!" Jesus demanded looking Asuka in the eyes.
"Yes sir!" Asuka said adopting a solider like posture and giving Jesus the salute.
"So what our first move Asuka?" Issei questioned looking at his rival.
"Okay we need techniques that manipulate that can affect the environment, Madara-sama, I know you have plenty of environmental abilities, mind using a few of them?" Asuka questioned looking at her leader.
Madara: "Hmph, child's play."
The Uchiha then performed a cluster of hand signs.
"Water Style: Rain Tiger at Will Jutsu!"
Our protagonist was not done there, he brought his hands together once again and performed another cluster of hand signs.
"Water Style: Hidden Mist Jutsu!"
"Make sure to stay alert, things are about to get damp and murky."
*Lightning*
Immediately after Madara uttered those words, just like in Asgard a day ago, thick dark grey clouds covered the sky, ready to shower the dimension with as much water as possible, but not only that, everyone could see that a thick mist was beginning to circulate the entire dimension.
Madara took a step and nearly stumbled, it seems that the Uchiha was becoming a bit light-headed, is chakra reserves were running low, it seems for a moment that he has only access to have of his full chakra, using the two previous Jutsu while also having his pets from the animal-path of the Rinnegan running around, was doing a good job at eating away at his is already limited Chakra reserves.
Aphrodite took this opportunity to give Madara a hand, she placed his arm over her shoulders and allowed the Uchiha to use her as his support.
Athena and Artemis saw this and were both truly shocked to see their self-absorbed and narcissistic, sister be this caring and nurturing to a human, the sisters will never forget this moment.
"Careful now! You are the one who told us that we have limited power, don't push yourself too hard." Aphrodite said while looking at our protagonist.
Madara: "Hmph."
*Lightning Rain*
Madara's Jutsu's now took on full effect, with the mist now being completely thick and the rain now pouring down heavy on the dimension.
"Nice job Madara-sama, okay Jesus-sama you up next, I need you to manipulate the temperature with Ultra Instinct, a change in temperature, should mess up the program a bit." Asuka said.
"It will be done." Jesus said, then the son of the Holy one summoned his angel wings and took to the skies.
Jesus believed he reached a height that he deemed suitable and then closed his eyes and took a deep-breath, he paused and allowed the rain to wash his entire body, the leader of Christianity always loved the rain, as much as he was savoury this moment, the was a job to be done.
The Son of God opened his eyes and they changed from hazel to sparkling sliver and a divine aura sliver aura began surrounding him, Jesus was glad that all he had to do was use Ultra Instinct for it's heat, with the limited power he had, full on combat with the heavy hitters with the Old-Satan Faction would prove unwise.
A few moments went by and the members of the Akatsuki could now feel the heat from all the way at the surface, it seems that Ultra Instinct was taking full effect.
*Lightning *
With the rain and the heat circulating the entire dimension was the other group of the Akatsuki, the group consisting of the likes of Freya, Odin, Thor, Amaterasu and co were wondering what Madara and Jesus were up to, as many of them could tell that this was the work of the Ghost of the Uchiha and the Son of Man.
"What are they up to?" Amaterasu questioned as she shifted her attention to Madara's and Jesus energy surges.
Thor smirked at the lighting Madara was showcasing, being the god of Thunder after all there was no ways he was going to let someone out do him in the game of lighting.
"Well, only one way to find out." Freya said as she took to the skies, making her way to where Madara and co were.
The other members just followed her lead and began their journey to the other members of the Akatsuki.
Asuka smiled as she and others were starting to notice some inconsistencies with the dimension, some rocks were beginning to fade in and out, and the positions of certain trees were beginning to slightly shift around, it looked like the owner of the dimension was starting to struggle to keep things together.
"Alright then! Next up we need someone to effect the wind, changing the tempo of the breeze could be really useful, anyone here got any wind abilities?" Asuka questioned looking at the rest of the group.
"This looks like a job for me." Buddha said as he stepped forward.
"About time, you started flexing your muscles Buddha, some people here have never in seen you in action." Azazel said smirking at the Man of peace.
Buddha just opened his eyes and gave Azazel a bored look.
"If one does not need to exert himself and has the option to preserve energy, it is only logical to do so, only take massive action when it is absolutely needed, but anyway make sure you all hold on to something, if not you will be blown away." Buddha warned then jumped onto Madara's giant bird and ordered it to take to the skies.
Asia and Kunou immediately made their way to Madara and gripped tightly onto our protagonist, the two ladies knew very well that Madara had a plan to stay grounded, so they decided to just stick with him.
The other ladies decided to follow Asia's and Kunou's lead, Athena, Tiamat, Yasaka, Gabriel, Aphrodite all snuggled up to Madara, making sure to stay as close as possible to the Uchiha, Athena herself had a chance to press her ass against Madara's pelvic area, and the goddess of wisdom had to admit, she was extremely impressed as what she was feeling pressed her against her booty.
Madara just sighed and took a deep breath, soon after the the classic royal blue ethereal flames appeared once again and Madara created the half-body Susanoo, which completely covered himself and his ladies.
As for the rest of them, they used their powers and abilities to plant themselves on the ground, others took to the skies in order to avoid the intensity of Buddha's attack.
Once the man of peace was at a height he deemed satisfactory, he ordered Madara's bird to stop and just hover, Buddha then sat down adopting his iconic meditative pose.
His right palm begin to glow and soon enough everyone could feel the wind begin to pick up.
*Lighting& Thunder*
Five minutes passed and things went from, manageable to bat shit insane, Buddha completely opened the wind gates and it felt like the entire dimension was experiencing a godly hurricane, the combination of Madara's rain and lightning, Jesus heat from Ultra Instinct and Buddha's control of the wind, this truly was a supernatural disaster.
The inconsistencies of the dimension were being magnified now, Asuka and everyone else noticed, cracks in the sky, mountains glitches and changing in size and shape, trees were the next to follow suit with many of them changing in appearance with them looking vibrant and healthy, to them looking sickly and autumn stricken, to eventually looking lifeless and ravaged.
"Its working! We just need to keep applying pressure to the dimension!" Asuka screamed out while doing her best to hold on and not be blown away by the dimension.
Madara increased the intensity of his thunder showers, Jesus picked up the heat with Ultra Instinct, and Buddha added power to his winds, it's a good thing that all of the individuals in the dimension are not normal, some were deities, others were supernatural entities and others had powers the normal humans could not comprehend, so a supernatural disaster like this, they had a chance of surviving it.
"What in the Yggdrasil is going on here!" Odin shouted as he and co finally reached Madara and co.
It was not easy for Freya's group of the Akatsuki to reach Madara's group, they had to push extremely hard against this hurricane, created by the Ghost of the Uchiha, Son of the Holy One and the Man of Peace, many of them, lost their footing, others were completely blown away and needed assistance, from other members to just make it here.
Asuka looked at the other group that has just arrived and smiled, this was just perfect, because they could add to the chaos Madara and team were trying to create.
Asuka shouted at the top of her lungs about what they have just found out about the dimension and what there plan was and pleaded for their assistance.
Group two of the Akatsuki didn't really have any brighter ideas, they just nodded and tried out Asuka's plan, after all it wouldn't hurt to try it out, they have been trapped in this dimension for hours therefore it was beginning to take its toll.
*Lightning and Thunder*
Three deities smirked as that last lighting strike, sounded like a challenge from Madara, Thor, Zeus and Susanoo are all known for their lightning ability, so there was no ways they were going to be outdone by a human.
The three gods took to the skies and all of them unleashed their awesome power on the dimension the trinity of deities added to Madara's thunder storm and now it was looking like the end of the world, the lightning strikes coming from the thunderstorm were so powerful that anything they struck completely disintegrated on contact, trees, rocks, even mountains, the combined power of Madara, Zeus, Thor and Susanoo destroyed anything they touched.
Next up were Amaterasu, Helios and Ra they joined Jesus and used their powers to increase the overall heat of the dimension, truly if it wasn't for Madara's rain, many of the individuals would've fainted due to the extreme heat produced by them four.
Brahma joined his old friend Buddha and added to the wind, making things going from bat shit crazy to fucking unimaginable, it was only a matter of time until the dimension cracked from all the pressure the Akatsuki was applying.
The dimension was now losing all sense of stability, objects were fading in and out at an incredible rate, the sky was legitimately cracking apart and falling to pieces and the environment were just changing to unnatural colours, Trees became white, grass and vegetation became red, rocks and mountains became purple, lakes and streams became black and grey, it looked like an art piece designed by a five year old then an actual realistic environment.
The other members did take notice however, as the power Madara, Jesus and Buddha were using, it seemed strange as many of them know the capabilities of those three, so they were wondering why were they not using their full power, it just seemed strange to hold-back in this kind of situation, but never the less it they could all see that it was only a matter of time until the dimension breaks, as even Pandora's power could not stop the combined efforts of all these combined members.
Everyone was focused on the awesome display that was the hurricane that they didn't notice that Loki shape-shifted into a large serpent and slithered his way to the Akatsuki with the sole intention of capture a certain Norse god of peace.
Loki expertly sneaked up to the Akatsuki and quicker than Baldur could react, Loki completely wrapped himself around Baldur and made sure to suffocate his throat so the Norse god couldn't scream for help, then Loki quickly retreated with Baldur in his possession, completely unbeknownst to everyone or so he thought.
The Uchiha always knew for a fact that he and the Akatsuki were being watched by the Old Satan Faction after all he and Hagoromo came up to the conclusion that the Old Satan Faction had a target within the Akatsuki, therefore Madara didn't want to reveal all his cards and show the Old Satan Faction everything, when Madara performed the Summoning Jutsu to bring out his Rinnegan eyed pets everyone believed he summoned three of his pets however that was not the case he actually brought out one more, the fourth pet Madara released was his giant chameleon, who was invisible the entire time.
Madara's sneaky reptile was always brought out to keep watch of everyone, while Madara's three other pets were searching for the dimension owner, his stealthy chameleon was always just keeping an eye of things, this could only mean one thing, Madara's reptile saw Loki grab Baldur and with their vision being linked, this means that Madara saw everything.
(Chuckle): "So that's who they after huh? I wonder what is so special about Freya's boy?" Madara said out loud as he could still see Loki slither away with Baldur in his clutches.
"What was that Madara? You said something about Freya's boy" Athena questioned leaning against Madara and shifting her head to the side to have some eye contact.
"I will enlighten you in due time, for now let's concentrate on escaping this dimension." Madara said, Athena just nodded she already knew that Madara was formulating a plan, all she had to do was be ready for when Madara needed her.
Rizevim quickly opened a portal for Loki to escape the dimension with Baldur, and the second-born of Lucifer couldn't believe how easy this was it truly was like stealing candy from a baby, however unfortunately for Rizevim he didn't notice Madara's invisible chameleon, our protagonist ordered his pet to follow after Loki and the stealthy reptile was successful entering the portal before it closed shut.
"Come on! One final push!" Asuka ordered and the members of the Akatsuki obliged the young Toriyama, and it looked like that was all they needed as the dimension was beginning to disintegrate in front of them
"It's okay Thrum! We got what we wanted, you can tell your giants to release them!" a voice said that echoed throughout the dimension and every single member of the Akatsuki knew who that voice belong to.
"Rizevim!" Freya said in a tone full of venom, the Norse goddess knew one thing if Lucifer's second born is here, it can only mean that the Old Satan Faction is here.
"About time, my giants were getting tired of maintaining this dimension, now it is time for the real entertainment." Thrum said, then everything went completely black, it just looked like the Akatsuki were stuck in a black void.
"Uhmmm...so did we win?" Rossweisse questioned as everything just came to a standstill.
"We will find out soon enough my sister." Sigrun responded.
*Boom*
The Akatsuki heard a loud boom and a bright Red light came upon them blinding everyone.
*Jotunheim*
It took about a minute before their vision stabilized and once had a clear visual they could see that now they were in the actual Jotunheim however this time they were completely surrounded by the Old Satan Faction, everywhere they looked our protagonist saw members of the Old Satan Faction, demons, dark vampires, Stray-devils, Gargoyles, Centaurs, Goblins, Ogres, Titans, Giants and Dragons.
Freya was absolutely shocked at what she was seeing, she just couldn't believe it, the giants, her friends, her comrades, her allies, standing side by side with the Old Satan Faction, this truly was a disheartening moment.
Madara deactivated the Susanoo and just shifted his gaze to the distraught Freya then proceeded to shake his head in disappointment.
"Fool."
"Well looks like Madara was correct, it seems you have led us to a death-trap Freya." Vishnu said as the Hindu god was questioning himself as to why he didn't place his faith in Madara.
As for those who did place their faith in Madara, they were extremely relieved that they did, as they were all simply wood-clones, they were not exposed to actual danger, their bodies were completely safe in Asgard.
(Heavy Breathing): "No! No! No! This cannot be...it's a dream, that's right a horrible dream that I'm about to wake up from, there is no ways the giants would join the Old Satan Faction, it's impossible...yes impossible." Freya said being in complete denial, but was really scary was her expression, she looked she just saw the most horrible of transgressions, she just cannot believe her eyes, her old allies with her newest enemies, she just refused to accept it.
"They say the first of the five stages of grief is denial, it's alright Freya, let it all out, it's simply just part of the process." Rizevim said as he finally decided to make an appearance with Brynhildr cuddling and cozing up to his arm and resting her head on his shoulder.
Freya couldn't believe what she was seeing, Brynhildr, the person Freya saw as a daughter and one of her family members cuddling up with her enemy, her eyes completely lost all light to them, they just looked like two lifeless balls on her face.
Madara, Jesus and Buddha just looked at each other then nodded, as there suspicions of Brynhildr, having Stray-devil energy were all but confirmed, however one thought kept cycling in all three of there minds, how the hell did Brynhildr, receive Stray-devil energy, when neither of them saw Rizevim or even sensed him in Valhalla, this truly was the genuine concern.
Freya's breathing started to deepen and get more chaotic, she was having a hard time, getting to grips with reality and the current circumstances.
"It's so wonderful to see the whole gang again, I missed you all...(Clears Throat)...but excuse me, where are my manners, welcome to Jotunheim, the Land of the Giants and the place where we will initiate Fimbulwinter, I'm so glad you all could be in attendance for this monumental event." Rizevim said.
Every single individual who was from the Akatsuki who possessed a Norse origin all looked at Rizevim with both anger and confusion, as they all knew that there was only one way to begin Fimbulwinter.
(Chuckle): "What a giant, pun intended waste of time, you of all people know that;s impossible Rizevim, even your father the Great Lucifer couldn't even start Fimbulwinter, so if the greatest among you devils couldn't do it, what gives you the confidence that you can?" Thor questioned boasting a rather cocky demeanour.
(Clapping): "That is indeed true Thor, even my father failed in starting the great winter of your land, but the difference is that, my father didn't have such a loyal and cooperative Valkyrie on your side, like how I do here and she has been very helpful, we all know of your little secret Freya, but first how about you check on your son Baldur, I'm sure he needs the attention." Rizevim suggested.
Freya, Odin and Thor began to frantically look amongst the members of the Akatsuki and noticed that Baldur missing in action, the rest of the Akatsuki followed suit and they could see that Baldur was no longer among them.
Odin immediately summoned his spear Gungnir and Thor grabbed his famous Hammer Mjölnir and both gods threw their iconic weapons at Rizevim with the intention of splitting the demon in half.
Rizevim smirked and pushed Brynhildr to the side as he had pressing matters to attend to, the leader of the Old Satan Faction decided to flex his power a bit, with his left hand he stopped Odin's spear by grabbing it and responded in kind with his right hand and stopped Thor's Hammer by grabbing it.
Everyone and literally everyone who knew the power of Odin and Thor's weapons were completely stunned those were legendary weapons and Rizevim stopped them like they were toothpicks to him.
"Hmm? What's that look for? You think in all the time I haven't seen you, I have been resting? Allowing my power to deteriorate? I told this to Madara last time, there is a reason why I am the leader of the Old Satan Faction, here you go, you can have these back." Rizevim said as he threw back Gungnir and Mjölnir to their respective owners.
"Now then, it's about time we get this monumental event started, Thrum! Loki! May you two please grace our guests with your presence." Rizevim requested
*Surface Shaking Massively*
Quite a number of the Akatsuki struggled with their footing, many were losing balance as they were wondering what in Jotunheim was going on.
Dark Grey clouds now covered the sky of Jotunheim and everyone could hear something massive making it's way to them.
*Loud Hiss*
"What the fuck is that?" Mittelt questioned as what she and the others heard did not sound friendly.
Thor heard that sound and his heart was starting to be filled with anxiety and worry.
"It can't be!" Thor said to himself while immediately calling Mjölnir to his side, preparing himself for the worst.
*Loud Hiss*
The menacing sound was getting closer and closer it was only a matter of time before everyone could see what was making its way towards them.
"Oh come now Thor, you telling me you don't recognize that sound? The sound of your old friend? Well ready yourself for a venomous reunion." Rizevim said.
About a minute went by and everyone could see something beginning to creep up the mountain that was just behind Rizevim and the other members of the Old Satan Faction.
Soon enough everyone saw an absolutely colossal head of a snake on the top of the mountain, this saying this serpent was huge was just a joke of an understatement, it's size was beyond what the imagination could fathom, it's body, just the body alone ran across the entire dimension, literally when the Akatsuki looked around them all they could see was the body of this snake spread across the whole dimension, there was no where they couldn't see the body of this titanic serpent.
The snake looked at the Akatsuki and when it's eyes landed on a certain god, it hissed with an incredible amount of venom, the target of it's hatred was here in Jotunheim, there was no ways the serpent was not going to destroy it's enemy today.
"Jörmungandr, the world serpent." Jesus said with a great deal with concern, this is the legendary Norse snake that is said to be able to wrap itself around the entire world, the Akatsuki were in serious trouble, the only other serpent that is more dangerous than Jörmungandr was Ophis and her black Mamba.
Jörmungandr forced his head down the mountain so that he could be closer to Rizevim and the rest of the Old Satan Faction, besides the serpent wanted a closer look at it's enemy, while the snake was making it's way to Rizevim, everyone noticed three individuals on the top of the serpents head, it was none other than Thrum, Loki and Baldur who was chained up using powerful Jotunheim magic.
Freya dropped to her knees in despair, there he was, her son Baldur in the clutches of the Old Satan Faction.
However unbeknownst to everyone besides our protagonist, Madara's stealthy reptile was also on Jörmungandr head, the chameleon was making sure to stay close to Baldur and was waiting for Madara's orders to save the Norse God of Peace.
*Loud Hiss*
Jörmungandr's head was now directly above Rizevim and the other members of the Akatsuki, Thrum grabbed Baldur's hair and jumped off the giant's snakes head with Baldur and both of them were now on level ground with the leader of the Old Satan Faction.
Freya's heart stopped beating for a moment as the brutality her son was being subjected to, as for Odin and Thor their rage was growing by the second at seeing Baldur being treated like a dog.
Thrum then proceeded to place his foot on top of Baldur's head, forcing the god to bow before the Old Satan Faction, this was truly killing the family of the Norse god.
"Hello Odin...how have you been old friend?" Thrum said now looking at the Raven god while using Baldur's head as a foot stool.
"Let's not waste each other's time here Thrum, it is me that you want, let my son go and you can have me." Odin said with him putting his spear down and adopting a body-posture of surrender.
Thrum smirked the giant was truly enjoying having his greatest enemy as his mercy, he was going to make sure to savour every single second of this moment.
"Now why would I do that? The fun has only began." Thrum said
"Thrum! Please I beg you, as an Old friend I beg you! Release my son!" Freya pleaded as she chose to interject.
(Scoffs): "You dare! You dare use those words!...(Scoffs)...as an Old friend? The nerve of you Freya, not only did you reject my love for you, but you had the audacity to fornicate then wed my greatest enemy, you chose Odin over me, Asgard over Jotunheim, the Aesir over the Giants you have no..." Thrum was not able to finish his speech as a certain individual has had enough of this temper tantrum.
"This is just pathetic!" Madara said as the Uchiha had enough of waiting.
Everyone and literally everyone shifted their attention to Madara, especially Thrum as he wondered who had the audacity to ruin his moment.
Diana herself couldn't help but smirk, this was so classic Madara Uchiha, the man she has fallen in love with.
"How dare you! You..." Once again Thrum was not allowed to finish his sentence as Madara just cut him off.
"Rizevim, now I know you didn't bring us here so that we can listen to this pitiful giant's temper tantrum, Freya what is so special about son there? Why is he the Old Satan Factions target?" Madara questioned wanting to get down to the bottom of this as he still didn't understand why was Baldur so special.
Everyone now shifted their attention to Freya wanting to hear her out.
Freya looked to her left and right and noticed all eyes were on her, she than proceeded to take a deep breath and speak.
(Deep Breath): "The reason they want Baldur is because..." Freya then proceeded to tell everyone about the vision Gróa had about Baldur and Ragnarok and how Ragnarok will come upon the nine-realms and Freya herself had done in order to prevent the Great War.
"You must be joking Freya, you telling me a mistletoe was Baldur's weakness?" Amaterasu questioned not believing what her ears have just heard to be fair the Sun goddess was not the only one to be in disbelief.
"I'm assuming you have already broken his power and were going to execute him in front of us Rizevim?" Madara questioned as he now shifted his attention to the leader of the Old Satan Faction.
(Deep Sigh): "This is the problem with people who are smart and impatient, they just ruin everything...(Short Pause)...yes Madara, Baldur's invincibility is broken, we just wanted the beginning of Ragnarok to be dramatic, thank you for ruining it." Rizevim said being rather annoyed that their moment was ruined.
"Very well then, that is all I needed to know, pounce now my pet!" Madara ordered.
Everyone looked at Madara with great confusion as they were wondering what he meant by that, however that lapse in concentration was all Madara needed for his pet to attack.
Madara's invisible Chameleon leaped into action and swung it's tail, smacking Rizevim, Thrum and Loki off Jörmungandr's head, the chameleon finally revealed itself for everyone to see, and all noticed that the Chameleon had the same Rinnegan eyes as Madara, indicating that the sneaky reptile belonged to the Uchiha.
The chameleon than proceeded to wrapped it's tongue around Baldur and once the Norse god was secured Madara's pet jumped from the World Serpent to the Ghost of the Uchiha.
Madara: "Members of the Akatsuki, this is our new objective, escape Jotunheim with Baldur, by any means necessary!"
"Oh no you don't! You already took Yui from me, you will not succeeded with Baldur, members of the Old-Satan Faction, our objective, is to kill Baldur, by any means necessary!" Rizevim ordered as he had about enough of Madara's interference.
Freya's mood went from 0 to a 100 absurdly quick as just moments ago Baldur was at the mercy of her enemies, about to be sacrificed for the start of Ragnarok, and now he was in the safety of one of her most respected allies, from anguish to euphoria was what the Vanir goddess experienced, Freya instantly got to her feet and sonic boomed her way to Madara, his chameleon and her son.
Both sides immediately sprung into action with the Old Satan Faction going on All out Attack, intending to kill Baldur, and the Akatsuki went into absolute defence, in order to protect and escape with Baldur.
Nyx absolutely yearned and craved to have a round two with Madara, but there was someone here she has not had battle with in aeons, a certain Shinto Goddess.
"AMATERASUUUU!" Nyx shouted out while blitzing her way to the Shinto goddess.
Amaterasu's eyes were filled with rage when she saw the goddess of the night approach her, the sun goddess has been meaning to beat the shit out of Nyx.
"COME!" Amaterasu said with her too blitzing her way to her enemy.
*Battle ensues*
The Old Satan Faction and the Akatsuki began their old dance of trying to kill one another, rivals on either side, launched for each other, individuals that had unfinished business launched at each other and last but not least, those who had a score to settle launched at each other, the chaos of Olympus was beginning to play out again here in Jotunheim..
"Thank you!"
Madara was tackled by Freya as the Norse goddess leaped and embraced the Uchiha in a tight hug.
Odin once again was filled with jealousy and envy, even though him and Freya have been divorced for years and the Norse goddess is free to show affection to who she desired, it still did not sit well with the All-father, he could not accept someone else being the recipient of Freya's attention
"Focus Freya! The battle has only began woman!" Madara scolded Freya like she was a child and the leader of the Vanir immediately released Madara and gave him a completely submissive body-language.
"Yes sir." Freya said, lowering her head.
"Do not mistaken it, it is because of your foolishness that we are in this predicament, if only you listen, than your boy would still have his invulnerability, instead you acted like a brat, now take him and escape this place, we will cover for you." Madara demanded and his chameleon released Baldur and delivered him to Freya.
The Uchiha climbed on his stealthy reptile and made their way into the battlefield to provide cover for Freya's and Baldur's escape.
Freya was shocked to be spoken like that, the last person to speak to her like that was her father, it was such a different experience to be scolded like a child, and what made it worse was that it was coming from a human, but nevertheless Freya collected herself and began using her Vanir magic to free Baldur's bondage.
Diana took this opportunity and leaped from where she was to have some one on one time with the Uchiha
Diana: "MADARAAAAA!"
The Uchiha saw Diana incoming and gave her a bored look, Diana eventually closed the distance between them and tackled our protagonist off his reptile and the two Sharingan wielders took to the skies, then landed quite some distance away from the actions and eyes.
"My King!" Diana said being filled with complete glee as once they had their privacy, she wrapped her arms and legs around the man she loves.
Diana wasted no time and attacked Madara's lips and the Uchiha responded in kind, dominating Diana in this make out session by shoving his tongue down her throat which the vampire thoroughly enjoyed.
'Oh how I have missed this.' Diana said in her head as she enjoyed Madara doing whatever he wanted to her mouth.
The two Sharingan wielders took their time and embraced one another for a good five minutes, even Madara couldn't help but want to be intimate a little longer with Diana, the very first woman that has fallen for him.
Madara eventually pulled his head back, breaking off their steamy kiss, much to the great displeasure of Diana, who just wanted to taste Madara's mouth a little bit longer.
"Focus Diana, there is a battle happening, we must keep our composure." Madara said looking Diana in her eyes, but he still held Diana close to him.
"I don't care about that, all I care about is us and this moment, I have missed you terribly my king." Diana said giving him love-struck eyes.
Madara: "Even I will admit that, the thought of you has passed through my mind once or twice during your absences."
Madara's comments tickled her heart and caused her Sharingan to awaken due to the extremely intense emotions she was experiencing right now, she was so happy to hear that the man she loves has been thinking about her.
Madara could see the brightness in her eyes, the love she has for Madara was fuelling her Sharingan and her body, the bond she has with the Ghost of the Uchiha was making her stronger by the second.
"Your Sharingan shines brightly Diana." Madara said, admiring the power his vampire was radiating.
"It is because of you my king, you are the reason, I feel so alive when I'm close to you, I can't help it, you invoke a sensation like no other within me." Diana said admiring Madara's face.
"Unfortunately Diana, you of all people know, that now is not the time." Madara said, deciding to get back on track.
Diana released a groan of frustration and pouted at the Uchiha, all she ever wanted was to have her moment with the love of her life.
(Pouting): "Fine...but you still have to keep me up." Diana requested as she was enjoying being picked up by Madara.
(Chuckle): "Very well then." Madara said then smirked at Diana's behaviour.
Diana herself smiled and gave Madara one more passionate kiss then breaking it off.
"So then, what next do the Old Satan Faction have planned?" Madara questioned.
(Sigh): "Back to business...(Clears Throat)...anyway, Rizevim and the giants want complete domination of the remaining realms, they know that Asgard, Vanaheim, Svartalfheim and Alfheim are completely of limits, as those realms have devoted their allegiance to Odin and the Aesir or the are completely neutral, so Rizevim and Thrum intend on taking Muspelheim, and Niflheim to add to the realms they have already taken over, such as Jotunheim and Helheim." Diana explained.
"Hmmm...knowing Rizevim, he has already sent forces to the other realms, I suppose our focus should be on the two realms he intends to take over." Madara said out loud while processing Diana's words.
"No my king, I wouldn't advise you giving your attention to Muspelheim and Niflheim, those two are lost causes, rather focus on Svartalfheim and Alfheim, you know the motto of the Old Satan Faction, if you are not with them, you are automatically against them, Rizevim intends to destroy Svartalfheim and Alfheim, it would be better to protect and recruit them as they would be invaluable allies for the Akatsuki, it's just a shame that you are here now, we need forces to go to those realms immediately." Diana said giving Madara a serious expression.
'Diana suggestion does make sense Madara, rather protect and defend what you can, instead of attacking what is lost, we should send Indra to one of the realms.' Hagoromo suggested.
'Indeed, I also thought of commissioning Indra, very well then, let me ask Diana which realm needs intervention more.' Madara said ending the mental-link.
"So be it then, we will go with what you suggest Diana, now tell me, out of all those realms, which needs our attention the most?" Madara questioned.
"Oh definitely Alfheim, Vanaheim and Svartalfheim already have loyalty to Asgard, but Alfheim, that's another matter, the light and dark elves pay no mind to other realms, as they are still embroiled in there never ending war, but honestly my king, the main reason you should focus on Alfheim, is because of it's power of source." Diana said,
"Power Source you say? Enlighten me Diana." Madara requested giving the vampire a curious look.
"Alfheim is revered because of the light of Alfheim, it is where the Bifröst and a portion of the Yggdrasil gets it's power source, it's mainly what allows us to travel from realm to realm with ease, without the light of Alfheim, travel throughout the realms will be greatly crippled, it is the place that needs our attention the most my king." Diana explained.
"Very well then, I will sort it out." Madara said.
*With Indra at Dubai in the Cayan Tower 19:00pm*
Indra was in a absolutely luxurious office room currently sitting in an all black leather judges boss chair, the first born of the Sage of the Six paths, has been on a demon hunt, ever since Madara re-summoned him back to the physical world, as it so happens one of his demon hunts, led him here to Dubai, where Indra easily disposed of the Old Satan Faction lackey, who was posing as a CEO of a major company here in Dubai, well was as Indra is making himself comfortable on the deceased demons chair and building.
Indra was looking out the window and could see that the Dubai night life was beginning to take full swing, there was so many lights, Dubai looked like it could give Tokyo a run for it's money in terms of being a flashy city.
The ancestor of the Uchiha had to admit one thing, the demons of the Old Satan Faction, were everywhere, Rizevim really did work tirelessly to make the Old-Satan Faction into the juggernaut that it is, Indra never expected to be in Dubai of all places, and yet here he is.
*Knock Knock*
"Enter."
With Indra's permission, the individual on the other side, entered and could see that Indra's attention was on the Dubai streets.
"Viser, did you sort out that mess?" Indra questioned still keeping his eyes on the Dubai streets.
"Yes Lord Indra, I eliminated all the remaining demons of the Old-Satan faction in the building and surrounding district." Viser said as she walked up to the ancestor of the Uchiha.
Indra turned his seat around so that he could have a face to face with his devil.
"Well done Viser, you keep demonstrating your value to me, I am indeed impressed with your recent work." Indra said, looking Viser in the eye.
Viser blushed due to Indra's compliments and eye contact, she truly did appreciate this kind of attention from the Ōtsutsuki.
"Well than, my Lord Indra, don't you think I deserve a reward?" Viser questioned in a seductive tone, as the devil decided to lock the door, so the two of them could have their privacy.
"Reward you say? What kind of re..." Indra was not allowed to finish his sentence as an Old familiar voice entered his mind.
Madara: 'Indra.'
Viser was confused as Indra just stopped speaking mid-sentence.
'My reincarnation? What is it?' Indra questioned being pleasantly surprised, as if he was hearing Madara's voice, it means something big was happening.
"Uhmmm...Lord Indra? Are you okay? Please finish what you were saying." Viser politely requested.
'I require your assistance, there is a realm the Old-Satan Faction are targeting here in the Norse mythology, I need you to intervene, I can only trust you with this task, if not the realm will be destroyed.' Madara explained.
'An entire realm you say? It's about time you called for me, I was growing weary of chasing demons all the time, it's about time I got a chance to stretch my legs, I will handle it my reincarnation.' Indra said ending the mental-link between him and Madara.
"Uhmm earth to Lord Indra?" Viser questioned as she could see, Indra's mind was very far away.
Indra however paid no mind to Viser, he just released a devilish smile as he was getting excited to do something else then just chase after demons.
(Menacing Laughter): "Viser, take care of things for me here, I need to take care of a greater ordeal, see you after some time." Indra said, then activated Kamui teleporting himself to Asgard.
"But...(Sigh)...and there he goes... leaving as usual, I swear when he gets back, I'm so going to make him, make it up to me, I want that kiss and date from Lord Indra no matter what." Viser said with a burning passion.
Viser than went to Indra's seat and made herself comfortable.
"There truly is a lot going on in the World, but please be safe Lord Indra." Viser said with her too now looking at the Dubai streets.
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