"Goodbye… Sasuke" Itachi thought to himself as his reanimated body began to disintegrate.
Now, he was going to stay dead. He told Sasuke that no matter what he did, he would always love him. Still, Itachi hoped that Sasuke wouldn't try to destroy the leaf… Naruto should be able to steer him from that path, Itachi had faith that he could.
Soon, he would be able to see his mother and father again, he had missed them so much during his time with the akatsuki. Not just his parents, but the entire clan that he had slaughtered. Itachi hoped that they could somehow forgive him for what he had done. He knew that Shisui would be glad to see his best friend once more, they had much to talk about.
After Itachi fully faded away from the land of the living, he awoke to find himself surrounded by darkness. Was this hell? He looked around, trying to find a light of any kind, and found that somewhat further away from his position, there was indeed a light. It was incredibly bright, almost blindingly so.
Would this lead to his family?
Itachi walked towards the light, and heard the distinct laughter of his best friend, Shisui, along with his parents. Itachi smiled. He would see them again. Itachi drew even closer to the white light, like a moth to a flame. Finally, he could rest peacefully.
"Hey Itachi!" He heard Shisui yell from beyond the light. "It's about time that you decided to come back, we've missed you my friend."
"My son!" Itachi's mother said. "I've missed you so much!"
"I'm glad to see you again Itachi, I'm so proud of you." He heard his father say.
Itachi smiled, and raised his hand to the light. Finally he would see them again…. And one day, he would see Sasuke as well, hopefully in the far future, after he has started a family and become an old man. That would be a good day in the afterlife.
Itachi tried to step through the light, but for some reason, he couldn't pass through. Why was this happening?
"Not yet Uchiha, I have use for you." He heard a gravelly voice say.
"Itachi, run!" Shisui yelled.
The light then disappeared, and he no longer heard the voices of his beloved friends and family. Why did the light disappear? It was most likely because of that voice. Itachi would not let himself be caught by the owner of the voice. He ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction of where the voice initially came from, he would figure this all out later, for now, he had to focus on not getting caught.
"It is pointless Itachi, none can escape me, just submit, it will be easier for me and you alike." The voice said.
He was not going to listen, he wasn't going to do anything for this man. Itachi's footsteps echoed throughout the never ending expanse of darkness, he had no idea where he should go, he was basically blind. All he could do right now was hope that this thing didn't catch him.
Itachi then ran into something and stumbled backwards.
"You shouldn't have ran from me Itachi. No matter, you will no longer remain in this world, you will be sent to a new one." He heard the voice say.
Very briefly, a light flashed from in-between the hands of the voices owner, and Itachi could see his pursuer. He was a man wrapped in a dark cloak, his face not visible, and his hands were crooked and had a silver tint to his skin.
"Have fun, Itachi Uchiha." The cloaked man said.
Itachi didn't think it possible for this endless expanse of darkness to blacken even further, but it did, and he lost consciousness.
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"Brother, I will tell you for the last time, it wasn't I who stole your master bolt! I demand an apology for you even insinuating that I would do such a thing." Poseidon said.
"You are lying. You would be the one to gain the most from stealing it, and don't you dare demand an apology from me!" Zeus yelled back at the sea god, his voice creating an almost thundering echo throughout the throne room.
Artemis was curious as to WHO exactly took the bolt. She doubted it was Poseidon, but she did not rule out the possibility. Artemis was certain that it was Hades who took it, and it made sense, with the bolt, he could rule Olympus. She wasn't going to go around pointing fingers however, she would only do that when she knew about that for certain.
"I am not lying to you brat! I had nothing to do with the bolts disappearance, you are simply paranoid that it was I." Poseidon said.
"How dare you call me a brat you dolt! Return the bolt by the summer solstice, or there will be war, or does that salty brain of yours prevent you from using higher thought?" Zeus retorted.
"My brain is capable of higher thought than the clouds in your miniscule mind brother. This must be the case, seeing as you can't tell that I am speaking the truth." Poseidon said.
"You bastard!" Zeus yelled, preparing to leap out of his throne.
"You fool!" Poseidon yelled.
They had been at this for hours, yelling back and forth like children. It was like two children arguing over a toy. Granted, this toy was capable of great destruction, and the 'children' happened to be two of the three most powerful gods. If the master bolt wasn't found soon, the world would enter a state of chaos, and the gods would be forced to choose sides. Artemis had no idea what she would do then. She doubted that she would be able to stay neutral, but if she were to pick a side… she had no idea which to choose.
Zeus would expect her to join his side if war did break out, he was her father after all. She most likely would join Zeus, but if he happened to be totally in the wrong, then she would side with her uncle Poseidon. Artemis tuned out the yelling, and tried to calm herself. She hated these meetings, and the moon goddess oh so wanted to be with her hunters right now.
Something happened however that stopped the yelling, and Artemis's eyes were drawn to the center of the throne room along with everyone else's. A black orb had materialized in the middle of the throne room. What the Styx was this thing?
The orb then dissipated, and revealed a man standing where the orb once was. He wore a long black coat with red clouds designs along the fabric, and he had long black hair that was done in a sort of ponytail. He had very handsome features, and his eyes were as black as coal. He looked confused and looked around the throne room in shock. He then looked down to himself and pulled at his cloak, as if that weren't supposed to be there.
Who was this man? He wasn't supposed to be here, and that was reinforced by the fact that she could sense his mortality. A human had somehow just appeared in one of the most important meetings of the gods, and her fellow deities were most likely not pleased. The man started hyperventilating.
"No…" Artemis heard the man say.
The man looked down to his hands and clenched at his fists.
"Dammit all!" He yelled.
Ares then stepped off of his throne, and shrunk down to his height, and approached the man. This wasn't going to end well for the mortal.
"You have a lot of nerve to show up like this." Ares said.
"I don't…" The man murmured.
"You're going to pay right now mortal, your presence annoys me." Ares said.
Ares grabbed the man's throat with his right hand, and lifted him in the air. Surprisingly, the man showed no resistance to this, and simply allowed himself to be lifted up.
"You aren't going to try to fight back? You're boring kid." Ares said.
"Kill me." The man said.
"You want me to kill you!? HA! That's a first." Ares said.
"Just do it please. I want to see my family." The man stated.
He wants to die so he can see his family? Why did he show up here in the first place? Was it against his will?
"I'll make sure you don't see your family kid." Ares said.
That was… brutal for Ares, he was requesting death, and Ares was promising suffering.
The man's eyes then widened, and he kicked Ares in the chin. The contact seemed to surprise the war god, and he let him go. The man fell to the ground and quickly got back up.
"So, you are going to fight back, this is going to be fun!" Ares yelled.
Artemis could tell that this human was more than he seemed. He had this… strange energy about him, she just couldn't figure out what it was. The man pulled something out of his leg pouch. It was a Japanese kunai, how strange.
"You're going to fight me with a butter knife? Whatever, it's your funeral kid. Father, let me paste him would ya?" Ares asked.
Idiot, Zeus would never allow such a thing.
"Very well, but make it quick." Zeus said.
Well, maybe he would allow such a thing.
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Where the hell was he? Who were these people? He quickly surveyed this throne room before he would engage with this man. There were several large people sitting in very different looking thrones, and one of them had come down to fight him. He wasn't going to lose, not if it meant that he wouldn't see his family again. Itachi didn't know what the extent of this man's abilities were, but he wasn't going to mess around. His eyes… made him almost enraged…
Itachi activated his sharingan, which took the man standing in front of him aback.
"Well, this might be more interesting than I thought." The man said.
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Artemis looked to the man's eyes which had turned from charcoal black, to blood red. Three comma dot marks surrounded each of his pupils. What was with his eyes? Ares summoned his sword into his right hand, and lunged at him. Surprisingly, the man ducked under the strike, and slashed at Ares's midsection, causing ichor to splash his kunai. Ares eyes widened at this, as did Aremis's. That attack shouldn't have been dodged, it was so fast!
"Don't you dare get cocky kid that was a lucky shot." Ares said.
"Ha! Ares the mighty war god was struck by a mortal!" Hermes yelled.
"Shut it Hermes!" Ares yelled back.
The man then put the kunai in his teeth, and started making hand signs at an extreme speed.
"Fire style: fireball jutsu!" The man yelled.
He put his right hand up to his mouth, a large ball of fire came from his breath, and it was heading straight for Ares. How the hell did he do that? It must have been magic, but Artemis didn't recall magic being done with hand signs before.
Ares was absorbed in the flame, and when it died down, he stood there with nary a scratch.
"That was pretty impressive kid, but I'm still going to kill you." Ares said.
The man's face didn't change, and his eyes changed once more. The three comma dot marks connected to the middle pupil, and widened, making his red eyes look akin to a shuriken.
The man's eyes widened even further as he stared at Ares. He cried blood that trailed down the right side of his cheek….
"Amaterasu!" the man yelled.
Ares was then engulfed in a black flame. And the war god screamed bloody murder, flailing around wildly. The man began to pant heavily, whatever that was must have drained him considerably. Where did that black flame come from? It just appeared out of nowhere, and it was causing Ares great pain.
"Help! It burns make it stop!" Ares yelled.
Artemis was shocked, one of the most prideful gods was yelling for help, this magic must be incredibly painful.
"Mortal, cease this flame!" Artemis yelled.
The man said nothing, and continued to stare at Ares with blood in his eyes. Artemis hopped down from her throne, and notched an arrow. She aimed for the mortals head, surely, if she killed him, the magical flames would disappear. They reminded her of Greek fire, but this flame had a certain intensity to it, she felt that the flames would not disappear until Ares was nothing more but ash. Considering that Ares was immortal, that flame would burn for all eternity.
Ares screaming was blood curdling, and Artemis actually felt pity for the war god. She launched the arrow, fully expecting it to pierce the morals skull. The man reacted with lightning speed, blocking the arrow with his kunai. This couldn't be an ordinary man, no mortal could have blocked that.
Artemis drew her dagger, and ran at the man full speed. Surely, he wouldn't be able to block her in close quarters. She stabbed at his chest, but he seemed to anticipate that, and blocked it. This mortal…
She and the man battled with kunai and dagger, they parried, blocked, and fought ferociously. This was ridiculous! No mortal should be able to keep up with her speed!
The man knocked her off balance and jumped about ten feet backwards. He then formed a hand sign that represented a cross.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" The mortal yelled.
Two white clouds then appeared on either side of him, and when they dissipated, two more of the same person stood beside him. The two clones then attacked Artemis, while the original stayed behind them. She stabbed one through the throat, causing it to turn into a white cloud, and the same happened with the second one when she stabbed it through the gut. The original then through several shuriken at her, which Artemis easily dodged. She charged the mortal again, but noticed some lines that were connected to his fingers. He pulled the strings, and then Artemis felt several things sink into her back. The shuriken were tied to his fingers!
"MAKE IT STOP!" She heard Ares yelled.
For one instant the man looked over to Ares again. He seemed to be shocked that Ares was still alive… did that mean he didn't know that the gods were immortal? If that was the case…
"He can't die, you are just wasting your time with those flames of yours." Artemis said while pulling the numerous shuriken out of her back.
The man said nothing, but he looked to Artemis with a slightly dazed look.
"Stop the fire right now mortal, and I'll make sure that you leave here alive." Artemis said.
"How… can I possibly believe that?" The man asked.
"I swear on the river Styx that I will not harm you if you stop the flame." Artemis said.
"Swearing on a river means nothing." The man said.
He really didn't know anything about the gods…
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Stop the flame? If he did that, then they would both attack him simultaneously, and this woman was strong enough on her own. Not to mention the other giants in the throne room. If they were to all attack at the same time, then Itachi would be doomed. They all seemed to be hanging back for now, but why? Was that man not there comrade? They were just letting him burn… and if he really was immortal, like Hidan, then he was just going to burn forever.
It was keeping the burly man suppressed though, should he really take the risk? He said that he wouldn't see his family again if he killed Itachi, and that's what triggered the fight. The woman swore on the river 'Styx' was that some sort of binding oath that she could not break?
"I can't go against that vow, so please stop that flame." The woman said, as if to confirm his thoughts.
Itachi didn't know that for a fact however, she could be lying to him. The absolute worse that could happen is his death, and he was ready for that anyway. If he couldn't go be with his family though, he would have to use the Susanoo to defend himself.
"Very well, but if you break your end of the bargain, then I will use something just as deadly as the Amaterasu." Itachi said.
"Just stop the flame." The woman said.
Itachi looked to the man that was being burned alive, and the flames then dissipated.
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The flames merely disappeared, and Ares was laying there facing the ceiling panting. He didn't get up.
"There, now let me leave." The man said to her in monotone.
"Not so fast, where do you intend to go?" Artemis said.
"To the battlefield." The man said.
"Battlefield?" Artemis questioned.
"Yes."
"Not so fast, mortal, you have to be incredibly arrogant if you thought you could just show up and interrupt us like this." Zeus said. "You must be punished."
"Father, allow me to take responsibility for him." Artemis said.
"And why should I do that? And most of all, why do you care?" Zeus asked.
"He is… interesting, that is all. He can do things we have never seen before. It would be a waste, he obviously doesn't know why he is here, he didn't come here of his own free will." Artemis said.
"Whatever, I don't care, just make sure that he doesn't cause trouble. If I see him again, he dies, no discussion. Now then, back to business Poseidon." Zeus said.
"You are a fool Zeus, I have nothing to do with your bolts disappearance." Poseidon said.
Artemis took this as an opportunity to leave this boring council.
"You there, come with me." Artemis said.
"No." The man replied.
"No?" Artemis asked.
"I'm leaving, there is something that I have to do." The man replied.
"Whatever it is, it can wait, now come along." Artemis said.
"Please, just leave me be." The man said.
"I'm afraid I can't do that, now stop arguing with me, or something bad will happen you understand?" Artemis said.
"You promised no harm would come to me. Are you going back on your own words?" The man said.
Damn.
Artemis walked up to the man, and said.
"Just for a little bit, then you can go and do whatever." Artemis said.
"Very well." The man sighed.
Artemis grabbed his shoulder, causing the man to flinch.
"Calm down, we're going to my camp." Artemis said.
The man said nothing in reply, but simply nodded.
She then teleported both of them to Artemis's camp in the woods. This was going to be a long day of questioning. She was genuinely surprised that Zeus let this mortal go, Ares won't be so forgiving though, he will no doubt come back for revenge. Artemis wanted to kill this man herself for throwing those shuriken at her, but she swore on the Styx…
Alright people, I think this story is the first of its kind. Now, I feel like I kind of screwed something up. I am really sick you see, so there might be some incoherent sentences and such, point them out, and I will fix them. Did everyone react to Itachi the way they should have? I feel like I screwed that part up as well, so if I did, please tell me, and Ill change it. Thanks for reading, and if you like this story, I have one similar called 'the moons ultimate Weapon.' It's a DBZ fic involving Broly.