"YOU DAMN PIECE OF TRASH!" Kurama shouted as he slammed his head against the Kraken's. The two titanic creatures moved apart and began exchanging blows. The shock waves stirred the water with every blow they exchanged. However, the sea creature suddenly tackled the fox, lifted him up, and threw him aside.
Crashing down violently, the Bijū slowly got to his feet, only for the Kraken's enormous jaws to bite down on his neck. Held in place by two of the beast's arms, he was struck by a barrage of powerful punches from its other two free arms. This attack devastated the fox's torso.
As the seconds passed, Kurama remained motionless. The victorious Kraken continued biting down, trying to tear its prey's head off. But something happened. Slowly, the fox brought his hands to the sea creature's jaws. Digging his claws into them, he slowly forced them open. Once free from its bite, the fox smiled darkly. A small sphere formed on his snout. Holding the Kraken's jaws open, he aimed his attack.
"BIJU-DAMA!" The attack went straight into the Kraken's mouth. The purple sphere traveled down its throat and reached its stomach. Letting go of the creature, Kurama moved away as the Kraken staggered backward. The inevitable happened in an instant. An explosion erupted from the center of the beast's stomach, blowing it into thousands of pieces. Purple and blue blood and organs flew everywhere.
"Wow! Well done, Kurama!" Diana shouted in celebration, smiling as she watched her friend shrink in size and return to the beach. However, her happiness turned to disgust when blood and organs rained down on the Amazons on the beach.
"Great... Just great," Artemis said with as much sarcasm as possible as she removed a piece of purple flesh from her hair. Beside her, Alexis lowered her shield, revealing that she was completely clean. But that didn't last long, as the orange-haired woman beside her splashed blood onto her face. "Oops," she said mockingly while wiping her own face.
"Sister... You know what? Forget it. I'm leaving." Saying that, the intellectual Amazon began walking away from the battlefield. However, she didn't get far before a powerful shock wave sent her flying. Diana caught her, having no trouble remaining on her feet, just like several of her sisters.
"Mother, we have to help Sensei," the Amazon princess requested as she readied her equipment. But before she could leave to help her teacher, her mother stopped her. Turning around, Diana looked at her mother in surprise. The Queen had a serious expression as she watched the shock waves on the horizon.
"He doesn't need help," Hippolyta said simply as she sheathed her sword. This wasn't over yet.
………..
Who was he? Why couldn't he defeat him? How was it possible for him to be so strong? Was he a god?
The fists of both opponents collided, creating a powerful shock wave. The two began attacking each other brutally and without mercy. The demigod didn't know what he was facing. This guy was unlike anything he had ever faced before. Shouting in frustration, he punched the shinobi, landing a devastating blow to his chest that made him cough up blood. However, a moment later, Naruto burst into a cloud of smoke.
Stunned, Hercules looked in every direction, but there was nothing. Confused, he felt the ground move beneath him. Two gigantic slabs of rock brutally crushed him between them, but this didn't stop the demigod, who, with a shout of effort, destroyed the slabs crushing him. However, as if in slow motion, he saw his opponent standing in front of him.
"RASENGAN!" The blond's attack struck the black-haired man's chest directly, sending him flying backward. He tried to regain his balance, only to be kicked by another copy of the Uzumaki. Finally, he was struck by a downward kick and crashed brutally into the ground. Getting up, the black-haired man saw dozens of shinobi coming toward him.
"ENOUGH!" Using his Nemean gauntlets, he struck the ground with all his strength. The resulting shock wave destroyed the ground and swept away everything in its path, destroying all the clones. Blinded by rage, he looked into the distance and saw the blond standing up. Running toward him, Hercules disappeared in a burst of speed, only to receive another blow.
Hercules received another devastating punch to the face, sending him flying backward. He bounced across the ground and finally skidded painfully along it. Crashing into some hills, he came to a stop. In pain, he stood up, but his head was stepped on, forcing his face against the ground. Growling, he glared angrily at the shinobi, who wore a serious and dark expression.
"Frustrating, isn't it...?" Feeling the foot being removed from his head, Hercules got up. But once he was on his feet, all he saw was the shinobi's piercing gaze. "Hippolyta told me your story. Everything you've done, all the harm you've caused. I can see the darkness inside you. My only question is... Was it worth it, being nothing more than a tool of Zeus?" he asked calmly. The Amazon Queen had told Naruto a brief version of the demigod's story. Perhaps he was only a victim of the gods of Olympus, just as Gaara had been a victim of his own father. However, his thoughts were interrupted when he heard Hercules laughing loudly. After several minutes, the laughter finally died down, and a dark smile formed on Heracles's face.
"How gullible... Typical of an innocent child. I'm over two thousand years old... and believe me, I don't regret anything I've done," he said in a dark tone as he prepared to attack again. "I killed my teacher when I was nine years old because he was a nuisance. I fought in wars, killing everyone who got in my way with my own hands... I completed the twelve trials imposed on me by the gods... I could go on all day... But do you know what my greatest achievement was?" he asked mockingly as he walked around the Uzumaki, who frowned upon hearing his opponent's so-called 'achievements.'
"Killing the Nemean Lion," the bored Uzumaki answered. However, his boredom turned to confusion when he heard Heracles laugh. The demigod stopped walking and smiled wickedly.
"No... Having the Amazons at my feet." Those few words made Naruto look at the demigod in surprise. "Oh, you didn't know...? I was told that I would never conquer an Amazon. Taking up the challenge, I did what no one else had done. I conquered those women. For decades, they were my slaves..." he said wickedly, taking pleasure in boasting about his conquest. What he didn't notice was how the ground around the shinobi began to crack. "But those bitches, the goddesses of Olympus, didn't like that. They helped Hippolyta free her people and gave them this island to keep them isolated from the world... and from me," he finished.
Everything fell silent.