A/N: Yo guys. This is my very first time writing a crossover between these two awesome franchises. PJO X Narutoverse.

The premise is that Percy is thrown into a different world by Kronos. He wakes up as a baby in the Narutoverse. Specifically in Konoha. Canon timeline and mostly canon behavior for said characters. Review whether you want a good Sasuke or bad Sasuke. This choice makes a ton of difference. Trust me.

BTW, this is OP Naruto and OP Percy as well.

No bashing really. Except when it's deserved. Like Danzo and the council. There can never be enough council bashing! But I will be reasonable. The council would never demand Naruto's death. He is Konoha's Jinchūriki. Their own nuke. I never understood fanfics that have mobs chase and beat Naruto. Why the fuck would you try to enrage a Jinchūriki?! Unless you have a death wish. And Sarutobi would never allow those beatings to happen. He's a dumb Hokage, but he'd never allow this. Ever. And people would be too scared to try.

ENJOY!

CHAPTER 1 - ... AND I JUST SHIT MYSELF

CLANG!

Percy's ears throbbed at the sound as he blocked Kronos's scythe. His arms shook from the force and he nearly dropped Riptide.

"Shit.", he muttered.

Kronos was the King of the Titans for a reason. Percy might have been able to dispatch Hyperion without too much effort, but Kronos was on another level. Even without his true form.

"Fucking Luke. If he survives this, I'll kill him myself", Percy muttered. If Kronos wasn't bad enough, the titan had gotten ALL of Luke's mastery over the blade. And with Kronos possessing him, there was a speed and strength boost that Percy couldn't hope to deal with.

And he could slow time. Because why the fuck not?

From the side lines, Annabeth and Grover could only watch. Percy and Kronos were both too fast for their eyes to follow. The only sign that assured them of the two combatants' presence in the throne room was the near continuous shockwaves that emanated.

It had been nearly an hour since the fight had started, and though it looked pretty close, Percy knew he wouldn't last much longer. Shitty side effect of the curse of Achilles was that you tended to tire out quicker than usual.

Then Percy finally found an opening. The underside of Luke's arm, a few inches below his left armpit. It didn't look like much, but Percy had been focusing on that spot several times during the match.

He'd notice that Luke/Kronos tried to keep him to his right. His stance was completely sideways, as if he was trying to hide the spot. But why?

Adding to that, that particular spot had a small bronze tint to it. Celestial Bronze in it's purest form. Kronos had stuck it there somehow.

As Percy deflected an overhead strike and skidded backwards, his mind went into overdrive, trying to figure out the possibilities of where Luke's Achilles spot was.

He wasn't a child of Athena, but even Annabeth had admitted multiple times that he was almost unmatched in immediate battle tactics, or so she called it.

His eyes darted to Kronos's form. Again, the titan could have charged at Percy. He could've capitalized on the advantage, but he didn't. Why?

To his credit, Percy took just ten micro-seconds to come up with the answer. Why? Because his left side would be exposed. Why would he protect his left side? His Achilles spot had to be there. Where was it on his left side? The bronze piece obviously.

And with that, Percy jumped into the fray. But contrary to what he'd normally do, he did NOT immediately attack Kronos's left side. It would be stupid of him.

Instead, he waited. And waited.

He felt a boot plant on his chest and he skidded away several metres.

Kronos laughed haughtily. "Is that all the mighty Perseus Jackson can do? Perhaps Hyperion has been sloppy if he could not defeat the likes of you."

Percy didn't rise to the bait. He gripped Riptide tightly, and he eyed Kronos's weak spot through the corner of his vision. He made sure not to move his eyeball, so Kronos wouldn't be alerted.

Kronos raised his scythe, preparing to blast Percy with another of his beams. The throne room was littered in craters due to those.

Percy inwardly smirked. 'Your arrogance is your downfall, Kronos.'

The demigod took a step, and vanished.

"Huh?". The titan was so surprised that his control had slipped, briefly speaking in Luke's voice. It was needless to say, both of them were surprised.

Percy prayed to every god that his technique would work. It was a technique he had been preparing for almost a year. He hadn't gotten to test it in battle yet, since he had only faced fodder so far. It was sad to say that Kronos was his first real challenge for the past one year.

He called his technique the Vanishing Step. He would manipulate the individual molecules in his body, turning them into water vapour. When that happened, his consciousness would immediately disperse across the entire area, a span of almost several hundred metres. He could then pick a spot to reappear.

The whole process would take less than a micro second, if he decided to do it quickly.

But he needed the left arm up, or else it wouldn't work. So when Kronos turned around, looking for where he went, Percy silently reappeared beside him, with Riptide already in hand.

The demigod forgot all his stances and lunged forward with all his speed. Kronos's eyes widened as he sensed the demigod reappear. But he was too slow.

Not that Percy, or anyone else even knew. But it was at this precise moment that a certain blonde haired son of Jupiter toppled the Black Throne of Orthrys. The sudden loss of his power delayed Kronos for exactly the amount of time Percy needed.

After Percy reappeared, he covered the distance before Kronos could even blink. As in, in less than two thirds of a second, Riptide was buried in Luke's body. To the hilt.

Not that Percy, or anyone else even knew. But it was at this precise moment that a certain blonde haired son of Jupiter toppled the Black Throne of Orthrys. The sudden loss of his power had delayed Kronos for exactly the amount of time Percy needed.

Annabeth and Grover looked shocked. And the shock on Kronos's face was almost hilarious to Percy. For good measure, the demigod booted him across the hall. Percy's mouth turned into a smirk as blood flew from Luke's nose.

"Good.", Percy stated. "The effects of the Styx have vanished from you."

Kronos roared in defiance. "IMPOSSIBLE! I WILL NOT BE BEATEN BY THE LIKES OF YOU!"

Percy's face turned into an expression that would've been perfect on a marble statue. "You lose Kronos. The gods have beaten Typhon. Your army is being massacred by demigods. Your brothers have been beaten. Your vessel has been beaten. You have been beaten."

Percy's face turned into a frown suddenly. He could sense something was wrong. He could feel it. There was a build up of power in the area.

He looked at Kronos with a glare. "What the hell are you doing?", he hissed.

Kronos merely smirked. "The gods will be here in a few seconds. I can feel it. I will rise again, Percy Jackson, but you won't be there to see it. Mother has helped me with this."

With that, the titan glowed bright gold and he snapped his fingers.

The demigod felt a pull behind him. Not like a physical object, but a force. Something was propelling him backwards.

He glanced behind, and that was his mistake. The mere act of turning his neck to look at the thing behind him had imbalanced him, and he was swallowed by a portal.

The last thing he heard was Annabeth screaming his name and his eyes barely made out several flashes of light. The gods had arrived.

It was too late for him though, and his world went dark.

When he woke up, Percy found himself staring at a ceiling. There was a three bladed fan spinning at low speeds.

Above him stood a man and a woman. The woman was dressed somewhat normally, if not a little traditionally. A dark blue dress with a brown apron over it. She had long black hair that seemed to reach her waist and hmm … some really good assets. Percy wasn't a pervert. He just had a … healthy appreciation of the opposite sex.

The man however, wore something odd. It was like a military uniform with a little less bulk. He could see two things clear as day though. The right sleeve of his had a symbol. An inwardly spiralling swirl. And he had a forehead protector. The forehead protector had a symbol on it. Was that the symbol of a leaf? Weird.

Of course, he didn't think much of it. He jokingly wondered if he had been in a coma for several centuries and he now woke up in the future.

"Oh! Jiro! He's awake!"

The man bent over and picked him up.

'Wait.', Percy thought. Alarm bells rang through his head. 'What? How's this possible? Unless …'

He looked around him, and for the first time, noticed himself. His body. It was tiny. So tiny that this random dude could pick him up like he was some sort of grocery bag.

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!

He shouted at the top of his voice.

Unfortunately for Percy and his still developing voice, it came out like this.

"WAAAHHH!"

He cried like a baby, which he technically was at the moment.

FUCKING KRONOS! GODS DAMNIT! This was the last fucking thing he wanted.

Surprisingly for him, the man looked shocked out of his wits.

"Yakumo. Look! His eyes!"

Both of them peered at his face, making him uncomfortable. He tried to punch them. 'The fuck are you trying to do huh?!'. He thought.

Sadly, the woman called Yakumo looked even more delighted. "Kawaii! Look at his eyes. So green. And look at him. So cute."

'Eh?', Percy thought. 'Kawaii was a Japanese word.' He knew it from the anime he watched.

Percy snorted. 'I've been watching way too much anime. What now? Goku will arrive?'

Percy sighed and quieted down. 'I guess I've got to figure out how to get out of here.'

And then he felt something wet on his ass. The demigod groaned and mentally let out a string of curses so vulgar that even Zeus would be disturbed.

Because he realized he had just shit himself.

Percy grumbled in his mind. 'I can forget getting out of here. I can't even control my fucking bowel movements.'

"So … what should we name him dear?"

The woman seemed to think for a while, before her eyes glazed over. "Percy."

The man frowned. "Percy? That's sounds like a Kumo name or something … but somehow it fits."

Percy snorted. Ain't that convenient?

(Seven years since Percy's rebirth)

Percy sighed as he shut the book. Since he could walk, he had been doing the one thing he swore he'd never do again.

He studied. He opened every book he could and studied. And when he didn't do that, he learnt all he could about chakra. He needed to have knowledge of the world he was in. Otherwise, he would be in for a rude awakening.

Of course, he hit a snag there. Everything. Everything was Japanese. This whole place … everyone spoke Japanese. So he had to learn it. And learn it he did. Soon, he knew it better than English. But not as good as he knew Ancient Greek.

Strangely, his Dyslexia had up and vanished. Although he still had his ADHD unfortunately.

Percy swore loudly.

He knew gods and titans could NOT do something like this. Sure, they were strong, but there was no way in hell any god or titan could create a whole new world. At least he hoped it was. He really didn't want to be in another universe entirely. That would be much worse.

The answer was likely that Gaia was the one who put him in this predicament.

"Fucking primordial.", he muttered. "The hell did I ever do to her?"

He had gathered considerable information about the world he was in. It was somewhat primitive. Not exactly medieval age or anything, since they had electricity and all that. But they had none of the weapons that Percy knew from Earth.

But there was something else entirely to compensate for that.

Chakra.

Percy couldn't explain it exactly. It felt no different than the power he felt whenever he channelled his water powers, but he somehow felt that chakra was easier to control. To mould. His powers given by Poseidon was wild. It was like trying to control the flow of a fire truck's hose.

Another thing he had found was that the history of this world dated back merely a few hundred years.

In fact, he found that the very village he was in was barely a hundred and twenty years old give or take a decade.

Percy sighed. He didn't want to risk sounding like Annabeth but … 'I hate not knowing things.'

He walked out of the village library and mentally recounted everything he knew of the world he was in.

He was in a village called Konohagakure no Sato. The Village Hidden in the Leaves.

Percy snorted. Whoever came up with that name must've been really stupid drunk.

The whole world seemed to consist of only one big continent called the Elemental Nations. From what he could gather, Konoha was in Hi no Kuni, the Land of Fire. There were several other nations, but only five of them were the ones that mattered. Hi no Kuni, Mizu (Water) no Kuni, Tsuchi (Earth) no Kuni, Kaze (Wind) no Kuni, and Kaminari (Lightning) no Kuni.

There was also Tetsu (Iron) no Kuni, but that was more of a neutral place. They didn't even have ninja. They had samurai.

These five were like the superpowers of the Elemental Nations. Each of them had their own 'hidden village'. As far as Percy could tell, the hidden villages were the military power of said nation. The villages were led by their respective Kages.

For example, he learned that the leader of the village he was in was called the Hokage. Currently, the Hokage was one Hiruzen Sarutobi.

He was this elderly man that Percy had only seen once. The former demigod learnt that he was the Third Hokage. Hiruzen Sarutobi had to retake his post when the Fourth Hokage died five years ago battling the Kyūbi no Kitsune.

Bijū. That interested Percy. As far as he knew, Bijū were entities with ginormous amounts of chakra.

'Wrong.'. Percy corrected himself. They were made of chakra.

Percy remembered a book he had read last year. It was about Jinchūriki and the Bijū they hosted. The Fourth Hokage had apparently encountered the Mizukage once. That Mizukage was the jinchūriki of the Sanbi. The Fourth Hokage didn't specify the type of creature that the Sanbi was.

What the Fourth had written was that Bijū were generally sealed inside humans. These humans were called jinchūriki.

The former demigod sighed. What a sad life. It was like as if someone decided to stick Kronos in them.

…

Okay, admittedly, the Bijū were probably less evil than Kronos but still.

Another thing about the Fourth's book was something he stated. His exact words were: 'It is misconception and blatant insensitivity to assume that Bijū are mindless entities of chakra.'

The former demigod was broken out of his musings as he heard a shout of 'Get back here!'.

He turned to see a boy in orange shorts and a yellow t-shirt with a red swirl on it that Percy recognized was the Uzumaki clan symbol.

Oh yeah, he learned about them as well. Their fate sounded a lot like what happened to the Mayan Civilization. Not exactly the same, but both sounded like exotic and advanced cultures that were wiped out suddenly.

Percy chuckled as he saw the boy leap across the rooftops, holding a bucket of paint. His hair was a bright yellow-blond. Hard to miss.

Chasing the boy were some chūnin. They were the bulk of Konoha's military force from what he'd learned.

Surprisingly, the boy was still able to evade them.

Percy shook his head as he watched Naruto Uzumaki leave the chūnin in the dust. How they couldn't catch one single seven-year-old boy was beyond him.

The boy suddenly bolted towards him, and behind him. He turned around to see the window rattling. The boy was already inside the house. His house.

The chūnin came up to him. "Hey kid, did you see the de– I mean, the brat? Yellow hair, orange shorts. He's hard to miss."

Percy's eyes narrowed ever so slightly. What was the man about to say? De … and then he corrected himself. It wasn't hard to fill out the remaining letters. Demon.

Another chūnin spoke this time. "He carries a bucket of paint. Little bastard gave the jōnin lounge a makeover."

Percy had to raise an eyebrow at this. Jōnin was one of the highest ranks you could get. Only really good ninjas became jōnin. For this Naruto to paint their lounge was nothing short of excellent stealth. That too while wearing bright orange shorts and a white t-shirt.

The former demigod didn't rat out Naruto however. "I think he went that way. Sorry I didn't pay too much attention to him."

The chūnin grumbled as they left. "Great. We lost him. All the jōnin are going to kill us."

As soon as they left, Percy himself leaped through the window as well, landing on the floor with a soft thud.

"AAH! WHO AR– ", the blond shouted before Percy lunged forward and covered his mouth.

"Shut up.", he hissed. "Don't be so damn loud."

Immediately Percy felt a little bad. He didn't mean to snap, but he had heightened sense due to channelling chakra throughout his body as a usual practice. So his hearing was slightly better than others.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Hehe. I was just surprised, dattebayo."

Percy frowned. "Dattebayo? The hell's that supposed to mean?"

The blond haired boy looked even more sheepish. "Heh. It just comes out of my mouth. A habit of mine, dattebayo."

Percy sweat-dropped. 'He just said it again.'

The former demigod waved it aside. "Forget it. So … care to tell me why there are chūnin chasing after you?"

The blond grumbled. "It's not my fault dattebayo! Those idiots blame me for everything. They say I painted the jonon lounge."

Percy face-palmed.

Naruto frowned. "What?"

The raven-haired boy sighed. "Jōnin, Naruto. Jōnin. No jonon! And I can see that paint bucket."

Naruto, to his credit, was more perceptive than he looked. "How'd you know my name? I never said it! Are you a ninja, dattebayo!"

"I don't have to be a ninja to know who you are. Every chūnin in the village curses you everyday for your pranks."

Naruto grinned. "Hehe. I'm famous it seems. It won't be long before I become Hokage, dattebayo!"

Percy sweat-dropped. 'I just told him of his infamy among the chūnin … and he wants to become Hokage? Is this guy mad?'

"Hey!", Naruto exclaimed. "Don't ignore me! I will become Hokage!"

Percy rubbed his forehead in frustration. It hadn't even been two minutes since Naruto had began talking, and already he was starting to get on his nerves.

"Shut up about being Hokage already!", He said, bonking his head with his fist.

The effect was immediate. The blond's eyes started to water and his expression looked miserable.

Percy groaned mentally. 'God damn it. I forgot. He's a kid. Kids don't like it when you shoot down their dreams like that.'

Percy sighed. "Look, Naruto. It's fine and all to have such … goals. But you don't need to keep shouting it. Just cool it."

"Oh.", was all Naruto said. He then grinned. "Hey! You didn't answer my question! Are you a ninja?"

Percy shook his head. "No. I can only enroll next year. Rules and all.". 'Even though I'm more than qualified.', Percy added mentally. Since he had learned to walk, he made sure to train his body so it could reach the perfection that it had been during the Second Titanomachy.

"Cool!", Naruto exclaimed. "I'm already in my first year!"

Percy raised an eyebrow. "Oh. Impressive. Most students start when they're eight or nine. Are you sure you're up for it."

"Of course dattebayo! I'm going to become Ho–"

Percy gave him a stern look, which he knew would look comical on a seven-year-old. "Dude. Remember. Chill."

Naruto nodded enthusiastically, and Percy knew that the blond hadn't listened to a single word he had said.

"PERCY!", a shrill voice resounded through the house.

Percy gave the boy a small smile. "Yeah. Time for me to go. Run along now."

The boy looked down a bit. "Eh … what's your name?"

"Percy. Just Percy."

Naruto frowned. "No clan?"

Percy shook his head. "No. Never knew my parents.". That was a lie. His parents were killed in the Kyūbi attack a few months after his birth. Percy would never admit it, but he had nearly shit himself when he felt the aura of the Kyūbi's chakra. It was fucking massive. Like, Zeus level massive.

Percy nearly had a heart attack. That damn Bijū was probably as strong as Zeus himself. Shit. No wonder the Fourth Hokage died defeating it.

"Oh.", Naruto said, seemingly deflating. During his time at the orphanage a few years back, he had wanted nothing more than to be adopted. But the would-be parents avoided him like the plague. If they did see his face, there were only hateful looks and sneers directed at him.

Percy's eyes narrowed. He knew that look. He had seen it many many times on the unclaimed kids at the Hermes cabin. This boy was an orphan. That explained his pranks. And his obsession with becoming Hokage. He wanted recognition.

The former demigod sighed again for what seemed like the third time in five minutes. "Hey Naruto. You said you wanted to become Hokage right?"

The boy brightened up like a lamp and nodded.

A devilish grin appeared on Percy's face, scaring Naruto. "Ask someone where training ground forty four is. Meet me outside there at seven in the morning."

Naruto frowned. "For what?"

Percy chuckled evilly in a very Orochimaru-like manner . "Kukukuku. Oh, you'll see. Indeed you will see. Don't worry, I will help you become Hokage."

Nothing more needed to be said.

"YATTA! Thanks Percy! I will come here tomorrow. I won't disappoint you dattebayo!"

He then proceeded to bolt out of the window, happily running through the streets.

Percy groaned as he walked to the kitchen of his house. "Why do I have to be such a nice guy?", he grumbled. Anyone else would've kicked that boy out. But Percy just couldn't do it. He was an orphan. A kid despised by most of the village. He probably had no friends. So the former demigod caved in. By nature he was too nice of a guy. He couldn't let the kid leave off with such a sad face.

Percy ran his hand through his hair. Another thing was his gut. His instincts told him this boy was different. He was something special.

Sure it got annoying when he shouted about becoming Hokage, but Percy was unnerved by the boy's determination. It wasn't some kid's fantasy. He could feel that Naruto truly wanted to become the Hokage. And strangely, Percy felt that given the proper guidance and with the right push, Naruto could become someone worthy of being the Hokage.

Percy reached the kitchen. There was a silver haired girl with skin the colour of Celestial Bronze. If that weren't odd enough, she wore monogrammed pyjamas with the words Anaklusmos all over them.

"Percy!", a voice squeaked.

Yep. You guessed it. This … this was the spirit form of Riptide.

Turns out that Riptide was sentient all along. The chakra in this world allowed the sword to temporarily transform into a human, albeit with the weird skin colour. That couldn't be altered.

Was it mentioned that Riptide's human form was just four inches tall? And she had wings like the Hesperides who guarded the golden apple tree. It made sense, since Riptide was actually made of Zoe Nightshade's immortal essence. So the consciousness of the sword should be somewhat like her … but that skin colour and hair colour! Other than that, she did look like Zoe. So he called her Zoe.

"Hey Zoe."

Zoe fluttered her wings and flew over to him, perching on his shoulder.

"I heard you talking to that boy. Do you know he is the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki?", she chirped.

"NANI?!"

Zoe laughed. "Oh man. I haven't been able to surprise you like that for years."

Percy grumbled before sighing. "But how do you know he is the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki? I thought it'd be some no name ANBU."

Zoe gave him a funny look. "Are you serious? Can't you feel his chakra. It's massive."

Zoe looked like she was deep in thought. "I know that Jinchūriki tend to borrow chakra from their bijū … but I didn't sense any of Kyūbi's chakra. But that seal on his stomach was very clear to me. The eight trigrams seal."

Percy whistled. "Damn. So the Yondaime sealed the Kyūbi into Naruto huh. I guess it makes a little sense. In one of the books that the Yondaime wrote, he mentioned that the Uzumaki clan members had some crazy amounts of chakra. Apparently, the wife of the Shodai Hokage was an Uzumaki, and it's said she had more chakra than the Sanbi. All those guys calling him a demon or monster makes sense now. Shit, I didn't know civilians are this ignorant. Anyway, how much chakra does Naruto have?"

Zoe hummed. "Hmm. Currently you have much more chakra. Although the boy still has more chakra than even the Hokage. But he will easily surpass you in chakra if he draws the Kyūbi's power. I estimate the Kyūbi's chakra to be as much as Kronos would have had he gone full form."

Percy shivered. "That much huh. But damn. I didn't know I had that much chakra."

Zoe frowned. "It has to do with your demigod lineage."

Percy frowned. "I thought I was reborn?"

Zoe shook her head. "That's true. You're not a demigod anymore. I've examined your DNA. You have a double helix instead of a single helix and a gold helix. But I think that chakra capacity is influenced by the soul of the person as well."

Percy frowned in confusion. "Meaning?"

"You might not be a demigod now, but previously you were. Adding to that, you are not seven years old. Mentally, you should be twenty-three. I think that since your soul is 'remembers' your old body, it imprinted some traits of your previous life to your current self.

Percy frowned. "I guess that makes sense."

Zoe giggled, remembering something. "I also think someone is messing with you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well, in your previous life, you couldn't do stealth or ranged weaponry at all. And … now you are in a world full of ninja."

Zoe started laughing outright after that.

Percy mock glared at her. "Yeah yeah. Laugh it up. I will shoot an arrow straight one day. Just you watch."

Percy ate his breakfast contentedly. Maybe … maybe this world wouldn't be so bad.

A/N: So ... how was it? Good? Bad? Let me know in the reviews.

Heh. I always thought Minato wrote some books. And he was in the third Shinobi world war, some of which was in Kiri. So there's a good chance he went there, and he may have encountered Yagura. Who knows?

For those of you who want a non-idiotic Naruto ... relax. He won't act like a jackass. This is actually more or less his canon behavior (eh maybe he wasn't emotional in canon. Idk). But eventually he will become 'cool' (without becoming an edgelord like in many fanfics). So don't worry about him asking dates from Sakura or any shit like that. He won't do that shit.

Team 7 will mostly be Percy, Naruto and Sasuke. If any of you have a different suggestion I'll be glad to hear it. But I won't use any OCs. I'm fucking sick and tired of OCs.

As for Percy. In this chapter and the next, he'll probably just be physically as strong as a fresh genin, but his water manipulation puts Tobirama's to shame. Before anyone complains, remember who he is? Son (Former) of Poseidon and all. It'd be stupid not to give him awesome water powers and kickass Riptide. I'll admit, the Riptide being sentient and all isn't for anyone. I honestly just needed space to fill.

THERE WILL BE NO PERCY X ZOE PAIRING! FORGET IT! It would be very weird first of all due to the size difference. And secondly Zoe is Riptide essentially. She is basically Percy's 'Zetsu'. As in she can go undetected anywhere and spy for him, gather info etc. She won't have any special hax.

There won't be any pairing in fact for Percy. At least until the Shippuden timeline starts.

Now, Percy will definitely be OP at first, but once Naruto learns to use Kyūbi's chakra it will even out. Naruto will have the sheer raw power while Percy will have less power but more finesse and skill. Dude is a master swordsman after all. You could say that Percy is better against the trickier enemies while Naruto is also fine for those, but he's more suited for the times he can spam Rasenshuriken. God that jutsu never gets old!

If Sasuke is good, he will eventually catch up to them. If Sasuke is bad then he will die during the retrieval arc after Chūnin exams.