Scion of Gaia – A Senju Naruto Story
Chapter 1 – Prologue
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'…'-thinking
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Naruto does not belong to me. Nor does Percy Jackson.
This story is crossover between the anime series 'Naruto' and the book series 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians'. The character of Naruto in this story is strongly based upon the Naruto in my fanfiction 'Senju Naruto- The Rise of a Hero'. You can even call this fanfiction a sequel to the other, after I suggest some necessary changes in this prologue.
In this story, Naruto is shown as an immortal and looks like a man in his early 30s (About the same age in 'Boruto: Naruto the Movie'). As both of my Naruto fanfiction progress, you will notice how Naruto acquired the skills and techniques he uses in this fanfiction.
I hope you enjoy this story.
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Few millenniums before Percy Jackson
Mount Olympus was in peril today.
In the largest palace among the city of palaces under the snow-capped peak of Mount Olympus, heated words were exchanged between the rulers of the mountain. The effect of their verbal battle was strong enough to send the nature in peril. Storm brew above the mountain with thunder loud enough to shake the city each time the lightning fell. The evergreen and bloomed gardens of olive trees and rosebushes surrounding the palace now wilting away with every curse uttered inside the palace.
"Why did you do this again, husband?" shouted Hera, the Queen of the Gods. Majestic and often solemn, she was a force to be reckoned with when angry. "Athena, Apollo, Artemis and now Heracles, a demi-god, I grow tired of your erotic escapades." She added.
The King of the Gods, Zeus, sat in his throne before his wife with a glass of wine in his hand as he tried to ignore her tantrums with a drunken look on his face. This had become a routine in his married life.
"This is not a big issue." He retaliated, his voice booming. "Is it not a good thing that I sired gods and heroes who make Mount Olympus stronger? And I am not the only one. Every other god have illegitimate children." He added, emptying the cup in his hand.
"The other gods do it because they see you do it. You are the master of this house. If you yourself won't restrain your libido, then who will?" asked Hera. "And don't you say 'every other god'! Do not accuse me of adultery!" said she annoyingly.
"Then who has stopped you to commit infidelity, woman? I have imposed no such rule upon you." Shouted Zeus, throwing his cup on the floor.
"By the Gods, marriage itself is that rule Zeus! I am the Goddess of Marriage and your wife. It is my duty to follow the laws of marriage that you openly ignore." Said Hera, pointing her finger at her husband. "Each child of mine is our legitimate offspring. They are not like the others which roam around in Olympus and prove your infidelity."
"And what good have those children of ours wrought? One keeps getting into meaningless fights while other looks uglier than the monsters in Tartarus." Retorted Zeus as another wine-filled glass appeared in his hand.
"Don't blame me for that, husband! They are your children as much as they are mine."
"Then the problem seems to be in YOU than in ME! Because MY children prove to be better than OUR children!" said Zeus. Hera took a step away from her husband after hearing those words.
"You do not m-mean that." Said Hera, her words faltering.
"It is because of the children you bore me that I go out of my house and have children. Perhaps, you should ignore the laws of marriage yourself and bear a child that puts a better image of you as a woman and a mother. Now go away, you annoy me." shouted Zeus. His words had shocked Hera. Her violet eyes burning with righteous fury, she turned and went to her private chambers.
Later at Night, Hera's chambers
Hera paced around here chamber furiously as she remembered her husband's words. Ichor, the golden blood of gods, dripped from both her palms as she clenched her fists in anger, struggling for control.
"He commits the acts of adultery and blame it on me and my womanhood! I am the ideal of womanhood!" shouted Hera as she started to wreck her room.
THUMP!
"He says I have a defect!"
THWAK!
"And I should commit infidelity!"
THUMP!
"And bear children outside the bond of my marriage!"
THWAK!
"Then why do you not do it?"
Hera's hand holding another poor vase stopped midway as she heard that question. She looked around her room for the source of the voice but found none.
"Who said that? Who dared to enter my chambers?" asked Hera with authority.
"I am here. Look behind you."
Hera turned around to look at the one who entered her room without her permission but found herself looking at nothing but herself in a mirror.
"Who are you?"
"I am you but smarter." said Hera's image in the mirror. "Why don't you go behind our husband's back and bear a child not belonging to him? He does that all the time."
"It would be inappropriate. I am Goddess of Marriage and Women. If I perform acts of infidelity, then the laws of marriage would be meaningless." Replied Hera.
"Our husband is the King of Gods. He does even uphold our marriage properly. Even the other gods are blindly following his example. I would say it is a clear disrespect to us." Replied Hera's image.
"What do you mean?" asked Hera.
"I mean that even though we are the Queen of the Gods and presides over marriage, most of the gods here ignore the laws of the marriage and commit adultery following Zeus's lead. They ignore our status as the Goddess of Marriage." Said Hera's image wickedly. "Zeus even blamed our womanhood for his acts. He even made most of his illegitimate children into Olympians. Who is to say that one day, he might even replace us as the wife and the Queen of the Gods?"
"You are right." Said Hera, as her jealousy slowly aroused by her wicked image. "What do you suggest we should do?"
"Look for a man far away in east, who's qualities and spirit resemble those of our husband but is of unwavering loyalty to those he loves, and bear his child. That way, the child will remain out of Zeus's reach and will be strong, powerful and your ace when the time will be against you." Answered Hera's image.
"But that would be adultery." Replied Hera, shaking her head. "What if Zeus finds out?"
"Then we can tell him that he permitted us himself. Did you not hear him earlier? Or better, leave a clone of yourself in Olympus as it can take your place while you are away from Olympus. No one can find us out then. It is a well wrought plan." Answered the image, rolling her eyes.
"Yes, we can do that. Nobody will come to know." Said Hera, as she paced around the room. "I am the firstborn of Rhea and Kronos. I will not tolerate the other gods walking over me."
Stopping in the middle of the room, Hera summoned a pile of clay and started molding it into her splitting image. Once satisfied, she swiped the ichor which flowed from her palm earlier onto her clay model which began to glow with a golden light. Once that died down, a live clone of Hera stood naked before the real one.
"Stay here and take my place in the palace till I return. Do not let anyone know that I am not present at Olympus, especially Zeus." Commanded Hera to the clone, who nodded. Satisfied with the result, Hera walked to the window of her room where she transformed herself into a peacock and flew away.
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10 years later, Elemental Nations
'By the Gods, it has been longer than a decade since I left Mount Olympus. Is there no man worthy for me to have his child?' thought Hera as she walked through a thick forest. She started traveling East after she left the palace atop Mount Olympus. As Zeus tend to focus more towards the West, he and other gods usually ignore the civilizations of the East. Crossing mountains, plateaus, rivers, countries, Hera kept on moving in search of a worthy human but found none. As she reached the coast at Far East, she decided to cross it to check what lies beyond. And to her surprise, she reached a huge landmass which was filled some strange energy.
Thinking that her mission might come to success on that strange land, Hera decided to explore the landmass. Here and there she would sense air filled with violence and hatred. The atmosphere at the villages she stopped at would be tense, as if the villagers were waiting for their impeding doom. She concluded that the land has been hit by a war.
Not a stranger to war, she cautiously walked between the places. The language spoken around the land was strange but it wasn't hard for her learn. She was a Goddess after all. Here and there, men would follow her like a flock of sheep, entrapped by her beauty. But there was none that came close to what she was looking for.
"These canopy of this forest is so thick, one can easily get lost here." She mused. As she walked a little deeper in the forest, she started to hear the clanking of metals and shouts of men. 'A battlefield. I should check who is fighting.' Thought Hera, as she cautiously walked towards the source of sound.
She masked her presence and reached the end of the forest. In the rocky fields ahead of her, around fifty men wearing red uniform with brown jackets and headbands were fighting men with blue uniform with green jackets and headbands. There were strange symbols drawn on the headwear of both the teams.
"The men in blue uniform are clearly outnumbered. There is barely more than a dozen left in the clearing." Mused Hera as she keenly watched the battle ahead, which was clearly strange to her. Apart from the swords and fists, the fighters used strange knife-like weapons and star-shaped weapons. Then somewhere in the fight, one of the red uniformed man summoned the strange energy she felt and created a dragon made of earth.
"What is this energy? And how is a human able to use this energy?" she murmured as she watched the earth dragon bury few of the blue team in the ground. That reduced their count to four.
Those four hid themselves in a trench as one of the bigger red team man gathered that energy in his hand and punched a huge rock in the middle of the clearing. It broke the rock into smaller rocks and shrapnel which pelted on the blue team like a rock shower. They were almost defeated when Hera saw golden haired man wearing the same uniform as the blue team came to their rescue.
"You finally came, Minato." Said one of the blue team to the golden haired man.
"What's the situation, Mimura?" asked Minato.
"I'd say there are about fifty of the rock shinobi. Compared to that, there are just four of us left alive." Replied Mimura. Hera eavesdropped their conversation to learn more about these strange men.
'Shinobi? That means ninja. So the warriors of these lands are called shinobi and they know how to use the strange energy of this land.' Mused Hera as she further heard their conversation.
Minato nodded as he unrolled strange scrolls he took out of his backpack. Hera saw him make some hand gesture and the scribblings on the scrolls were replaced by some short knives after a puff of smoke. Those knives looked almost same as the other short knives littered in the field.
"Everyone," spoke Minato with determination, "please direct these kunai knives towards the enemy all at once. I will do the rest."
"Minato, that's crazy!" said one of the blue team shinobi. "Not even you could do that."
"Shut up and do as he says!" ordered Mimura to his men. "We are about to see the Yellow Flash of the Leaf in battle. It will happen in a flash. Do not miss it."
'Yellow Flash of the Leaf. What a strange moniker.' thought Hera. She saw the blue shinobi pick up the knives and threw them at the red team's side. No knife even scratched any of the rock shinobi as they easily dodged each knife.
'That did not look useful at all. What's the purpose of throwing knives if they don't even hit the target?' Pondered Hera, not looking impressed. As she was about to turn around and walk away, Minato disappeared from where he was standing with a yellow flash.
"Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique)"
"He is as fast as my husband." Murmured Hera as she looked into the battle. As she was used to her husband's dramatics, her eyes could follow the movements of Minato. He would appear at wherever his special knife had fallen and would quickly kill the rock shinobi around it. Some had broken neck, some had their neck pierced by the knife he had in his hand, while the others would be hit by the blue ball of energy which would grind in their torso.
"Rasengan (Spiralling Ball)"
In less than half a minute, all the fifty shinobi of rock lay dead on the ground.
Hera was mesmerised by the skills and display that Minato had put up. Quick as a lightning and turned the tide of war single-handedly. He had the qualities which strongly resembled Zeus. The skills she had been looking for so long.
"What are you waiting for Hera?" Spoke Hera's inner voice. "Your search is now over. I would say that this is the man you were looking for. Now go on and complete your mission."
Hera nodded to herself as she took off after the blonde shinobi who left the clearing along with his comrades.
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October 10, Five years later, Konohagakure no Sato
The Fourth Hokage of Hidden Leaf, Senju Minato, paced left and right in the hospital corridor, as his girlfriend Hera gave birth to his child inside the operation room. A lot changed since she came into his life.
After she was taken in by Konoha as a civilian war refugee, the Third Shinobi War ended pretty quickly with Konoha emerging victorious. He was declared the Fourth Hokage and was made aware of his lineage. His ex-girlfriend, Uzumaki Kushina, lost interest in him after that. Saying that he didn't pay her any attention after the war.
Then he started dating Hera soon after that. Only good things have been happening to him and the village since then. Peaceful days had returned. Konoha progressed faster than any other major hidden village and was having economic boom. Lesser shinobi died during missions. Hera had become his good luck charm.
The only problem he had was she declined every proposal he had made to her for marriage. The relation was healthy and all but he just wanted to settle down with her. But she declined his every proposal saying 'Not now'.
Then at the beginning of that year, Hera told him that she was pregnant. And he was elated. He was going to become a father. He would often bring her gifts, came back home early and tried to do everything to keep her healthy and happy. But often he would find her looking listless when they talked or would frown when he talked about the baby.
He had talked about this to Tsunade, who mentioned them as mood swings that women often have while their bodies go through hormonal changes. But it didn't ease of his shinobi senses one bit.
Then Hera's pregnancy went way past her due date, about a month. Minato was getting very anxious about the childbirth when he was summoned by Hera that evening through Hiraishin who told him that her water broke. She was oddly calm the whole way as Minato took her to the hospital.
Now, Minato was pacing around as one his hand kept playing with the engagement ring which he was planning to give to Hera after his child was born. It had been half an hour since they Tsunade and the other nurses took Hera inside the operation room. Suddenly, the door opened and Tsunade walked out with a smile on his face.
"Tsunade! What happened? Is everything alright? How is Hera and my child?" asked Minato.
"Relax Minato, don't panic. Everything is alright. Hera and your son are in perfect condition. Congratulations, you are a father now." Reassured Tsunade. Minato sighed happily as he felt the tension leave his body. He was a father now. His family was fine.
"But," continued Tsunade, "this was the oddest delivery I have ever had. Hera was completely relaxed. No pain of contractions, no crying or screaming. Like she knew what she was doing. And the baby came in no time. Smiling instead of crying."
"Smiling?" laughed Minato. "That is pretty odd. Can I see them now?"
"Come with me." Said Tsunade as she and Minato walked inside the operation room. On the bed laid Hera in her hospital gown who was keenly looking at the bundle by her side. Minato's smile broadened as he looked at the face sticking out of the bundle. Bright blue eyes and golden hair just like his and the nose and the face of the shape resembled Hera's. But it was the broad, toothless smile on his son's face that attracted him the most.
"My son." Cooed Minato, "My Naruto." He then gently placed a kiss on Naruto's forehead. Minato winced a little as his son caught one of his golden bangs in his fist.
"He is a strong one, isn't he?" asked Minato from Hera, who gently nodded as her eyes didn't leave Naruto's. Minato then noticed the tears falling from Hera's eyes.
"What is it, Hera?" asked Minato.
"Nothing." Replied Hera. "It is just that he is so beautiful, so…perfect. He is the most beautiful baby in the whole world." She added, as she traced her thumb slowly on Naruto's unblemished cheeks. Hera then held Naruto closer when she actually started crying.
Minato started to panic a little as he wasn't expecting her girlfriend to start crying at such a happy moment. Even Tsunade and the other nurses were confused and wondered what they should do. The Fourth Hokage took deep breaths as he tried to console Hera.
"Hera, is everything alright? What is the …?"
"ROOOOAAAARRRRR!"
The eyes of Minato and Tsunade widened at such a loud, animal cry. Minato was about to check the matter through the window when one of his personal guards, Shiranui Genma, shunshin in the room on his knee.
"Lord Fourth. It's an emergency. Nine-tails has attacked the village." Reported Genma, with a bit of panic.
"Kyuubi? That's impossible. Where is Kushina?" asked Minato as he surveyed out of the windows. With all nine tails whipping wildly, the demon fox was rampaging through the outer circle of the village.
"There are no sign of Kushina-san, Hokage-sama. Lord Third and a team of Jounin are trying to keep the fox at bay." Reported Genma. Minato nodded as he quickly analyzed the situation. Seeing Hera still holding Naruto and crying, he didn't want to leave them alone. But the safety of the village came first and he needed all the help at disposal.
"Alright. Genma, take Raidō and Iwashi from the guard platoon with you and back-up Lord Third." Ordered Minato before he turned to Tsunade. "Tsunade, take three squad of medic-nin and assist Sarutobi-sama." Both ninja accepted the orders from their leader and shunshin out of the room. Minato then turned to Hera who had calmed down a bit but the still holding Naruto close to herself.
"Hera, I have work to do. You stay here with Naruto. You both will be safe here. We will talk later." Said Minato, as kissed their foreheads before disappearing in a yellow flash.
Hera kept looking at her son's face even after Minato left with her longing eyes. She knew that her purpose of coming to Konoha was complete. Now she will be returning back to her heavenly palace leaving her infant son behind. All her previous children were gods which resided along with her in Olympus. But her youngest, who she felt had liberated her from the curses and taunts of her husband, would live on earth as a human. She was regretting that day when she had proposed the rule to not allow demigods to live on Mount Olympus.
Ignoring the sounds of fighting outside the window, as Hera slowly traced her baby's jawline to imprint his face forever in her memory, Naruto's eyes started to droop and his mouth started to do the suckling motion with lips and tongue. Smiling softly, Hera undid her gown from one side and started feeding her son for the last time before she went. Her tears started to roll out again and she slowly massaged her son's scalp.
"My youngest," spoke Hera, "This world is an amazing and beautiful place and you are born to make it more beautiful and more amazing. I have limited time left with you and it always seems lesser to me whenever I think about it. When I conceived you, I thought I had made a mistake. It hurt when I thought that I did this to heal my ego. I wanted to run away but I knew that it was not your mistake but mine. So I went ahead and carried you for 10 months.
"But now that I am holding you, it is the most beautiful feeling I have ever had. I do not want to leave you here but I think you will be safer here than with me. You have so much to see, so much to learn, so much to experience. And it hurts me deep that I will not be with you to share your experience.
"You are my son. You can do anything. You can change the world. Grow strong and smart. Make me and your father proud. Find a good woman to marry and stay loyal to those you love. Face your hardships with courage and determination. Keep smiling.
"Remember, I will always be proud of you. For me, you will always be my little baby. My youngest. My Naruto."
Hera slow got up from her bed with now-sleeping Naruto, whom she slowly laid in the baby crib. Her hospital gown morphed itself into her Greek dress. A gold and silver tiara also morphed on head. A light mist came from under her dress which spread through the whole village in no time, with a swipe of a hand. To humans, it didn't look or feel any different than normal mist.
Hera looked last time at her son with teary eyes before she steeled herself and jumped out of the window and flew away after transforming into a peacock.
'Now I know how mother felt when she gave us away to father.' Thought Hera as she disappeared in the horizon.
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"Let's go Naruto, your mom Kushina is waiting for you. Everything's going to be okay." Said Minato before he picked up Naruto from his crib and teleported to the battlefield for sealing using Hiraishin.
Mist was indeed a powerful thing, after all.
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Prologue Complete
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