Before you start yelling at me, *ducks daggers, swords, and Stygian iron sword (Wait…Nico!), * let me explain. No, no more throwing your weapons at me. I will cut you if you do. It's been a while since I finished BoO and I had this idea since that time. Now, here it is! (Don't kill me!)

Disclaimer: Still not done with this are we? Read Disclaimer if you're desperate because I am not Rick Riordan!

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When Nico woke up, he was in the infirmary. All he remembered was tripping over a line and falling, fracturing his ankle. After this, he had a date to punch in a certain son of Hermes (cough*Connor Stoll*cough) for sending him into this situation. Will was checking another camper, speaking soothing words.

The Giant War was a month ago; both children of the Underworld had felt it. But somewhere, Nico felt Leo's life line being restitched. He had to talk to Hazel about this…and something else. Nico proceeded to get up and grabbed his sword from the table next to his cot.

"Whoa, di Angelo, I don't know where you're going." Nico suppressed a sigh. Solace was being as annoying as usual. Nico turned to the blonde, blue eyed son of Apollo.

"Have you ever heard of Camp Jupiter? Do you know who Hazel Levesque is? Just a reminder, Camp Jupiter is the Roman camp for Roman demigods and legacies and it is also where my sister Hazel Levesque resides in. Last question: do you know what 'sibling bonding time' is? It's when I go talk to my sister. And that is exactly what I'm going to do. In. Camp. Jupiter."

Will rolled his blue eyes. "Should I even guess how are going to get to Camp Jupiter without shadow travelling? I'm pretty sure Zeus doesn't like Hades so you can forget airplanes. I don't even think there is a boat or ship that's heading to San Francisco, California. Now how would you get to Camp Jupiter? Oh, right, shadow travelling. Well you can't go. Instead, you're resting in here. Doctor's orders."

Nico glared at Will. "I don't care if you are this camp's best healer, but I will cut you if you stop me."

Fortunately, an Iris message shimmered next to them, and Nico put down his sword. He didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or ask questions because it was Hazel.

"Is this working? Kathy, did I get it?" A blonde next to her rolled her eyes and pointed to the shimmering image. Hazel glared at Kathy and returned to Nico.

"Sorry, my first time working with an Iris message. It took a while but the goddess finally accepted denarii." She was interrupted by her friend, who Nico instantly disliked and admired.

"Haze, get to the stupid point. They look like they were busy. Maybe they were pretty busy getting ready." 'Kathy' smirked at the two boys. "Is that Nico? Tell him-"Hazel put her cocoa hand over Kathy's mouth and Nico was relieved his sister did that.

"Thank you, Kathy. Nico, get over here. I have something important to talk about. It's concerning him. Will, do you think he can come or should I come over there?"

Nico immediately knew who Hazel wanted to talk about.

Nico was pleased to see Will in a dilemma. He didn't want to say 'no' and let Hazel shadow travel to Camp Half Blood and let the whole camp hear about Leo, but he definitely didn't want Nico out of his sight. He finally sighed and Nico was smirking in Will's face.

"Yeah, Nico's going to go Camp Jupiter. Just get your best healer, in case he combusts." Hazel looked worried.

"Make sure he eats ambrosia before he comes over. Thanks Will. I'll see you, Nico. Get here quickly." Nico nodded, ready to enter the shadows.

"One question, how do you stop the Iris messaging?" Will glanced at Nico and Kathy rolled her eyes and solved the problem by swiping her hand across the vapor, successfully ending the IM. Nico tried to give an 'angelic' smile but failed.

"You heard Hazel. Well, it looks like I'm going." Before Nico could leave, Will stopped him.

"One question, Nico, that's it." Reluctantly, the son of Hades turned, and Will took that chance to stuff a small piece of ambrosia into Nico's mouth. The taste of pomegranates (Irony, huh?) filled Nico's mouth and he instinctively reached for his sword. Will snorted.

"Go, before Hazel worries. If you don't leave in the next five seconds, Hazel will get here to slit my throat. If you return in one piece, you can kill me for giving you medicine." When Will said it like that, Nico wanted to smack that smirk from his beautiful, sun kissed face. Wait, what?

Nico put that thought aside and nodded. "Be prepared to die, Solace," he snarled. The last thing Nico heard was, "After a kiss, sure." But, that could've been his own mind. That was even worse!

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Nico was soon in front of the Pomeranian Line. Terminus the god head scowled when he saw Nico.

"It's been a while, ambassador of Pluto. Your reason to be here?"

"To see my sister," Nico stated, annoyed. Why was this stupid statue here, asking stupid questions? Terminus glare grew more intense and Nico realized his mistake too late.

"This 'stupid statue' can read minds! For that, hand your sword to Julia. Where is she? Julia!" A bubbly girl in a puffy green dress bounded towards them. "Get Mr. di Angelo's sword, Julia." Julia shyly took his sword. Nico impatiently tapped his foot.

"Can I go now?" Terminus nodded, well, tried to. "You may proceed." Nico glared at the statue and gave a small wave to Julia, who gave him a shy smile. When he entered Camp Jupiter, he was smothered by Hazel's hug. "Gods, I thought you would never get here," she said.

Nico overcame his shock and hugged her back. "Look, it's Nico." Kathy seriously knew how to ruin the moment. The siblings broke the hug and ended up glaring at her. She chewed her gum, bored. "What?"

"Kathy, I need to talk to Nico in private." Hazel let that sink in, and Nico was tempted to hit the information into 'Kathy's' tiny brain with his sword. Rolling her eyes, she turned to walk. "Fine, Haze. Call me if you need anything." With a smirk, she added, "Daughters of Venus like me have abilities too you know." She walked back and Hazel sighed.

"Anyway, I felt something. I literally felt Leo come back to life. Did you feel that?" Nico didn't want to lie to his sister, but he nodded.

"Yeah, and I also wanted to tell you something." Hazel looked at him, expectantly. The moment of truth…

"I used to have a crush on Percy," Nico said. Hazel looked confused, then terrified, then confused. "Wait, you're…gay?" Nico failed trying to smile.

"I don't anymore, but." Nico faltered. He couldn't, right? Hazel was trying to look understanding for his sake, but they both knew if they were in their old timelines, Nico wouldn't have had a cheery story with a secret like this.

"I think I have a crush on Will Solace," he blurted. Thank the Fates Kathy wasn't here or she would've rubbed it in his face. How does a daughter of Venus know things like these through an IM? He waited, expecting the worst.

Instead, Hazel smiled. "I guess I owe Kathy ten dollars, which is coming out of your pocket. I don't want to make her rich with a diamond." Nico stared at his sister in surprise; she bet if Nico was gay?

Hazel laughed. "Before you got here, Kathy and I made a bet. She said you had a crush on Will, I said you didn't. Obviously, I lost but I'll tell her she cheated. She is a daughter of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. I'm surprised Piper didn't figure it out." Nico counted to three before speaking.

"You're not mad at me for being gay?" Hazel frowned. "Why? I find it brave that you admitted your feelings to me. That means I can tease you about this all day long." Laughing, Nico and Hazel sat on the bench nearby. Hazel rested her head on his shoulder. For a few minutes, they were in a comfortable silence. Then, they saw a fiery flash of gold and someone yelling, "HOLD ON, SUNSHINE!" Hazel lifted her head.

"Did you-""Yes, I did, Hazel, and I know for sure it's Leo."

"Should we join him in Camp Half Blood and kill him?"

"After a while. It's rare spending time with my awesome sister." Hazel smiled. "But, we should still alert the camp." She yelled, "Katherine!" Kathy ran towards them at top speed and looked at Hazel. "What?"

"Leo's back." That was more than enough and Kathy went throughout camp, shouting it to everyone. Nico smiled. He'll tell Will about his crush. Maybe Will likes him back, who knows?

"You're thinking about Will." Hazel said it like a statement. Nodding, Nico rolled his eyes. "Stop reading my mind."

"You're just jealous of my super cool powers." And that ruined the moment and the two of them started arguing about whose powers were more awesome and cooler.

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