"Whoa! Drop the dagger!" Screams a dark purplish skinned boy. Which was ironic seeing as he was wielding a battle axe.
"You're a fine one to be talking! Who..or.. what are you?!" A girl no older than ten with blond hair and grey eyes demanded.
"Why should I answer you? You still haven't put your weapon away."
"Neither have you."
"Yea, well what's to stop you from killing me if I put my axe away?" The boy asked.
"Nothing." Was the one worded reply.
"...fair enough I suppose." The boy said after some thought.
The weapon in the strange colored boys hand transformed into a pendent with a chain. After placing the weapon around his neck, did the boy introduce himself.
"My name is maelstrom, or to be more formal, Naruto if you will. I'm a dark elf son of Freya, goddess of love, beauty, lust, sorcery, gold, War and death. I'm a demigod." Explained the newly identified hero. Even for a boy of eleven, he was strikingly
handsome both from his elf side and god side. He had short white-blond hair and eyes so blue they too seem white. He posses sharp regaled features.
Judging from the skeptical expression from the girls face, Naruto figured she thought he was lying.
"Look I know it's hard to believe." He tries saying only to be interrupted.
"It is hard! And that's saying something seeing how I know what demigod look like, being that I am one." Surprising the elf.
Blinking owlishly the boy didn't know what to do. "Then why don't you believe me? Who's your godly parent then?"
"Athena, goddess of wisdom and battle. My name is Annabeth."
Realization automatically donned on the elf. His mother told him how there were other gods on Midgard. Each with children of their own and had their own enemies to deal with.
Holding up his hand in surrender. Naruto calmly walked towards her. "Annabeth? Believe it or not, their are such things as other gods. Where you hail from the Greek pantheon, I hail from the Norse. Like Odin, Thor and Frost Giants."
Annabeth lowered her daggerslightly but still kept her guard up. Naruto had to admit she looked kinda cute. Her blond hair tied back in braid, a roundish face with some traces of baby-fat and Storm grey eyes studying his every move searching for
the lies in his explanation.
She must not have found none because she dropped her guard almost completely. "If what you say is true..." I nod confirming it. "...then that means you belong to one of the nine worlds."
"Precisely!" Dropping his hands feeling foolish.
Annabeth looked as if she swallowed a canary. Then her eyes started to sparkle and got this crazy grin. "What are the other worlds like? Are your gods like our? Is the architecture top notch?"
"Um. I honestly don't know how to answer those questions. I've only been to two, counting this one. The gods are just like your average gods, except they're always killing each other." Annabeth got a disappointed look hearing this.
"Your gods die? Can't they reform?"
Naruto shakes his head. "Nope. Don't know if that's something yours can do but when my gods die. They die, unless you can make some deal with Hela." Looking around he saw that the sun was starting to set.
"What are you doing out here anyway?" He asked. Annabeth gained a stony expression and answered briskly.
"Waiting for a ride."
"Out here alone? But you're ten!" Naruto points out.
"So?" Annabeth crosses her arm annoyed now. "You look to be the same age as me."
"I know how to fight." He argued.
"So do I." Was the counter.
"With that little thing? Giants would use that for a toothpick." The elf laughed.
Annabeth scowled not taking the insult to kindly. "Will you still be laughing after I pluckyour teeth out!"
"Sorry." Naruto quickly apologies. Knowing it wasn't a threat but a very painful promise.
"So who are you waiting for?" Changing the subject.
"Argus. He's the head of security at a camp I attend."
"Camp?"
"Yeah a camp, but not the type of camp you're thinking about. It's more like a training ground for the gods children. Don't the Norse gods have a place for their children?" Annabeth asked now curious.
"Nope. Some of us don't even know we're demigods until after we die." Naruto shrugs like it's no big deal.
"What!" Annabeth panics.
"Perhaps I should better explain. For the Norse gods children. Some of them don't find out until after they enter Valhalla, which is owned by Odin, or Folkvanger controlled by my mother. Both can't be entered unless you die a heroic death. Also both realms
aren't just meant for demigods, but for regular mortals as well."
"Then what's the point of training? You're already dead."
"They train for Ragnarok: Twilight Of The Gods."
"Wow. That...is a lot. Vikings are more bloodthirsty than I thought." Daughter of wisdom rubs her temples."
"I'm not a Viking."
"You know what I meant!"
Silence followed, leaving them in a somewhat awkward one at that. Naruto looked out the alleyway to a sidewalk that was slowly dying of people.
Suddenly he felt his pointed ears twitch hearing growls and sound of heavy footing.
"We're not alone." Drawing his axe from its pendent form. The blade completely encasing itself in ice.
"How can you tell?" Annabeth asked getting her guard back up.
"Heighten senses."
"How many are there?"
"..four of them." He answered after a couple of minutes.
"This alleyway is to narrow." Annabeth observerd.
"True but it takes away their advantage. Whatever happens we can't let this spill into the streets." Before she could ask how that would be possible. Naruto said something in elvish casting a shield charm at the alley exist. "That should help."
"Elves are proficient at magic, and my mother is the goddess of sorcery." Answering the unasked question.
"Demigods! We'll feast well tonight." Came a deep voice from the rooftop. Standing there we're two cyclops and hellhounds. All four of them glaring hungerily at the two.
"Get them!" The leader jumps from the roof, but before he even touch the ground Naruto hurled his axe at the monster. Pinning it to the wall. Which became cased in ice.
"One down." He gloats holding out his arm summoning the weapon back.
"You are so joining me at camp." Annabeth said.
"No problem. Now are we just going to stand around all day, or are we going to fight?" Naruto taunts.
The reaming three monster snarled at us menacingly at the loss of their comrade jumping at them.
The hellhounds going for the daughter of Athena. Leaving the cyclops for Naruto.
"You killed brother!" The cyclops raged sounding like a walrus. "I'll kill you!" Bringing his meaty fists down. Naruto jumps back avoiding becoming paste on the cement.
"You'll have to catch me first big guy." Naruto runs at the monster sliding between its legs. Slicing at his back.
The cyclops clutches his back roaring in agony.
It swung around, swinging his left arm wildly. Naruto stepped out of the way timing it just right. The son of Freya lopped off the swinging arm. The stump becoming ice.
"No fair!" It moans. "Me cyclops and demigod food!"
It was utterly pathetic. It was clear that these monsters were use to fight...sorry killing demigods that couldn't protect themselves.
Not wanting to stare at the bumbling creature any longer for his own sake. Naruto embedded his axe in the monsters head killing it.
Sighing in slight disappointment, he turned to see Annabeth finishing up her fight.
"We should get out of here before someone stumbles upon the corpses." Annabeth advised cleaning her blade of blood.
"You're right. Where you meeting your ride." Naruto agreed while they discreetly left the alleyway.
"Not far from here actually. He should be there right now." She points at the end of the block.
With nothing else said between the two. They continued on their way, with Naruto getting stares from the pedestrians. While he ignored the looks he was getting, his blond friend however arched a eyebrow.
Sighing, Naruto once again answered the unasked question.
"All elves are extremely beautiful creatures. Doesn't matter what world we're on, the people will always see a beautiful and perfect being in their mist. It's quite annoying really."
They turned a corner and saw black SUV with New York tags, parked at a meter. Walking to the backseat doors, Naruto acting like a complete gentleman opened the door for Annabeth.
Once inside Annabeth introduce the elf to the driver, who was wearing a black hat and jacket. "Argus this is Naruto. Naruto Argus."
"Hi." Naruto waved.
Argus only nodded in the review mirror before starting up the vehicle. Like seeing a dark elf was an everyday thing for him. Which it probably was.
Before falling asleep tired from the days event. Naruto read a sign:You Are Now Leaving Virginia.
He was a dark elf most likely stuck on a world not his own, and about to get involved in a world of gods not his own. What's the worse that can happen.