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Title: The Demigod Journal – Artemis' Counseling

Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; between Lost Hero and Son of Neptune in my 'Lover of Olympus'-verse, thus between Lost Lover and Champion of Venus

PJatO Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Rick Riordan for he created the awesomeness that is Nico di Angelo. And everything else related to Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus. Aside from the Gods, of course. They are all copyright by the old Greeks. This fanfiction on the other hand is entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.

Warnings: shounen-ai, fluff, h/c, shoujo-ai

Main Pairing: Jaseo

Side Pairings: Jakill, Pipabeth, Polympians (mentioned)

Percy Jackson Characters: Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Will Solace, Jake Mason, Nyssa Black, Thalia Grace, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Artemis

Summary: A oneshot-collection set between The Lost Hero/The Lost Lover and The Son of Neptune/The Champion of Venus, telling the stories of how Annabeth and Piper got together while Annabeth tried to comfort Sally and Piper had a rough time adjusting to camp and to Drew, how Jason and Leo coped with having fake memories of a relationship while Jason tried to mend his relationship with his sister and Leo did his best to build the Argo II with his siblings' help and last but not least how Connor and Travis seduced Nico, who kept himself busy traveling from one camp to the other and trying to search for their beloved son of Poseidon.

The Demigod Journal

Artemis' Counseling

Two Sides of the Same Coin

A heavy sigh could be heard throughout the room. About the tenth within the last quarter hour. The blonde boy laying on one of the beds growled and turned with a glare, his fingers still tangled in the hair of his very half-naked and hickey-covered boyfriend.

"Okay, seriously. Stop this moping and pouting or I will kick your ass", growled the son of Apollo, shifting a bit to get a better glare. "You're ruining my making-out-with-my-boyfriend-mood."

"Leave him be", laughed his boyfriend, burying his nose in Will's hair. "Leo's having love-trouble."

The sighing Latino wrapped his arms around his knees and stared at the happy couple with the best wounded puppy eyes he could muster. So convincing in fact that even Will's glare died down. The blonde heaved a sigh of his own and stood to walk over to the Latino, resting a hand in a supporting manner on the smaller and younger teen's shoulder.

"Okay. I'm only going to ask once because I'm horny and demand my making-out-scession with Jake, so you better don't squirm around", declared Will sternly. "What's up, Leo?"

He punctuated every word especially, his sky-blue eyes staring intensely at the son of Hephaestus. Leo blushed slightly and tried to shrug it off, but the temptation was too great to deny. He really wanted to talk about it, but he was feeling way too awkward to dare to.

"Okay, so my kind-of-relationship with Jason had been great since that Christmas Eve at the Blofis' place...", started the son of Hephaestus in a soft voice.

"That kind of doesn't sound like trouble", noted the blonde with a warning eyebrow raised.

"I'm getting there!", exclaimed Leo hastily. "Okay, so... It's going pretty well, but still... Now that we get along better with Annabeth – what with her dating Piper and all – he... It's stupid, okay? It's just that... Whenever we are in the Zeus cabin, I catch him staring at that stupid photo of his sister, Annabeth and Percy Jackson... And whenever Annabeth is talking to Rachel or someone else about Percy, Jason would listen in intensely too..."

"Okay...", nodded the son of Apollo confused. "I'm still not getting it."

"This Percy, I haven't met him, but I've heard enough stories about him now... The gods? Nico, Travis and Connor? Do I have to spill it for you!", huffed Leo with a pout. "He has all those guys wrapped around his little finger and even those that are not in love with him seem to still love him! I know you two are overly worried for him too, so is like everyone else! And I've seen the pictures too, Percy is drop-dead gorgeous!"

"Still confused", voiced Will with furrowed eyebrows.

"Once we find Percy, Jason is going to leave me to be with him", blurted Leo out, sobbing slightly.

"Oh", nodded the blonde, finally understanding, then laughing. "You're ridiculous, Valdez."

"Thanks...", huffed the son of Hephaestus and curled together again. "I know I've been ridiculous for thinking that someone like the superb son of Jupiter would be with someone like me..."

The next thing he knew was a dull pain in the back of his head. Wincing slightly, he lifted his head to look confused at Will. The blonde was back to glaring irritated.

"You are being ridiculous, as in right now", repeated the son of Apollo. "Jason is a cold, isolated Roman. The only people he sticks around are you, Piper and Annabeth. And Annabeth is more like forced due to Piper. And even though he likes the girls well enough, the only one who gets to melt his heart are you. He's even blushing and sometimes even stuttering when he's around you. Which is like totally uncharacteristic for the stoic Roman. So don't you dare think crap like that he'll leave you or that he doesn't care enough about you."

Leo bit his lips and averted his eyes, trying not to look at the blonde who was trying to force him into not feeling bad anymore. The sound of the door was only faint and in the background.

/break\

Jake was seething. If he would be the fire-bender in the family, he would have already set half the camp on fire. Storming through camp, his eyes scanned the scattered little groups of demi-gods for a certain face. But before he had a chance to find who he was looking for, he was discovered by three prying females. One of them happened to be his sister. Nyssa frowned confused, tugging the couple she had been talking with along, Piper on one hand and Annabeth on the other.

"Nys! What's going on?", yelped the daughter of Aphrodite, struggling in her grip.

"That's what I want to find out from my brother", huffed Nyssa as the three girls reached him.

Jake came to a sudden halt as he was faced with the three females. Ever since Leo had come into his life, ever since Percy had been taken from their camp, those three had become his equivalent to the three furies. It kind of scared him that Nyssa and Piper were getting along so well and what with Annabeth now finally dating the native American, it was nearly impossible to not encounter them as a trio. Right now, his favorite girl at camp was glaring at him heatedly.

"What's with the stomping and growling, Jake?", demanded Nyssa to know.

Jake contemplated his options for a second before nodding determined and grabbing his sister's hand. "You'll have to come with me for that. And you two, don't worry, just go and suck faces."

"Don't be rude, Mason, or I'll cut your Will-time!", warned Annabeth with a vibrant blush.

"Oh, leave them be", grinned Piper and winked. "I kind of like his idea though."

Rolling his eyes, he kept walking with his sister. Even though Nyssa was glaring at him, she still trusted her brother to not waste her time. The two entered the woods together.

/break\

Jason sighed deeply and slowly, agonizingly slow so. His companion frowned annoyed.

"Okay, this is like our third meeting now and you're getting more and more pouty with each. Please tell me it's not because of me because that would make me feel awkward."

"Sorry, sis", sighed the blonde and ran a hand through his hair. "Just a lot on my mind..."

Firebug-trouble?", snickered Thalia and tilted her head intrigued.

Due to the huntresses' excessive search for Percy, Thalia occasionally crashed by at Camp Half-Blood to check in with Annabeth on how the others' search is processing. Those crashes were quite convenient, because Thalia got to use them as an excuse to catch up with her little brother. During the little time he now got to spend with Jason, he got to diagnose the three different kinds of sighs the blonde could produce. One was the homesick kind of, which he mostly got when remembering more of his past and missing especially his best friend Reyna very much or worrying for his friends at Camp Jupiter because of the augur. The second kind of sigh was the kind of annoyed sigh that represented problems with the Greeks. Sometimes because of him being Roman and them having some little prejudices or sometimes because campers like Drew were bullying the few people Jason was close to. But the most prominent kind of sigh was the 'firebug-trouble-sigh'. It meant that some kind of trouble had arose between Jason and Leo, either because of their fake-relationship-past or because of how they were adjusting to camp.

"I think Leo is angry at me", muttered Jason, running his fingers through his hair and clawing at his skull in silent frustration. "I think he just... doesn't get me. I mean, New Rome is so different from the Greek ways. I don't mean to drive him away, but I feel as if I do..."

"I wish I could help you with those boy troubles of yours", chuckled Thalia with a slightly soft and comforting smile. "Have you told your Aphrodite-friend about this?"

"How can I?", huffed Jason and lifted his head to glare at his sister. "Her and Leo are best friends. Longer than they knew me. They had been friends for real before Hera dropped me off. I can't burden her with my relationship-problems, it would put her into a really dumb situation..."

"Mh", nodded Thalia in understanding, frowning slightly. "And Annabeth? Believe me, if someone can help you with love-trouble, it'll be her. What with her past with Percy and how close she is to him, she knows of all of his love-trouble. Believe me, she's a pro by now."

"We're not close", dejected the son of Jupiter, shaking his head. "I mean, she's... alright and she makes Piper happy, but I feel as if she is glaring daggers at me whenever I turn my back on her. And I don't really blame her. I mean, I've been brought here to replace her best friend."

"She knows it's not your fault", huffed Thalia and bumped against his shoulder.

"I know. But still...", drawled Jason a bit desperately. "Even with that, I can't go up to her and be all 'Hey, I have those problems with my boyfriend, mind helping me?'..."

"I think the only thing stopping you from doing that, is your stupid Roman pride", snorted Thalia.

The Roman shrugged and turned away a bit. "I miss Rey... She would know what to do..."

"Well, I know what to do too. And I already told you that like the last time we met", noted his sister.

"And I told you that I can't just talk to Leo about it!", hissed Jason back with a glare.

"Again: Stupid Roman pride", snickered the daughter of Zeus and rolled her eyes, though then she tensed a bit and turned to look somewhere. "Ah. Wouldn't want to get in the middle of that. I'll go and talk to Annabeth a bit before leaving. See you next week, Jay."

She waved and disappeared in a haste, leaving her brother quite confused. Until two very angry and seething children of Hephaestus emerged from the direction his sister had been looking at earlier. Damn her and her hunter-instincts! Now he was feeling like a poor little rabbit facing two hungry wolves. Not a feeling he was familiar or comfortable with. But the only reason those two were waking such feelings within him was probably because they were his boyfriend's older siblings.

"You will pay", growled Jake with a dark glare.

"I'm going to severe your head. Or your balls. Your choice", warned Nyssa with a scowl.

"What? Why? I didn't do anything!", yelped Jason – not in a high-pitched voice, certainly!

"That's the problem, Roman", hissed the daughter of Hephaestus.

The two edged closer until they had him backed against a tree trunk. Today was not his day. He should have just stayed in bed. Gritting his teeth, he looked left and right for an escape rout.

"You're supposed to make Leo happy, not miserable!", growled Jake, shaking his fists threateningly.

"Miserable?", repeated Jason stunned. "What?"

"He's sitting in our cabin sulking", replied Nyssa darkly.

"You, my friend", it sounded more like a threat than an endearment. "Are talking or thinking way too much about Perce. Believe me, I know the boy and he is quite enchanting. But you have never even met him! And now you managed to make Leo scared that you're going to just drop him once you get to meet Percy in person. But believe me, if you dare doing that, we are going to set you on fire and it will not be pleasant for you, Grace."

Jason could only nod absentmindedly. He was too busy trying to wrap his head around what had just been said. He could see Nyssa's lips moving and knew the siblings were still talking to him – threatening him, really – but his mind was stuck on Leo. Without much hesitation, he bolted off, leaving the two tinkerers to scream after him outraged. But he didn't hear a word spoken to him, he was too busy running toward the Hephaestus cabin. Bursting in, he was faced with a bored looking, slightly irritated Will, who lifted his gaze off his copy of Wicked to glare at him.

"You should stay far away from me, or I will bite your head off", warned the son of Apollo. "Thanks to you being a jerk-boyfriend, my boyfriend left me hanging with blue balls."

"Get out", ordered Jason, zooming on on Leo. "Go and chase your boyfriend, Will."

The Greek blonde frowned curiously and looked from Jason over at Leo and back again. Then he shrugged and stood to leave the cabin. Though he elbowed Jason on his way out.

"Make him cry and I'll tell my boyfriend how to inflict the most possible pain before killing you."

The son of Jupiter nodded slowly and waited until the door closed behind Will. Then he proceeded to walk up to his boyfriend's bed and just simply fall down in front of Leo, startling the Latino. Jason glared and pinned the smaller demi-god to the bed. Leo nearly looked afraid for a moment, but then Jason pressed his lips firmly against the Latino's.

"I'm sorry", whispered the blonde as they broke.

"Say what now?", blinked the son of Hephaestus confused.

"I said I'm sorry. Look, I thought we were having some little conflicts. But I didn't think you'd be afraid that I'll leave you!", exclaimed Jason a bit winded and annoyed. "I mean, how can you think that? Sure, we started out kind of awkward with fake memories and continued even more awkward, but that doesn't mean that I don't love you, you idiot! You're the most adorable and amusing person I've ever met in my whole life, you make me feel all those stupid things Lupa taught me would make me weak, but they're too special and wonderful to even think about giving them up!"

"But Percy-", started Leo with wide, unsure eyes.

"Is hot, yes. I'm not denying that. But you are burning", smirked Jason with a small wink. "But seriously, I just... he's beautiful and I'm intrigued, because of all the stories we've already heard and all the pictures we've seen. And I'm especially worried about Percy, because I am lucky to be welcomed by you Greeks, but the Romans are not as welcoming and I would be blaming myself if the greatest hero of this camp would be harmed by my family. I can't get that thought out of my head. I still hope we may find him before he reaches camp because I just know that some Romans want to see blood, if they connect my disappearance with his appearance and I can't-"

"It wouldn't be your fault, Jay", interrupted Leo softly, cupping Jason's face and pulling him into another kiss, though this time quite soft. "You should know it's not your fault. You're here. Besides, after everything you told me about Reyna, I'm sure she will make the right decision. She sounds like someone who uses her brains before acting. So no need to be afraid, right?"

"Right", nodded Jason slowly and heaved a relieved sigh before resting his forehead against Leo's.

"I love you too", grinned the Latino, a bit unsure if he should say that now.

The Roman stiffened slightly as he registered what he had said earlier. It had been subconscious, but it still was true. He laughed slightly at that and shook his head, collapsing on the bed. Wrapping his arms around Leo's waist, he pulled his tinkerer close until Leo's head rested on his chest.

"I'm Roman", murmured the son of Jupiter. "And we work different. It seems you Greeks value monogamy at this camp, but we're more of the open-relationship-kind of way... You know, Roman orgies and stuff. We sort of value that tradition. And I can't deny that I am intrigued by Percy, but just... I'm a teenage boy, okay? I drool over nice asses. That doesn't mean I'd drop you for them. I understand that you want a monogamous relationship and I will respect that."

"You mean you Romans swing more like Percy does?", joked Leo with a grin, his mood now better. "Then he's going to really enjoy his time with your Roman friends, isn't he?"

Jason blinked for a second before also laughing hard. "I'd actually say yes. I know some guys who would not object to that ass either. Suddenly I'm not as worried for his safety anymore!"

/break\

Artemis smiled pleased as she watched her lieutenant returning to their camp. It had been a hard decision for her at first, to allow Thalia that much time at camp, surrounded by men. But Percy was her friend and she knew they needed Jason and Leo both focused for this search to be a success.

"Thalia?", called the goddess. "We will leave right away. For Canada."