Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Percy Jackson. I'm just not awesome enough to own two really financially successful franchises so I'm here resorting to the scraps of Rick Riodan and Kishimoto. Ah who cares I'll write this story into something that would look like they both had sex and a beautiful baby together. This story will be that baby.

Chapter 3: Saturnalia Part One

It was December 21st the last day of school for the semester, and one Naruto Uzumaki was huddled up in about two layers of thick wool socks underneath his usual leather chukka boots, a white Yankees hoodie underneath a green parka, and thick black jean pants. The fourteen year old genin completely and utterly hated the cold. It may have been because he grew up around Konoha where it was usually warm and humid all year long. Although this was something he was seriously going to have to get used to.

Currently one Naruto Uzumaki was standing just outside of his bus stop with the clear intentions of just winging these exams. Most students would likely think he was being pretty narrow minded, however, if you attended Meriwether College Prep you would understand where he was coming from. It took several months for Naruto to realize that Meriwether wasn't a regular American middle school. It turned out 'Progressive' meant easy, but for someone who had trouble with the education system his whole life anything that made school tolerable was more than welcome.

"Oh hi Naruto." Spoke Tyson as he appeared behind Naruto.

"Ah! I mean, uh... hey Tyson I didn't know it was you." Stammered out Naruto slightly spooked over the presence of the six and a half foot seventh grader.

Ever since that party several months back Naruto had spent far more time with Tyson than he ever did before and both Meriwether boys often spent time after school at Monster Donuts. It didn't really help with Naruto fitting in or staying popular around the school, not that he cared for either of those things too much to begin with. All he really wanted were good reliable friends and Tyson fit that bill. Tyson was always good company to keep around and the seventh grade giant reminded him a whole lot of himself.

Tyson too was an orphan. Naruto found out from Sally Jackson, Percy's mom, that the gentle giant was only accepted into Meriwether because the parents and teachers at the school felt bad. Tyson lived in a refrigerator box off of 72nd Street and Naruto often told Tyson he was always allowed to stay over at his apartment. Despite, reassuring Tyson he always had a place to stay, for some reason the six and half foot seventh grader sometimes disappeared for several days. And worst of all startled the kind blonde haired genin.

"You alright Naruto." Asked Tyson worriedly, "You seem like you've seen a monster."

"Nah, you just startled me." Said Naruto with a deadpan look on his face. It always amazed Naruto just how easily Tyson was able to sneak up on him, he usually was pretty good at sensing people, objects, and the occasional vampire around Wall Street. Throughout the entire semester Naruto spent the majority of his time learning how to sense the chakras of people and well… anything really if he could. It so far had been a pretty tough process but whenever he sent out a chakra pulse he could feel them. This worked well with everyone except for Tyson.

Besides nearly becoming a master of sensing people. Naruto completed several other chakra control exercises including the rock morphing exercise, the dense chakra shroud, and the ability of turning himself practically invisible with his mastery of the Meisaigakure no jutsu (chameleon jutsu). From what the book his mother gave him said, it did leave an outline of his body though and he could easily be tracked by his scent. It wasn't like there was anyone in this world that could smell him from a mile away like an Inuzuka, right? So he was in the clear with that one. Still, he needed far more training and he was planning on spending the whole Winter Break training away and finally learning elemental ninjutsu. He was so excited about what would come of that.

After finishing that thought the bus arrived. Naruto sat down in his usual bus seat with Tyson right beside him. While Tyson talked a bit about what a peanut butter donut would taste like, Naruto saw people walking around the streets carrying perfectly wrapped presents. To think, in this world there was a holiday completely centered around presents and family. While that would be a depressing thought for someone in Naruto's position he had already settled on spending the day with Tyson and the Jackson's. Naruto of all people repeatedly told Sally he didn't want her to be burdened by him, but the woman was far more stubborn than him saying, "You're spending the day with us."

He smiled at that thought. Of all the people in New York City and the Elemental Nations Naruto found Sally Jackson to be one of the coolest mothers around. Hell, she was cool enough to allow Percy to spend the night over at his apartment every other weekend and allow him at Percy's place vice versa. As Tyson described what a peanut butter bagel would taste like, Naruto heard the chipped tooth Meriwether bully Matt Sloan say, "Bet Lennie would strangle a puppy for some peanut butter."

Tyson stopped what he was saying and looked down at his lap a little saddened. The nickname Lennie came from the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, which was assigned by Mr. De Milo in class this semester. Lennie was the bulky but very unintelligent character in the book who was best friends with the protagonist George. From what Naruto remembered Lennie ended up crushing a puppy by accident and he also killed a woman on the farm also by accident. For the past few months it was Tyson's personal nickname around the school mostly because Matt Sloan called him that whenever they encountered each other in the halls.

Naruto turned around in his seat and glared at Matt Sloan, who only smirked at him in return. Even though both boys knew Naruto wasn't a force to be reckoned with. It didn't stop someone like Matt Sloan from bullying other people around the school. The bully's dad always was the most generous when it came to how much donation money the school received. He also knew Naruto was on very thin ice with all of the teachers around the school, ever since they last fought each other. Still, Naruto was going to get that bastard later on he knew damn well of it.

The bus dropped everyone off and Naruto made his way over to Mr. De Milo's classroom to begin their exam. Like usual, Naruto sat down in his beanbag seat and started reading one of his mothers books. The book was titled Anabasis Alexandri and below the title was the translated title which said, The Campaigns of Alexander. The book was authored by Arrian of Nicomedia. Now why was Naruto reading a book by some guy from wherever Nicomedia was? The answer simply being his mother.

It was the third book in Naruto's reading list, and while he finished the one on English. He sure as hell wasn't complete with the book titled Sealing, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu,Taijutsu, and all the ins and outs on Chakra Theory. Whoever wrote the book sure as hell wasn't intending on a seventh grader with the reading comprehension of a fourteen year old to be sifting through it. Although, Naruto couldn't help but find the book to be fascinating. He learned more about everything to do with chakra from just one sitting of reading that book than about four years of listening to Iruka-sensei teach at the academy. What made Naruto smile as he read about Alexander sacking the city of Thebes was… well he couldn't place it. It just interested him more than reading about chakra control exercises that even Ero-sensei failed to teach him about.

"Naruto whatcha reading?" Asked Percy as he looked over at his friend curiously. Naruto had been reading that same book for the past couple of weeks now and he wasn't even halfway through it, which intrigued the demigod. Usually Naruto just looked dreamily at the pictures inside of a National Geographic magazine instead of a book. He knew of course that Naruto was also dyslexic. This was due to the blonde's constant trouble when it came to reading Of Mice and Men. Percy remembered a month ago, when Naruto was called on in class by Mr. De Milo, who wanted the blonde to recite a passage. Naruto had blushed and stammered before admitting to the whole class, laughing at his expense, on his dyslexic condition.

Naruto looked up and smiled at his best friend, before saying, "Just a book on Alexander the Great. Did you know the guy conquered like the whole known world and he did it all by the age of thirty?"

"I think I heard something about that." Said Percy remembering Annabeth talk about it while at camp, "I'm just a little surprised you are reading that book. I thought you had dyslexia?"

Naruto remembered Percy putting a hand on his shoulders after class and saying "don't be ashamed about something you can't control. Cause I got dyslexia too," which helped to ease the blonde's embarrassment. After all he had pretty much admitted to the whole school he had dyslexia and Matt Sloan ate it up like a viper catching a mouse. The weird thing was that there were some books Naruto was able to read from cover to cover without his dyslexia impending his ability to read, "I do… but sometimes I'm able to read some books without it affecting me too much. How about you? Have you ever read Alice in Wonderland?"

"Uh no. How come?"

Naruto placed his book down and replied, "I'll lend it to you. For some reason the words just don't jumble up when I read it."

Percy looked surprised and said, "I guess I'll have to give that book a shot sometime."

"Hello class did everyone prepare for the exam!" Yelled Mr. De Milo while closing the door to the classroom. Everyone immediately settled into their beanbags and prepared for whatever he was planning on saying next, "I've brought enough blank sheets of paper and I want you all to draw seven scenes from Of Mice and Men and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. You have an hour and a half to complete it."

Percy Jackson could tell something was on Naruto's mind as he took a seat in a booth across from Naruto and Tyson. As soon as school ended Percy planned on spending the day at home sleeping and possibly replying to that email that Annabeth sent him this morning. Something must have been up, because she knew fairly well he was busy all week with exams. Maybe it was nothing and she just wanted to show him a picture of her in front of a building, which was also more than likely the case.

Instead Percy Jackson was spending the beginning of Winter Break at their usual hangout spot at Monster Donuts much to Tyson's glee.

"Is that kissy Rachel?" Said Tyson bluntly only to cause their blonde friend to blush and slide further into the booth.

"Agh, Tyson why do you have to keep calling her that?" Naruto asked, the way he was hiding underneath the booth with his eyes level to the table only made Naruto's cheeks look more red than they probably did.

"Cause you guys went kissy kissy with each other." Replied the gentle giant.

Tyson's remark only added more oil to the burning fire in Naruto's gut. He wanted to kawami straight out of the donut shop all the way to his apartment. He had the chakra capacity necessary for that and had done it before to escape from the the vampires on Wall Street. The only thing keeping from attempting that were the constant eyes on his person from everyone inside of the donut shop.

Naruto saw Rachel Mcgee enter the donut shop with one of her friends accompanied by none other than Matt Sloan. Matt Sloan's chipped tooth gleamed in the bright light of the Monster Donut shop. He received that chipped tooth when he ran into a "Please slow down for children" sign while joyriding his father's porsche the same day Naruto threw his party.

"You two keep quiet while I sneak out of here when the coast is clear." Naruto whispered to his two friends.

"Naruto don't you think that's taking things a little too f-" Percy couldn't finish his sentence cause Naruto's shushed him and the look in his eyes told both boys not to question him.

Before any of the boys could say or do anything they heard the one thing that sent shivers down their necks, and this wasn't because of the cold snowy weather outside, "Na-na-Naruto what are you doing here."

Naruto locked eyes with Rachel Mcgee. The way she said that was both in disbelief and slightly in anger by the way the girl glared at him. The tall and tanned, dirty blonde haired girl with firey light blue eyes made his heart beat like a jock on prom night. She was the closest thing to representing the girl from Ipanema in all of Meriwether. The weird thing about her was just how awkward and guilty he felt after the party he threw at the beginning of the year. He never did throw another one even though Tony Abramo incessantly requested for him too.

"Aaaa."

"Well if it isn't whisker face, Lennie, and Percy Jackson. Didn't think I'd see you three losers here." Said Matt Sloan confidently only to make the two girls accompanying him laugh, "I wonder if you were born so ugly your parents cut your cheeks so you'd go around looking like a weird fox."

The remark made many of the other customers who were paying attention to the exchange turn towards Naruto's direction and laugh. He felt low and despite the reassuring looks Percy and Tyson gave him, it did nothing to dry out the chorus of laughing patrons inside of the donut shop.

"Your right Matt. He kind of does look like a fox, although an ugly one that was abandoned off the side of the road." Spoke Rachel's friend. Percy saw Rachel glare at her friends with pure fury and he looked at Naruto and time seemed to stop when he saw his friend close to tears.

Naruto wanted to turn invisible, well he could to an extent, but instead he got up and angrily left the Monster Donut shop having had enough of the humiliating exchange. He couldn't explain why they hated him so much or why Rachel made him feel so embarrassed, maybe cause he couldn't remember kissing her. Much less making out with her on the dance floor of his apartment or it had something to do with Emily Goldblum grabbing him by the shoulders to make out with her too, which by the accounts of Tyson only resulted in him getting slapped by both seventh grade girls. Man why did women have to be so goddamned complex? It wasn't like they suffered through some sort of weird party amnesia.

As Naruto walked several blocks from the donut shop he could feel his anger building up even more. Why was this happening now? Why did he walk from his friends like that? Was it because of Matt Sloan's presence? No he kicked that assholes ass without breaking a sweat. Was it cause of some stupid girl who didn't matter? Well partially, but maybe it had to do with everyone in the Donut shop laughing at him like he was a freak! It had to do with being reminded of his burden! It had to do with how his parents both abandoned him to the beatings and hate of Konoha! It had to do with-

Naruto clenched his head in pain, "No this can't be happening. Not here! Not right now!"

He could feel the hot and icy energy of the Kyuubi's presence flow throughout his body causing him to feel both empowered and possessed like he was the king of the world and he could accomplish anything. It also came with the cost of him feeling like he wanted to smash everyone walking the streets of Manhattan with his fists and to lay waste to the dirty city he had come to love.

Naruto licked his lips at the thought. Their blood on his hands would be… no screw that! He wasn't like that! He never felt this vulnerable when dealing with the Kyuubi's chakra in his life. His nails began to grow longer and thunder rumbled in the cloudy December sky. His eyes burned and the snow around him began to melt in the park. If he didn't stop this soon NYPD would be after him in a heartbeat.

"It's been a while since we last talked."

"Get the hell out of my head you stupid fox!"

"Way to thank the one thing that has kept you standing after every battle. If you allow me more control I can give you enough power to get everyone's respect. We can rule this pitiful world like gods!"

"Screw YOU! You're the reason why my life's been nothing but trouble since day one. I can care less about your power. We aren't the same and you don't define me."

"Let me give you a warning before I depart. If you think you're here in this world because of the love of your despical mother, think again! I know your purpose here and you're nothing but a tool. Ugh, love! No one loves you! Not any girl nor any friends. I bet your mother just wants to use you because-"

Tears fell from Naruto's face as the energy emanating from his body began to die down the only thing he could think, "What do you know about any of this you evil demon?"

Before Naruto passed out on a bench in the middle of the park he heard the Kyuubi echoing in his head, "My existence has been nothing but others using me for their own pleasure, success, and power. You know nothing because you are weak and pitiful like all human beings. Other than us both suffering for others, you are right. We aren't the same and never will be!"

Naruto awoke to the black night sky above him and to the roaring whistling of trains leaving Manhattan in the distance. He had slept on his side on the park bench for probably a couple of hours and he felt so out of it. It took a second for him to realize he was blanketed in a thin layer of snow. Some great Winter Break he had been having so far. From one of the lit city lamps, Naruto watched light flurries of snow fall slowly from the sky. The beautiful ice droplets clattered against the park ground in a bed of complete white.

From one of the park lamps far off in the distance two shadows moved. Naruto sat up causing the snow that had fallen on him to slide off of his body. The snow clattered and crackled as he shifted his body on the bench. The shadows came closer. He narrowed his eyes in the direction from where the shadows came from but shivered as a cold December breeze whistled past his hair.

His usual gravity defying, thick locked, golden hair blew wildly in the wind. Something in his gut made him feel unsettled and it couldn't have been the Kyuubi's doing. The shadows finally made it near where he sat and his eyes finally adjusted to the dark. In front of him stood two six foot tall NYPD officers dressed in their warm winter uniforms. He couldn't make out their faces too well, but Naruto could have guessed they were analysing him head to toe like an insect.

"The park is closed. Can't you read the sign no sleeping in the park after dark!" Spoke one of the officers while turning on his torch, nearly blinding the fourteen year old.

Naruto couldn't see anything but the bright glow shining in his eyes, "All right."

"We will need to see some identification!" Said the other officer fixing his hand on what must have been a weapon. The other officer turned off his torch making Naruto come to his senses.

"Hey, hey, wait, just give me a second." Naruto quickly said, seeing how one of the NYPD officers had his hands around a baton.

Naruto quickly brought out his wallet and fumbled around trying to find his Social Security card, the only form of identification he really had in his possession. He handed the card to one of the officers who then smiled under the parks lamp light maliciously. Naruto felt the hairs pick up on his neck at the smile, which quickly returned to a normal gruff expression.

"Okay… get up and put your hands up." Said the officer after sliding the card in his coat pocket.

"Wait I need that!" Protested Naruto standing up and seeing the officers eyes turn blood red.

"Now you are resisting arrest. There's a nice holding cell at headquarters for you if you don't come quietly." Said the second officer brandishing his baton and holding it threateningly at Naruto's throat.

Naruto grabbed the baton by his neck and pumped chakra into his arm allowing him to pull the officer off of his feet for a split second. He then jabbed the officer in his jaw making the man fall down in the snow. The second officer charged and smacked Naruto's vulnerable left arm. The blow felt terrible and it nearly compared to when Rock Lee used his Dynamic Entry on his face during the chunin exams. Despite the pain, Naruto disarmed the baton out of the arms of the officer who he brought down allowing him to smack the other officer in the legs. He then smacked the downed officer again in the back allowing him to move a good five feet from the bench. Both NYPD officers laid in the snow together, but not for long because the one who he disarmed took out his gun and pointed the weapon threateningly at the blonde's chest.

"Assaulting two officers will get you sent away to juvie for a good stretch kid. Now you want to do this the easy way… or the hard way!" The way the man of the law said the hard way made Naruto shiver even more.

"Arg, you stupid kid! I'd do what Jacob says, we promise not to harm you too much." Said the officer who Naruto smacked with the baton a brief second ago. The officer rose to his feet and his skin began to peel away in some places revealing, feathers?

Naruto stared at the sight and kawamied far away from the area near the parks exit. He heard a loud pop and saw a quick flashing of white in the distance. His left arm felt like jelly and it was already swelling up, yet the pain was subsiding.

"After him!" Yelled Jacob in the distance as both officers began chasing the blonde through the lit up streets of Manhattan. It Christmas time after all, and even though there weren't too many people out, there were still Christmas lights all around the city. It helped Naruto because he needed the bright lights to navigate the hell away from that park.

Naruto ran out of the park and made his way down a deserted street in the direction of his home, but both officers were on his tail. No matter how much chakra he pumped in his legs both of the police officers at the park were able to keep up with him. After half an hour of running, taking a chance of cutting the police officers off, Naruto ran through the heavily late night traffic of Broadway.

"Out of the way you fucking idiot!" Yelled a taxi driver angrily after nearly hitting the blonde with his car.

Naruto not stopping to say sorry, Naruto continued on running past the six lanes of dozens of cars that only grinded to ear splitting stops when he was just about to be run over. Coming to the other side of Broadway, Naruto smirked and took several deep breaths. The NYPD officers pursuing him simply blared the flashing blue and white lights of their motorcycles. How they were able to obtain those motorcycles? The blonde couldn't even fathom but the sirens on the motorcycles only sounded like trouble and he didn't like it one bit. The motorcycles quickly crossed Broadway in about a quarter of the time it took for Naruto to cross it but Naruto wasn't going to let that bring his spirits down.

Jumping five feet in front of him and passing by numerous tourists looking at him like he was a villain. Naruto began pushing past people and sliding underneath stands selling DVD's, CD's, and he even jumped over an ice cream cart. Whoever bought ice cream during this time of year probably had no sense of time. Naruto could care less about that as he crossed an intersection with an adjacent street sign saying 48th Street. He was close to home, but maybe bringing the police to his doorsteps wasn't such a good idea.

He was taken out of his racing mind when he looked behind him. The Officers were now riding beside him one of them had his pistol out pointed at the blonde the other one had a baton in his right hand. The baton was dragging along the road causing sparks to fly across the asphalt and everyone currently alongside Broadway abandoned it for the shops in doors.

"PHOUH!" PHOUH! PHOUH!"

Bullets barely missed Naruto's body as they whizzed on by into the windows of several shops causing the windows to explode. He made a sharp left around the corner onto 47th Street. The officers motorcycles went past him and the jinchuuriki smiled. Little did he know that an expert biker could easily maneuver his bike to turn. Naruto had literally ran through about two dozen blocks, all of Broadway, and had made it onto 47th street just four streets from where he lived.

Naruto stopped in his tracks as one of the officers revved his engines down the street in front of him. Looking back the other officer had his legs on either side of him on the road his gun aimed straight at the fourteen year old.

"End of the road boy. You put up a good chase though, Phil you do the honors... charge him." Called Jacob.

Naruto watched the officer named Phil drag his baton on the asphalt, causing more sparks to fly as his motorcycle came charging at the blonde. Naruto glared and waited patiently. As soon as the bike was about fifteen feet from him, Phil brought his baton forward like a knight charging into the front line of an army. When Phil came to within striking distance he increased the speed of his bike and swiped at the stunned boy. Naruto's left cheek tore off of his skull and blood began to pool on the street below. Several homeless people screamed and ran away leaving both officers alone on the street. Phil looked back to check if the boy was alive only to hear a loud pop the only evidence of Naruto's existence was a cloud of smoke. He turned his head forward only for him to crash his motorcycle into Jacob's.

Naruto's wiped off the sweat from his forehead and made a sigh in relief. The whole exchange had been a close one and he barely was able to kawami with a shadow clone into an alleyway along the street. He had to think of a good way to take those two… whatever they were down or else he'd die trying.

Jacob left his motorcycle in the street after that crash and was able to catch the scent of Naruto again. He was in an alleyway close by and from what he knew of the city there was no way the kid was going to escape from there. Jacob cracked his neck and cursed the gods, he wasn't in too good of a shape to prolong this conflict. No one told him the brat knew how to use magic and that unsettled him. Looking at his brother made him even angrier, Phil was in far worse shape than he was and they needed to capture the boy fast. Their deadline was coming to a close and by midnight all bets would be off.

Both men made their way into the dark alleyway. One way in and one way out. Perfect for them.

"Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide! Master will love to have you at our side. If you survive." Said Jacob who made his way to a graffitied dumpster. He saw a flock of blonde hair sticking out behind it and smirked. His black boots crunched the snow below him as he walked closer to his target.

The crunching of snow got louder and louder as they neared Naruto who held his right hand against his head. The feeling in his left arm was finally coming back and for a second Naruto thought about thanking the demon in his gut for mending it so fast. A loud bang echoed in the alleyway as the plastic lids of the dumpster strained under the weight of something on top of it. Both of the police officers were taking advantage of the opportunity to outflank him. One coming in from the side the other from the dumpster above.

"Rasengan" Came a yell from above the alleyway as two Naruto's holding a bright blue orb of swirling energy crashed into the officer.. Phil screamed and yelled in pain as the dumpster exploded in a flash of white energy. Trash and pieces of the dumpsters metal frame flew around the alleyway at an incredible speed. Naruto stood over Phil's feathery body and watched as his outfit disintegrated.

Below him wasn't human. No it had an owlish head with a large beak, bright red eyes, large gray wings, and skin covered completely in scales. Phil looked the blonde in the eyes in fear his bright red eyes growing dim, "Brother avenge me. He is a... monster."

The alleyway erupted in an explosion of light yellow vapor. The only lasting presence of Phil was the smell of rotten eggs and Naruto's Social Security Card on the dumpster floor below him.

Before Naruto could react, he felt two sharp claws dig into his left shoulder and right arm at the blink of an eye. Jacob's bright red eyes shined in nothing but fury as he said with malice, "We were going to spare you but… but after that… I'm going to make sure to enjoy eating you."

Jacob's neck began to grow longer as if he was snake extending it's spine. His sharp clawed talons along his wings dug deeper into Naruto's flesh drawing more blood. Naruto cried out in agony. Maybe this was his fate, dying in a deserted New York City alleyway by an NYPD police officer that may have been a human bird hybrid. Jacob's sharp beak opened up and Naruto smelled rot and death awaiting him. Jacob brought his elongated head back and shot forward. Just an inch before he ripped him apart, Jacob screeched.

"No! This can't be. Not me too!" Jacob lost control of his sharp clawed talons and began thrashing in the snow below him. Naruto saw a razor sharp crossbow bolt sticking out of the creatures stomach. It had a bronze pointed end drawing the creatures blood, which started to spray out around the alleyway.

Like Jacob's brother he soon exploded in a similar yellow vapor and in front of Naruto was none other than Saban holding a crossbow. Naruto wanted to pass out in the alleyway, it had been long a day. He had finished his exams, he had been humiliated at Monster Donuts, he nearly lost control of the Kyuubi, he was chased across Manhattan by NYPD, and to top it all off he nearly was again eaten alive by some weird bird creature.

Naruto looked at his savior who had smiled and said, "Better get up, there are many of them swarming the city tonight, best to follow me."

"Where are we going?" Naruto asked completely exhausted. The open flesh wounds were already healing at incredible speed yet blood was still pouring out. Damn now blood covered his brand new parka.

"We are going to eat Greek food with someone important. Now quick! It's almost midnight and we won't be safe until then!" Said Saban while bringing Naruto to his feet.

Winter Solstice Council Meeting

The Gods of Olympus all stood in their respective seats and none of them looked happy. The meeting had been going on for about six hours and would end around midnight.

"Your telling me my daughter. The sacred tree protecting the camp. The one thing on Earth keeping the children of Olympus from being swarmed by monsters, is poisoned?!" Yelled Zeus in all of his might and fury.

"Hey don't go around blaming the messenger father." Said Dionysus while staring at some vines covering his comfortable throne, "I mean we got another god for that."

"Well Dio you were placed in charge of the camp. So I can understand why dad would be pissed." Replied Athena.

"First of all I can't be everywhere at once. Second of all if anyone is to blame it's that son of your's Hermes." Spoke Dionysus matter of factly, which only caused all of the other gods present to sigh.

"Look don't blame Hermes. I say we need to look at the management of the camp. Say that Chiron fellow is likely a Kronos sympathizer." Said the gruff and macho Ares, "I'd bet he baited his time for this exact moment to get back at Zeus."

"Now, I think that's taking things a little too far." Started Dionysus.

"If Chiron isn't the one to blame... then who is?" Asked Zeus turning his death gaze towards Dionysus.

"Ah… now that I think about it Chiron is the most likely suspect." Said Dionysus defensively, "But I think zapping the centaur would be going a little too far. We still don't know if he truly did it and he has done a lot."

"You sound almost like you are warming up to the Camp Dio. Maybe dad needs to extend your sentence." Mocked Athena.

"In your dreams book worm. I have only one love, and I was hoping to spend it with her tonight." Said Dionysus somberly.

"Then it's settled. Chiron is fired and we need an immediate replacement!" Yelled Zeus.

"I wouldn't think that would be wise." Spoke Apollo, "We are still short on funds after that whole Olympus hyperloop project you thought about funding a year ago. I say we should wait a bit and find someone a little more professional."

"I want that traitor out!" Countered Zeus.

"I have an easy solution." Came the eerie voice of Hades from an Iris portal, "After all my realm is home to the cheapest labor in all of the known universe."

"Hades I will give you six months to find a suitable candidate for the camp activities director for camp half-blood. Now onto the more pressing matter at hand. A boy has entered our dimension many months ago from the elemental nations of all places." Said Zeus.

All of the gods looked at their leader with slight shock. Bringing another mortal being from one dimension to the next was blasphemy against what the gods stood for and against Chaos. The only beings that had the power to do that successfully were the gods and even that was frowned upon. There were after all incidents of people and beings slipping through time warps into other planes, but usually those incidents were settled off through the Mist.

"Well what is so pressing about this boy." Spoke Hera.

"This boy possesses great power." Replied Zeus.

"What sort of power?" Asked Athena./

"The power to create tsunamis, crush mountains, and bring about the doom of Western Civilization. This boy possesses the most powerful Biju from that world and is likely a jinchuuriki." Said Zeus, "I've been contemplating on striking down the abomination down many months now but haven't."

"Why?" Asked Hera slightly frightened, she knew Biju possessed enough power to rival a minor god.

"Because of the fact that if I do that it's very likely the demon would use it as an opportunity to escape from his body. We don't want to deal with that sort of mess especially now that mysterious forces are gathering in the shadows. I believed he had it contained, until now! I felt the beasts power in New York City not long ago and I'm not the only one that has picked up on it." As soon as Zeus finished talking the whole room grew deathly quiet. The silence made many of the gods shake, it was never this quiet on a Winter Solstice.

"Hmm this is a very serious problem brother. Who do you think may have also picked up on the power?" Stated Poseidon.

"At the moment I don't know. I'm afraid the boy is protected by Chaos. Chaos is shielding him in the unknown and I believe several gods are on his side already. Even I have no clue who they are." Said Zeus.

"Well what should we do with him? Can't we send him back to where he comes from?" Spoke Artemis.

"I doubt we can sister. Chaos is protecting him, then he must be tied to some sort of prophecy we yet don't know about. Out of everyone here I believe it should be my duty to look after the boy." Said Apollo only to make his sister groan.

"Screw that! I bet he'd swindle you into riding your stupid chariot!" Countered Artemis.

"Hey! Unlike you, little sister. I at least know a thing or two about prophecies I can help figure out which one he's tied down too." Retorted Apollo with slight annoyance.

"Enough. No one is to do anything. I would rather this not turn into anything big. The more we influence his life the more likely he will become powerful and that is something Olympus can do without."

Molyvos

Naruto entered a restaurant along Broadway called Molyvos and he had changed into a thick, light blue, long sleeved shirt and a thick white winter coat. This was mostly to appease Saban who thought Naruto looked too disheveled to meet whoever they needed to meet. Saban also tried to bandage Naruto's wounds, but the stubborn blonde had protested. It was nearing midnight and both of them arrived at the restaurant unmolested.

The restaurant had bright blue and white walls in various Greek designs. Some of which depicted glorious battles from the past. Naruto followed Saban past the waitress who seemed to not mind the two patrons going past her and onto the second floor of the restaurant where very few of the tables or booths were occupied. Saban ushered Naruto into a dark booth where a bright red candle cast shadows against the wall.

Laying eyes upon the man who sat across from them, Naruto couldn't help but feel extremely intimidated. The man had very tanned skin, hair as white as the snows of winter, which he held back in a long ponytail. The man was dressed in dark clothes and a thick brown leather jacket that had a stitched insignia on it. The insignia was in the form of a small ball with sixteen rays coming from it. Naruto looked up and saw the man's sharp dark brown eyes, which were analyzing Naruto from head to toe.

"Saban… what is the meaning of this?" Said the man in a rough deep voice. Naruto had to force himself from not gagging from the man's breath, which smelled like he finished smoking a whole pack of Marlboro cigarettes.

"What do you mean? I brought the group a very good prospect." Spoke Saban in Naruto's defense.

"Uh-huh… sure you have." Said the man before pouring himself a glass of wine, "This is your last shot after all. Although when you spoke highly of this prospect, I wasn't in my wildest dreams expecting to see a little twerp who isn't even in high school yet."

"I told you he is young, but this twerp you speak of has completed two of the three tests. I also speak on his behalf." Saban finished. Naruto looked at the two adults in front of him in complete confusion.

"What do you mean I've completed two of the three tests?" Naruto asked.

The man looked at Naruto with some fury and said, "You speak when I say you speak! Do I make myself clear!"

Naruto gave the man an equally furious look and said, "Screw your damn rules! I've had enough of all of this dodging and I want some answers! I was just chased across half of Manhattan today by two weird bird men and I was forced into killing one of them. So tell me what's going on right now!"

"Hahaha." chuckled the mysterious man, "You got some balls below your legs pipsqueak and you got some fight in you too. If we weren't in dire straights tonight I'd probably smile after cutting off that head of yours. Now, did you say you killed a bird man?"

"He slayed a Strix all by himself without any celestial bronze. This is what I mean he is a worthy prospect." Spoke Saban again in Naruto's favor.

"Okay. Hold up what's a Strix? What's celestial bronze? And what the hell are these three tests for being a prospect?" Naruto asked even more confused than ever. He just wanted some food, sleep, and to lay down in some comforters after a hot shower. He didn't really ask for whatever Saban and this mysterious guy were planning.

The man looked at Naruto completely surprised and said, "He killed a strix, how?"

Saban smiled and said, "I saw him use magic to kill the beast with my very eyes. They were trying to hunt him down."

"Hunt me down? For what? And you guys aren't answering my questions." Naruto said causing both men to look at the blonde.

"Fine I'll explain what's going on cause tonight I might be able to use you. As the head of recruitment for the New York chapter I gotta lay down the three tests." began the man his brown eyes digging into Naruto's soul, "First off we represent one of the most ancient, organized, and deadly of all forces in history. All laid down by our great holy patron. The first test is to be sponsored by a former member of our organization. Saban was once a good foot companion but retired and has been helping me to recruit members for the last say fifteen years. So I take his word seriously so you pass the first test. Hopefully you won't end up like the others he's recruited."

"The others?" Naruto asked making Saban sweat a little.

"You see they usually never make it past the third test." Replied Saban who was sweating a little more in worry.

"The second test is being able see through the mist. Because you faced a Strix all yourself and even slayed one I'd say you have more than passed that one..."

"Well what is the third test?" Said Naruto slightly agitated.

"Today is the sixth day of Saturnalia. It's 12:05 A.M Eastern Time and time is ticking away. Yesterday our rivals, a group calling themselves the Kronia have been conducting mass recruitment throughout all of Manhattan. There is a meeting going on across the street at a place called The Saturn. Its being led by some shitfaced twerp called Luke that is all the information we got at the moment. You are to go and spy for us and tell us what they are planning with their mass recruitment and to see what else they are up to. If you pass this test, boy. You won't yet be a member or learn our secrets but I can offer you our protection until you either come of age or our leader says you can join. My name is Decebal but call me Deci." Finished Deci.

"Why would I need your protection and what is going on?" Naruto grumbled.

"Because boy the only reason why monsters would be searching for you is because you are either one of them or something more special." Began Deci who got up out of the booth with his glass of wine in hand, "You have thirty minutes to make a decision. If you decide to go and you get out alive meet me by the Empire State Building by morning. I would usually send one of our agents but two have already perished… you might be the one we need to make a difference. The only recruits I know of who can use magic are special. You... and from what I've heard about you tonight you are more than special."

With that Deci left both Saban and Naruto at the Molyvos alone together. Naruto wasn't sure what was going on but he had half an hour to make a decision. He looked at a marble bust of some sort of figure on the wall and allowed Saban to order whatever looked good. He didn't really care, too many things were swimming through his mind to care about food right now.

"Look, I know this all may be confusing but we need you to succeed." Said Saban.

"Say what happens if I leave this place, go home, take a shower, and wake up in the morning to forget any of this even happened?" Asked Naruto who looked at his lamb gyro in disinterest.

"The Knonia are after you friend. If you don't finish this test by morning, I'm afraid that Deci won't offer you his protection, and the protection of our group will keep whatever or whoever is after you off your back for a good while." Said Saban who began to devour some weird meatballs called keftedes, "I know you are very confused but there is a reason why Deci doesn't want to reveal too much at once."

"Why?"

"Because then you'll be in more danger than before."

"That makes no sense and you know it. Also how come you saved me?"

"Because I sent two other prospects to their death yesterday and you are my last chance at redeeming myself. Please friend I need you to avenge them and possibly save the lives of many. If you find out what the Kronia are doing, such a tough but simple act may help us win against them." Saban left the booth after those final words.

Naruto was left alone. He finished some of the gyro Saban ordered, then went outside of the Molyvos. Across the street was a nightclub called The Saturn and there was a long line of people going down Broadway just waiting to get inside. Naruto had two choices in front of him. Fight or flight.

A cold December breeze brushed his hair to the side. Hundreds of cold needles poked his exposed skin from the cold and Naruto Uzumaki had made up his choice.

He was going to fight.

Training Trip Week Three

Jiraiya looked at student and smiled, before saying, "So this will be your first time in Emerald Bay, huh."

"Well yeah. It's not like I ever really got around to visiting much of the shinobi world except for Wave and The Valley of End." Said Naruto as they followed a busy road full of wagons passing by them.

"Well you are in for a treat. The best casinos, the best liquor, the hottest foreign women." Said Ero-sensei with blood dripping from his nose.

"Does this have anything to do with that note you got a couple weeks ago?" Naruto asked with a slight frown.

"What makes you say that, gaki?" Asked Ero-sensei with a now serious look on his face.

"Because you have been acting weird ever since and I know this was a planned route since we left those hot springs."

"Okay you caught me." Said Ero-sensei while placing a hand in the hair, "We have a lot of business to take care of."

Okay that finally finishes chapter three. I was planning on having this chapter go over all of Saturnalia and Christmas. However, I realized that would be far too long of a chapter so I made the decision to split this into two chapters. The good news, I'm planning on starting Sea of Monsters by chapter five and from there this story will have many twists and turns. Also next chapter will give me some room to add in some other character development and Naruto's first encounter with the group called the Kronia, which in my opinion will help explain some plot details left out of the Percy Jackson books.

I just love stories that allow me to swallow myself into hours of research about topics like history, culture, ancient books, and mythology I never once batted an eye at. The group Naruto has met in this chapter will be very important later on and might also help to explain other plot details left out of the Percy Jackson books. So I would like to say thank you for coming down here and enjoying my story. Please continue to read and if you haven't already follow and favorite it so you can continue to follow as this story progresses.

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To the two reviewers from last chapter you both helped me to write this chapter faster so I'll thank you two by replying to both of your reviews. Those who followed and favorited, thank you guys so much, you also inspired me to write this chapter and parts of chapter 4 . I hope you beautiful readers continue to follow this journey down wherever I take it.

Autism Guy 593- I love your username by the way. Yes, I've thrown parties actually far more awesome than what was presented in chapter two (although that's my opinion so take it with a grain of salt). It's why writing that part of the chapter was strangely easy and I just loved Dionysus's comments on it. The only problem with a party is making sure the cops don't come and knock down your door so if you ever plan on throwing one make sure to only allow alcohol and tobacco on the premises. I've done a lot of crazy stupid things and I still make a dumb fool of myself from time to time. However, I think school is the most important thing over anything else, which is why I get straight A's. I'm not really the party person, but I can go anywhere and just turn the energy up a notch if I want.

OtsutsukiMadara- I hate filler chapters too but sometimes they are very necessary to make the characters develop into something of your own creation. Even though last chapter was a bit slow, I will say I left many elements from chapter 2 that will bleed over into the next 10 chapters. Characters like Saban who may feel OC are in my opinion great to shed light into parts of a universe never before explored. After chapter 4, I plan on dialing down on the OCs for a very long time and Deci and Saban won't come back until much later on.