~Yaaaaaaay! I did a crossover with meh buddeh Ki! A.K.A. MirandaShadow-Lilyheart. Go read her shtuff 'cause I luff her :D~

~Miranda, Adriano, and Caitlin are Ki's charactors- and you just might see them later ;)~

Have fun! ~S

I stood as the campers ran to greet the girls. Their leader smiled and nodded but looked a little concerned. I moved closer, and listened, as she mearly said 'Yes,' and 'Hmm,' distantly.

I turned to see Annabeth running towards the crowd. Everyone side-stepped to allow her through.

"Did you find him?" she said with excitement in her voice, but then saw the other girl's eyes waver. She then found interest in her shoes, and said "Oh. I understand."

Everyone became quiet at that.

The black haired girl sighed sadly, "I'm sorry, Annabeth. I thought we got close once, but no such luck."

Annabeth looked up with a new ecouraging lightin her eyes. "That's alright. We'll find him, I know it."

The girl smiled (a smile that looked a little fake if you ask me) and nodded. She then turned to her followers and yelled, "So, who's up for Capture the Flag!"

The entire crowd- campers and visiters alike- cheered and ran off to get ready.

I just stood there a little lost and the two girls went on with their conversation, but the light in Annabeth's eyes had faded.

"So, how close did you get?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, the search led us toa laberinth entrence. We didn't have enough time to check it because the Minotaur came out of nowhere and attacked us. I'm afraid they're coming back much faster then usual."

Annabeth nodded. "We found out the same thing. Thalia, I'm worried. What if they find their way in here? We barely have enough moral to rally the campersinto their training. What will we do if the shield fails?"

"It won't," Thalia said encouragingly. "We have the Fleece. And even if it failed- Athena always has a plan, right?"

Annabeth smiled. "Right."

"But against the Hunters," Thalia smiled mischeviously. "You'll always lose."

Annabeth mock punched Thalia and they turned laughing, then I caught Thalia's eye.
I flinched, felt my face go beat red, and spun on my heals to run away, but Thalia caught my arm.

"So, who's the new comer, Annabeth?"

Annabeth smiled and said, "This is Kai."

"Daughter of who?" Thalia released my arm and I turned skitteshly towards the two.

"Whom."

"Whatever," Thalia laughed. "Who's your parent, Kai?"

"Ceilia Brandshaw," I mummered.

Thalia raised an eyebrow at me, "That's not what I meant."

Annabeth caught my eye expectantly and I frowned.

"I-," I examined my wristband. "I don't know."

"How old are you, Kai?" Annabeth asked.

"Fifteen," I answered softly.

The two exchanged a glance.

"Um- isn't Capture the Flag starting soon?" I decided to try to get the conversation off my dad. He wasn't exactly something I liked to talk about.

"Right," Annabeth smiled. "You need to get your mind off everything. I'll help you find a weapon."

I looked at her shaken- "A-a weapon?"

"It's completely safe, I promise," Annabeth smiled, "Well- maybe not against the Hunters."

"Eh," Thalia shrugged. "I'll tell them to go easy on you."

And she did.

Kind of.

After many failures at finding we a weapon- even though I was partial to the bow- I found going free hand was most natural for me.

Annabeth had smiled like it was my funeral, and freaked me out completely.

Well I learned later why.

Every single one of the campers and Hunters were geared up with REAL armour and REAL weapons, that can cause REAL pain and REAL death.

And I felt REAL fear.

I shivered as Annabeth handed a helmet with a red feather on the top, and she said, "Just stick in the trees out of sight. You'll be fine."

Easy for her to say. She's been here since she was- what 7?

Crazy girl.

Just before Chiron announced the rules I caught Kayne's eye. He looked really comfortable next to Annabeth figureing out a stratagy to out-do the Hunters, and I finally realized how out of place he must have felt in the city, talking to only one demi-god that didn't even know gods existed, surrounded by threats and pretecting said demi-god from thoughs threats whith the demi-god even noticeing how troublesom it must have been for him, and therefore not thanking him enough.

My heart sank even more as he shot me a wide smile.

I looked away sadly, as Chiron began to speak.

"The rules are simple," he said. "Capture the other team's flag before they do-"

I tuned him out, and instead thought of how terrible a person I am.

When he finished a new person I'd never met spoke up, "No mameing or killing. You all know the punishment is no s'mores for a week. And wouldn't that be troublesome?"

No s'mores for a week? Someone's gotta smack some sence into these people.

Chiron whispered somehing to the bored-looking man and we sneered.

"And please welcome new-comer," he waved an uncarin hand at me, "Kimi- Nasonblah blah blah."

I looked behind me confused. Then back forward to see a sly smile on the man's face.

"Yes YOU."

I suddenly gained intrest in my feet as all eyes landed on me. Remebering what Annabeth had said about yesterday- I could just hear them whispering "FREAK" behind my back.

Well fine.

I don't like them either then.

Chiron saved me in a somewhat pitying voice, "Everyone take your positions. We'll begin on the sound of the horn."

As everyone cheered around me- I sighed and made my way into the forest to hide.

I sat inside a large hollow tree, hopeing no one would ever find me.

It wasn't long before the horn blew, and battle cries were heardin every direction.

I took a breathe and just sat silently, thinking about everything. I wondered how I'd go home to visit my mom. She needed me. She needed me to wake up. She ne-

Just then I saw an arrow fly by the opening in my tree and bit my toung to keep from yelping.

Two warriors- one with a red helmet- one with a blue helmet- were battleing it out right in my safe zone.

The boy in red was fighting to get close to land a stike on the girl but she kept shooting rapid fire to keep him out a range.

I suddenly saw something flash before my eyes. A skattered image of a pale boy with shiney green eyes. An arrow in his heart. The color red flowing from all directions. And tears in everyone's eyes.

I leapt out of my alcove without thinking and got a good kick towards her bow knocking it from her hand.

Startled she took a step back, and with the extra time, I launched a quick open handedblow just below her ribcage, and she kealed over, knocked out.

"Hey, thanks," the boy said.

"N-no problem," I stuttered, then footstps could be heard from every direction.

I shrank away, and he said, "It's no problem, I'll protect you-"

But it was no use. I was already gone. Dashing though the trees as quickly as I could.

I stopped for a breather and leaned against a large tree.

A branch cracked and I stiffened.

I stood sliently, and hopefully hidden.

I slowly side-stepped from my tree and back away, praying (Ha!) to remain unheard.

Well, it didn't really matter because I backed right into another girl.

I screamed.

So did she.

But she wasn't a Hunter. She was another camper looking uncomfortable with the situation.

She was probably unnerved by the fact that the only punishment for mameing or murder was no s'mores for a week. That's not really much insentive to not go all out. And consitering the scene I just left...

Well at least she had a weapon sheithed by her side. I was stating to regret not snaching that bow up when I had the chance.

The girl I bumped into had long black hair, and shocking grey eyes- like Kayne's and Annabeth's.

We stood studying eachother in silence, then footsteps were audiable and I spun on my heals, and lowered myself into a fighting position.

"I got your back," I said.

"O-okay then. Thanks."

'Heh,' I couldn't help but think. 'She's more skittish then I am.'

We heard a branch crack, and silently fell back to back.

Pillar's 'Frontline' played in my head.

"On three," the girl said.

I nodded as she held up one fingure.

Another branch cracked.

Two.

Crack.

Three.

CHARGE!

We both flung ourselves in the general direction of the sound, and out came an innocent looking Kayne, in his red helmet.

We both stopped in our tracks, and Kayne paled.

"H-hey," I mummered. "Sorry about that."

He shook his head. "It's okay. You two are just a little new at this. I understand."

Understanding too.

Dude makes me look like a huge jerk.

"And you can come out from there, you know," Kayne called.

I looked around confused and saw a shocked look on the girl's face.

Out from behind a tree stepped a short girl with sunny blonde hair and striking blue eyes, which I flinched at the sight of.

The girl laughed and said, "You found me!"

Strangly Kayne seemed unfased by the girl's beauty.

Okay, I'm usually not either, but this girl was... well- hot.

No homo.

The distant sound of a battle cry rang in my ears, and I turned my head in the general direction of the sound.

"What do you hear?" Kayne asked, as my instinct kicked in.

The sound slowly grew closer answering Kayne's question.

I went back into 'fighting Kai' position, and focused as hard as I could, hopeing the ADHD wouldn't kick in too much.

Both girls reached for their daggers, and Kayne grabbed the hilt of his sword, and slid it out and I didn't notice him as hestepped protectivly closer to me.

Over a little ridge, that kept the assailents hidden until the very last second, leapt four well armed, well trained Hunters.

They landed with finess, and I stiffled a flinch.

"Devide and concer!" Kayne called, and threw himself at the leading Hunter, who dropped her bow and pulled out a hunting knife.

All of us girls were kind of lost, but we understood we should listen to the senior fighter.

We broke off into little battles, which ended up with me faceing the biggest of the four Hunters. How that happened I'll never know.

No weapon, and I was faceing a consiterably larger foe then I am.

What to do?

I thought back to my lessons with Sensai Nadesha. She taught me to use the lower center of gravity to uplift force on the enemy, using their own power against them, and that my being smaller most likely meant I was faster.

I'm so glad I actually pay attention to her when she teaches me.

She lunged at me first.

Perfect.

I lowered myself and nudged my shoulder up just when she was on top of me. Her force threw her against a tree.

"Nice one!" black haired girl shouted, then blushed.

"Thank y- watch it!"

She turned just in time to block an attack from her Hunter, and their blades crashed sending both flying away, forceing both the girls to rush off in opposite directions.

I wanted to help but I had problems of my own.

The Hunter came back to me, ticked off.

She rushed me and I was up to my old tricks. But she saw right through that and landed a good elbow into my lowered shoulder. I gasped at the sudden pain, and fell onto my back. She came towards me again, and this time I flipped my foot out as I stood and she tumbled away.

I glanced over at Kayne who was easily fighting off the Hunter, but not fighting her away, while the blonde was struggeling to even keep her footing, and I knew we were fighting a losing battle.

"Um- Help!"

I shot over, and stuck a good kick into the Hunter's back, giving her just enough time to dig her feet into the ground, and for my Hunter to smack me in the back of the head, with the butt of her blade. I shrunk away, then anger set in, and I spied an awesome rock to dropkick into her stomach, but just then an arrow shot right by my ear.

Startled, I shot a glance that way just at the right time to see a black haired girl fly by with the Hunter's flag, and about 15 Hunters, includeing Thalia, tareing after her.

The Hunter attacking the blonde girl was the only of the four who noticed so she yelled, "They've got the flag!" and all four left us hanging, and running after the girl.

"GO ADRIANO!" the blonde yelled.

Kayne sighed in relief, and rubbed his neck. "Well, I never want to do that again."

Everyone of us laughed, and I turned to the girls, "I'm Kai."

"Nice to meet you Kai," the black haired girl smiled. "I'm Miranda, and this," she gestured towards the blonde, "is my friend Caitlin."

"Hi," she said energeticly.

A conch horn blew in the distance, and cheers broke out.

We could barely hear it, but we did hear it.

We heard Chiron cheering, "Camp Half-Blood has beaten the Hunters, for the first time in this century!"

And we celebrated.