A/N:Fun fact-This ONE CHAPTER, that only introduces HALF the characters, is almost 7k. I am going to leap before I finish the next chapter if I keep doing these.

I split the introduction into 2 parts. 10 contestants will be introduced here, and later I will be releasing the other 10 demigods. I am currently in a bad situation right now, but I still will write this. This covers the international Demigods, and next chapter we'll have the General (or will it be?) getting the more local ones.

I do not own this series. Sorry about it. Enjoy the chapter.

"Okay, first things first. We are actually holding the first Demigod here in Government care," The General said as he strolled through a narrow white hallway, Chris behind him and surrounded by men in suits, "We caught her after we had reports of a bloody tiger running the streets, as well as a blast that shook the whole town to create a small earthquake."

"Sick. Who's kid?," Chris asked, trying to look over the man, "Did you ever find out who's blood it was?"

"Her own dad's. Found the poor guy strung all the way across the house. Her mother is the Wiccan queen of Witches, but oddly enough, the girl has only shown abilities towards animals," The General said, turning a corner. As soon as he did, an alarm went off, blaring red warnings.

"Oh, there she goes again,"The General sighed, before holding in his ear piece, "What did she summon this time? Nothing? She's just sitting on the fire escape? Make sure she stays there." Strolling down to the door at the end of the hall, the General opened it while the guards held Chris back.

There was a couple of bangs, before the General re-emerged, carrying a rather tall looking girl on his back. She seemed to be resting easy on his shoulder, her long black wavy hair falling across her face. When she looked up, her large dark reddish brown eyes narrowed at Chris, and she almost seemed to sniff the air. She climbed off the General, and though she stood almost 7 inches under him, she almost appeared more intimidating than the man himself, even in her pink lacy tank top, black jacket, denim short shorts and thigh high black converse. Around her neck she wore a metal color with a red blinking light.

"McClean, this is Umbra. Umbra, this is the nice man who will be taking you for a while.," The General said, before looking at Chris, "Don't worry, she doesn't bite… Hard, that is. She also will be traveling with you, so this is where I leave you. You will handle getting the international ones, and I'll get the rest of them. We meet in 2 weeks back at the containment center. Umbra, behave."

Umbra nodded as she lifted her hair for the General to remove her collar, and walked up to Chris. She seemed to eye him for a moment, before strolling past him.

"...I have a feeling I really am screwed…"

Chris stepped out of the Private Jet that landed in Japan, and stretched to rid himself of some soreness. Umbra followed suit, yawning softly with a bored expression. Chris looked at the next file, flipping through it.

"Okay, so our next contestants will be Xenith Finch, Zenmio Rioka, and Maemi Sukiyama…. Wait, Xenix? Thats a surprisingly english name…," Chris said, before walking towards the airport, more guards surrounding him and Umbra, "He's supposed to be doing a concert, so we have to catch him backstage."

A limo pulled up, and took them of their destination. A large crowd (built of mainly girls but there was a considerably large population of boys) surrounded a stage. On the large screens on the side of the stage, showed a teen of average height, with silvery brown spiky hair and cat like green eyes. He wore a dark green hoodie with cat ears and white lining along the bottom and sleeves, a black t-shirt, and khaki shorts with chains dangling from the hips. Charms dangled from them, clinking as he strut on the stage. He also wore black knee high socks, white sneakers, and a lavender drawstring bag. Around his neck was a black choker, with a jade bullfinch charm.

The teen spoke to the cheering crowd, rubbing the back of his head. He spoke fluent Japanese, except for when he switched to english near the end, "I will see you soon! Now, for the finale!"

On the outside railings, Umbra leaned up against the railing, and Chris watched the seemingly normal boy. He looked unique, but nothing out of place… At least, not for a japanese idol-

"Hey Lady… kikoeru kai?

Toiki mo, tsutawaru kurai..

Saikou na… yume ni goshoutai~"

All at once, Chris felt something run up his spine. Umbra smirked down at the singer, as the entire crowd shrieked. When the beat started, and Xenix began singing, Chris felt himself getting pulled along to the voice, as if wanting to sing along and listen to it forever.

"Not bad," He said, as he and the guards made his way to the backstage area after the guards flashed their FBI badges. Backstage, Chris observed how dazed the backstage crew was, and sighed. He had a feeling this was going to be an interesting contestant.

"Ah~! What a good show! Good job everyone!," Xenix said as someone tossed him a towel. He wiped his forehead, before looking at Chris, "Ah, I thought I saw the FBI. Whats up?"

"Well, we're doing a show in America, and We're rounding up all of our contestants," Chris said, gesturing to all the guards and Umbra, "As you can see-"

"The contestants are Demigods! Oh, sweet!," The popstar said, practically pouncing on Umbra, and wrapping an arm around her shoulder, "I'm in! I'm always in for an opportunity to meet my fellow brothers and sisters."

Umbra wrinkled her nose as she batted away his arm, and sighed, crossing her arms, "That was easy. Don't you have to tell your manager?"

Xenix smirked back at her, fiddling with his small bird charm, "Trust me, she already knows."

Xenix clapped as he heard the next name on the list, "Mae-chan! The precious traditional dancer princess of Okinawa herself! The maiden of the daylight!"

"You know the girl?," Chris said, looking at the bubbly popstar. Xenix nodded as they landed in Okinawa, pulling up a picture on his phone. It was of a tiny girl with amber eyes, and long, raven hair in a high braid, wearing a pure white kimono covered in a bunch of birds of pastel colors, tied with a sky blue obi. Half of her face was covered in a god wolf mask, and she was in mid pivot, holding a sky blue fan with clouds on it.

"She is a traditional fan dancer, and technically my second aunt, I guess, but I met her through one of my sisters. So, so, so quiet," Xenix said, "But she moves as if she was dancing on rays of light."

Umbra, who was sucking on a bear shaped lollipop, nodded, "Would make sense. Isn't she the daughter of Amaterasu?"

"Yep! Come on, we might miss her afternoon performance!," Xenix said, as the limo pulled up to the private jet. It was a bit smaller, and drove slower, until it pulled up to a small, traditional looking house. Drum beats were heard, so Xenix jumped from the car and made his way in. Chris sighed.

"We better make sure he doesn't mess it up."

Umbra hummed softly, and they made their way in, taking their shoes off at the door when they saw it. Everything was silent as they saw the girl sitting on her knees, her fan tucked into the red obi of her gold and red kimono, her hair long and wavy over her shoulders as she looked down at her lap. There, Xenix was kowtowing, both of the girl's small, pale hands in his as he kissed the knuckles. As he rose, he kissed her nose too, to some of the audience's gasps. The girl giggled, and gently pushed away Xenix's face. She then looked up at Chris and Umbra, before bowing her head.

Umbra raised her brow, tilting her head. Chris coughed, "We're sorry to bother you, but can we speak to you?" He was uncomfortable under the girl's intense gaze, and felt as if he should be kneeling low with Xenix, too. The girl looked back to Xenix, who translated, and nodded. With that, she spoke softly to the crowd, as if dismissing them. A few of the Patrons groaned, but respected the girl's wish.

As they left, Xenix stood and offered his hand to his distant relative, who gently took it and stood. She was almost smaller than she had looked in the picture, about 4'9". She looked up at Umbra, and said something in a quiet voice, stuttering several times, unlike her clear voice earlier.

"What did she say?," Umbra asked, looking at Xenix.

"That you remind her of Susanoo's daughter, Suseri, because of your beauty."

Umbra raised a brow, before Maemi turned to Chris. Chris, again, felt a huge weight on him at her questioning gaze, and flinched.

Xenix only laughed at Chris, and turned to Maemi, whispering in her ear. Maemi blinked, and tapped her chin, looking up. Chris sighed in relief, before she nodded, speaking to Xenix.

"She said she'll do it, but she needs time to pack. Theres tea and cookies, though."

"Nice, thats 3 for 3. I say we're on a role!," Chris said, rubbing his hands together.

"Okay, next up is someone named Zenmio! We have only have leads on this one, but-"

As soon as he said that, he felt a large gust of wind kick up. Maemi wrinkled her nose slightly, before sighing softly. Maemi had changed out of her kimono, and was now wearing a loose white t-shirt, denim shorts that went to her mid-thigh, lavender thigh highs with mint tennis shoes, black lace up fingerless gloves, and a similar jacket to Xenix's, but this one pastel lavender with big, fluffy bunny ears. Her hair was down and over her shoulders, reaching her waist, with her bangs pinned left.

"I think thats our best guide. Zenmio is… Fujin's daughter, right?,"Umbra asked, tilting her head as she looked at Chris's files.

"Yep. I mean, I have never met her, but since everyone is related in the demigod scene here, I've heard of her," Xenix said, shrugging.

"That must suck so bad, bro. You have all these powerful, pretty girls, and you can't hit it?," Chris said. Xenix laughed.

"Its not like that for me. I have many, many demigod sisters, so its hard for a demigoddess to catch my eye," Xenix said as another gust of wind kicked up. It had gone in a different direction as the previous wind, so Maemi looked up. She walked over and tugged on Xenix's sleeve, whispering in his ear. He nodded, before blinking, "Thats clever. Do you have a kite, though?"

"Why a kite? I could just," Umbra said, before thrusting the files into Chris's arms. The host fumbled, as Umbra took the lollipop from her mouth, which was reduced to a stick, and drew a bird in the air, the outline glowing pure white. She pushed her hand on the glowing outline, and out popped a magpie bird. She held it gently in her hands, grinning, "I don't know if these are native, but oh well!' She released it, and saw it go with the wind. Umbra followed after it, dragging Chris by his wrist. Xenix and Maemi dashed behind them, until they were stopped as a large gust knocked Umbra down in front of them.

"O-Oh… Sorry, you snuck up on me," The girl said, her knee-length black hair (tied back in a ponytail) settling back down. She turned her head, the yellow gem hairclip in her hair glinting in the sun, as well as the green highlights. She wore a closed dark green trench coat, green sweat pants, yellow shoes, and a silver wind pendant around her neck.

Umbra groaned as she lifted her head, "Its fine." She laid back down, and Maemi went over to pat the poor girl. Zenmio looked over at Maemi and Xenix, who waved to her, and turned back to Chris.

"Um… Whats going on? Why are they here?," She asked, looking at Maemi in particular.

"Zen-chan! We're going to America!,"Xenix said, grinning.

"Don't address me so casually. Again, why?," Zenmio said, turning back to Chris.

"Well, we are doing a reality show with some Demigods, and your file came up as a contestant," Chris said holding up her file. Zen blanched, before sighing.

"Well, what do we get if we win?"

"Ten million dollars, and we're working on a few other prizes along the way," Chris said.

Zenmio seemed to really think about it, before shrugging, "I guess it wouldn't hurt."

The group ended up in international waters in search of their next Demigod, much to the displeasure of Maemi. She leaned over the boat, a slightly sour look on her face and her hand holding her stomach.

"She'll be fine. She just hates the smell of sea water," Xenix told the others, and they shrugged. Chris wrinkled his nose, before looking at the next file.

"Okay, now we're looking for the daughter of someone called 'The Dragon King' named Sun-Hi, and to summon him and his children, we must be sailing…," Chris read off. Xenix made a sour face.

"We are getting a lot of girls. I mean, not that I mind, but its becoming a fish fest."

"I know. After these next two, we're going to europe, then to central america and egypt, to get a few boys. Hold on."

"Egypt? The gods there still exist?," Zenmio said, raising a brow.

"... Barely...," Chris said, side glancing. However, his eyes widened as they heard a low, melodic hum, as well as soft singing. Maemi, who saw shadows beneath the water, squeaked and jumped back, her eyes wide in terror.

Slowly, the shadow from that side of the boat emerged, hands stopping the boat with a single touch. Everyone jolted as the motor stopped, and Chris looked down at the head of the boat. It was a girl with narrow sea foam green eyes and long, straight jet black hair covering her chest. She had bright red scales patched along her face and body, and large fins with gold tips peeking from her hair. The tail below her waist was long, and was wrapped along the back of the boat, as if steadying it gently. The water rose up around the boat to keep it still, and a small stream of water turned Maemi's head away from the water, as if controlled.

"I heard my name," The red sea dragon creature said softly, pushing her hair from her face, "I am Sun-Hi, and I protect these waters in the farthest way of Korea. What do you need?" When she opened her mouth, it showed a row of razor sharp, shark like teeth, which made the others shiver in fear.

Chris looked down at the girl for a minute, and coughed to concentrate. He took a deep breath, because this girl looked like she could easily leap up and rip out his throat. As if sensing his disease, the girl closed her mouth and smiled, slowly reclining herself where the waters covered her up to her should

"H-hi. I'm glad you came for us, instead of the other way. We are looking for other Demigods, because we are going to make a show. I don't know if you're familiar with reality TV, but-"

"I'll do it."

"What?," Chris said, getting closer.

"I'll do it. I would get on the boat, but I'm afraid I'm… indecent. However, I will grab my things, and we can go find more. Where are we headed next?"

"... Brazil."

"I swear to whatever god is listening, we better meet one of you that knows how to teleport! I will have eternal jet lag!," Chris said as they drove through the streets of Brazil. Sun-Hi was human again, and wore a red crop top with gold etchings of dragon scales, and black skinny jeans with red stiletto heels. Her seafoam eyes faded to a normal brown, and her long black hair was in a messy bun. For all of her long tail, she was actually an average height of 5' sighed as they pulled up to a beach, "We won't even have time to enjoy the beach-"

Sun-Hi sighed as she pulled off her shirt, showing a black swim top beneath it, and pulled down her long hair.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?," Chris said,

"How else are we going to reach a child of Poseidon?," She said as they stopped.

"She has a point," Xenix said, his jacket off because of the heat, "Plus, She might be our best bet."

"Just leave it to me," Sun-Hi said, stepping out of the car, and jogging towards the beach and diving into the water. She reemerged from the water, in her sea dragon form.

"Holy-" Chris said as the Demigod reemerged, the humans on the shore shouting too. Chris looked at Xenix, "Do you know what they're saying?"

"... No. Hold on." Xenix popped from the car, and Chris sighed, "What a mess. I guess its free promotion, though…"

Xenix popped back into the car, wiping lipstick from his mouth.

"What did you do?," Zenmio said, wrinkling her nose.

"I want to know, too," Umbra said, her eyebrow quirked.

"... I kissed someone. I can learn a language by lip contact…," Xenix said, turning red as he looked away, "But they are calling her a water demon. I guess its not too far off."

"Wait, you KISSED someone?," Chris said, "Dude, did she hit you? Did she kiss back?"

"... She kissed me back... Can we not talk about it?," Xenix said, looking ashamed. Umbra sighed as she worked on a piece of jerky.

"You're lucky you're pretty cute, or else you would be dead."

With Sun-Hi, she looked through the water, specifically for a mermaid tail. She managed to hit gold as she saw teal hair and a light blue tail. Grinning, Sun-Hi slid up and tapped the other mermaid on the shoulder. The teal haired mermaid looked at Sun-Hi, and her eyes lit up. Sun-Hi grinned back, and pointed up to the surface, grabbing onto the Teal mermaid's hand. As they went up for air. Sun-Hi pushed her hair from her face. She wasn't prepared, however, for the girl to wrap her arms around her neck with a squeal.

"Another one! I'm not alone! Oh my god! Where did you come from?!," The girl said, pulling away to look at Sun-Hi.

"I'm actually not from here, I'm from Korea," Sun-Hi said, clasping on the other girl's hand, "My name is Sun-Hi Niles, what's yours?"

"My name is Marina Seymour! Are you a daughter of Poseidon too?"

"No, mine is the Dragon King. They are similar, though. My dad is the Korean Poseidon, pretty much."

"Thats so cool! Are there more mermaids in Korea?," Marina asked, her head tilting. Sun-Hi nodded, before putting her hand on the girl's shoulder.

"Okay, so I'm with a group of other Demigods. They want to put us on TV. If we do it, people might understand us better. I dunno if you've really had it like us, but we were chosen. Wanna join us?"

Marina seemed to pause for a moment, before looking at the shore. There, she saw Umbra playing with a Dolphin, Maemi looking over the water, Zenmio making waves with her wind, and Xenix being crowded by a few girls. Chris looked across the water with binoculars, as Guards surrounded him.

"It seems scary… But… If we're understood more… I'll do it!," Marina said, grinning. Sun-Hi grinned too, before turning to Chris and waving to him.

"Looks like we're almost done with the international ones…," Chris said, relieved as the guards handed him the file for the next destination: Central America.

"Okay guys, this next contestant will probably be… a bit terrifying, but you are not to mention anything you see, okay?," Chris said as the group traveled through the small village, sticking out like sore thumbs, even if the guards have left. Marina had changed into a blue t-shirt that stopped above her stomach, a darker blue skirt that went to her knees, and blue sandals. Her hair had also gone black, and she now wore a pink seashell necklace.

Sun-Hi raised her hand.

"Can we just stay outside, then? I have a bit of a sensitive stomach."

"No. We all need to go in there. If I can't unsee it, neither can you!," Chris said. He pointed Xenix to a guide. Xenix spoke with the man, before he pointed him in a back pathway. Xenix thanked the man, before going to Chris.

"The dude is up this path."

"Then, lets go."

They traveled the dense forest, most of them sweating in the dense, humid forest. When they got to the temple, they looked in awe. It was a large, marble palace looking place, made from pure black stone and mirror shards.

"Looks like we're here," Chris said, heading to the door. The group scampered after him, except for Maemi. Chris looked back at the her, snapping his fingers. Turning her head, she darted for the group.

The inside was dimly lit by torches, and in the middle of the floor, sat a tall, thin male, cards with odd symbols laid out across the floor around him. He was looking down, his long fingers flipping one of the cards in front of him. His hair looked like a very deep shade of brown, and was choppy and messily cut, but it seemed to work. When the young man looked up, Umbra gasped, Zenmio faltered back, and Maemi clutched her stomach.

He had a bandage, a dark purple in color, wrapped around his eyes, and two dark scars on his face running from his face and connecting at his neck, where a line went straight into his dark purple poncho. A gash also ran along his nose, and a long, straight scar along his mouth, and along his arms more symbols were carved into the skin. Luckily, these were the only visible bits of skin, as he wore black trousers and black fingerless gloves. However, the scars were messy and rough, and really deep. Xenix was covering his mouth, and Marina hid behind Sun-Hi.

"Ah, I knew I sensed people nearby. Please, sit down, as I believe we have much to talk about." As he gestured his hand, several people with their eyes covered had brought cushions, which the group sat upon, albit tensely. Maemi and Marina both kept their eyes down, while Chris and Sun-Hi, the bravest of the bunch, sat closer. Umbra looked down at her own arms, rubbing gently. Xenix looked like he was about to cry, and Zen stayed wary of her scarred peer. As soon as they settled, a small girl, one who's eyes were not covered, came out with some horchata.

"Since none of you are used to this temperature, I saw to it something cool was prepared. Anya, you may go." The little girl smiled and nodded, before scampering off. As she did, the teen flipped another card, "Forgive me, I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Deon, and my father is Tezcatlipoca. I sense other high bloodlines as well." He flipped yet another card, "A song bird, a sun, a twister, a dragon, a fish, and… a wolf?" He turned to Umbra, his nose wrinkling, "Or are you a tiger?"

"I'm neither, jackass!," Umbra growled. Xenix put his hand on her shoulder, to hold the girl back.

"A tiger, it is," He said, turning to Chris, "And you're gathering more? For entertainment?"

"Yep," Chris said, sipping his drink, "And we chose you. So do you wanna join or nah?"

"Eloquent," Deon said, sighing, "I suppose I should. I can't live in the dark all my life."

"Will you need any help, dude? You're blind, I mean."

"I can handle myself."

"I can't wait to be back in America," Chris groaned as they drove through Egypt, "I will eat the biggest cheeseburger, and bask in my air conditioning."

"Thats when we meet the others?," Zenmio asked as she braided one half of Marina's (who was drinking a lot of water) hair, Sun-Hi at the other half. Behind her, Deon sat, braiding Sun-Hi's hair.

"Yeah. Deon, dude, Aren't you dying in that poncho?"

"Do you really want me to take it off?"

"Fair point," Chris said, as they went into Giza, Egypt, "Now to find Cat boy, AKA Akil. He is a street performer in this area, so keep an eye out for an acrobat that seems… catty, I guess."

"A highblood cat? This should be pretty easy…," Deon said. Chris blinked.

"Oh yeah, can't you sense others? I guess you lead, then," Chris said, turning to Deon.

"I have a limit on how far my sense can reach, but yes, I can. He's running along the main street, along with several girls, it seems… He has an interesting soul," Deon said, tilting his head in the direction he sense the Demigod, "He's fast, though."

"Then I will knock him down," Zen said, opening the car door. She held it for Deon, and the two of them headed out.

"Thats a weird duo, if I've ever seen one,"Umbra said, eating a bag of chips.

"Yeah!," Marina said, taking some chips too, "But its pretty interesting, too!"

"Which way is he headed?," Zen asked. Deon was leaning against a building, ignoring the stares he got. However, he turned his head through the alley, "We have 5 seconds before he runs right there. Get ready."

Zen took a breath, before she saw a boy with black hair and frosty green eyes, breathing really close. She quickly forced a large blast of wind from the other side of their target, catching the boy by surprise and knocking him their direction. The green eyed boy had fell on his knees. Deon gently placed his foot between the other's shoulder blades, holding him there.

"Are you Akil?," Deon asked softly. The boy looked up at the two, especially at Deon, before he grinned at Zen.

"Did you do that?! That was so cool! How?," He said, quickly moving out from under Deon's shoe. Deon fell off balance, and fell over as the boy stood up.

Akil stood a full foot over Zen, with black short hair and large, frosted green eyes. He was thin and lanky, more apparent by his cream loose genie pants and black tank top. He was surprisingly barefoot, despite the heat, and had a faded paw mark on the left side of his neck, marking him a son of Bastet, the Cat goddess, as well a long gold chain with an amber stone. Zen blinked, stepping back.

"U-um… My dad taught me…,"She said nervously.

"Oh my god, really? Is he a god, or something?," Akil said, grinning. Deon got up, rubbing his head.

"Wait, how did you know it was her? For all you know, it could have been me," Deon pointed out. Akil rolled his eyes.

"She smells like a cool, calm wind on a nice day. You smell like incense and spice. Its not hard to deduce," Akil said, rolling his eyes, "I smell that others are with you. I mainly smell ocean, particularly from both of your hands."

"... He's good," Zen said, looking at her hands, before turning to him, "We're actually in a travelling group of DemiGods. Some guy wants to put us on TV, or something."

"That sounds SO cool! Can I see him? Please!"

"Of course, thats why we came to get you," Deon said, as if rolling his eyes.

"Wow! I have never been around other Demigods! This is so cool!," Akil said as they landed in England. He had thrown his arm around Xenix, and began ruffling his hair, making the shorter boy throw him off. Maemi was giggling, as Marina laughed as Xenix pouted and fixed his hair. Umbra yawned tiredly, lightly slugging the cat boy in his shoulder.

"Calm down. We're going to get more of us, and you'll be around us for a while, so get used to it," She said, walking ahead to Chris, "Who's next? I take it we're dealing with some Celtic and Nordic gods."

"We're looking for a boy, named Mikhail Apfel. He's the only child of Idunna, the golden apple goddess," Chris said, looking at the next file.

"... Oh! Apple, Apfel! I get it!," Marina said, laughing, "I wonder if he came up with that last name himself, since his mother is the goddess!"

"Or it could be a convenient last name from his dad. You never know," Xenix said, before he pointed over at Deon and Akil, "We have two that can sense others, plus Zen as well, so he shoul be easy to track."

"Do you think he smells like apples," Sun-Hi said, pickpocketing a piece of candy from Umbra.

"Most likely," Akil said, "Where do you think he is? Does Idunna have any temples or land marks? What about his file?"

"It says we can find him at the apple orchard where 'the clouds meet the land'," Chris said, "How vague. Let's see if we can find it."

After asking around, they got a hint of where it was at. Given it was up in a high mountain, Umbra sighed, "I am done climbing and walking." With that, she glew a bright white color, and was on top of a medium sized dragon. Everyone gasped, and stepped back as the large, black scaled beast reared its head. Its gold eyes looked over everyone. Umbra smirked, "This will be faster. Everyone, this is my baby, Booplesnoot."

"Booplesnoot? REALLY?," said, "I thought dragons would be bigger!"

"We are," Sun-Hi chirped, "But sea dragons are long while air dragons are bulky. It looks like this is still a baby, though."

"Thats a BABY?," Zen said. Marina giggled as she walked up to it and put her arms out.

"Baby Booplesnoot! I wanna ride on him!," She said, giggling as the dragon leaned its head down and nuzzled the mermaid.

"It only has room for 5. So… Akil, Deon, and Chris," Umbra said, and helped the group climb up on the dragon. The group on the ground waved the group off. Akil seemed to enjoy the nice breeze, Deon seemed indifferent as he traced the scales, and Chris was holding his hair down.

Suddenly, Deon's spine straightened, and Akil's nose twitched at the same time.

"I smell apples, and… nuts? Its about 100 yards," Akil said, as Deon nodded, but his lips were pursed too.

"I… It might be a bad time, though. I sense an actual godly presence. Its… warm, though," Deon said, rubbing his arm to chill the goosebumps.

"You mean, we might actually meet his mother?," Umbra said, tilting her head. Deon only nodded, before Umbra brought down her dragon. The dragon disappeared from beneath them, and they all landed on their feet.

Around them were trees who's trunks looked like they were made from pure silver, with leaves of emeralds. Gold apples grew high up on the trees, and were large, and delicious looking. Akil took a large whiff, and sighed.

"This must be what heaven smells like. It smells like apples, sunshine, and a calm day," Akil said, before he turned his head. The others in the group also looked that way, and saw two people at a tree. The first one was who they were looking for, a 6'8 teen boy with shaggy brown hair and eyes as green as the emeralds on the trees. He wore a black t-shirt over his broad frame, and faded workers jeans a boots, with worn leather gloves. He looked back at the group, as if surprised, then smiled, "Wow, we haven't had guests in a while."

Behind him, a small, delicate woman with porcelain pale skin, long golden hair in a braid over her shoulder, and eyes as green as the young man's peeked around him. She gave a dimpled smile as she looked over the group.

"Oh, no Mikhail! These are who I said might come to get you, remember?," The woman said, gently cleaning the apple that her son handed her with a soft cloth.

"Wasn't that a rumor, mother?," Mikhail said. The jovial woman laughed, and nudged him.

"No, no, my dear! I knew you would be chosen! Now, remember your bag, and what I told you, okay?" The woman set the apple in the basket, and made her way to the group. She looked at Deon, and sighed softly as she took the foreign DemiGod's hands.

"What horrid scars, my dear child… I must pick a bone with your father, it seems…." She placed a hand on Deon's shoulder, "If only I could give back what you lost…"

"What he lost? Like his sight?,"Chris said, seeing Deon flinch.

Mikhail, who had left to retrieve his bag, coughed. Idunna stepped away, sheepishly grinning. She turned to Chris.

"I appreciate you doing this. Hurt these children and I will make sure Hel rips you several new ones in the slowest, most painful way possible. I already filled in Mikhail, so you don't need to."

"...," Chris didn't have much to say to the tiny, adorable woman who made such a dark promise, and looked at Mikhail. "... Damn, you're tall."

"Better to tend to the trees with," Mikhail said, before Umbra summoned the Dragon again.

"Okay, so this is the one normal fetching we'll be doing, so act NORMAL," Chris said to the group as the group made their way into a town in England. They were on their way up to a school, and were receiving lots of looks with their odd group. Deon had donned a long black sleeved sweatshirt, and a black face mask to hide his face scars, as the group deemed him too scary to walk in a place as clean edge in public England, especially a school. However, for some reason this seemed the affect his senses, and he had to be guided around by Maemi, who held his arm.

"Um, you forget the group you're running around with," Sun-Hi said, rolling her eyes as she kept Marina close in the crowded streets.

"Well, yeah, obviously," Chris said as he entered the school. Before he closed the door, he looked at the group, "No funny business. Especially you two," He pointed at Xenix and Akil, "Because you two seem to be the weirdest."

"Yeah, yeah," Xenix said as Akil was playing with Umbra's expansive hair, as if searching through it.

"God, they are weird," Chris said, going to get a guest ID badge for the school, providing ID and saying he was visiting one of the students. Going by what he read, he figured the next contestant was in the Library, so he made his way and smiled at the librarian. Making his way around, he figured she should be easy to spot since she had-

"Ah."

He spotted a small girl with long white hair with black bangs that ended in red tips below her chin, and almond red eyes. She wore a black shirt with a skeleton rowing a boat with a white hoodie over it, a pomegranate necklace, a black skirt with fishnet stockings and red sneakers. If that didn't scream the Daughter of Hades, Chris didn't know what else would. She was sat near a window, looking down and away from a book she had been reading.

Chris also moved up to look out the window, to see Maemi glowing mildly, enough to stand out as it rained, as Sun-Hi seemed to be catching the water that was falling and setting an umbrella. Marina was twirling in the rain, and Akil was running for cover and hissing. Deon was up against the building, while Xenix was talking to a few local girls, and seemed to be flirting with them. Mikhail was sitting beside Deon, as was Zen, who was watching the others mess around

"Interesting bunch, aren't they?," Chris said behind the girl.

She turned to look at them, and sighed as she sat back, rolling her eyes, "Some of them don't even try to hide the fact they're demigods. Especially the water one."

"I could say the same about you, you know. You throw way too many hints that you're Hades kid, Winter." Chris said.

"Bite me,"Winter replied, closing her book, "What do you even want, bringing a group of Demigods around with you? I'm surprised the government hasn't come after you."

"Trust me, the U.S. Government is part of this," Chris said, sitting across from the girl, "I'm getting them for a show. And congrats, you're invited."

"Now tell me why I would do that?," Winter said, standing up to put away her book,"Whats in it for me?"

"Possibly ten million dollars to help your mother. And revenge," Chris said, yawning, "Who knows, maybe your father will be forced to accept you."

Winter paused, but sighed.

"I'll think about it."

"Goddammit, why did I say yes," Winter muttered as she followed the group of other Demigods.

"Ir-a-lend," Maemi tried to pronounce as they strolled through the forests.

"No, no, say it with me, Mae: I-re-land," Marina said, giggling softly.

"I-Ireland?," Maemi said. Sun-Hi clapped.

"Good job!," The water dragon said.

Zen pinched her nose, sighing softly, "How can this girl not know english? Its taught in classrooms in Japan! Okinawa is an international military base!"

Maemi gave a sharp response in Japanese, which mad Zen turn to face her, "Do you really want to do this? I will put you down."

"Not now, you two. This is our last international stop, and I'm trying to get you all back UNHARMED!," Chris said to the two. Xenix reprimanded his distant family member, and pinched the ends of her hair. She winced, and glared daggers at him.

"Wait, what did she even say?," Winter said, looking at Zen.

Zen scoffed, walking away, "Nothing."

"You guys are ridiculous," Deon said, walking besides Chris,"We're almost there. She should be over this hill."

"Everything here smells like forest, so I can't really help. Sorry," Akil said with a sheepish grin.. Chris rolled his eyes.

"Its not like you guys were being quiet anyways," A voice said when they were on top of the hill. Marina jumped at the heavily accented voice, but Maemi grinned. There sat a young lady with shoulder length loose red curls with large, large blue-green eyes, feeding a baby deer with its mother. The girl wore a white off the shoulder top with a beige-colored scarf tied around her waist of her long pale green skirt and dark brown hiking boots. She looked up and smiled at Maemi, and gave a wave to Mikhail, who returned it with a soft,"Hello, Gelace.". Dusting off her skirt, she stood up, and looked over the group, "I have never seen this big of a group of Demigods, though. And theres so many."

"Yeah, because, well," Chris looked at everyone, "I kinda need them. Its for a reality american TV show."

"That sounds pretty fun... I take it I'm supposed to be part of the mix too?," The girl said, turning back to Chris. Akil grinned and nodded from behind Chris.

"Yep! Isn't it exciting?," He said, before being pushed aside by Chris.

"It sounds pretty exciting… I guess it wouldn't hurt to win, either."

"Thats the spirit," Sun-Hi said, grinning.

"Oh my god, finally we're in America," Chris said, as the plane landed in the states, "I mean, we're getting more people, but at least its my territory now…"

"So much pride," Winter said as she pulled her bag from the check and looked over to Chris, "Do we have to go with you to find the rest of us?"

"You say like that you've been with him this entire time. Trust me, if anyone needs a break, its me," Umbra said, picking up her own bag and pushing her hair on her shoulder.

"Well, its only a few more people, right?," Marina said, following after Umbra.

"Who said we're running around to get them? The general is already way ahead of that," Chris said, "He might even have them right now."

"Lets hope,"Deon said, pulling at the ends of his poncho.