CHAPTER 4:Water Parks and TV Debut
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or Percy Jackson and The Olympians all right belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Rick Riordan respectively. I also don't own any of the lyrics or songs that appear here.
"Hey! Mind turning your music down?" Naruto asked the two men.
"Beat it kid" the guy in the passenger side said while getting out of the car.
"Look I just asked if you could turn down your music a bit." Annabeth said trying to reason with the guys.
"Look kid just leave before we rough you and your little girlfriend up" The driver answered while getting out of the car to stand next to his friend.
Annabeth glared at the two jerks standing in front of them. "You should turn down your music down a little ok?" she said while getting mad.
Naruto saw the guys walk towards them, one pulled a pocket knife and said "You asked for it kid" and tried to stab Naruto.
Naruto sighed and sidestepped the guy, and ducked under the swing from the other guy who tried to take advantage of his friends swing.
Annabeth went over to the car while Naruto 'played' with the two thugs. After she turned off the music she heard some grunts and moaning behind her. She turned to see the two thugs in the ground filled with bruises and small cuts on their clothes.
Percy was talking with Luke "Yeah, the shoes came in handy when Medusa attacked us. I flew a bit to get space" he said trying to convince the son of Hermes that the shoes were an advantage.
Luke smiled "Great! Where are you now? So I can tell Chiron where you are." He said when Naruto and Annabeth came back laughing and smiling at some joke Naruto said.
"Come on Seaweed Brain. Let's find a place to eat and plan our next move. We'll see you later Luke." Annabeth said while flashing a small smile to Luke who waved goodbye to the trio and walked away.
They walked for a while until they came up to a small dinner. They agreed to stop there and eat a quick lunch. Walking in and finding a booth they slid in and made small talk until the waitress came over.
"What do you want?" she asked while looking over the group. "We want to order?" Percy said looking nervous knowing that the three of them were dirty and stinking the dinner a bit. The waitress was about to take their order when she stiffened like the rest of the small dinner.
They saw a motorcycle roll up in the driveway of the dinner, and the guy driving it was a burly man wearing a leather vest with a red undershirt, shades covering his eyes, leather pants, and boots. When he walked into the dinner Percy saw that all the patrons stood up, and the guy walked over to their booth and sat down in front of him, squishing Annabeth a bit.
"At ease people" the guys said with authority, making the waitress blink a bit and ask what they would eat. After taking their orders she asked if they had money to pay while glancing at Percy's clothes that were dirty and a bit singed. "It's on me sweetheart" the guy said while tossing the waitress a few gold coins. When she tried to say that the coins were useless the guy pulled a knife and started to clean his nails. "Problem… Sweetheart?" he asked while grinning.
Percy didn't know what was about the guy but it made him mad, it reminded him of every single bully he ever met, from Nancy Bobofit to Gabe to Clarisse. "You can't threaten people like that" he said while glaring a bit, he didn't noticed Annabeth's frantic shake of her head or Naruto's chuckle.
"Haha, hell if I can't I love this country, so you are the son of Old Barnacle Beard" the guy said while chuckling at Percy's reaction, "You know who I am little cousin?" he said while smirking.
"No and I don't care who you are so please leave" Percy said while his glare intensified. He heard Annabeth face palm and Naruto and the stranger chuckle.
"Forgive him Lord…" Annabeth tried to say but was silenced by the god who just raised a hand.
"Relax kid I don't mind a bit of attitude from time to time. Haha! Ask the little Fishcake over there" the stranger interrupted Annabeth.
"Damnit Ares! I told you like a million times that it means Maelstrom not Fishcake" Naruto shouted making Percy's eyes widen at the now revealed god, who was chuckling at Naruto's outburst.
"I know but it is just too damn funny to see both your mom's and your reaction to your name!" Ares laughed while Annabeth giggled at a fuming Naruto.
"You are Clarisse father" Percy said in a small voice. When he saw the grin in Ares face it made his blood boil.
"And you are the Punk who broke her spear" he said while chuckling.
"She was asking for it since I arrived to camp" Percy said while gritting his teeth, Ares aura was making him mad and the grin in his face made him want to punch the god in the mouth.
"Fair enough, I don't fight my kids battle, anyways onto bigger matters. I know what you are looking for." Ares said while turning to look at Naruto.
When Naruto saw the look he felt uneasy like when he first saw Orochimaru during that fateful Second Part. He simply nodded and listened.
"I know that you are looking for the Master Bolt, what makes you think if me or one of us couldn't find it that you will… well you do have Hunter Boy with you but still" Ares said while thinking about the power of the weapon.
"We will find it lord Ares" Percy said with contempt to the god.
"Anyways I got a little quest for you. It shouldn't take more than a few hours. I had a date with my 'girlfriend' in a nearby water park, we had to leave in a hurry and I forgot my shield. Go retrieve it for me, and I will provide transportation and information you might find interesting" Ares said with a smirk.
"Why don't you go get it yourself?" Percy rudely asked making Annabeth face palm herself along with Naruto at Percy's attitude.
"Why don't I turn you into a prairie dog and run you over with my Harley? Because I don't feel like it, a god is giving you a quest to prove your worth" Ares answered making Percy grit his teeth together.
"We already have a quest so sorry but we can't retrieve your shield" Percy said getting angrier by the second.
"You are lucky you met me and not some of the others, some are not as lenient as me, look go retrieve my shield and I will give you information on something that is important to you" Ares said with a growl, Percy's attitude was getting to him.
"What information, you have nothing that interest us or can help us" Percy said with a glare.
"Really? What if that information was about your mom?" Ares said noticing Percy stopped making him grin. "Great the park is not far from here when you have it come back here and I will show you the transport and give you the info" he said while snapping his fingers he shimmered for a bit until he disappeared.
"Let's keep moving guys we don't have much time forget about Ares shield" Percy said when Annabeth told him to stop.
"Look as much as I hate Ares he is a god and he came to us with the quest, we simply can't ignore him, and besides Naruto would probably go fetch the shield even if we moved on, he is in good terms with Ares" she said while Naruto just kept silent and ate his burger.
Percy sighed and agreed to go find the shield so they could get transport.
The trio walked down the street to the Water Park Ares told them his shield was. Percy kept on grumbling that they should forget the shield and keep going to L.A. Naruto knew that Percy wanted to clear his dad's name even if Percy didn't say it out loud.
Naruto chuckled at Percy's grumbling while Annabeth rolled her eyes. They arrived to the abandoned park to be faced with their first obstacle… A locked fence.
Percy took out the flying shoes and strapped them on and said 'Maia' and flew over the fence. Naruto just shook his head, and grabbed Annabeth's hand and shunshined them over.
They walked for a while until they came up to a souvenir shop.
"Clothes! Fresh clean clothes!" Annabeth shouted and rushed over to grab a t-shirt and pants before either Naruto or Percy tried to stop her.
"I don't think we should take them Annabeth!" Percy said while Annabeth ignored him, he looked over to the older blond only to stare at Naruto's back who was also grabbing a pair of shirts and pants, he sighed and followed their example.
After a few minutes Percy came out and saw Annabeth combing her hair a bit, and Naruto waiting. When Naruto saw Percy he signaled Annabeth and they walked to look for the Shield.
They arrived to a waterless pool with Cupid status surrounding it and a lone boat in the middle.
'The Thrill Ride O' Love. This is not your parents Love Tunnel!' was the sign above the entrance tunnel. "I wonder why Ares would bring his girlfriend here… she might be ugly as hell." Percy said with a chuckle
"You shouldn't say that Percy she might get angry, and curse you" Annabeth said with a bit of fear in her voice.
"Why? Is she Echidna?" Percy joked a bit.
"Aphrodite Goddess of Love and Beauty. And one of the most feared goddesses is his girlfriend and she doesn't take lightly to mockery Percy." Naruto said making Percy stare at him.
"Isn't she like… married to the crippled guy… uh Hephaestus?" Percy asked with surprise.
Naruto snorted and Annabeth laugh a bit.
"Aphrodite is more into external beauty than inner, and she and Ares are old news, like thousand year old news" Annabeth said while checking one of the statues, after a few years of training with Naruto and Clarisse she developed what Naruto liked to call 'danger sense' and by Naruto's tense body she knew he was aware of something was wrong.
"Alright I'll go down, Annabeth you back me up, if something happens Naruto can cover us from above" Percy said when he heard a snicker and a humph, turning around he saw Naruto laughing and Annabeth glaring at him.
"Wow Percy already making your move on Anny?" Naruto said while chuckling, until Annabeth hit him on the shoulder combined with the glare made him shut up.
"Ok never mind I'll go alone then" Percy said while he was still confused at the statement Naruto made, he turn around to see Annabeth make her way down the pool.
"Don't think too much about it Seaweed Brain, let's go" She said and walked over to the boat.
Percy arrived to the boat to not only see Ares shield but also a scarf, picking it up he brought it up to smell it when it disappeared from his hands.
"Oh no you don't, no Love magic for you Seaweed Brain, just grab the damn shield and let's get out of here." Annabeth said while holding the scarf far away from her and Percy, they started to make their way back to the edge of the pool, when the glass panels opened up, and Annabeth froze.
'Shit those are spiders I have to get Annabeth out of there' Naruto said and started to get near the edge, when the cupid statues came to life and shot their arrows, Naruto saw that and dove out of the way, he saw that the statues had made a net around the pool and that the spiders were starting to swarm his friends, he heard Percy shout to him to get the water running, Naruto created a clone to look in the nearby booth for something to get the water flowing in the pool.
They heard the statues open up and saw cameras popping out of them and saying that the live transmission to Olympus would start in a minute.
"Damn it Eta! It's a trap Hephaestus set it to catch Ares and Aphrodite! And now we are going to go live to Olympus! Naruto hurry up and get us out of here" Annabeth shouted and then screamed in fright because some spiders came near her.
Naruto started running around trying to cut thru the cables that formed the net but neither Kubikiri nor his Hunting knives could cut it, his clone dispersed informing him that the water should start running and sure enough it did but little by little, he started to think until a memory popped up from his training in his wind affinity, taking Kubikiri from his back and started to channel his affinity to it, and swung the massive cleaver cutting the net, and forming several hand seals he shouted 'SUITON: MIZURAPPA' and water gushed out of his mouth giving Percy something to work with, he saw the boat disappear into the tunnel he ran to the other end of the tunnel in time to see Percy and Annabeth jump from the boat before it collided with the fence, he saw them about to fall, he created a clone and both pumped chakra to their legs, the clone catching Percy and the original grabbed Annabeth bridal style.
"God's damn it Hephaestus set this up to humiliate Ares and his wife!" Annabeth started to rant and the cameras swiveled to keep the three demigods on focus. Naruto decided to stop Annabeth's rant step up and said.
"Oi, Anny relax you do know we are being broadcasted life right know to Olympus? The shows over thanks for watching! See you next time!" Naruto said and bowed to the cameras, which turned off and disappeared into the cupid statues making Naruto chuckle. He started to walk towards the entrance "Let's go guys we have a shield to deliver and Info to get."
Percy simply nodded and followed Naruto, while Annabeth ran to catch up and walked besides Naruto, who smiled at her.
After walking back to the dinner where they saw Ares leaning on his bike with a sky blue electric duffle bag, Percy walked up to the smirking god and handed him the shield.
"You knew it was a trap didn't you?" Percy asked while glaring at the smirking god.
"Of course I knew kid, but it was priceless what you did haha, anyways there is your ride west… it does a pit stop in Las Vegas though." Ares said while throwing his shield overhead, making the three demigods follow it and see it shimmer for a second until it fell in Ares hands as a bullet-proof vest.
"You still owe me some information!" Percy said making the god stop in his tracks.
"You sure you can handle this type of info kid?" Ares said turning to look at Percy who simply nodded, making Ares nod, "She is still alive kid" he said to a shocked Percy. Naruto and Annabeth simply stood back knowing that this was something between the god and their friend.
"W-what? How is that possible I saw her throat being crushed" Percy said stunned, making Ares chuckle.
"Did she turned to golden dust?" the god asked and at Percy's nod he continued "that is Metamorphosis, she was taken before she died, for control." The god explained to the still stunned demigods.
"Control? Against who?" Percy asked, and seeing Ares pointing towards him he got angry. "Nobody is controlling me!" Percy said getting angrier.
Ares chuckled at the kid attitude and started his bike.
"You are a jerk you know that!" Percy said making the god laugh and throw them the duffle bag, Percy opened it to see double stuffed Oreo, fresh clothes, twenty bucks in cash, a pouch of golden drachmas. He was about to shove the bag back to the god when Naruto took it out of his hands, and Annabeth covered his mouth.
"Thank you very much Lord Ares, we are very grateful." She said while Naruto nodded, Ares just grunted and revved up his bike, when Percy looked back to the dinner he saw that the waitress that served them had dragged the cook and made him take a photo of them with Ares.
"Guys, if we plan on taking the zoo express we better get going" Naruto said while pointing back to the dinner where two guys with the same logo that the truck were paying for their meal. Annabeth shouldered the duffle bag and ran to the truck Naruto close behind and Percy picked up the rear, with the help of Naruto they closed the door.
"Oh gods what is that smell!" Annabeth said making Naruto and Percy focus on the smell, Naruto started to gag at the smell while Percy covered his nose and brought Riptide out, casting an small glow around the truck.
The sight they got was of three cages, one had a white lion, with some turnips on the cage, and not enough water for him to drink, and its ribs were practically showing.
The second cage had an antelope with a balloon tide to one of its antlers, and half a happy meal burger in its cage.
The last animal was a zebra with chew gum in its mane and the other half of the happy meal was in its cage, staring at them with half-lidded eyes.
Naruto was appalled by the treatment, he was of half a mind of getting of the truck and beat senseless the ones transporting them. Annabeth saw the dark look Naruto got and grabbed his hand to calm him down, making Naruto smile and turn around to hug her.
Percy was looking around the truck when he heard something, 'Please lord, help us out of here!' he turned around and saw that the zebra was the one trying to get his attention a bit, he blinked trying to figure out where the voice came from, when he heard it again with the same plea.
"Um guys… I think I'm going crazy but did that zebra just talked to us?" Percy asked looking behind to see both blonds staring at him like he was crazy.
"Percy… your either really tired or going crazy over what has been going on this past few weeks" Naruto answered with a chuckle until Annabeth shut him up.
"Actually it kind of makes sense, Poseidon created horses out of sea foam and zebras are not that separated from horses, so it makes sense that a Son of Poseidon can speak to horses and zebras." She explained to the two stunned demigods, making her chuckle a bit.
Percy fell asleep after they made small talk, and he asked about the ring and the beads in Annabeth's necklace and Naruto's green stone. Annabeth leaned her head on Naruto's shoulder, until he pulled his guitar out.
"You shouldn't play that in here they could hear it and come investigate what is causing the noise." Annabeth warned him, making him chuckle and point to a point above her head where Anaklusmos light still shined thanks to Percy not putting it away, she saw a seal matrix and frowned when Naruto simply whispered in her ear 'Privacy and silencing seals.'
He started to strum a couple cords, and cleared his throat and looked over to Annabeth with a small smile.
(PLAY: Loud by R5)
Looking for the one tonight
But I can't see you
Cause I'm blinded by all the lights, ooh
And I can never get it right
I need a breakthrough
Why are you so hard to find? ooh
I've been searching every city
Never giving up
'Til I find my angel
Diamond in the rough
Looking for a signal
Baby turn it up tonight
Come on get loud loud let it out
Shout it out from the rooftops
Come on get loud 'til they shut us down.
Come on get loud loud let it out
Show me everything that you've got
Come on get loud loud I need you now
Baby let me hear it loud
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Looking for the light to shine
To start a fire
Girl I'll be the first in line ooh
And baby when our stars align
We can't get no higher
You just give me a sign
Come on get loud loud let it out
Shout it out from the rooftops
Come on get loud 'til they shut us down
Come on get loud loud let it out
Show me everything that you've got
Come on get loud loud I need you now
Baby let me hear it loud
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
(Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Looking for the one tonight
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
I've been looking for the one tonight)
Come on get loud loud let it out
Shout it out from the rooftops
Come on get loud 'til they shut us down
Come on get loud loud let it out
Show me everything that you've got
Come on get loud loud I need you now
Baby let me hear you loud
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Baby let me hear it loud
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Baby let me hear it loud
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Na Naa
I've been looking for the one tonight
Naruto finished his song to see that Annabeth had fallen asleep, he moved a bit trying not to disturb her and got comfortable and closed his eyes.
They fell asleep to the slow humming of the engine, and Naruto snaked his arm unconsciously around Annabeth who snuggled in his warm embrace.
The next morning Naruto jolted up when he felt the truck start to slow down and saw that Annabeth had also woken up and was going to get Percy up so they could hide.
"Come on Percy, get up the truck stopped moving and the guys must be coming to check on the animals." She said while shaking the groggy boy, who started to stumble a bit and got to Naruto's side.
Annabeth saw the door start to open and put on her hat and disappeared, making Naruto grab Percy and whisper him to hold his breath, and wrapped them both in shadows.
"Wow! I wish I hauled appliance instead of dirty animals" said one of the guys while walking over to the plastic water jug, "Thirsty wittle cat?" he asked while he threw a bit of water in the lions face making it roar in displeasure "Yeah whatever you overgrown house cat" he said and walked over to the zebra and banged on the cage. "Well fella at least we are getting rid of you today, you will love the show you'll be on, they will saw you in half" the guy said chuckling making the zebra look frantically to Percy 'Please lord get us out of here, help us!' the zebra cried.
'THUMP THUMP'
They heard outside the truck making the one inside sigh and shout "What do you want Eddie!"
"Said somethin' Maurice?" they heard from the outside, inside the truck they heard another loud bang that made 'Maurice' sigh and curse 'Eddie's' stupidity while walking outside, when the guy got out Annabeth materialized and Naruto dropped the shadows.
"This can't be a legal transport" Percy said while breathing hard, he felt he was suffocating in the shadows Naruto wrapped around them, his statement made Naruto nod his head and Annabeth to think of something to do.
"Hey! You can't be back here!" they heard someone shouting and turned to see both Maurice and Eddie, Naruto took a kunai out, making the guys step back a bit, making him smirk a bit and swung it to the locked cages.
Everybody stared at the blond with different reactions, Annabeth just stared wide eye's at what Naruto just did, Percy sweat dropped thinking that Naruto would do something cool that would give them a chance to escape, while the two guys stare incredulous at the dumb teen.
Everybody turn around to see the locks that kept the cages shut slowly fall to the ground, and the door to swing open slowly, the zebra turned and thanked Percy profusely for his help, and dash to the exit while the lion stared down menacingly to its two captors, roared and dashed outside following the zebra and the antelope the police saw the two guys run after the animals and started to chase them shouting for their transport license and calling for back up to catch the animals.
Annabeth stared at Naruto with a grin on her face while Percy just stared in awe and with a thousand questions more to the blond. They saw him move towards the open door of the truck and jump down, Annabeth quickly followed him and Percy just stared for a while to the locks. He picked one and saw that it had been cut cleanly in half.
"Come on Seaweed Brain let's find transport to get to L.A. and finish this quest we still have 6 days." He heard Annabeth shout and run to catch up to his friends.
Percy was tired, sweaty and getting annoyed by the looks they were getting, Naruto decided to carry his massive sword or as he had heard Clarisse refer to as 'Huge ass Kitchen Knife' and made him wonder what the mortals saw.
They walked for a few hours or so he thought when he turned to see Naruto's wristwatch and saw that only half an hour had gone by and they had wandered up to a dead-end street with one Casino at the end of it.
'Lotus Hotel and Casino' it read in big neon letters, a doorman was standing outside and waved them over, they got near carefully.
"Hey you guys look like you need a place to rest for a while, why don't you come in?" the man said with a grin, before Naruto could stop Percy he was already walking up the steps and waving them over, making him sigh and follow.
When they walked in the lobby they were astounded by the way it was built, they saw a water slide going down one side of the lobby while a bungee platform was on the other side, they walked to the front desk and were greeted by a different man.
"Welcome, welcome to the 'Lotus Hotel and Casino' here are your room key, and your guest card which will allow you to get on every ride, and game we have, and also the restaurant, your room is number 4001 and has already been paid for" the man said without missing a beat, and handed them three green credit cards.
Percy stared a bit at the card and looked up to the man in the desk "When does it run out?" he asked, making the man look at him with a questioning look, making Percy elaborate "When does it run out of money?" he repeated his question.
The man stared for a bit and suddenly broke out in laughter "Oh you are making a joke, I like it haha" he said and signaled for a bell hopper to take them to their room "You are funny, enjoy your stay at the Lotus Hotel and Casino" he said while they walked to the elevator.
When they arrived at their room they were left with their jaws in the floor, it was huge, it had a balcony with a skiving range, a hot tub, it had three beds a flat screen TV, and from what they asked the bell hop with satellite connection, they decided to take turns to take a shower and relax, obviously that meant Annabeth threatened them that she would take a shower first and she would introduce her dagger and knives to them if they messed with her while she tried to relax. Percy was shaken a bit from the aura the small blond projected and simply nodded.
After Annabeth had taken her sweet time in the shower and Percy had ran out of skiving targets he saw Naruto enter the bathroom and sighed when he knew he lost his chance, he only hoped that they left him enough hot water for him to relax.
When Percy finally had his turn to relax with a hot shower he came out and saw Naruto shirtless on one bed while Annabeth stared at the TV he saw that the channel was the History Channel.
"Of the hundreds of channels you could pick you chose that one?" Percy asked incredulous, Annabeth shrugged her shoulders and answered him with a simple nod. Percy only shook his head, and addressed the second elephant in the room "Why are you shirtless Naruto… and is that a tattoo in your belly?" he asked, he knew Naruto was older than him, but it was only two years so he thought Naruto was insane for getting a tattoo so young.
Naruto turned to look at Percy and laughed a bit "because it's hot as hell in here, and no it's not a tattoo it's a seal… my mom would kill me if I got a tattoo this early in life, my grandpa would laugh but that is besides the point." He answered when he saw the next question in Percy's eyes he elaborated.
"You know how back from where I'm from we can control an energy called chakra right?" when Percy nodded he continued "Back in my world there are nine chakra entities, also known as the nine Biju, massive chakra entities that became so powerful that they could cause natural disasters with only swinging their tails a bit, it ranges from the One tail to the Nine tails. The night I was born the Kyubi attacked my village, my father fought against it and could barely scratch it, so he did the second best thing… seal it, of course being the strongest of the Biju the only compatible container would be a recently born child with his/her chakra pathways barely developed so the Biju's chakra would align over time with the host chakra, and unfortunately the only baby born that day was me… he sacrificed his life for his village hoping they saw me as a hero and as you know the rest of it I know I don't have to go on detail… right?" Naruto finished his explanation he waited for a reaction but was surprised by what came from Percy's mouth
"So you have a huge ass fox in your gut? That's it? From what Annabeth told me there are worst things, and from the things you have told me some are worse over there… sooo he helps you out or teaches you something?" Percy asked, making Naruto laugh a bit and Annabeth to shake her head.
"Yeah he helps me in battle from time to time, and trains with me, and gives advice… sometimes needed and appreciated other times, he is just a pervert" Naruto said and turn to look towards Annabeth "So what now? Do we sleep and leave in the morning?" he asked
Percy answered for them, "No we enjoy ourselves for a bit and then we leave" he said with a huge grin that was later mimicked by Naruto.
Naruto roamed the lobby of the hotel thinking what to do, he saw Annabeth walk straight to a Sims' game in 3D and saw Percy jump several times from the bungee and from the water slide, he walked to the food section when he felt a pull to one of the tables, trusting his gut… and second conscious he walked over to the tables.
He felt their auras before he even got a glimpse of them, by the way their aura felt he could tell they were siblings, one female and one male. He got closer and he finally saw them, a small boy of 8 years and a girl of 10 both had pale skin, dark hair and obsidian eyes, he saw the boy was playing with some cards while the girl kept an eye on him while looking a bit annoyed.
Naruto was about to get close to them when a voice spoke to him 'You shouldn't talk to them, they are here for a reason, how do you think Zeus would react if he knew about them?' he recognized his grandfather voice and answered him 'Well you know that me and mom could look after them, they are family after all' he heard him chuckle a bit before he got an answer 'Alright smartass your mom will definitely protect the girl but the boy? Will he be allowed or will have to stay in the Hermes cabin?' the question threw Naruto for a loop but decided to answer his grandfather 'we will cross that bridge when its' time alright? Now if you can give me something so if they get in trouble I can get to them in a second… like maybe my dad's hirashin jutsu? Or something' Naruto said and even though he didn't got a verbal answer he felt his pocket a bit heavier and found out a skull ring and saw the formula his father used but changed a bit so it would respond for Naruto's chakra signature.
Naruto walked to the siblings and cleared his throat "Hey, mind if I sit here for a bit?" he asked and flashed a small smile to the siblings, he saw the girl look at him with a bit of a blush and the boy with a look of awe, when he saw the girl nod he smiled and sat.
"Um, who are you?" the girl asked Naruto who chuckled more and decided to have a bit of fun with the siblings
"You know it's only polite to introduce yourself first before asking for someone else's name" he said making the girl blush in embarrassment.
"I'm Bianca Di Angelo and this is my younger brother Nico, what is yours'?" the now named Bianca said while staring into the mismatched eyes of the blond.
"My name is Naruto my cute little siblings, and I have a gift for you Bianca." Naruto said with a small smile at the shocked looks from the siblings, he brought the ring and grabbed a still stunned Bianca's hand and placed the ring in her right ring finger. "If you guys are in trouble just picture a Greek helmet and I'll be there in a flash, I promise and I never go back on a promise." He said and started to get up.
"Wait! What do you mean by family? We look nothing alike to be related in any form, and what is it with the strange skull ring?" Bianca shouted wanting answers.
Naruto stopped for a second, turned around and leaned down enough to whisper in the girls ear "All will be revealed soon and cleared up, trust me, and remember never take that ring off and if you are ever in need of help just picture a Greek helmet ok?" he said and straightened up to walk away, while waving back.
Nico and Bianca were stunned, they were just hanging out for a bit before they went back to the games so Nico could play for a while before dinner and here comes this guy saying they were siblings and gave her a ring, Nico was excited he truly believed that the blond was actually related and wanted to know more about his sibling. Bianca was also excited but tried to hid it she needed answers and she hope that when they met again he would answer them.
Naruto walked away and started to notice something was wrong and was about to contact Kurama when he bumped into Percy who was dragging an scared Annabeth away from a hotel manager who was holding up cards, they nodded and walked away from the hotel.
When they got out of the hotel, Naruto noticed that the duffle bag that Ares had given them was back on Percy's back, he walked over to a near newspaper stand and saw the date: June twentieth, Naruto's eyes widen along with his friends they spend five days in the fucking hotel and they only had one day to get to L.A. retrieve the master bolt and get back to New York.
Percy thought that they were screwed until he saw Annabeth walk over to a taxi and started to pile everybody in.
"Do you take casino debit cards?" she asked the driver who had a half finished cigar in his mouth.
"Some but same as with credit cards I got to swipe them first" the driver answered and extended his hand, Annabeth gave him the card and when she saw the strange look on the driver urged him to swipe it.
What happened next left everybody staring at the green card. The meter machine started rattling, the lights flashed, and finally an infinity symbol appeared next to the dollar sign.
Both the driver and Percy were stunned by this while Naruto snickered quietly while Annabeth looked on with a smug smile.
"Where to in Los Angeles Your Highness?" the driver asked to Annabeth who just looked over to Percy who remembered that he had to meet his father in Santa Monica.
"To Santa Monica Pier please and drive as fast as you can." Annabeth answered and the driver nodded and sped away.
They hit the highway and the speedometer never dropped from ninety-five.
They had plenty of time to talk when they were in the desert.
"I met my siblings, grandpa asked me to give them something to contact me if they were ever in trouble" Naruto said while Annabeth and Percy stared wide-eyed.
After the news of the children of Hades they turn the conversation to Percy's dream that had plagued him since the start of the quest. Annabeth tried to convince herself that Hades was the one behind it all she was afraid of the other possibility she had discussed with both Naruto and her mother.
After several hours of driving they arrived at Santa Monica Pier, they got of the cab who drove away, and walked to the beach. Percy felt drawn to the water even thou it was polluted, he started to walk in the sea.
"Percy don't do that, don't you know how polluted it is?" but her warning never reached his ears, he had submerged completely making Annabeth sigh and Naruto chuckle.
"You ready to face the Underworld Anny?" Naruto asked, he knew she would be nervous, hell he was nervous the first time he went down there to spend time with his grandfather.
"Yeah, a bit but I know you have my back and Seaweed Brain will help us out" she answered and walked over to where Naruto stood and leaned a bit on him, she smiled when he instinctively hugged her to comfort her, she liked it when he did that.
They waited for about thirty minutes until they saw Percy emerge from the sea, and walked over to them.
"I've got something that might help us escape the underworld if things go south."
Alright I know this took alot longer to come out but school has been driving me crazy and well, kinda forgot about this story.
Anyways to answer some of the reviews, well you will simply have to wait and see,
Also the result of the poll 'Who should be Percy's girlfriend?' ended with Rachel Elizabeth.
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