Disclaimer: Naruto is property of Masashi Kishimoto and Percy Jackson is property of Rick Riordan. I don't own this in anyway so please don't sue me.
Chapter 4: Camp Half-Blood
After the bus arrived at the station Percy, Grover and Naruto got off the bus and Grover ran into the bathroom with a nervous bladder and at Percy's urging they ran from the stop and they got in a cab.
"East One-Hundred-and-fourth and First." Percy said as the taxi drives and Naruto turns to Percy.
"So what are your mother and father like?" Naruto asks
"My mother wants to be a novelist, so she spent all of high school working to save enough money for a collage with a good creative writing program. She is a great person but I always say that the best people have the most rotten luck as her own parents died in a plane crash when she was five."
"Did she atleast know them?"
"Yea she knew them quite a bit before their death."
"That's not something I ever got." Naruto looks down sadly.
"I'm sure you will one day."
"Then her uncle got cancer and she had to quit her senior year and when he died she was left with nothing. The only break she got was meeting my dad who I can't remember."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be." Percy responds, Naruto inhales deeply.
"I smell garlic pizza, and alcohol, lots and lots of alcohol, what's that about?"
"That would be my step dad Gabe. Fortunately when my mom married him she didn't change her name to Mrs. Ugliano." Percy says with venom in his voice.
"Your step dad?" Naruto looks confused.
"Yeah he's the world's biggest jerk and between you and me the way we argue only makes my mom's life harder."
"The way you said his name makes it sound like he is worse than Nancy."
"He makes Nancy seem tame by comparison; when we get home you will see what I mean." After a few minutes Naruto and Percy arrive at the apartment complex where they both lived when they got out Naruto paid the taxi driver half of what was owed and Percy paid the other half. When they walk in Percy and Naruto see five people sitting around a table playing poker then Percy said. "Where's my mom?"
"Working." Gabe responds. "You got any cash?" Naruto starts laughing hysterically at Gabe.
"HE'S SO FUCKING FAT...he's like a New Yorker Louis C.K.! Wait no, no Jim Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan!" Naruto roars out in laughter.
"Who's your disrespectful friend?"
"His name is Naruto and to answer your question; no, no I don't." Percy responds, Gabe raises and eyebrow.
"You took a taxi from the bust station, probably paid with a twenty. Got six seven bucks in change. Somebody expects to live under this roof; he ought to carry his own weight. Am I right, Eddie?"
"Come on, Gabe." Eddie said. "The kid just got here."
"Am I right?" Gabe repeats. Eddie scowled into his bowl of pretzels, and then the other two guys passed gas in harmony.
"Fine." Percy said throwing the wad at Gabe. "Hope you lose." Percy and Naruto walk up towards where Percy rested his head.
"Report card came, brain boy! I wouldn't act so snooty!" Percy slammed the door, and then turned to Naruto.
"Hope you can tolerate the smell this is Gabe's 'study' but the only thing he studies except old car magazines." Percy throws his suitcase on the bed then he starts looking down and his eyes starts swiveling madly as he remembers something.
"Percy you ok?" Naruto asks
"Just remembering Ms. Dodds that still freaks me out."
"I know what you mean even fighting Shukaku was nothing compaired to what we saw."
"You fought Shukaku?" Percy looks shocked.
"Yea it wasn't an easy fight it took everything I had to beat Shukaku." Just then a second voice calls out.
"Percy?" Then a woman walked in.
"Mom!" Percy says happily.
"Who's this?" Percy's mom looks at Naruto.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki I'm a friend of Percy's from school." Naruto responded
"Nice to meet you Naruto, my name is Sally Jackson."
"Percy you've grown since Christmas." Sally hugs her son then she hands him a bag of blueberry sour strings and Percy devours them as he tells his mom about his time since Christmas; however Percy didn't mention what happened on the field trip as a look from Naruto stopped him. Sally pursed her lips and the look on her face tells Naruto that she knows that Percy is hiding something from her but decides to leave it. Just then a voice calls from the other room.
"Hey Sally! How about some bean dip, huh?" Gabe's voice called out.
"I'm going to kill him." Naruto thinks as he sees Percy clench his teeth.
"Don't you do it." Kurama says
"I'mma do it."
"Naruto. Do. Not. Do. It." Hinageshi says in a very stern voice
"Yes Hinageshi-sama." Naruto responds scared.
"Percy I've got a surprise for you." Sally says bringing Naruto out of his thoughts. "We're going to the beach." Percy's eyes widen in shock.
"Montauk?!" Percy asked shocked
"Three nights same cabin."
"When?"
"As soon as I get changed."
"Can Naruto accompany us?"
"Sure Percy if that is what you want." Sally smiled
"Want to go with us Naruto?"
"Sure why not sound like fun." Naruto says as he smiles. Just then Gabe bursts in and looks at Sally.
"Bean dip didn't you hear me, Sally?" Gabe says infuriated.
"Of course Gabe give be a minute. It was just that Percy and I were talking about the trip." Sally says
"The trip, then you were serious about that."
"I knew it." Percy swore. "He won't let us go."
"Of course he will." Sally said evenly, "Your step father is just worried about money, that's all. Besides Gabriel won't have to settle for bean dip. I'll make him enough seven-layer dip for the whole weekend, guacamole, sour cream, the works."
"So this money for your trip…it comes out of your clothes budget, right?" Gabe asked
"Yes, honey."
"And you won't take my car anywhere but there and back."
"We'll be carefully."
"Maybe if you hurry with that seven layered dip…and maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game."
"Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot and make you start singing soprano for a week." Percy thought darkly. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry about interrupting your incredibly important poker game. Pease go back to it right now." Just then Naruto's eye snap open as he senses a very dark presence enter his range.
"The hell?!" Naruto thinks. Just then Gabe leaves back to his game. An hour later everything was packed up and the three of them were ready to go and Naruto actives his eyes scanning the area for any signs of the dark presence he felt earlier but could find no trace of it. Gabe walked out to see the three of them pack the car.
"Not one scratch brain boy, not one little scratch." Gabe says darkly.
"I swear if I wouldn't get killed for this I would drop a meteor on his house." Naruto glares at Gabe with fury in his heart. Just then Percy made the same symbol that Grover had made on the bus and the door swung shut and whacked Gabe in the ass and sent him flying up the stairs. The three of them got in the car and Percy tapped his mom's shoulder.
"Drive!" An hour's drive later they had arrived at the beach. Then Sally pulled out a bag of Blue jelly beans for Percy to munch on.
"Naruto why are you hiding something from us?" Sally asked and Naruto's eyes widen in shock.
"How could you tell?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know but why but you look like a Kitsune to me why don't you show us what you're hiding."
"Very well I will tell you what I told Percy. As I told you my name is Naruto Uzumaki, I am a shinobi from across space and time. My home is called Konohagakure no Sato or the hidden leaf village; I was brought here after I used a Kinjutsu or forbidden technique called Gedō: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu or Outer Path: Saṃsāra of Heavenly Life Technique, to bring back everyone that was kill in the fourth great shinobi war because of a man named Obito Uchiha and his twisted Project Tsuki no me or Eye of the Moon in which he tried to take control of the power of the Jubi or ten tails and place the world in an infinite illusion. My life has been steeped in battle, death and pain, on my birthday October 10th a nine tailed fox attacked my home as it went on a murderous rampage many shinobi of my village rose up to defend our home from the beast the fox killed many that night but then the Yondaime Hokage or fourth fire shadow sealed the fox using the Shiki Fūjin No Jutsu or reaper death seal to lock away the Yin chakra of the fox and then used the Hakke Fūin or eight tetragram seal to seal the Yang in me, his last wish was have me seen as a hero for keeping the fox at bay unfortunately to the people of my village and many shinobi I was just a reminder of those who lost their lives fighting the fox so the tortured me." Naruto lifts his shirt revealing hundreds of scars that never quite healed. Sally look with shock just as Percy had when Naruto told him this story before.
"My god how could anyone do something that cruel, to a child!?"
"Their stupidity made them believe that I was the fox reincarnated but if you want to meet the Kyūbi I will be willing to introduce him."
"I thought the Kyūbi was a gigantic fox?" Percy asked.
"Kurama has a human form." Naruto starts weaving hand signs and slams his palm on the ground. "Summoning Jutsu." Kurama appears in his human form his fox tails waving behind him.
"Greetings Percy, Sally my name is Kurama the nine tailed fox and Naruto here is my little brother in all but blood." Kurama says bowing.
"Nice to meet you Kurama it is an honor to meet you." Sally says holding out her hand which Kurama takes and shakes.
"Well Percy you want to do some training I'm sure afterward cold water or not it will feel relieving."
"I'm sure I'm no match for a trained shinobi."
"Never hurts to have a bit of fun."
"Sure, let do this." Several hours later Naruto and Percy had finished their work out they take a dip in the ocean and when they are finished Naruto, Percy and Sally were sitting on the shore staring at the sea as the camp fire they had going kindled next to them.
"So what was my dad like?" Percy asked his mom.
"He was kind, Percy." Sally responded. "Tall, handsome and powerful, but gentle, too, you have his black hair and his green eyes. I wish he could see you Percy he'd be so proud of you."
"What's so great about me? A dyslexic, hyperactive boy with D+ report card kicked out of school for the sixth time in six years." Percy thought dryly. "How old was I? I mean…when he left?" Sally watched the flames for a bit.
"He was only with me for one summer, Percy. Right here at this beach this cabin."
"But…he knew me as a baby."
"No, honey. He knew I was expecting a baby but he never saw you he had to leave before you were born.
"Are you going to send me away again? To another boarding school?" Sally pulled a marshmallow from the fire.
"I don't know honey." Sally's voice was heavy "I think…I think we'll have to do something."
"Because you don't want me around?" Sally's eyes welled with tears and she grabbed Percy's hand.
"OH Percy, no I-I have to honey. For your own good. I have to send you away."
"Awkward." Madara said
"Tell me about it." Hashirama responded.
"Because I'm not normal." Percy said.
"You say that like it's a bad thing Percy but you don't realize how important you are. I thought Yansy Academy would be far enough away. I thought you'd finally be safe." Sally responded
"Safe from what?" Sally looked eyes with Percy and he got the look of remembering things that were best left forgotten.
"I tried to keep you close to me as I could, they told me that was a mistake, but there's only one other option, Percy-the place your father wanted to send you I just couldn't stand the thought."
"My father wanted to send me to a special school?"
'Not a school, a summer camp."
"Okay~ I am officially confused my dad, who didn't even stick around to see me born, had talked to my mom about a summer camp, and if it was so important why hadn't she mentioned this before?"
"I'm sorry Percy but I can't talk about it. I-I couldn't send you there because it might mean saying good bye for good."
"For good? But if it sonly s summer camp…" Sally turned toward the fire with a sad expression on her face.
"Well~ I'm gonna go see if the cabin's cleaned out." Naruto said and he got up and left.
(Percy's point of view)
A few hours after the cabin was finally cleaned out my mom, Naruto and I all went to sleep. That night I had a vivid dream; it was storming on the beach and two beautiful animals, a white horse and a golden eagle, were trying to kill each other at the edge of the surf. The eagle swooped down and slashed the horse's muzzle with its huge talons. The horse reared up and kicked at the eagle's wings. As they fought, the ground rumbled and a monstrous voice chuckled somewhere beneath the earth, goading the animals to fight harder. I ran towards them knowing I had to stop them from killing each other, but I was running in slow motion. I knew it would be too late, I saw the eagle dive down its beak aimed at the horse's wide eyes and I screamed NO! I woke with a start and outside it really was storming the kind of storm that cracks trees and blows down houses, there was no horse or eagle on the beach, just lightning making false daylight, and twenty foot waves pounding the dunes like artillery. With the next clap of thunder my mother woke up and I saw Naruto his Sharrinnegan activated and he was staring at something I couldn't see but he was worried that much I could tell.
"Hurricane!" my mother said this brought me out of my daze. I knew that was crazy long island never sees hurricanes this early into the summer but the ocean seemed to have forgotten. Over the roar of the wind I heard a distant bellow, an angry, tortured sound that made my hair stand on end. Then a much closer noise, like mallets in the sand A desperate voice someone yelling pounding on our cabin door, both my mother and Naruto leaped out of bed Naruto grabbing some sort of object and a small one handed scythe. My mother then threw open the lock on the door and both Naruto and my eyes widened as we saw Grover framed in the door way against of back drop of pouring rain but he wasn't… he wasn't exactly Grover.
"Searching all night." Grover gasped. "What were you thinking?!" my mother looked at me in terror- not scared of Grover but of why he'd come.
"Percy," she said shouting to be heard over the rain. "What happened at school what didn't you tell me?" I froze up looking at Grover a lack of understanding clear on my face.
"O Zue kai alloi theroi!" Grover yelled. "IT's right behind me! Didn't you tell her?"
"Whatever is out there its evil we got to get out of here!" Naruto said talking in a tone I only ever heard him use once, when he was captain of the dodge ball in school a commanding tone and based on what he told me, this was the voice he used during the fourth great ninja war, the voice that commanded an army. My mom looked at me sternly and talked in a tone she'd never used before:
"Percy. Tell me now!"
(End Percy point of view)
As Percy stood there shocked he stammered something about the old ladies at the fruit stand and Mrs. Dodds and Sally stared at him her face pale in the flashes of lightening she then grabbed her purse tossed me my rain jack and said
"GET to the car NOW! All three of you. Go!" Grover and Percy rain for it but Naruto looked at Sally with a dark look on his face.
"I'll hold it off I marked Percy with my Hirashin no jutsu formula so I'll be able to catch up but this thing is beyond any of you."
"No you're going with us I may have just met you but I won't let you go out there and face whatever it is shinobi or not."
"Fine!" with that Naruto and Sally ran after Percy and Grover then Naruto looked behind him and he saw what was chasing them. "Enton: Kagutsuchi!" (Inferno style: Flame control) suddenly a wall black flames erupted to life behind them.
"What was-?"
"No time to explain! Just know what ever that thing is it won't get past those flames uninjured." A few minutes later everyone was in the car and they tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against the Camaro and rained lashed at the windshield. Sally kept her foot on the gas pedal driving all the while not being able to see much. In the back seat Percy looked at Grover every time there was a flash on lightning.
"Have I gone insane?" Percy thought to himself. "No I recognize this smell from a field trip to the petting zoo lanolin like from wool the smell of a wet barnyard animal." Percy kept trying to figure out what was going on. "So you and my mom…know each other?"
"Not exactly," Grover responded. "I mean we've never met in person but she knew I was watching you."
"Watching me?"
"Keeping tabs on you making sure you were ok but I wasn't faking being your friend," Grover added hastily. "I am your friend."
"Um…what are you exactly?"
"That doesn't matter right now."
"It doesn't matter? From the waist down my best friend is a donkey!" Grover then let out a sharp, throaty.
"Blaa-ha-ha!"
"I've heard that sound before, I thought it was just a nervous laugh. Now I realize it's more of an irritated bleat."
"Goat!" he cried.
"What?"
"He's a goat from the waist down." Naruto responded his Sharrinnegan spinning wildly.
"But you just said it doesn't matter."
"Blaa-ha-ha! There are Satyrs who would trample you under hoof for such an insult!"
"Whoa. Wait. Satyrs. You mean like…Mr. Brunner's myths?"
"Were those old ladies from the fruit stand a myth, Percy? Was Mrs. Dodds a myth?!"
"So you admit there was a Mrs. Dodds!"
"Of course!"
"Then why?"
"The less you knew the few monsters you'd attract." Grover responded. "We pus mist over the humans' eyes. We hoped you would think that the Kindly One was a hallucination. But it was no good because a certain somebody had to go confirming it!" Grover threw an irritated look at Naruto.
"Well sorry if I have a power that you can't handle what matters now is that we get the hell out of here!" Naruto snapped back his EMS flaring.
"Wait what the hell is going on here?!" Percy shouted
"There is no time to explain Percy!" Sally said "There's just too much and we need to get you to safety!"
"Safety? From what? Who's after me?"
"Oh nobody much," Grover said obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of The Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions."
"Grover!" Sally shouted.
"Sorry Mrs. Jackson. Could you drive faster please?" Sally picked up the pace and they passed a sign that said 'Pick your own strawberries'
"Um where are we going?" Percy asked.
"The summer came I told you about. The place your father wanted to send you."
"The place you don't want me to go."
"Percy please this is hard enough as it is but now you're in danger."
"Because some old ladies cut yarn?"
"Those weren't old ladies. Grover said. "Those were the Fates. Do you know what it means the fact they appeared in front of you? They only do that what when you're about to… when someone's about to die."
"Whoa. You said 'you.'"
"No I didn't I said someone."
"You meant you as in me."
"I meant you as in someone not you, you." Naruto twisted around his eyes glowing in the darkness.
"Shut. The. Hell. UP!" Naruto said releasing a bit of killer intent and focusing it at Percy and Grover. Suddenly Sally swerved the car to the right and Naruto lost focus and the KI ended. They all saw a figure standing in the road then it was lost in the storm.
"What was that?" Percy asked.
"We're almost there." Sally said ignoring Percy's question. "Another mile Please. Please. Please." Percy leaned forward in a clear desire to get to where ever it is they were going faster. After a few minutes of travel Naruto's eyes widen and he shouted.
"Susano'o!" and the was a blinding flash of light and even with Naruto's Susano'o surrounding the car the force of the explosion slammed the car into a ditch and when Naruto's vision returned he saw Grover on the floor eyes closed a quick look over with his Sharrinnegan told him that Grover was alive.
"Ow." Percy said as he peeled his fore head off the back of the driver's seat.
"Percy!" sally shouted.
"I'm okay…" Percy shook his head trying to clear the daze. Then he saw Grover lying motionless next to him. "Grover!" Percy stared shaking him. "Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're one of my best friends and I don't' wan to you to die!"
"Food." Grover groaned.
"Percy we have to…" Sally's voice faltered. Then they all looked and saw, from a flash of lightning, a huge guy lumbering towards them his top has was fuzzy and bulky. His upraised hands made it look like he had horns.
"Who is?" Percy asked.
"Percy get out of the car." Sally looked at Naruto. "Take him to the hill would you I can't go any farther than that."
"NO! You're coming with us!" Percy shouted.
"I can't." Naruto then leapt into action activating his EMS the ripped open the doors using Susano'o and using its arms he grabbed all three of them then when they were safely away from the car Naruto put them down. "He doesn't want us he wants you, Percy!"
"Go." Naruto's voice was in the commanding tone again. "Go up to that hill both of you take Grover with I'll hold him off."
"But that's a!" Naruto covered Percy's mouth.
"Don't say the name they have power just go and I'll worry about this hunk of bull right here." Percy gave Naruto an incredulous look.
"Really dude now of all times you make a pun."
"Sorry force of habit." Naruto scratched the back of his head then the others started running away from the car but as Naruto went he started making hand signs. "Doton: Yomi no Muma!" (earth style: swap of the underworld) the road turned to solid mud and the monsters started to sink in the mud but soon hobbled out of it then it walked over to the car.
"What's it doing can't he see us?" Percy asked.
"His sight and hearing are terrible he's going by smell." Sally responded. "But he'll figure out where we are soon enough." As if on cue the bull-man bellowed in rage then picked up the Camaro by the torn roof then raised it over his head and slammed it down on the ground and it skidded for about a half a mile before coming to a stop then the gas tank exploded.
"Well fuck." Naruto said then they grabbed Grover and kept running up the hill.
"Percy. When he sees us, he'll charge. Wait until the last second, then jump out of the way directly sideways. He can't change directions very well once he's charging. Do you understand?"
"How do you know this?"
"I've been worried about an attack for a long time I should have expected this. I was selfish keeping you near me."
"Keeping me near you?" but…" another bellow of rage and the bull man started tromping uphill, he'd smelled us. The pine tree was only a few more meters away but the hill was getting steeper and slicker and Grover wasn't' getting any lighter. Then Naruto grabbed Grover and, using his Susano'o, hurled him over the tree where he landed in the soft mud.
"There Grover is safe now let's get out of here!" Naruto says and they ran up the hill when the bull thing charged and Naruto saw what was happening and he pushed Percy and Sally out of the way taking the hit.
"Naruto!" Percy yell but Naruto grabbed onto the Minotaur by the horns and smiled.
"I'll be fine!" then rotating his body he tossed the Minotaur into air then made a hand claw at his stomach. "Let's go Kurama!" Naruto was then bathed a yellow light and the six mangatamas appeared around his neck and the whisker marks which were barely visible became big black rectangles and his then he vanished in flash of yellow then he started kicking the Minotaur the stomach and then disappearing again he slammed his foot into the Minotaur's head sending it crashing into the ground Naruto landed and the yellow aura vanished. However seconds later the Minotaur got up and charged this time Naruto jumped over its head and formed a Rasengan and slammed it into its back. When Sally got near it the Minotaur grabbed her by the neck and squeezed tightly.
"MOM!" Percy shouted.
"GO!" she shouted back then with a final roar the Minotaur closed his fist and Sally Jackson dissolved in a flash of gold.
"NO!" Percy roared and the charged the bull "HEY STUPID! GROUND BEEF!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" the beast responded and he charged Percy but Naruto slammed his hands in the snake seal.
"Mokuton: Jokai Kouton!" (Wood style: Deep forest emergence) trees sprung up and wrapped around the Minotaur immobilizing him. "Percy!" Naruto shouted gaining his friends attention. "Grab the horn and yank it off then stab it with the horn and hurry!" Percy nods and he jumps on the beasts back supported by Naruto's Mokuton then using all his strength he ripped the horn of then got thrown off by the beast's immense strength Percy then rolled to the side and jabbed the Minotaur in rib and it roared out in agony then collapsed in a tower of yellow cake powder. Naruto looked at Percy with sadness then Naruto coughed up blood then dropped to the ground.
"Naruto!" Percy shouted out.
"I'm fine but I'll have to rest for a while." Naruto said clutching at his wound, and then Naruto collapsed into unconsciousness and Percy starts dragging Naruto and the collapsed Grover across the border crying for his mother. After a few minutes Percy arrived at a big cabin and he saw a girl with blond hair.
"Whoa she's pretty." Percy thought.
"He's the one, he must be." The girl said.
"Silence Annabeth." The man said, "He's still conscious bring him inside."