A/N: Anyone who wants to do a story where the characters read 'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes' series is allowed to do so as long as they tell me before hand.

In this chapter and the next chapter there will be parts based off of SoulReaperCrewe's Son of the Huntress: The Lightning Thief

I don't own Percy Jackson series or Naruto series, or any of the characters of either series. Nor am I the writer of the Son of the Huntress series

Warning: Read these stories if you haven't before reading this story:

'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Lightning Thief'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Sea of Monsters'

I do not own the Percy Jackson or the Naruto series nor do I own The Son of the Huntress or any other fanfics that inspired some of the scenes in the stories.

Thalia Fails Her Driving Lesson

Naruto guess Percy told Grover and Thalia about how he encourages Bianca to join the hunt, because when he rejoined them, Thalia was glaring at him as if she never did stop before. He decided not to bring up how his mom was offered to join the Hunt to them until Thalia calms down—whenever that will be.

Now it was colder and darker than ever. Up on the hill, Westover Hall's windows were completely lightless.

The Hunters broke camp as quickly as they'd set it up, leaving Percy shivering as Naruto put his sage cloak back on to help keep him warm. Artemis stared into the east like she was expecting something. Bianca sat off to one side, talking to Nico. Judging from Nico's gloomy face and the way he was now glaring at Naruto, Bianca was explaining her decision to join the Hunt and how Naruto encourage her.

Naruto decided to listen to his friends' conversation in order to avoid Nico's glare. For some reason Nico's glare was more unsettling than when he heard about how Sasuke had killed Orochimaru.

"How'd they even show up here?" Percy had asked. "I mean, they just appeared out of nowhere."

"And Bianca joined them," Thalia said, disgusted. "No thanks to Naruto."

"Who can blame her?" Grover said. "Eternity with Artemis?" he heaved a big sigh.

Thalia rolled her eyes. "You satyrs. You're all in love with Artemis. Don't you get that she'll never love you back?"

"But she's so… into nature," Grover swooned.

"You're nuts," said Thalia.

"Nuts and berries," Grover said dreamily. "Yeah."

Naruto had to agree with Thalia, Grover acting nuts.

Finally, the sky began to lighten. Artemis muttered, "About time. He's so-o-o lazy during winter."

"You're, um, waiting for sunrise?" Percy asked.

"For my brother. Yes."

Percy had a puzzled look.

"It's not exactly as you think," Artemis said.

"Oh, okay." Percy started to relax. "So, it's not like he'll be pulling up in a—"

There was a sudden burst of light on the horizon. A blast of warmth.

"Don't look," Artemis advised. "Not until he parks."

They adverted their eyes as the light and warmth intensified. Then suddenly the light died.

They looked and saw a red convertible glowing Maserati Spyder. The snow around the Maserati melted in a perfect circle. Even where Naruto stood the snow melted.

The driver got out smiling. He looked about seventeen or eighteen with sandy hair and outdoorsy good looks. His smile was bright and playful. He wore jeans and loafers and a sleeveless T-shirt.

"Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot."

"He's the sun god," Percy said.

"That's not what I meant."

"Little sister!" Apollo called. "What's up? You never call. You never write. I was getting worried!"

"Little sister?" Naruto asked.

Artemis sighed. "I'm fine, Apollo. And I am not your little sister. I help our mother give birth to you."

"So you keep saying."

"Why does it matter anyways? We're twins!"

"So what's up?" Apollo interrupted. "Got the girls with you, I see. You all need some tips on archery?"

Artemis grit her teeth. "I need a favor. I have some hunting to do, alone. I need you to take my companions to Camp Half-Blood."

"Sure, sis!" Then he raised his hands in a stop everything gesture. "I feel a haiku coming on."

The Hunters all groaned. Naruto tilted his head. He heard that Apollo was the god of poetry but he never heard one of Apollo's poetry.

Apollo cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically.

"Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. I am so cool."

He grinned at them, waiting for applause.

"That last line was only four syllables," Artemis said.

Apollo frowned. "Was it?"

"Yes. What about I am so big-headed?"

"No, no, that's six syllables. Hmm." He started muttering to himself.

"I take it this happens a lot?" Naruto asked.

"Ever since he visited Japan," Zoë replied. "'Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I'd had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a goddess from Sparta—"

"I've got it!" Apollo announced. "I am so awesome. That's five syllables!" He bowed, looking very pleased with himself.

"And now, sis. Transportation for the Hunters, you say? Good timing. I was just about ready to roll."

"These demigods will also need a ride," Artemis said, pointing to Naruto and his friends. "Some of Chiron's campers."

"No problem!" Apollo checked them out. "Let's see… Thalia, right? I've heard all about you."

Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

"Zeus' girl, yes? Makes you my half-sister. Used to be a tree, didn't you? Glad you're back. I hate it when pretty girls turn into trees. Man, I remember one time—"

"Brother," Artemis said. "You should get going."

"Oh, right." Then he looked at Percy, and his eyes narrowed. "Percy Jackson?"

"Yeah. I mean… yes, sir." Percy responded.

Apollo studied him for a bit before looking at Naruto. "Oh, and you must be Naruto Uzumaki: Hermes' and Athena's grandson—not to mention the thorn to the Fates' side."

"Thorn to the Fates' side?" Naruto asked.

"He's referring to the fact that you don't follow fate willingly as most demigods," Artemis said.

"Why does that matter? It's not like they tell us what we're supposed to do anyways," Naruto said. "The oracle is more sharing than them when it comes to the future."

"I know right," Apollo laughed. "But the Fates rather keep things in order when it comes to fate and destiny. Well, we'd better load up, huh? Ride only goes one way—west. And if you miss it, you miss it."

"Cool car," Nico said looking at the car.

"Thanks, kid," Apollo said.

"But how will we all fit?"

"Oh." Apollo seemed to noticed the problem for the first time. "Well, yeah. I hate to change out of sports-car mode, but I suppose…"

He took out his car keys and beeped the security alarm button. Chirp, chirp.

For a moment, the car glowed brightly again. When the glare died, the Maserati had been replaced by a Turtle Top Shuttle buses.

"Right," Apollo said. "Everybody in."

Zoë ordered the Hunters to start loading. She picked up her camping pack, and Apollo said, "Here, sweetheart. Let me get that."

Zoë recoiled as her eyes flashed murderously. Even Naruto backed further away from her at the sight.

"Brother," Artemis chided. "You do not help my Hunters. You do not look at, talk to, or flirt with my Hunters. And you do not call them sweetheart."

Apollo spread his hands. "Sorry. I forgot. Hey, sis, where are you off to, anyway?"

"Hunting," Artemis said. "It's none of your business."

"I'll find out. I see all. Know all."

Artemis snorted. "Just drop them off, Apollo. And no messing around!"

"No, no! I never mess around."

Artemis rolled her eyes, then looked at the group. "I will see you by winter solstice. Zoë, you are in charge of the Hunters. Do well. Do as I would do."

Zoë straightened. "Yes, my lady."

Artemis knelt and touched the ground. Naruto recognized it as looking for tracks, as he seen tracker ninjas doing the same thing when they're tracking down something. When Artemis rose, she looked troubled. "So much danger. The beast must be found."

She sprinted toward the woods and melted into the snow and shadows.

Apollo turned and grinned, jangling the car keys on his fingers. "So," he said. "Who wants to drive?"

…

The Hunters piled into the far back of the van, as far from Apollo and Naruto and his friends as they can. Bianca sat with them, leaving Nico to hang in the front seat with the rest of them. At first Naruto was worried how Nico would react to that, but right now Nico didn't seem to mind.

"This is so cool!" Nico said, jumping up and down in the driver's seat. "Is this really the sun? I thought Helios and Selene were the sun and moon gods. How come sometimes it's them and sometimes it's you and Artemis?"

Naruto tilted his head as he had been wondering that for quite some time himself.

"Downsizing," Apollo said. "The Romans started it. They couldn't afford all those temple sacrifices, so they laid off Helios and Selene and folded their duties into our job descriptions. My sis got the moon. I got the sun. It was pretty annoying at first, but at least I got this cool car."

"But how does it work?" Nico asked. "I thought the sun was a big fiery ball of gas!"

Apollo chuckled and ruffled Nico's hair. "That rumor probably got started because Artemis used to call me a big fiery ball of gas. Seriously, kid, it depends on whether you're talking astronomy or philosophy. You want to talk astronomy? Bah, what fun is that? You want to talk about how humans think about the sun? Ah, now that's more interesting. They've got a lot riding on the sun… er, so to speak. It keeps them warm, grows their crops, power engines, makes everything look, well, sunnier. This chariot is built out of human dreams about the sun, kid. It's as old as Western Civilization. Every day, it drives across the sky from east to west, lighting up all those puny little mortal lives. The chariot is a manifestation of the sun's power; the way mortals perceive it. Make sense?"

Nico shook his head. "No."

Naruto had to admit: even he couldn't make sense of what Apollo just said. All he got was it had something to do with what the mortals see the sun as—which sounds more like a complicated version of how the Mist works.

"Well then, just think of it as a really powerful, really dangerous solar car."

"Can I drive?"

"No. Too young."

"Oo! Oo!" Grover raised his hand.

"Mm, no," Apollo said. "Too furry."

He looked past Percy and looked at Naruto thoughtfully, who didn't raise his hand. "Mm—too risky. Zeus might blast you out of the sky if you mess up."

Naruto didn't react to that. Too be honest, Naruto doesn't even know how to drive. Before last summer, Percy's mom: Sally Jackson had offered to give Naruto driving lessons when he turned Fifteen, but Naruto never really thought of himself being behind a wheel of a car. Naruto also guess that Apollo skipped over Percy knowing Zeus probably wouldn't hesitate blasting them out of the sky if Apollo allowed him behind the wheel.

Then Apollo focused on Thalia.

"Daughter of Zeus!" he said. "Lord of the sky. Perfect."

"Oh, no." Thalia shook her head. "No, thanks."

"C'mon," Apollo said. "How old are you?"

Thalia hesitated. "I don't know."

Which was unfortunately true. She was twelve when she was turned into a tree seven years ago, so she should have been nineteen. But the sideeffects of being turned into a tree turned out to be slow aging process. And it didn't help that Thalia still felt like she was twelve.

When Thalia first emerge from the tree, Naruto thought she was maybe a year older than him. But over time, Naruto realized Thalia maybe was closer to his age than he originally thought.

Apollo tapped his finger to his lips. "You're fifteen, almost sixteen."

"How do you know that?"

"Hey, I'm the god of prophecy. I know stuff. You'll turn sixteen in about a week."

'That's my birthday! December twenty-second."

"Which means you're old enough now to drive with a learner's permit!"

Thalia shifted her feet nervously. "Uh—"

"I know what you're going to say," Apollo said. "You don't deserve an honor like driving the sun chariot."

'That's not what I was going to say."

"Don't sweat it! Maine to Long Island is a really short trip, and don't worry about what happened to the last kid who drove the chariot. You're Zeus' daughter. He's not going to blast you out of the sky."

Apollo laughed good-naturedly. Naruto on other word was nervous for Thalia. He didn't know if she had any more practice driving a car than he did, much less a flying chariot. But Naruto could also see Apollo's point. Thalia was Zeus' daughter who haven't done anything against the gods so far. There was a less chance that Zeus would destroy his daughter before she had a chance to hopefully save Olympus, than there was of Zeus not blasting Naruto out of the sky in fear of the Nine-Tail Fox sealed in him being released into the world.

Thalia tried to protest, but Apollo was absolutely not going to take "no" for an answer. He hit a button on the dashboard, and a sign popped up along the top of the windshield that said: WARNING: STUDENT DRIVER.

"Take it away!" Apollo told Thalia. "You're gonna be a natural! Speed equals heat. So start slowly and make sure you've got good altitude before you really open her up.

Thalia gripped the wheel so tight her knuckles turned white. She looked like she was going to be sick.

"What's wrong?" Percy asked her.

"Nothing," she said shakily. "N-nothing is wrong."

But something was obviously wrong because when she pulled back on the wheel, the wheel tilted and the bus lurched upward, sending Naruto and Percy backwards.

"Ow," Grover said as Percy landed on him.

"Sorry."

"Slower!" Apollo said.

"Sorry!" Thalia said. "I've got it under control!"

Outside the windows, Percy and Naruto saw a smoking ring of trees from where the clearing where they'd taken off.

"Thalia," Percy said, "lighten up on the accelerator."

"I've got it, Percy," she said, gritting her teeth. But she kept it floored.

"At least loosen up," Naruto offered.

"I'm loose!" Thalia said. But she was so stiff she looked like she was made out of plywood.

"This is going to be like the Gray Sisters," Naruto muttered.

"We need to veer south for Long Island," Apollo said. "Hang a left."

Thalia jerked the wheel, and everyone was thrown to the right.

"The other left," Apollo suggested.

Thalia jerked the wheel and they were send flying to the left.

"Yep, definitely like the Gray Sisters," Naruto responded.

Percy looked out the window and saw they were airplane height now—so high the sky was starting to look black.

"Ah…" Apollo said—forcing himself to be calm. "A little lower, sweetheart. Cape Cod is freezing over."

Thalia tilted the wheel. Her face was chalk white, her forehead beaded with sweat. Naruto recognized it as signs of someone being terrified.

The bus pitched down and Apollo was send flying to the back of the bus causing somebody to screamed. They were heading straight toward the Atlantic Ocean at a thousand miles an hour, the New England coastline off to their right. Naruto noticed it was starting to get uncomfortably hot in the bus.

The screams didn't seem to end for a while as Naruto realized they were screams of anger from the Hunters (whom he almost forgotten was at the far back of the bus). By time Apollo started climbing the row of seats, he looked a bit ruffled up, as if some of the hunters decided to punish him either for falling back there or for letting Thalia drive in the first place that lead to the reason he was down there.

Probably both, Naruto thought to himself.

"Take the wheel!" Grover begged Apollo.

"No worries," he said despite looking worried. "She just has to learn to—WHOA!"

Apparently Thalia flew to close to a once snow cover town, as it was now on fire and the snow melted.

"Pull up!" Percy yelled.

There was a wild light in Thalia's eyes. She yanked back on the wheel, and everyone held on this time.

"There!" Apollo pointed. "Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression."

Thalia was thundering toward the coastline of northern Long Island. There was Camp Half-Blood: the valley, the woods, the beach, the dining pavilion, the cabins, and the amphitheater.

"I'm under control," Thalia muttered. "I'm under control."

"Brake," Apollo said as they were now hundred yards away now.

"I can do this."

"BRAKE!"

Thalia slammed her foot on the break, and the sun bus pitched forward at a forty-five-degree angle, slamming into the Camp Half-Blood canoe lake with a huge FLOOOOOOSH! Steam billowed up, sending several frightened and angered naiads scrambling out of the water with half-woven wicker basket.

The bus bobbed to the surface, along with a couple of capsized, half-melted canoes.

"Well," said Apollo with a brave smile. "You were right, my dear. You had everything under control! Let's go see if we boiled anyone important, shall we?"