Naruto Son of the Three Virgin Goddesses
Book one: The Lightning thief
Chapter 4
Within the next few days Naruto and Percy settled into a routine that felt almost normal, they were getting lessons from satyrs, nymphs, and a centaur.
Each morning Percy and Naruto took Ancient Greek from Annabeth, were she learned Naruto already knew both Greek and Latin as well as English. They talked about the gods and goddess's in present tense, which was weird for Percy.
The rest of they day they rotated through outdoor activities, looking for something they were good at. Chiron had them line up for archery first, and they quickly found out that Percy was no good with a bow and arrow. While Naruto well he surprised everybody.
"Hey Chiron how far back can we move the targets on the range,? Because as you know I have been using a bow for a while and I want to test my limit." Naruto asked him. Chiron paused in thought for a moment.
"Well we can move the Targets back about 1000 yards, but I've only ever seen the twins Apollo and Artemis hit a mark at that range." Chiron told him.
"Excellent," Naruto said. "I would like to try at that range. The last range I was at only went to 700 yards."
"Okay if you want, just don't be discouraged if you miss." Chiron said and moved Naruto's target for him getting everyone's attention.
"Not Possible.." Naruto heard some of the Apollo campers say.
"Okay Naruto take your shot." Chiron said when he returned to Naruto's side.
Naruto knocked his bow and lined up his shot. He closed his eyes for a moment to calm his body down entering a almost meditative state. Chiron noticed and smirked wondering if Naruto would actually make the shot in his current state. Naruto opened his eyes and took in a breath then released it at the same time he let the arrow fly, then with quickness Chiron barely saw drew another arrow and fired it as well. Everyone watched as the two arrow's flew the first embedding itself dead center in the target with the second splitting it straight down the center. Everyone gasped in shock at the amazing skill Naruto had just showed, and Chiron's eyes widened.
"Well Naruto it seems you have very good archery skills to match the twins." Chiron said.
"Hey he could be a sibling of ours." One of the Apollo campers said excitedly.
"Sorry to disappoint guys, but my Olympian parent is female." Naruto told them.
After that they moved on to foot racing. Neither Percy or Naruto were very good at that. The Wood nymph instructors had left them in the dust. They said not to worry about it, as they had excellent practice running away from lovesick gods. But both were still put out at being beaten in a race by a tree.
Wrestling was next. Naruto was better at this than Percy, mainly because every time Percy stepped onto the mat Clarisse would pulverize him. He had just given up after the first three times, and just watched Naruto continue the class.
Then they had canoeing. It was the only class they had so far that Percy was better than Naruto at. But that didn't encourage Percy, as he didn't see that as a skill to be proud of.
Both of them knew that the senior campers and Counselors were watching them, trying to figure out who there parents were. But they weren't having a easy time figuring it out for either of them.
"Man Naruto, how are you so good at all the combat oriented classes?" Percy asked him sadly.
"Don't be sad Percy, I've just have a little more experience that you do. Your doing well for your first time.' Naruto said encouragingly getting Percy to smile.
"Thanks man." Percy said.
"No problem, what's next on the schedule?" Naruto asked him.
"We have our first sword fighting lesson." Percy told him.
"Oh, cool." Naruto said.
Everybody from cabin eleven gathered in the sword fighting arena, were Luke was the instructor. He had everybody start off with basic sword maneuvers, using some straw filled dummies with Greek armor. At first everyone just stared at Naruto as he used a Japanese Katana and did different maneuvers than Luke was telling them to do.
"What are you doing Naruto?" one of the campers asked him.
"Well I've been trained in Kenjutsu since I was little, since it was the style my clear sited father used. So I'm doing the basic maneuvers for my style." Naruto said gaining a nod from them.
After that everyone went back to doing the maneuvers. Naruto noticed Percy was doing okay in the maneuvers, but also noticed that he couldn't find a blade balanced enough for him.
"okay everyone, before we begin dueling in pairs, I'm going to test Naruto's style to see if he needs to continue training with us. If not then he will use this time to train more in his on style." Luke explained as he led Naruto to the center of the arena with everyone watching on.
"Good luck," One of the campers told Naruto. "Luke is the best swordsman in the last one hundred years."
Naruto just smirked. "Good, that means I'll be able to enjoy this fight." he said getting into his stance. Luke mirrored Naruto and got into his own stance.
They stared each other down for a moment, before Luke suddenly lunged at Naruto, bringing his sword down in a diagonal arch aiming to cut Naruto from his right shoulder to his left hip. Naruto nimbly dodged his attack to the left and appeared inside Luke's guard, bringing his katana up in a backwards grip, aiming to cut him cleanly from left to right. Luke's eyes widened and he jumped away from Naruto, landing a few feat away.
He slid back into his stance and waited for Naruto's next move. Naruto obliged by charging Luke appearing to be preparing a overhead strike. Luke immediately brought up his blade to block it. Naruto smirked and showed his strike was a feint win his attack suddenly changed course to a path were it would cleave Luke's head off. Luke's eyes widened realizing he had no time to block, and flinched when Naruto's blade stopped inches from his throat.
"Well it appears I have won." Naruto said while keeping his eyes on Luke and his sword at his throat. Luke nodded showing he conceded, and Naruto removed his blade. Everyone else was amazed at the outcome of the fight and began whispering to each other.
"Wow Naruto your really good with that style of yours, and you understood one of the main rules of combat: never let your guard down till your opponent concedes defeat, good job." Luke said grinning.
"Thanks, I've trained hard to reach this level." Naruto said also grinning.
"Well like I said, you can practice on your style here at this time everyday from know own." Luke said getting a nod from Naruto who moved to a corner of the arena and began practicing some moves he was trying to perfect.
"All right everyone get in to pairs, I'll pair up with Percy since this is his first time." Luke said causing everyone to break up into pairs.
"All right start practicing." He called as he turned to Percy. For the rest of the time they all practiced their fighting skills in pairs, with Luke teaching Percy many different moves he could use with a sword.
The next day Naruto decided to get to know Clarisse and Silena better, seeing as they were some of the first people he had met after coming here. He found them hanging around outside the camp store drinking sodas.
"Hey Clarisse, Silena what's up?" Naruto said walking up to them.
"Oh, hey Naruto." Silena said and Clarisse nod to him with a grunt.
"What brings you here, not trying to keep me from beating up Prissy are you?" Clarisse asked Causing Naruto to laugh.
"That's a good one Clarisse. But no I'm not, he needs to learn to either think before he speaks or just keep his mouth shut." Naruto said getting a smirk from Clarisse.
"Then why are you over here Naruto?" Silena asked after a moment of silence.
"well I thought I would get to know you two better, seeing as you girls were one of the first few people I meet, and you showed me around and all." Naruto said getting a nod from Clarisse and a blushing nod from Silena.
"Well then sit down, I don't have a problem getting to know you better Naruto, your actually pretty cool." Clarisse said gesturing to the seat across from them.
"Yeah go ahead Naruto." Silena said after her blush died down. Naruto nodded and sat down before smirking at Clarisse.
"Yeah you don't have a problem with me its Percy right, and his bathroom incident." Naruto said causing Clarisse to growl and Silena to break out giggling.
"Yeah I hate that brat for that, and I'm going to get him back." Clarisse said angrily.
"Well go ahead, like I said before he needs to learn. Just don't hurt him to much okay." Naruto said while grinning.
"Oh, I wont hurt him to much, just enough to get my point across." Clarisse said snickering causing Silena to look at her.
"You really going through with that plan of yours Clarisse?" Silena asked her.
"Yeah, I mean it's not like it will kill him." Clarisse said non-chalantly.
"What plan?" Naruto asker her curiously.
"Oh, Clarisse just plans to separate Percy from his team and attack him using her spear she got from her dad, and then probably humiliate him in someway." Silena told him getting a nod from Clarisse.
"Ok, this spear of yours sounds interesting, what's the deal with it." Naruto asked her. Clarisse's eyes actually lit up at his question.
"it's a magical spear my dad gave me a few years back that electrocutes my opponents if I touch or stab them with the blade, and I can control how much it electrocutes them." Clarisse said in a happy tone.
"Wow, that sounds really cool, you must really love that spear." Naruto said getting a happy nod from Clarisse and a giggle from Silena.
"Oh, she does. She polishes and sharpens it every day, even when she doesn't use it." Silena said.
After that they sat in a comfortable silence drinking there drinks and watching the rest of the camp scurry around doing whatever.
"So, how did you two meet and become friends?" Naruto asked causing them to look at him and smile in remembrance.
"It's actually a pretty funny story." Clarisse said getting a huff of annoyance from Silena.
"Yeah for you." Silena said causing Clarisse to laugh.
"Anyway. As I was saying, we both came to camp around the same time, and were claimed by our parents rather quickly" Clarisse said.
"Yeah but after I was claimed, I started getting picked on by some of the girls and hit on by some of the boys." Silena said disdainfully showing Naruto that she hated that time.
"Well one day I was walking around camp and I heard a noise, so I went to investigate it. I found Silena on the ground surrounded by girls that had been hitting her and calling her names, and jumped in to help her." Clarisse continued.
"Yeah she came out of nowhere like a charging rhino and took out half the group in one go, and that scared off the rest." Silena said.
"After they were gone, I had helped her up and made sure she was okay. Then I offered to help teach her how to defend herself, and actually fight in battle." Clarisse said.
"I agreed to her help, and we have been friends ever since." Silena said smiling causing Clarisse to smile as well.
"Wow that is a pretty epic way to start a friendship." Naruto said causing them to burst out laughing. For the rest of that day Naruto hung out with Clarisse and Silena getting to know them better, and by the time Friday came they were all three happy to say they were good friends.
Friday afternoon, Naruto was resting with Percy and Grover at the lake, after Percy had had a near death experience on the Climbing wall. Percy had almost been burnt by the lava, his shirt was still smoking from were it had burnt holes in it. And his arms had no hair left. They sat on the pier, watching the naiads weave baskets underwater.
"How did your conversation go with Mr. D?" Percy asked Grover.
"Fine, Just great." Grover said his face turning a sickly white.
"So you can still do your career you chose?" Naruto asked him.
"Chiron told you I wanted a searcher's license?" Grover asked looking at them nervously.
"Well no," Percy said. "He just told us you had big plans for the future, and that you needed credit for completing a keepers assignment. So did you get it?"
Grover looked down at the naiads. "Mr. D suspended judgment. He said I hadn't failed or succeeded with you yet, so our fates were still tied together. If you got a quest and I went along to protect you, and we both came back alive. Then maybe he'd consider the job complete."
"Well that's not so bad right?" Percy asked his spirits lifted.
"Bla-ha-ha! He might as well have transferred me to stable cleaning duties. The chances of you getting a quest…, and even if you did, why would you want me along?"
"Of course I'd want you along!" Percy said.
Grover stared glumly into the water. "Basket weaving, must be nice to have a useful skill."
Percy tried to reassure Grover, but it just made him sadder.
"Stop the pity party Grover. If you want to succeed you have to believe you can, because in the end people's opinion's don't matter. They will eventually see you the way you see yourself." Naruto said lifting Grover's spirits, and causing him to smile a little. After that they talked for a while about different things. Eventually Percy asked Grover about the four empty cabins.
"Number eight, the silver one. Belongs to Artemis," Grover said. "She vowed to remain a virgin forever, so of course no kids. The cabin is, you know, honorary. If she didn't have one, she would be mad."
"Yeah, okay. But what about the other three, the ones at the end. Are they the Big Three?" Percy asked.
"No, one of them, number 2, is Hera's." Grover said tense. "That's another honorary thing. She's the goddess of marriage, so of course she wouldn't go around having affairs with mortals. That's her husbands job. When we say the big three, we mean the three powerful brothers, the sons of Kronos."
"Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades." Naruto said listing there names.
Grover nodded. "Right, you know. After the great battle with the titans, they took over the world from there dad and drew lots to decide who got what."
"Zeus got the sky," Naruto said. "Poseidon got the sea, and Hades got the underworld."
"Yep correct." Grover said.
"But Hades doesn't have a cabin here?" Percy asked.
"No, he doesn't have a throne on Olympus either. He sort of does his own thing down in the underworld. If he did have a cabin here…," Grover Shuddered. "Well it wouldn't be pleasant. Lets leave it at that.
"But Zeus and Poseidon- they both had, like billions of kids in the myths. Why are their cabins empty?" Percy asked.
"well about sixty years ago, after World War II, the Big Three agreed they wouldn't sire anymore heroes. Their children were just too powerful. They were affecting the course of human events too much, causing too much carnage. World War II, you know, that was basically a fight between Zeus and Poseidon's kids on one side, and Hades kids on the other. The winning side, Zeus and Poseidon, made Hades swear an oath by them: no more affairs with mortal women. They all swore on the River Styx." Naruto said.
"How did you Know that?" Grover asked Naruto surprised.
"Hello, raised in orphanage by a Demigod, that is protected from monsters." Naruto said in a deadpan tone earning a look of understanding from Grover.
"That's the most serious oath you can make." Percy said. Grover nodded. "And the brothers kept their word- no kids?" He asked.
Grover's face darkened. "Seventeen years ago, Zeus fell off the wagon. There was this TV starlet with a big fluffy eighties hairdo- he just couldn't help himself. When their child was born, a little girl named Thalia… Well, the River Styx is serious about oaths mad on it. Zeus himself got off easy because he's immortal, but he brought a terrible fate on his daughter."
"But that isn't fair. It wasn't the little girls fault." Percy said.
Grover Hesitated. "Percy, children of the Big Three have powers greater than other half bloods. They have a strong aura, a scent that attracts monsters. When Hades found out about the girl, he wasn't to happy about Zeus breaking his oath. Hades let the worst monsters out of Tartarus to torment Thalia. A satyr was assigned to her when she was twelve, but there was nothing he could do. He tried to escort her here with a couple of half bloods she'd befriended. They almost made it. They got all the way to the top of that hill." he pointed to the top of the hill across the valley, to the one were they fought the Minotaur. "All three Kindly ones were after them, and a hoard of hell hounds. They were about to be overrun when Thalia told her satyr to take the other two to safety while she held off the monsters. She was wounded and tired, and she didn't want to live like a hunted animal. They satyr didn't want to leave her, but he couldn't change her mind, and he had to protect the others. So Thalia made her final stand alone, at the top of that hill. As she died, Zeus took pity on her. He turned her into that pine tree. Her spirit still helps protects the borders of the valley. That's why the hill is called half blood hill."
Naruto watched Percy stare at the tree in the distance deep in thought, and narrowed his eyes at what he thought Percy might be thinking, especially when he saw a sad glint in his eyes.
"Percy you can't change what has already happened. Only strive to make sure it never happens again in the future." Naruto told him as he placed his hand on his shoulder. He received a nod in understanding from Percy and Grover, who also took the words to heart as well.
"Grover, have heroes really gone on quests to the Underworld?" Percy asked turning to them.
"Sometimes," Grover said. "Orpheus, Hercules, Houdini."
"And have they ever returned someone from the dead?" He asked.
"No, never. Orpheus came close… Percy you're not seriously thinking-" Grover began.
"No," Percy said. "I was just wondering. So… a satyr is always assigned to guard a demigod?"
Grover studied him warily, and Naruto narrowed his eyes at him, already knowing Percy was planning something to do with his mother.
"Not always. We go undercover to a lot of schools. We try to sniff out the half bloods who have the makings of great heroes. If we find one with a very strong aura, like a child of the Big Three, we alert Chiron. He tries to keep an eye on them, since they could cause really huge problems." Grover said.
"And you found me and Naruto, Chiron said you thought we might be something special." Percy said.
Grover looked as if he had been led into a trap. "I didn't… oh, listen, don't think like that. If either one of you were- you know- you'd never ever be allowed a quest, and if you don't Percy, I'd never get my license. You're probably both children of Hermes. Or maybe even one of the minor gods or goddess's, like Nemesis, the god of revenge. Or Hecate, the Goddess of Magic. Don't worry, okay?"
Naruto could tell that he was trying to reassure himself more than him or Percy.
That night after dinner, there was a lot more excitement than usual. At last, it was time for capture the flag.
When the plates were cleared away, the conch horn sounded and we all stood at our tables.
Campers yelled and cheered as Annabeth and two of her siblings ran into the pavilion carrying a silk banner. It was about ten feet long, glistening grey, with a picture of a barn owl above a olive tree. From the opposite side of the pavilion, Clarisse and her siblings ran in with another banner, of identical size, but blood red, with a picture of a bloody spear and boar's head. Naruto and Percy turned to Luke.
"So those are the flags?" Naruto asked him.
"Yeah." Luke said.
"Do Ares and Athena always lead teams?" Percy asked.
"Not always," He said. "But often."
"So if another cabin captures one, what do you do- repaint the flag?" Percy asked.
Luke grinned. "You'll see, but first we have to get one."
"Whose side are we on?" Naruto asked, but he had an idea of which one based off of what Annabeth said earlier in the week.
Luke gave Percy a sly look, and Naruto knew right then whose team they were on, and had an inkling of the plan they had. "We've made a temporary alliance with Athena. Tonight, we get the flag from Ares. And you Percy are going to help." Luke said.
The teams were announced. Athena had made an alliance with Apollo and Hermes, the two biggest cabins. Apparently, privileges had been traded- shower times, chore schedules, the best slots for activities- in order to win support.
Ares had allied themselves with everybody else: Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus. From what Naruto could tell, the Dionysus kids were actually good athletes, but there were only two of them. Demeter's kids had the edge with nature skills and outdoor stuff but they weren't very aggressive, Aphrodite's sons and daughters Naruto wasn't to worried about except for Silena. They mostly sat out every activity and checked their reflections in any reflective surface and did their hair and gossiped. Hephaestus's kids could be a problem. But there were only four of them. That of course left Ares cabin: A dozen of the biggest, meanest, kids on Long Island.
Chiron Hammered his hoof on the marble floor.
"Heroes," He announced. "You know the rules: The creek is the boundary line, the entire forest is fair game, all magical items are allowed, the banner must be prominently displayed and have no more than two guards, prisoners may be disarmed but may not be bound, no killing or maiming is allowed. I will serve as referee and battlefield medic. Arm yourselves."
He spread his hands, and the tables were suddenly covered with equipment: helmets, bronze swords, spears, ox hide shields coated in Metal.
Naruto grabbed some leather armor but no helmet, instead he put a Blue arm band around his upper arm, and he watched as Percy Freaked out a little for a few seconds.
"Heroes before you move out we have a new piece of equipment made by the Hephaestus cabin, that was thought up by our new camper Naruto." Chiron said then held up a shinny bronze low Frequency two way radio.
"As you can see this is a low frequency two way radio with the casing made out of celestial bronze. The idea is that the bronze will stop the hardware from giving away a demigods location to monsters out in the field." Chiron said and everyone especially the Athena campers looked at Naruto in shock imaging the advantages they would gain if it worked.
"There are enough here for all the campers to have, with the two team leaders having one that can change to other frequencies to give orders to there team. Tonight will be a test run on them, with myself and the monsters stocked in the woods as our indicators of whether they work or not." Chiron said allowing it to sink in for a second, before giving out the radio ear pieces to the campers.
"Tomorrow morning all campers will hand in a report on how well they think the radio's worked, and whether they were attacked by more monsters than usual during the game. I myself will also hand in a report on whether I could sense you better during the game or not. All these reports will be handed into Naruto so that he can go over them and make the necessary changes to them with the help of the Hephaestus cabin members." Chiron said finishing up.
"Now get to your positions the game will begin soon." Chiron said.
"Blue team forward." Annabeth yelled.
Every one cheered and banged there swords on their shields as they moved forward to their side of the creek. Naruto noticed Percy and Annabeth talking, and approached Annabeth after she had moved away from Percy.
"This plan of yours wouldn't happen to be a diversion with Percy as bait, would it?" Naruto asked her innocently.
Annabeth looked nervous for a second. "How did you figure that out?" She asked.
"Oh, don't worry. I wont interfere with your plan Annabeth. I was just making sure so I know where to be to make sure Clarisse doesn't maim him to bad." Naruto said causing Annabeth to relax a little.
"Oh ok. Well we put him on border patrol off to the side over there. I had Luke show him were to be." Annabeth said pointing off to the far side of the creek. Naruto noted that it was far enough away to keep Clarisse from interfering if she realized it was I trick. Naruto nodded to Annabeth and headed off in that direction to find a good place to keep an eye on Percy from, and snipe off people with his bow and arrow, if Clarisse took it too far.
Naruto had just found a spot in a tree that was concealed enough to keep him hidden, and gave him a perfect view of the small Clearing by the creek that Percy was in when he heard the conch horn blow. Suddenly there was a flurry of activity and Naruto saw a blue team camper shoot past Percy and across the creak into enemy territory. Naruto narrowed his eyes when he saw Percy tense up and look around him. He scanned the area of woods around Percy, but couldn't see anything and so relaxed. Clarisse and her friends suddenly Burst through the clearing.
"Cream the punk." Clarisse shouted. As they began attacking Percy Naruto again checked the woods around the clearing and saw Silena a few feet in being a lookout for Clarisse. Soon Naruto saw Clarisse's spear get broken by Percy, and saw her suddenly charge him with her friends. Naruto acted then and fired off just enough arrows to pin her five friends to the trees behind them. He then watched them fight, but noticed at the same time Clarisse did Luke crossing the creek with the red teams flag. Naruto then jumped out of the tree and reached the clearing just in time to here the end of her rant and see Annabeth materialize next to Percy and them begin talking. Naruto walked over to Clarisse who was fuming and ranting.
"Relax Clarisse." he told her.
"Relax, relax, how am I supposed to relax when that worm broke my spear and ruined my reputation!" She fumed at him.
"Well I can fix your spear its as easy as fixing a Arrow. As for you reputation you just have to build it back up, so relax." Naruto said to her causing her to look at him.
"Ok, ok, I'm calm. So you can fix my spear?" Clarisse said calming down.
"Of course I can." Naruto said taking the spear from her and putting it on her back.
"Ok, but if you…" she began before a howl ripped through the forest.
The campers cheering died instantly.
"Stand ready! My Bow!" Chiron Shouted in Ancient Greek.
Naruto drew his own bow and knocked an arrow.
There on a rock right above Percy and Annabeth's head, was a black hound the size of a rhino. Naruto recognized it was a hellhound. It was staring straight at Percy.
Nobody moved except Annabeth, who yelled. "Percy run."
Right as the hell hound jumped from the rock a giant orange blur the same size as the hellhound crashed into it, knocking it onto its side several feet away with four gashes running down its side.
Naruto recognized the blur as Kurama.
Everyone watched as the fox then pounced onto the hound sinking its fangs into its neck and twisting, causing its neck to snap. As it burst into golden dust Kurama changed back to his regular size and jumped onto Naruto's shoulder.
"Good job Kurama, you'll get a reward tonight for that." Naruto said getting a happy yip from the fox.
"Di immortales!" Annabeth said. "That's a hellhound from the Fields of Punishment. They don't… they're not supposed to…,"
"Somebody summoned it," Chiron said. "Somebody inside the camp."
Naruto immediately zoned everyone out, he was trying to figure out who could have done it. He even missed Luke walking up, and Clarisse shout blaming it on Percy.
Naruto then Heard a gasp and looked towards Percy and saw a glowing trident above his head, he got a grim look on his face as he and everyone else bowed.
"It is determined." Chiron announced.
"My Father?" He heard Percy ask completely bewildered.
"Poseidon," Chiron said. "Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses, Hail Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God."
"Hail Perseus Jackson." Everyone toned before standing up. Naruto looked at Percy to see he was still completely confused.
Then Suddenly Naruto was enveloped in a silver glow the same color and brilliance as what surrounded cabin eight at night, then fire suddenly swirled around Naruto's feet dancing around him in flickers, then a symbol of an owl holding a olive branch appeared above Naruto's head.
Everyone gasped, and Naruto saw Annabeth's eyes widen.
"It is Determined." Chiron announced, but nobody bowed this time they were too amazed.
"Athena," Chiron said. "Goddess of Wisdom and Battle." He then went on. "Hestia," He said. "Goddess of the Hearth, Fire, and Family." He said one more. "Artemis." He said. "Goddess of Archery, the Moon, Wilderness, Virginity, and the Hunt. Hail Naruto Namikaze, Son of the Three Virgin Goddess's."
Everyone got over there shock and quickly bowed intoning. "Hail Naruto Namikaze."
They then all stood and started whispering amongst themselves.
"Quit!" Chiron Shouted. "Discussion of these claimings will have to wait till tomorrow, every to bed. Annabeth Could you show Percy to Cabin 3." He asked her. She nodded and told Percy to follow her. Chiron then turned to Naruto, but before he could say anything they heard a noise out towards the cabins. Everyone looked to see that a cabin had appeared in the center of the cabins with a overhang hanging over the central hearth of the camp.
Naruto noticed that the base of the cabin was designed to look like a hearth, the walls were a charcoal grey with magical flickering flame designs, the roof was white with grey and black swirls in it that Naruto realized symbolized smoke. On the marble columns holding up the Hearth overhang were two Sconces one on each side that had actual Greek Fire burning in them. Above the door of the cabin was Hestia's name instead of a number.
"Well I was going to say you had the choice of two cabins Naruto, but it appears one of your mothers wanted you to have a third choice." Chiron said Turning to him.
"Well sir I believe I will use Hestia's cabin as my main cabin, with me staying in Cabin eight and six every now and then, so I can get to know my siblings in cabin six. I also promise not to use cabin eight whenever the Hunters come around. But I would also like to have a look at cabin eight and six before I turn in for the night." Naruto said getting a nod from Chiron.
"Very well then, I know you can find your way around without help so I will leave you to explore your cabins." Chiron said before walking off back to the big house.
Naruto immediately headed off towards cabin eight, he wanted to get the empty one of the two cabins he was visiting over with first. As he got closer to the cabin Naruto started to feel the same pull again that he felt when they were going to the dining pavilion that second night. When he reached the cabin Naruto first admired the outside of it. The walls were a light silver color with designs of many forests, mountains, and animals decorating them. The roof was a inky black color with twinkling silver star designs in the shape of constellations all over it.
When he went inside the cabin he saw numerous beds lining both walls with names on the headboards that he assumed were the names of the current hunters. At the far wall he saw a door with his name embroidered on it in Sleek silver script, it looked like it had just been added recently. He smiled at the thought that his Mother Artemis would add him his own room to the cabin for when he stayed there.
He immediately moved towards the door and opened it to see what his room looked like. The first thing he noticed in his room was a queen size bed with silver colored silk sheets. Then he noticed a dresser big enough for his clothes and any thing else he might have wanted to put into it. Then he noticed on the other wall a display case with a note inside, he also noticed his horn from the Minotaur inside it, and saw that it had been turned into a hunters horn with silver animal designs on it and a string to sling it over his shoulder with. Naruto walked over to the case and opened it grabbing the note and the horn. He then opened the note and began reading it.
To my Dearest Naruto,
I know what a shock it must be for you to find out you the son of the three Virgin Goddess's, but I want you to know without I doubt that we all love you. This room is for you if you decide to use it, as you have more of a right to use it than even my hunters do. The display case is for your spoils of war, all except for the horn your probably holding right know. I want you to keep that horn close and take it with you if you ever go on any quests. Just blow into the horn if you ever find yourself in trouble and help will come. I love you my son.
Your loving mother, Artemis.
When Naruto finished reading the letter he had a small Genuine smile on his face.
'Thank you mother, for this room and for letting me know you love me. I promise to make you and my other moms proud.' Naruto prayed to his mother with his head bowed.
He then slid the note into his pants pocket, and slung the horn over his shoulder. He took one last look around his room then left it and the cabin heading over to cabin six, where he saw Annabeth waiting on the steps.
"Why didn't I see that you could be one of my brothers before?" Annabeth asked him when he reached her then gave him a hug.
"There's just to much of a difference in me to be immediately spotted Annabeth, I mean I have two other goddess's for mothers as well." He said returning the hug.
"Well then better late than never, welcome to cabin six brother." Annabeth said with a warm smile on her face as she led him inside.
"Good to be here sister." Naruto said as he followed her inside. He immediately noticed a difference in this cabin compared to cabin eight. For one there were about a dozen kids using the cabin. Another thing he noticed was that there wasn't any one color prominently represented for Athena's cabin. But there were many carvings of owls on the walls and even a small statue of Athena. There was even a small room that was a library full of books written in Ancient Greek. After he was done looking around he turned back to Annabeth.
"Everyone this is Naruto our new half brother." Annabeth stated. Everyone waved then introduced them selves.
"So Naruto besides your one grey eye, what other features do you think you got from our mom?" Malcolm a boy around his age and second in command of the Athena cabin asked.
"Well I do have a photographic memory, and I'm good at figuring out peoples skills and how to work those skills together into a team." Naruto said Earning a nod from Malcolm and Annabeth.
"That sounds like traits from mom all right." Malcolm said.
After that Naruto spent a little while longer getting to know his siblings better before giving Annabeth a hug and leaving to go to Hestia's cabin. As he was leaving he prayed to Athena. 'Thank you mom, I love all my siblings.'
When he approached Hestia's Cabin he noticed a gentle warmth coming from it and smiled.
He then went inside to see a central hearth inside the cabin as well as the one out side it. He noticed there were a dozen beds here as well. But he saw another door at the back of this cabin as well that had his name on it in flame script.
He smiled and opened the door to see another queen sized bed, but this one had burnt orange silk sheets. There was a dresser here as well. But in the place of a display case on the other wall was a mirror. He noticed that a box with a bow tied to it was on the bed with a note on top. He took the note and read it.
To my wonderful son Naruto,
I had a feeling you wouldn't be able to choose a cabin out of Artemis and Athena's so I made this one for you. I know what Artemis's letter said and it goes double for me and Athena. The box is a present from all of us. We knew you would have pyrokenesis form me, so we made you some fire resistant clothes. And don't worry your hat and necklace are fire resistant as well. I hope you love them.
Your loving mom, Hestia.
Ps. Your closet has other versions of this outfit for you.
Naruto smiled another genuine smile and prayed. 'thank you mom. I know I will love the cloths no matter what because it came from you three. I love all three of you.'
He then opened the box and pulled out the cloths. There was a pair of camouflage pants, combat boots, a loose black shirt with his design on the front, and a camouflage trench coat. Naruto smiled at the outfit and folded it laying it on his dresser to where the next day the slid into bed and went to sleep feeling content knowing he is loved by his mothers.
-Mount Olympus at the beginning of the capture the flag game-
In Artemis's temple on Mount Olympus Hestia, Athena, and Artemis could be seen surrounded by Artemis's hunters watching a magical viewing screen.
"My lady why are we watching that camp?" One of Artemis's hunters asked.
"You will see Zoe just wait." Artemis said to her, and Zoe could see a glint of happiness in her ladies eye.
"Are you sure now will be the right time to do it?" Hestia asked the other two goddess's being mindful of the hunters and not saying exactly what she was asking about.
"Yes, now is a perfect time Hestia, we will wait till the end of the game to do it though." Athena said her voice low enough that the hunters couldn't hear her even with their keener hearing.
They then saw the campers getting ready to begin the game, and heard Chiron mention Naruto's invention and the test faze for it. Everyone of the Hunters and the Goddess's were shocked at the invention, some thinking it wouldn't work. While Athena could be heard mumbling to herself about how she couldn't believe she didn't think of it. Then she started smiling along with the other two Goddess's when they remembered it was Naruto who came up with it.
They then watched the game with the focus on Naruto. The hunters were curious why it was focusing on this boy, none of them recognized him as being there before. The Goddess's smiled as they watched him basically help two of his friends at the same time. While the Hunters were confused why he wasn't helping his teammate until it was explained to them, then they looked at the boy in a new light. Then they saw him shoot five arrows in a matter of seconds to pin the five other people in the clearing when it looked like the boys teammate was going to get pummeled by them. The hunters were shocked at the boys accuracy and speed with a bow, he was even better than some of them. Artemis just smiled in pride at his abilities with her favored weapon. When the game ended and they saw him walk up to the girl they recognized as Clarisse and offer to fix her spear, it was Hestia's turn to smile proudly. The hunters were even impressed a little with him, to offer to help a person who was just your enemy a moment ago was a very noble thing to do. Then they watched the hell hound attack and saw how calm he had been through the event. They were all shocked when Percy had been claimed by Poseidon.
"Well it seems that Hades is now the only one to not have broke his oath." Hestia said.
"And he didn't even want to take the oath in the first place." Athena said.
"I respect him for sticking to it even though he didn't want to." Artemis said with the hunters nodding along with her.
Then the three goddess's nodded and stuck there hands together causing a light to shoot into the viewing screen and encompass the boy they had been watching the entire game. The hunters all gasped as they realized what this meant, and knew that this is why they had been watching. They all heard Chiron state his claiming and name Naruto Namikaze and were confused when he said he was the child of all three goddess's. they then heard the boy state where he was going to be sleeping after Hestia's cabin had appeared. They were glad when they heard he would respect the hunters and not stay in cabin six when they were at the camp. Then the viewing screen vanished and the hunters turned to the goddess's.
"My Lady please explain to us what just happened?" Zoe asked.
Artemis nodded and began explaining everything pertaining to Naruto's birth to them, with Hestia and Athena helping to clarify some points. She explained how they met his father. How they found him again many years later fatally wounded. How they granted his last wish for a family after his death in the form of Naruto. Then how they left him at the new demigod orphanage to be raised. After the explanation the hunters all had looks of understanding on their faces.
"We understand why he was born know my lady. But don't expect us to like him right away, we will remain Neutral to him until he proves himself to us to be one of the few good men in the world." Zoe stated getting nods of agreement from the other hunters.
Artemis had a relieved look on her face at Zoe's statement and said. 'That's all I ask of from you girls, is to give him a chance." The hunters all Nodded to her then were dismissed to their rooms.
"Well that went better than expected." Artemis said as she reopened the viewing portal to see Naruto outside her cabin.
"Yes it did. And it seems Naruto is going to view your cabin first." Athena said causing a smile to appear on Artemis's face. They watched him cheek out the cabin, and saw the small smile Naruto had appear on his face. They then smiled gently at him as they heard his prayer to Artemis.
"You already have." Hestia whispered out loud getting agreeing nods from the other two goddess's. Athena then grinned as she saw him approaching her cabin. They all smiled as they watched him interact with his siblings from Athena. When they heard what he had gained from Athena the other two smiled knowingly as she smiled proudly. They then smiled gently again as they heard his prayer to Athena.
"I'm sure they already love you to Naruto." Athena whispered this time also getting agreeing nods from the other two. They then saw Naruto head to Hestia's Cabin and said goddess smiled at the fact he was staying in her cabin. They watched as he looked around the cabin familiarizing himself with it. Then they saw him walk to the room meant for him, and they all laughed at the familiarity it had to the room Artemis had made for him in her cabin. They watched as he found the gift they left for him and watched him smile after reading the note. They began smiling when they saw how much he liked the cloths. They began crying a little when they heard his Prayer to Hestia.
"We love you to our angel of a son." they all said at the same time. They then watched as he fell asleep with a content smile on his face.
-End of Chapter 4-