Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson & The Olympians.

Okay. I don't think you are understanding. THIS story is not a harem. After I finish this series of books, I am willing to write this story again, but as a harem. You may PM me who you want to be in the harem (No Annabeth. Duh.) and I will see what I can do. But THIS story is not a harem. Here are the two choices for this story's pairing.

ReijixThalia

ReijixBianca

Everyone got it? Good. A poll will be put up to decide who he will date. Also, I've decided to incorporate an idea from One Piece, that being the powers of one of the devil's fruit. No, there will not be any more devil's fruit, there will only be one used and that one will be eaten by Reiji. That is all for now, so on with the show.

Chapter 6: Battle, Claiming, Prophecy

Reiji sat up right, panting and sweating. His heart was beating very fast, his pulse not too far behind. His crimson eyes were wide, in fear or shock, you wouldn't be able to tell. His face had beads of sweat rolling down it, and his shirt was off. He had taken it off in his sleep, and sweat was trickling down his toned body.

A fresh change of clothes were laying on the ground beside him, the tradition camp half-blood T-shirt and blue jeans. He eyed them with something akin to horror. "Oh I am not wearing those."

Maybe a god or goddess heard his comment, because the clothes vanished, being replaced with an exact copy of the clothing he wore at Westover Hall. He nodded gratefully, picking up the clothes. He looked around and noticed most of his cabin was still asleep. He quietly stood up and left the cabin, heading towards the showers.

That was a quirk about Reiji he could never get rid of. He had no qualms about walking shirtless anywhere. Be it in the halls of school, down the street, it didn't matter. He had absolutely no problem with men or women seeing his body, because he really didn't care. He was very thankful that the Aphrodite Cabin were still asleep, or he might have been raped. He was also very grateful that the Hunters were still asleep (at least he thought they were), as he was certain they would not appreciate him walking around topless.

Finally, he made it to the male showers. He put his fresh clothes in a locker. He guessed they were enchanted by magic, because he had the feeling if anyone were to open that locker, they would not find his clothes. He took off his other clothes and threw them in the basket labelled: 'To be washed'. He stretched and walked into the showers, turning them on and putting them on high so they were very hot.

For some weird reason, Reiji's body temperature was very hot. While the average mortal had a temperature of 37 degrees, his was at a constant 42 degrees, and yet he was never effected by it. Even on the coldest winter nights, he was always warm. That was also why he needed to have a very hot shower, otherwise the heat just wouldn't make a difference to him.

After cleaning himself thoroughly, and getting rid of all his sweat, he turned off the shower and walked out, drying himself off with a towel and getting dressed. He wore his jacket around his waist and then cracked his neck. Usually he would have tied his hair into a pony tail, but he decided to just let it fall against his face. And with that choice, he left the showers.

Reiji then headed towards the dining pavilion. He yawned loudly as he sat at the Hermes table. Nobody else was awake, which meant he could eat in peace for awhile. He swiped some pancakes and waffles, before walking to the hearth and making the same offering he did the day before. This time, however, the flames did not change and the silvery light did not appear.

Reiji sat at the table, telling his goblet to give him some coffee with 3 teaspoons of sugar. His goblet obliged, and he drank. He ate at a slow pace, as he wasn't in a rush. He fully intended on enjoying his meal as much as he possibly could.

Of course it didn't last long.

About half an hour later, he heard a large amount of footsteps, and he stopped eating, to see who it was. He nearly groaned. It was the Hunters of Artemis. And leading them was none other than Zoe Nightshade.

The girls were laughing and joking, until they spotted Reiji. They narrowed their eyes at him, as if he were intruding on their private area. Reiji just raised an eyebrow and stuck out his tongue, much to the Hunter's irritation, before he turned back to his food and kept eating. Though he did smirk when he saw them looking like they wanted to shoot him out the corner of his eye.

Two days passed since that incident. Reiji, Bianca and Nico were enjoying their time at Camp. Reiji was discovered to be very good at sword fighting. So good he was able to make Percy sweat a little bit. Though it may have been that his blade, which he had named Oarashi (Tempest), was slightly longer than Percy's celestial bronze sword: Riptide.

Nico was a good sword fighter, for a beginner and someone of his age. Bianca, on the other hand, excelled at Archery, much to the annoyance of Zoe Nightshade, who kept confronting her and almost trying to force her into being a hunter. However, the girl politely refused each time, and was slowly becoming more relieved she hadn't joined the hunters if Zoe was like that just because she treasured her friends and family.

The Hephaestus Cabin wasted no time in starting construction on the Hermes Cabin, enlarging it for the summer the next year. The Hermes campers really were grateful to Reiji for that thought, though he was just surprised that nobody before him had that idea. Really...was it so hard to think to enlarge a place that was getting crowded?

On top of that, Reiji had been made to go to the strategy meetings because of Thalia. Which absolutely SUCKED. He was stuck in one at that moment, just a few hours before capture the flag was supposed to happen.

"We only have a few hours before capture the flag," Annabeth told everyone. She was dressed for battle in her amour, looking at everyone. "Does anyone have ANY ideas?"

Everyone shook their heads, except for Reiji who was eating Nachos. "I might."

Their heads whipped to him so fast they could have gotten whiplash. "TELL US!" They practically screamed, even Chiron.

Reiji nearly choked on his nachos, but luckily was able to swallow them normally. He sweat dropped. "W-well...based on what I've heard, you've all used the same strategy each time they come over, which is to have everyone charge and only a few people guarding the flag. And they appear to do the same thing, lure you away from their flag and sent a hunter or two to snag the flag and return. So...why don't we just do the opposite?" Everyone looked at him blankly, waiting for elaboration. Reiji sighed. "We have half of the Campers guard the flag, and the other half will combat the hunters, while a group of campers will sneak away to find their flag."

Everyone cheered in agreement with this plan, and Reiji sweat dropped again. 'Was this really so hard to think of?' he thought. "The only question is who should be on the sneak away team?"

Everyone fell silent.

Reiji sighed. "Okay, it's really simple. First we will need a tracker, so we will have an Apollo camper, since they should be experienced in hunting."

Michael Yew- the councillor for the Apollo Cabin- nodded. "Take Blake. He's the best hunter we've got."

The ruby eyed boy nodded. "Right, then we'll need 2 campers that can attack up close, and 2 more that can attack from afar. So...another Apollo camper, along with an Ares camper that can use a bow and arrow. Then..." Reiji frowned.

"I'll go," Thalia offered.

"Me too," Percy said as well.

Reiji sighed. "Right, then we need another 2 people. One to keep the plan together, and another to stop you and Thalia fighting of something goes wrong."

"That's me," Annabeth said with a smile. "I can do both roles."

"No," Reiji shook his head. "Keeping those two from fighting will be a task in itself if the small time I've been here has shown anything." He couldn't help but smirk at the glares at got from the two people in question. "Annabeth and I will go. This is my plan so I'm the best one to keep it together, and Annabeth can advise me as we go. Advising me is a small task compared to keeping Thalia and Percy apart, so we should be okay on that point. Any objections?"

"Yes," the Aphrodite cabin head- Silena- spoke up. "What about the rest of the cabins? What should we do if your plan doesn't work?"

Reiji frowned, then looked into Silena's eyes seriously. "Pray that the gods are on our side this time."

The campers all gulped, but nodded.

"The rules are simple," Chiron was saying as everyone was divided between campers and hunters. "There will be no maiming, and no killing. Punishments will result in either of these events. It is perfectly fine to knock someone out, as long as you do not harm them too much when you do. The game will end when one team has captured the other's flag and has taken it over to their side of the creek."

Everyone nodded, the campers far more vigorously than the hunter's, who simply smirked.

"Hunters!" Zoe called. "With me!" The Hunter's grabbed their flag and began to leave.

Reiji watched them go, and all the campers as well, until they were out of sight. Reiji turned to everyone. "You all know the plan?" Everyone nodded. "Okay. Percy, Thalia, Blade, Rick, Annabeth, Jack. Let's go."

All of the people who were mentioned nodded and the groups split into three, with Reiji and the 6 people he called for as one group, half the camp as the attacking group, and the other half- made up of many angry Aphrodite and Apollo children- as the defending group.

Reiji led the group so they were hidden in the forests, just before the border line. "Now, the Hunter's always seem to go the other way." He pointed towards the path of trees on the other side of the creek. "When it comes to travelling. And Zoe's small group, according to everyone, has always stayed back and then followed the same route. We will hang over here until the horn sounds. The moment it does, we'll travel through until we find the Hunter's camp. Blake will be leading us, as he is the tracker."

"I won't let you down," Blake promised.

"Good," Reiji smiled. "Okay. Rick and Jack, you two will remain in the back of the group. Your job is to keep an eye out for any Hunters, and alert us if need be. If we don't encounter any, you'll be firing arrows from the back at any Hunters that are guarding the flag." The son of Apollo and the son of Ares nodded. "Okay. Annabeth?" The daughter of Athena looked to him. "Your job is to stand between Thalia and Percy. I don't want the two talking or looking to each other unless they are following their part of the plan."

"Understood," Annabeth nodded with a sickly sweet smile, which made Thalia and Percy gulp.

Reiji looked to Percy. "Okay water boy, your job is simple. I need you to douse any Hunters we encounter with water. Once we have the flag, we'll rush to the creek and you have to manipulate the water to stop the Hunters' arrows and them from getting to us."

"You got it," Percy nodded in acknowledgement.

"Thalia," the daughter of Zeus glanced at him. "Once Percy douses a Hunter with water, I want you to zap them. Water makes a great conductor for electricity, which will make even a weak lightning strike at least sting them long enough for us to knock them out, or maybe the zap will knock them out. Either way, it's fine."

"What will you be doing?" Percy asked.

"I'll be keeping the plan from going to shit," Reiji told them, making them rather surprised at his language. "If I'm taken out though, I want you all to follow Annabeth's orders without any questions. Got it?" Everyone nodded. "Good." He fell silent as he stared straight ahead into the forest.

Behind him, Thalia, Percy and Annabeth were whispering. "He's really taking command isn't he?" Annabeth spoke.

"Yeah," Thalia nodded. "He seems almost like a natural born leader."

Percy nodded. "Yeah. I wonder who his dad is?"

They looked to him. "Whoever he is," Thalia spoke up. "He must be powerful."

Reiji, oblivious to their whispering, pulled off his necklace and squeezed, causing it to elongate and become his silver Katana: Oarashi. The horn sounded. "Let's go!" The 7 demigods sprang into motion and plunged into the forest.

The sounds of weapons clashing was slowly starting to be heard in the distance as the demigods plunged into the forest, Blake leading them. He noticed a broken twig and examined it for a minute, then his eyes turned to the ground and he noticed some foot prints. He looked at the way they were facing. He pointed. "That way. They came from there."

Reiji nodded, and motioned for him to continue. Blake lead them deeper into the forest, with Annabeth standing between Thalia and Percy, Reiji just behind Blake, and Jack and Rick standing together at the back, looking around with their bows ready.

Blake led them deeper into the forest, before he stopped them. Reiji looked over his shoulder, and saw why he stopped. They had arrived at a clearing, where 5 Hunters stood guard at the flag, bows at the ready. Reiji glanced back to Percy and nodded. He pulled out 3 large bottles of water he was carrying in a bag, and opened them.

Percy took a deep breath as he started to pull the water out of the 3 bottles until there was a large orb of water in front of them. Reiji kept his eyes on the Hunters, motioning for Percy to wait, as if he held the water high above their heads while they were looking in their direction, they would see it rising into the sky.

They waited for 3 minutes, much to Percy's ire, but they soon all faced one direction. Reiji gave the thumbs up and Percy sent the water into the sky as quickly as possible. And not too slow either, as the Hunters turned in such a way that they would see it just as it vanished from sight. Percy, slowly, manipulated the water to hover above the Hunters. Percy glanced to Reiji, who nodded. Percy let go of his concentration and the water fell, crashing down onto the Hunters, that all yelped and screamed about the water.

"POSEIDON!" One hunter screamed. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

Despite the situation, the demigods had to restrain themselves from laughing. Reiji glanced at Thalia, giving her a thumbs up. The daughter of Zeus smirked and hefted her spear, charging it with electricity, before she threw it. Her aim was perfect as it stabbed into the ground and the lightning travelled along the water and shocked all of the Hunters, making them yell in pain before they passed out.

The ruby eyed teen grinned. "Blake, go grab it." Blake nodded, rushing out and picking up the soaking wet flag, along with Thalia who picked up her spear, before returning to the group. "Now let's hurry! We'll head through the creek! Percy, you got enough in you to control the water if the Hunters try anything?"

"Yeah," Percy nodded.

"Then let's move! Form a circle around Blake, his safety and protection of the flag is of the utmost importance." Every nodded, forming a circle around Blake as they all ran in a straight line towards the creek. Percy stood in the front with Thalia. Annabeth and Reiji stood at the sides, while Rick and Jack stood at the back, all of them with their weapons ready.

They moved with haste, getting to the creek quickly and they plunged into it. They had trouble moving through it, and were being greeted by the sounds of weapons clashing. The campers and the Hunters were battling vigorously. Reiji noticed Bianca and Nico double teaming a Hunter, with Bianca firing blunt arrows at the Hunter while Nico swung his sword while the Hunter was distracted.

He also saw Zoe Nightshade, looking furious as she battled the other half of the campers with a group of other hunters, trying to reach the flag. This wasn't what they had wanted. They thought they would have an easy victory.

Finally, when the group were half-way across the creek, a hunter noticed them. "THEY HAVE THE FLAG!" She screamed before she was knocked out by an Ares Camper. 5 Hunters sprang into action, leaping into the creek to stop them.

Percy started to control the water, but he couldn't do much except slow the Hunters down a bit. Reiji cursed. Even if it could heal him and rejuvenate him, Percy was completely worn out from controlling the water earlier. He was probably only running on fumes at the moment. He debated how good their chances where before he felt his entire body...pulse.

He froze, standing still, as did the rest of his group once they noticed. "Red eyes?" Thalia asked, slightly annoyed. "Come on! We have to move!"

Reiji didn't appear to hear her, as he felt his body pulse again. He grabbed his chest and nearly crumpled to the ground. "ARG!"

Annabeth's eyes widened. "Reiji?! What's wrong?!"

Suddenly, Reiji's eyes widened as he saw images flash before his eyes. His mother dying...leaving his friends back in Japan...fighting the Manticore...finding his necklace and earrings...meeting Nico and Bianca...the silver eyes of the man in his dream.

Reiji's eyes became more relaxed and emotionless as he held out a hand. The water seemed to bend to his will, forming whirlpools around each of the Hunters as they became trapped and yelled out in anger. "Keep moving!" Reiji ordered, and they all felt compelled to obey, and began to rush towards the other side of the creek.

Zoe screamed in frustration as the 7 demigods crossed the boundary line, the silvery flag of Artemis turning to the shining yellow of Apollo. The entire camp cheered in victory and rushed over to the demigods, lifting them up on their shoulders. The conch horn blew loudly as Chiron walked out the woods, with the widest smile on his face anyone had ever seen.

"THE CAMPERS WIN!" He bellowed loudly. "THE CAMPERS HAVE BROKEN THE HUNTERS 55 WIN STREAK!"

Everyone began to celebrate while the Hunters screamed in frustration and anger. Zoe was the worst off. She looked like she was about to kill Reiji. But Reiji didn't care. He just kept smiling...before he saw something in the woods. He froze, his eyes widening.

Someone… something was approaching. It was shrouded in a murky green mist, but as it got closer, the campers and Hunters gasped.

"I-it is impossible," Chiron said. He sounded incredibly nervous. "It...she has never left the attic before. Never."

And yet, the withered mummy that held the Oracle shuffled forward until she stood in the centre of the group. Mist curled around their feet, turning the snow a sickly shade of green.

Nobody dared to move. Then her voice hissed inside their minds. Everyone could hear it, as some clutched their hands over their ears.

I am the sprit of Delphi, the voice said. Speaker of the prophecies of Phoebus Apollo, slayer of the mighty Python.

It regarded Percy with cold and dead eyes, before it turned to Zoe. She was about to step forward, before it then turned to the one person nobody expected...Reiji. Everyone lowered him from their shoulders as he faced it. Approach, Seeker, and ask.

Reiji took a nervous step back. He could only manage to say. "Wh-what?"

The Oracle's mouth opened, and green mist poured out. Reiji suddenly broke out in cold sweat as everyone saw an image before their eyes. A smooth, marble table with a beautiful woman and a young child sitting by it. The woman looked to be in her mid thirties, with long, black hair, glimmering red eyes, wonderfully pale and smooth skin, and a wonderful smile. The baby had short red hair that was spiky, and the same red eyes as his mother, and the same pale skin. With a start, a lot of people realized this was Reiji's mother and him as a child. The Oracle spoke from the woman's mouth:

Six shall go west to the goddess in chains,

"M-mom?" Reiji mumbled, in clear shock. The same voice came from the child.

One shall awaken in the land without rain,

Reiji fell down, staring in horror, but the voice continued.

The bane of Olympus shows the trail,

Campers and Hunters combined prevail,

Atop the mountain, the moon's son shall cry,

The void drawn when he holds the sky,

The son returns to his origin land,

And one may perish by a parent's hand.

Then, while they watched, the mist swirled and retreated like a great green serpent into the mummy's mouth. The Oracle sat down on a rock and became as still as she'd been in the attic, as if she might sit by this creek for a hundred years.

Reiji stared with wide eyes in horror, and everyone gasped suddenly and they all backed away from him. He looked at them all in curiosity and fear, but saw they weren't looking at him...rather, above his head.

Reiji looked up, and saw three symbols hovering there. The first was a symbol that looked like a storm cloud with lightning falling from it, and a sword pushed through the cloud, with a small golden crown symbol above it. The next symbol was the image of a black sun, with the same crown symbol above it. But the third symbol is what caught Reiji's eye. It was simply a large moon symbol, the same one on his earring.

"I don't recognise any of the symbols," Annabeth muttered. "What gods are they?"

Chiron visibly began to sweat as he hastily bowed, and all the campers followed his example. Everyone was shocked by the words that came out of his mouth. "Hail, Reiji Sakazuki, son of Tsukuyomi, the Shinto god of the moon, and champion of both Susanoo, Shinto god of the sea, storms and destruction, and Amaterasu, Shinto goddess of the sun, lady of the heavens, queen of the Shinto gods."

All Reiji could do was open his mouth in shock, and stare at the symbols. All the camp looked at him as well. It confirmed something people had thought once or twice, but was never confirmed until now.

Other gods did exist.