Naruto Uzumaki: Son of Apollo: The Lightning Thief
Written By: Rave Rose of Twilight
Warning: I don't own Naruto, PJO, Saint's Row, or RWBY.
Chapter Seven: Assault on an Uchiha Part One: Discovery of a Lifetime
As soon as Johnny Gat had brought Naruto to the church the 3rd Street Saints used as a headquarters, Ruby Rose, Shaundi, Kinzie, and Colt were walking up to them. He smirked when he noticed the glow and slight limp Shaundi and Kinzie had.
"I got the kid right here," he told Colt as he shifted the weight of the youth on his shoulder again. "We ran into those weird dog things and a man-bull thing, but the kid wasn't bad in a fight." He pulled out the bronze bow that the kid had used to fight and tossed it to Colt, who inspected it. "He has a bunch of arrows made of the same stuff as his pussy twig thrower."
Colt looked mildly interested as he inspected the bow thoroughly. "Not bad," he muttered to himself. "It's well designed and well-balanced. Made of the same stuff as our ammo. I don't think I'd be able to do nearly as good of a job as the person who made this. Very impressive work." Colt looked up at Gat. "He have any other weapons?"
Gat scoffed. "In that fanny pack of his," Gat asked. "No way."
Colt nodded to his best friend as Shaundi decided to speak up. "So what are we gonna do with him, boss," she asked with a smirk as she looked the kid over a couple of times. "A bit too young to believe he's connected to the Uchiha Corporation. Not to mention he's a real cutie."
"He lied to Johnny," Kinzie said flatly with narrowed gray eyes. "The Uchiha Corporation doesn't do field trips. They don't even let the media do interviews in or around the building. Odds are too high that someone would notice their security measures and question what they were doing. He wanted something from them, but we won't know until we interrogate him."
"Kinzie," Gat barked slightly angrily. "He's around the same age as Ruby. Would you interrogate her if she was in his shoes?"
"That is totally different, Gat," she defended, raising her voice slightly. "We know Ruby. This kid came armed from New York with the intent of 'visiting' the people we were planning on assaulting."
"He doesn't need to get caught up in our mess," Gat replied heatedly.
"That's enough," Colt ordered, getting his girlfriend/lover and best friend to stand down. "We won't be interrogating him, but we will ask him questions. Make him comfortable before he wakes up. He may tell us more that way than if we tie him to a chair and interrogate him like some of the guys from the other gangs. Got it?"
Gat smirked at Kinzie, causing her to level an intimidating glare his way, before taking Naruto deeper inside the church to a bed where he could rest from his surprise nap.
"Are you sure we shouldn't at least tie him up," Kinzie asked. "Make sure he doesn't have any more weapons on him?"
Colt looked at Kinzie with a grin. "Kinzie, I thought you had enough fun tying me up a couple of hours ago while you and Shaundi took turns. Don't tell me you already want to do those dirty things to a kid, using the excuse to 'search him for weapons' to pop his cherry, as a reason to do it."
Kinzie glare made even the hardened boss flinch as a ferocious blush spread across her cheeks. "Just for that, I'm changing the safe word and you won't know it." She turned to storm off toward her 'Fortress of Solitude', as many of the gang often called it, and do more research.
Colt looked down at the bronze bow in his hands and knew just who to take it to. A few minutes of walking and Colt was standing in front of a store called 'Friendly Fire'. It was a gun store, but the owner sometimes let him have a few sheets of raw bronze to use in his projects that he'd buy at a relatively cheap price. He pushed upended the door and standing at the counter was a man with a long black beard and eyes as dark as coal. His skin bore a healthy tan, but appeared weathered with age. He was technically and legally 'disabled', but that didn't stop the man from selling his supplies and services to the public.
The bell chimed and the aged man looked up, his hardened gaze softening a bit as he recognized his favorite customer. "Hey, Colt," the man said, his voice rough and gravelly to the young teens ear, but held with it a warmth that always seemed directed his way. "What brings ya here, boy? I thought you already bought enough bronze for you and your friends."
Colt displayed the bow, setting it on the counter. The man's hawk - like gaze landed on it and recognition seemed to waver in his eyes. "A kid Gat found was carrying this," he said. "It's made of the same bronze you sell me. I thought you might be able to provide me with some answers."
The man grunted, taking the bow in hand and running the calloused fingers across it gently before drawing the string as far back as he could. "So, Apollo's son is already here," he whispered inaudibly to himself before returning his attention back to Cole. "It's an amazing bow. Not cheaply built like most of the crap you see in those composite bows. The draw is easily 100 lbs. Your kid has to be strong. About how old do you think he is?"
"Twelve," Colt replied.
"Hmm," the man hummed to himself. "Very strong. Most kids his age can barely draw 50. It was built for a marksman who can fire while riding a mount, typically a horse.. He took very good care of it almost bordering obsessive to keep it in such pristine condition. It must be special to him."
"I guess," Colt replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "I've never seen another weapon made with this kind of bronze before."
"Of course you haven't, boy," the man said gruffly. "This kind of bronze is harder to come by than any other. Most people don't want to use it in favor of metals like steel, titanium, and iron, but only a select few people are capable of bringing out the potential in this bronze. You and I, my boy, are only two such people." His fingers caresses the bow softly as if listening to it sing for him.
"This kind of metal has a unique personality and, when put in the hands of a skilled artist, it sings a beautiful symphony and anything is possible. It can be formed into bullets, swords, spears, statues, tools, and other beautiful crafts. But in the hands of an ordinary person, it cries, begging for its suffering to cease. In such a pitiful state, nothing could be formed and anything formed by it appears disgusting and foul. Useless to anyone."
"So can you tell me where he got it from," Colt asked. "Or even who made the bow?"
The man shook his head negative. "Sorry, but it's virtually impossible." Colt signed in resignation before taking the bow back.
"Thanks anyway, Pops," he called before leaving the building. "I'll see you sometime next week for my resupply."
The man waved farewell to Colt as he left the building. Once the coast was clear, the man walked over to the door and flipped the sign to read Closed before heading deep into his workshop in the back.
He approached a wall where he had a few pictures, one stood out among the rest. It was a couple of pictures involving a dark haired woman, built like a tomboy, wearing a brown shirt under a pair of filthy overalls covered in grease. Beside her was a younger version of him grinning and wearing similar attire to the woman. Behind them was an old Ford 1967 Mustang that they had been working on. The next photo was a bit harder to look at. Laying on a table was a boy, no older than 8 at the time. He had dark hair like his father, but his right arm and left leg were missing entirely. The picture after showed a boy in a similar state with bronze replacement limbs capable of functioning like the real thing.
"I'm sorry, Colt," the main said, a single tear leaving the corner of his eye. "You almost died protecting Zeus' daughter and this is the only thing I can do for you. Damned Oath. Damned Ancient Laws. Still, you have made me proud to call you my son."
The man seemingly combust into a pillar of flames before they disappeared, leaving only light scorch marks on the concrete beneath his feet.
Back at the Church…
Naruto was coming back and his vision began to even back out. Memories of what had happened flooded his mind and he swore he would kick that asshole Gat in the dick the next time he saw him. Once he had regained his bearings, he saw that he was alone in a rather spartan room without much decoration.
Before he knew what was happening, he got some kind of odd message. A rainbow appeared in front of his eyes and the image of Percy, Annabeth, and Grover were standing side by side.
"Ruto," Percy cried, smiling widely at his friend.
"Perce," Naruto asked. He yawned before looking around for eavesdroppers who might be listening in. "Where are you guys? And how are you talking to me?"
"Las Vegas," Annabeth mentioned. "And this is an Iris Message, a method demigods use to keep in contact with one another. Where have you been?! We couldn't contact you for hours!"
"I got my quest from Nemesis and when I was asking for directions, we got attacked by a huge pack of Hellhounds and the Minotaur."
"But you killed it," Percy mentioned. "Shouldn't he stay dead?"
"Under normal cirsumstances, they would, but Hades uses the monsters as his own personal army of torturers and tormentors," Annabeth explained. "Monster's don't have souls, so they can't die for good if you kill them. You just have to hope that when you put them down, they don't reorganize themselves for a few months to maybe a few years."
"Yeah," Naruto responded. "Well, the guy I was with helped me out by shotgun blasting a few Hellhounds back to Hades."
"But mortal weapons can't hurt monsters," Annabeth stated. Suddenly, she had a moment of clarity. "But guns aren't the deadly part of the guns normal people use. It's the bullet! If the bullet is cast from Celestial Bronze, that could explain why it managed to kill a monster!"
"So I'm dealing with demigods," Naruto muttered to himself. "Perfect. I have the best fucking luck."
"So what kind of quest did Nemesis give you," Percy asked.
Naruto growled. "Well, she told me how a mortal had managed to drug her, kidnap her against her will, and harvested her Ichor and eggs after he had discovered about the Gods when his eldest son was born to him through Hecate. He owns the Uchiha Corporation. Using the things he had at his disposal, he managed to have a second child through Nemesis by using his sperm and her harvested eggs. Guess who?"
"Sasuke," the trio said in shock.
"Yeah. He's an artificial demigod," Naruto noted. "So she gave his eldest son a quest. Kill his father and destroy evidence that would prove that the Gods were real. Unknowingly, he killed a clone of his father and destroyed only a few samples that Fugaku had left behind on purpose to trick Nemesis."
Annabeth looked absolutely livid. For a mortal to defy the Gods and harvest a Goddess, no matter how minor, of her Ichor and other parts of her.
"So now, she wants me to kill him and destroy the Uchiha Corporation building," he ended. "Make sure that all of the evidence of the existence of the Olympians is kept secret and away from mortal eyes."
"But he's human," Percy objected. "You can't just murder him like that."
"He doesn't have much of a choice, Seaweed Brain," she spat. "This man has made himself an enemy of the Gods and to go against a quest given by a Goddess isn't smart, but Celestial Bronze can't hurt morals. Only monsters."
"I wonder whether one of my Light Arrows could do anything to him," he said as he conjured an arrow of light in his hand.
"Maybe," Percy said hesitantly. "You remember what happened to Bobofit at the Museum, right?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah. That might not be a bad idea. If our powers activated out of anger toward Bobofit and managed to affect her, maybe our powers can work on mortals. Speaking of quests, how is your quest going?"
"So far, so good," Grover mentioned. "Apparently, those buses Lady Nemesis spat on had a major accident. Nobody was killed, but the three teachers aboard had been badly hurt. I think they may have been monsters, but I can't be sure."
Naruto nodded. "Alright, guys," Naruto said. "I'll catch you later. And Percy?"
"Yeah," Percy responded.
"Don't do anything stupid."
Percy glared at him before the Iris Message cut out. Naruto sighed to himself. "At least they're safe," he whispered to himself as he looked around. "Which is more than I can say for myself at the moment."
Meanwhile….
In another room, Gat, Shaundi, Kinzie, and Colt were looking on as the event played out. For a moment, they were questioning the kid's sanity...as well as their own since they clearly saw the same thing he had.
"I gotta ask...did we just see the same thing," Gat asked his homies.
Kinzie rolled her eyes at the question, though a part of her was curious. Gods? Demigods? Quests? Monsters? If they weren't all legitimately insane and everything they heard was the truth, then it would explain a lot about everything they had been through and attributed to bad luck.
And that symbol on his armband. She knew she had seen something similar to it before. As her fingers danced across the keyboard of her computer, she pulled up a Wikipedia page that answered some questions, but only brought up more.
"If what I'm seeing now and what he said was true, then I think I have an idea as to part of his identity," she responded. Everyone looked to her for answers. "I believe that he's talking about Greek Mythology and the Gods he's referring to are the Olympians. And that armband might mark him as a son of Apollo, which would explain his choice in weapons. Apollo was a master archer as was his older sister, Artemis."
"Okay," Colt said. "Say I believe you, which I am really hesitant to do right now, that would make him a demigod. And if the Olympian Gods and Goddesses still exist, then there might be more where he came from. Right?"
"Basically," she replied. That also begs the question: what did he mean by Celestial Bronze?"
"His bow and arrows," Colt said. "They're made of the same stuff I make our ammo with. I asked the Old Man at Friendly Fire about his bow and the only important detail he said was that it wasn't any ordinary bronze and that only people like us could use it properly."
Kinzie and Shaundi looked at their boss in concern. "I can barely remember anything before I was 12. No parents. Nothing except really strange dreams that barely make sense most of the time."
"And now you're 16 with two girlfriends who love you more than anything, a psychotic best friend," at this, Gat gave a crooked grin, "a beautiful little sister, and a family of misfits and orphans who look up to and respect you," Shaundi said as she walked over to wrap her arms around his waist.
Kinzie, Gat, and Pierce were all smiling at their boss. Yeah. Life sucked. All of them could attest to that, but if they could change it all, they wouldn't.
"So what are we gonna do with the kid, boss," Pierce asked.
Colt untangled himself from Shaundi's slender and sensual arms before moving to the door. "While I'm not sure if I believe him about the Olympian Gods existing and this quest of his, he does have some skill with his bow and he made that arrow of light. We might need his help and I doubt he's gonna just go home and let us deal with the Uchiha Corporation."
"Kid's strong," Gat said. "Seeing him in action against those monsters, if I didn't have you guys, I don't think I'd mind having him watch my back."
A compliment like that from Johnny Gat was not that easy to come by or willingly given. "Then I guess I better go over there and ask if he'd be willing to help us out."
A few moments later, Colt opened the door and was surprised when a 'Celestial' Bronze throwing knife came inches from his ear, burying itself into the cement wall. He looked toward Naruto with a raised eyebrow. "Really," he asked sarcastically. "Remind me to have Gat make sure he removes all of your weapons next time."
"Remind me to kick that dick in the dick next time," Naruto replied smartly as he rubbed his sore jaw. "Damn. If Clarisse ever catches word that I got sucker punched and captured on my first quest, I'll never live it down."
"Girlfriend," Colt asked.
"Friend," Naruto said with a glare. "We just met less than two weeks ago and we got into a fight. After that, we just sort of became friends."
"Sounds like me and Gat," Colt said with a chuckle. Good times. "Anyway, we heard that conversation you were having with your friends." Naruto looked ready to make a smart ass comment until Colt motioned to the camera in the corner hidden by shadows. "So, is any of it true?"
Naruto nodded. "Of course. I'm still new to the whole 'My dad's an Olympian God and I'm training to be a hero' shtick, but after all of the things I've seen so far, I don't have much reason to doubt it."
"I guess," the older teen said. "Listen. Me and my friends have some business with Fugaku Uchiha and his Corporation. I figure, since you have this quest or whatnot to deal with him, you might be inclined to help us out."
"If I wasn't so sure you were , I'd more than likely laugh in your face, call you insane, and deal with it on my own," Naruto said. "After I escaped, of course."
"And how would you escape," Colt said. "I'm curious."
"I'd kick you in the nuts, run downstairs, kick Gat in the nuts twice, then run out the front door while screaming my lungs out about rapists, pedophiles, and crazy people hiding in the church," he said as if he had all the confidence in the world.
"Why twice?"
"Once for sucker punching me. A second time just because I don't like him," he replied. "So what's your deal with Fugaku Uchiha?"
Colt's cocky smirk turned serious. "He got Gat's girlfriend killed a week ago," he responded, causing Naruto to look stoney.
"Maybe I'll just kick him in the nuts once," Naruto thought out loud. "Bastard's already been kicked there by Fugaku, I guess."
"So, you're going to help," Colt asked, getting a nod from Naruto.
"I don't have much of a choice," he said. "Either go with you and get something done...or leave and do it on my own, likely to my untimely death at the hands of an enemy I know next to nothing about."
"Now, all we need is a plan," Colt muttered to himself.
"A plan? Okay. Plan A. We bust in there, kill anything that gets in our way, kill Fugaku, then blow the hell out of the building. Plan B. We sneak in and do the same shit we were planning on doing in Plan A when we get busted because one of you will have an itchy trigger finger."
"Good plans, kid. I like the way you think," Colt laughed as he took Naruto to meet his homies.
Tomorrow….all Hell is let loose and Fugaku WILL die.
