"I hate you so much Artemis." The werewolf growled once he stood within a mile of the school. He could hear the loud chatter of students and shrieks of anger and laughter. He heard a loud bell ring and he grunted in pain of the noise as it sharply rang in his ears.

The moon goddess smirked,"Good." She laughed tauntingly and he glared at her, he couldn't believe she was making him do this stupid mission for her. It was to noisy and he could hardly function because of his sharp hearing.

He growled once he heard another bell ring,"It hurts!" He moaned before covering his ears with his hands, unfortunately it did very little to block out the noises. Artemis winced slightly, she didn't think of how badly this would affect his hearing, she had forgotten how he had super sensitive ears. Percy groaned in agony when he heard a teacher scrape her nails against a chalkboard, the one thing the pack didn't teach him was to block out other noises. Gain his trust, Artemis thought quickly before slowly placing her hands on his and pulling them away from his ears. He gasped in pain when the voices became louder and more shrill, he frowned and gritted his teeth before glaring menacingly at the moon goddess. Was she trying to torture him? She quickly pulled her hands away from his.

Her silver eyes bore into his yellow ones,"Just focus on the sound of my voice, listen to me okay? Calm down and breathe." She murmured soothingly, her eyes captivated him as did her voice, he squeezed his eyes shut and concentrated on the sound of her voice. He let out a deep breath as he tried to drown out the sounds of other voices he heard in the school, he could hear Artemis talking to him slowly as she tried to help him out of his turmoil. He thought of when they first met, he could still hear of how her voice was laced with confidence and a hint of superiority as she addressed him. Or when she laughed, how happy she sounded, how her laughter sounded so filled with mirth. He thought of when she got angry, her voice would drop an octave and it would sound dark and dangerous, a tone she used with him a lot. Slowly the voices began to fade and soon he could only hear Artemis, he experimentally reached out with his hearing and heard the school again. He winced before focusing on the moon goddess's voice again, he let out a sigh of relief. She watched as his yellow eyes slowly fluttered open and he gave her a fanged smile.

"Thanks Arty." He tried to choke down the fondness of using her nickname, she was the enemy, nothing more.

She bristled slightly,"Stop calling me Arty!" She snapped, her fist clenched and he slowly ran his tongue over his fangs in anticipation for an upcoming fight. He mentally cursed himself for his thirst of violence, he was supposed to befriend the hunt not fight them.

He smirked,"Menopause much Arty?" He asked mockingly, her mouth fell open before a thunderous slap was heard. Percy stumbled backwards in surprise, his cheek hurt like Hades and it was a blistering red. Artemis stood there fuming and let out a yell of outrage before she began to lecture him.

"Stupid pig! I should skin your scrawny a-"

He cut her off,"Take a joke, sheesh. Well I should rip off you hair you no good bi-"

"Well what's stopping you huh? Bring it mutt!"

"Oh I'll bring it virgin!"

She paused before smirking at him,"Are you implying that your not a virgin?" His eyes widened and his cheeks turned red, gods dang this was awkward.

He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly,"Of course I am! I'm thirteen for Zeus sake! At least I didn't almost get it on with my cousin." He grumbled the last part and her face turned even more red than his did. She knew he was implying Orion but she never felt like that towards the pig. Her fist flew but Percy swiftly ducked before grabbing both her wrist and pinning her to a nearby tree.

His yellow eyes held mischief,"Whoops? Sore subject?" He mocked and she glared at him fiercely, her foot kicked his shin and he grunted in pain before she slipped out of his grasp. He wasn't sure how but the two of them always seemed to end up fighting, not that he minded the challenge, he found it thrilling and she kept unknowingly giving him her fighting moves. This would make taking her out much easier.

"Oh I'll show you sore once I shove my foot in your-" She stopped and let out a breath, fighting would not get him to trust her and it wouldn't complete the mission. She pinched the bridge of her nose and shut her eyes as she worked on calming herself. Percy was suddenly hit with an aroma of smells, he gagged once he smelt the musk of b.o and the stench of cafeteria food. Artemis looked at him questionably before he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his chest, he buried his nose into her hair and tried focusing on her scent.

She tried to pull away,"What are you doing!" She hissed but he kept her locked in his arms, he continued to sniff her hair and inhaled as much smells of the forest as he could.

He chuckled,"Don't flatter yourself moonbeam, these kids smell awful." He grumbled, her cheeks turned red with embarrassment and she became rigid once she felt his hot breath fan her face as he exhaled deeply. He pulled away before letting out a sigh of relief, he didn't smell those disgusting children anymore and he felt so happy.

"A little warning would of been nice!" Artemis snapped crossly, her arms were crossed over her chest and her silver eyes flashed dangerously. She smoothed out her auburn colored hair and her glare hardened once she saw Percy wear his devious smirk.

"Now where's the fun in that Arty? Thanks by the way." He said seriously, as much as he loved making her flustered he was glad he didn't have to smell b.o, sweat, blood, and bathrooms. She fought herself from impaling him with her silver dagger, he was infuriating her to no end, Arty Arty Arty. She hated it with a passion, Percy could smell her anger and his lips quirked into a smirk.

She knew what he was so smug about and she scowled,"Just finish the mission." She grumbled, he innocently tilted his head to the side.

"What's the magic word?" He asked in a singy song voice, his eyes held amusement as he watched her face turn red in anger. Instead of saying a word she swiftly kicked him in his family jewels.

His face puckered,"Son of a ahhhhh!" He screamed in fury before covering his area from a smug Artemis.

Her smug smile infuriated him,"That was for kissing me on the cheek the other day." And there it was, her voice had dropped an octave and held the dangerousness in it. A voice that was especially reserved for him. He sucked in a breath as the pain began to subside, if he got this just because of kissing her cheek he wondered what would happen if he purposefully kissed her.

He stood up straight,"Ya well your welcome for saving Ashley and helping you kill hellhounds. Way to kick me for something that happened a while ago." He snorted and she scoffed and rolled her eyes. She couldn't bring herself to thank a man for protecting her fierce hunters, she was to prideful to do so but Percy had suspected such a thing.

She brushed him off,"Get going, you'll be at this school for about a week." She informed him solemnly and his mouth fell open, a week?

Percy sighed and tapped his pencil on his desk noisily, he was surprised at how the mist easily affected mortals, Artemis manipulated the mist and convinced the principle that she was his guardian and they've filled out all applications to apply here. He had just started his first period, Spanish. He had no idea what the Spanish teacher was saying and he didn't care, she was truly annoying and he wasn't trying to learn some foreign language he would NEVER use in the future. He could of sworn Artemis put him here just to tick him off, there wasn't Latin or Greek he could learn since he could speak both fluently, nope just Spanish and French.

"Percy, donde està?" She asked him, heck he hadn't even bothered to learn her name. She was old and wrinkly, she smelled like rotten food and he had to bite down a gag. She held a ruler firmly in her wrinkled hands and adjusted her square glasses on her nose.

He looked up at her emotionlessly,"Huh?" He asked bluntly, people snickered but he ignored them and lazily rolled his eyes.

The teacher repeated the question only to be met with the same look,"Listen lady, do everyone a favor and SPEAK ENGLISH!" He said slowly and a girl erupted into a fit of giggles next to him.

The woman huffed,"I'm asking you where you live!" She said shrilly and he wrinkled his nose in disgust as she got closer to him. He thought about Artemis's scent and it thankfully blocked out the rest of the smells.

He snorted,"Weirdo, why do you want to know where I live? I feel as though it's kinda personal information and I don't want you stalking me." He retorted, he knew Artemis would kill him for his rebellious attitude but he didn't care. This lady was annoying. His eyes locked with a girl's and she had beautiful kaleidoscope eyes, he realized this was the girl he was looking for. She was beautiful, she wore a t-shirt and jeans, her black hair was braided and she smiled brightly at him. He grinned and gave her a sly wink causing her to blush.

"Young man! It may be your first day but you must show some respect, why you don't even have school supplies!" The woman screamed and he winced as her screechy voice hit his ears. Oh he was so going to kill her once he was done with this school.

The bell was about to ring,"Whatever you say hag, I show respect to people who I actually respect. Not old goats like you. No hablo español, if you like the language so much move to Mexico." He sneered before the bell rang, he jumped out of his seat and quickly walked out of the classroom as kids laughed loudly. He waited outside the door for the daughter of Aphrodite, once she walked out of the room he fell instep with her.

He smiled widely at her,"Hey, I'm Percy what's your name?" The girl blushed, here was a guy who was muscular and tan talking to her. He had beautiful topaz eyes and wore a mischievous smirk. His black hair was unruly and he had adorable dimples, his scar over his eye made him appear as dangerous but only added to the appeal.

She smiled timidly at him,"Piper McLean." The moment she said her last name she wanted to smack herself, he probably liked her because he found out her father was a famous movie star.

"Pretty name." He said offhandedly before flashing her a warm smile. Her cheeks turned red and she frowned at his lack of reaction.

"Your not freaking out right now." She stated and he raised an eyebrow.

"Why would I be?"

She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear,"Well my dad is...a movie star. Tristan McLean." She searched his eyes for a spark of recognition but he simply shrugged.

He tilted his head to the side in confusion,"Uhh...never heard of him. Where I'm from we don't have tv so...I have no idea who your dad is." He said nonchalantly and she held in her gasp of shock, everyone knew her father, she was glad he didn't. She didn't allow anyone to get to close to her in fear they would take advantage of her.

She smiled widely at him,"Good." He in turn slung an arm over her shoulder, if Artemis could see him she would be extremely angry, just the way he liked her. He led Piper out of the school and she paled, what was going on?

The smell of her fear made him smile,"Don't worry, just wanna talk. Ever heard of the Greek gods?"

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"Are you insane!" Piper hissed angrily, Percy laughed at her anger and found it understandable that she didn't believe him.

He grinned widely,"Just a little bit." He joked and her kaleidoscope colored eyes started to turn red in anger.

His eyes widened and he put his hands up in surrender,"What if I have proof?" The two sat on a log in the middle of the woods, Piper was already nervous about skipping school but now she was with an insane, hot bad boy...well now that she thought about it maybe it wasn't THAT bad. He slowly got on his feet and stepped away from her, he gauged her reaction before he shifted into a large black wolf. She froze and her eyes widened in disbelief as she tried to comprehend the magic trick he had just showed her. Her face turned sickly white and her eyes rolled into the back of her head, she fainted right in front of him. He rolled his eyes in wolf form and as if on cue Artemis crept out of the woods, she glared murderously at him.

"First you flirt with her then make her faint? Stupid boy." She spat and he morphed back into a human.

He smirked,"Can you blame me? She's pretty cute." Artemis's fingers grazed her silver dagger and Percy instantly noticed it, his smirk disappeared and he frowned.

"Here, now we got her. Can we take her to Camp Halfblood now?" He asked impatiently as he scooped Piper into his arms, he held her bridal style and she murmered quietly.

Artemis shook her head,"No, Percy you have a week at that school not just a day. Not only did we need to save Piper but there are a couple of threats I need you to look into." She said calmly when she noticed the werewolf's frown deepen.

"Why not send one you your girls?" He asked curiously but was still slightly frustrated she was making him go to that smelly, loud, stupid school.

She snorted,"I will NOT make my girls go into some stupid school infested with boys." She spat with disdain.

Percy looked at her in disbelief,"Are you kidding me? Do you know how many hormones I have to smell in that disgusting place? Ugh it's gross Arty! At least come with me tomorrow." He pleaded, he didn't like Artemis that much but he needed someone to experiance the pain he suffered every day.

She merely rolled her eyes,"Ya that's not gonna-"

"CHICKEN!" He cawed loudly and made clucking noises with his mouth, she glared at him and felt insulted that he had the nerve to deem her a coward. She would show this arrogant male his place.

She took a step forward,"Fine! I'll come and show you that your overreacting." She declared, he was probably being dramatic.

"And in conclusion the Greek goddess Artemis hated men and was cranky all the time." The teacher said in a bored tone, he was balding and had dorky, square glasses. Artemis was clutching the pencil so hard that it snapped in half. Percy noticed this and smirked at her irritation.

He raised his hand,"So Mr. Gab your saying that basically Artemis was on her period all the time?" A guy beside him snickered and they high fived. Artemis's eyes widened and her silver eyes flashed dangerously as she glared at the smug werewolf sitting next to her.

Mr. Gab chuckled,"Females right? Always complaining and hating men for liking more than one girl." Percy's smug smile turned into one of shock, he began to think of Snow, Phoebe, Zoe, Thalia, Piper, Artemis and Jackie. Yes Artemis was cranky but he didn't like how Mr. Gab spoke of women, all the girls he knew were fun and fantastic fighters. The entire hunt had amazing skill. Artemis was about to stand up and kill the sexiest pig for speaking of women in such a condescending way, if it were up to her she would ram her arrows in his eyes and feed him to her dogs.

Percy spoke up again,"A bit sexist aren't you?" He asked angrily and the entire class turned to him in surprise.

Mr. Gab raised an eyebrow,"How so?"

Percy snorted,"Not all women complain all the time. All the girls I know are extraordinary, brave, and hilarious. How is it you are a teacher if you degrade women? And of course girls will get mad a players! Their nothing but pigs who toy with girl's feelings! Males and females are equal baldy and you'll do best to remember that. Maybe Artemis had a reason to hate men, I mean look at how we're portrayed in pop culture. Not all guys want to get in girls pants but a lot of us sure do. Look pal, just get over the fact that your ugly and no girl would EVER love you and stop being so bitter about it." He growled menacingly and his fangs grew sharper. Of course he flirted with girls but he merely did it to tick off Artemis, he didn't lead them on, just a few playful winks here and there before he became friends with Thalia. Artemis looked at him in awe and surprise, he was right. The world's view of how guys should act, they had to wear baggy pants, have a ton of money, and be surrounded by girls. All the girls in the room looked at him in adoration for his defense for them.

Mr. Gab's face reddened,"I will see you in detention Percy!" He yelled angrily right as the bell rang. No one moved as Percy stood from his seat, he lazily leaned against his desk and examined his claws.

"No you won't baldy, can't give me a detention for defending women dummy." The werewolf scoffed before slowly exiting the classroom. The whole class followed in suit and girls giggled quietly as they watched him from afar.

"I'm going to go talk to him!" A brunette declared before marching up to Percy, Artemis was right behind her and glared at her menacingly. Percy stopped and turned around at the source of the voice. The brunette's friends started giggling about how hot he was but honestly he was waiting for Artemis. The voices seemed to get louder and he grunted in pain as he tried to block them out. He thought about Artemis's voice and the sharp noises died down much to his relief, he watched curiously at the girl approached him.

"Hey thanks for defending us back there." She said a bit bashfully, her cheeks were red and she looked embarrassed.

He cracked a small grin,"It's no problem," he glanced at the moon goddess who approached him slowly,"In fact I would never let him talk about women like that. Especially when my best friend is a girl, her name is Diana. I have another friend named Piper. No one can talk to them like that, especially Diana. Only I can mock her in such a way." He said playfully as Artemis or "Diana" approached him, she heard his little speech with the girl and felt touched that he cared for-NO! He was an asset, a werewolf, an enemy. It didn't stop her from feeling a bit happy that Percy had defended her. She played it off and smacked the back of his head, he yelped and glared at her.

She smirked,"No one can talk to me like that, especially you mutt." He grinned and soon forgot about the pretty brunette beside him as he focused on her voice. He may of hated the moon goddess but he loved her confidence and how she would tease him constantly. Without another look at the girl he slung an arm around Artemis and the two began to walk to their next class. Piper had stayed home and tried to make sense of everything, Percy didn't blame her, it was probably a lot to take in.

"See anyone strange lately?" He asked in a low whisper as they casually walked through the halls.

Artemis shook her head,"Nope. I can feel that somethings here though. Something powerful." She murmured, she really wished he took his arm off of her, the feeling was foreign and it made her face feel hot for some odd reason. She didn't like being in such a close proximity with a male but she knew it was for show.

Percy nodded before catching a whiff of pine trees, Artemis's scent. He inhaled deeply as he blocked out the putrid oder that tried to cloud his nose.

"Did you hear about that kid who went missing near that gospel church? What was it called? St. Joseph? Ya but they couldn't find that kid anywhere, poor little boy." A guy muttered and Percy froze.

Artemis frowned and looked up at him,"What?"

Percy grimaced,"Hope your religious Arty, we're going to church."

She sighed,"Hallelujah." She muttered. Percy detached his arm from around her and searched for the guy who brought up the child's disappearance.

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Percy and Artemis had ditched school and arrived at the church, Artemis had her knives unsheathed and Percy had his claws extended. His eyes widened once he heard voices from inside the church, there was a service on tuesday in the afternoon. Before he could warn her the double doors burst open and a pastor walked out, she was beautiful and wore black robes.

"Ah how nice to see young people attend our service, come in." She said brightly, Percy shoot Artemis a worried look as she slyly sheathed her weapons. Percy's claws returned to normal as the woman ushered them into the building. The church looked old and the pews were chipped, they walked on a red carpet and people all turned to them.

Percy smiled charismatically,"Hello, I'm Percy and this is my friend Diana." He said brightly, Artemis looked around warily and Percy could smell her unease. Without thinking about it he grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze, as if on reflex she yanked her hand away. Percy's eyes widened and he mentally slapped himself, he strode forward before he sharply stubbed his toe on one of the pews.

He yelped and hopped up and down on one foot,"JESUS CHRIST!" He howled and everyone gasped in horror at his choice words, he froze and smiled sheepishly.

He stood tall before clapping his hands,"Jesus christ is our savior! He's our savior!" He sang in attempt to stop embarrassing himself, the christians laughed and he was surprised at how quickly they shrugged it off. The tempature suddenly seemed to drop and he stiffened once he smelt the stench of monsters.

Suddenly the doors slammed shut and an evil voice rang out,"Oh I've been waiting for you two for quite some time." He turned slowly to see a woman with sea green eyes standing there with a dagger in hand. Behind them came hisses and Artemis whipped out both of her knives. The woman was Lamia and Percy had to shake himself from getting distracted by her beauty, he would not be fooled by her deceptive green eyes or her lush black hair, or the way her-ugh! He shook himself and glanced back at his companion who was facing off at least a dozen empousi who were disguised as the church people.

Percy extended his claws before looking up at the ceiling in exasperation,"This is happening because I forgot to pray this morning isn't it." He groaned before launching himself at Lamia.

And another chapter finished. Had them go to school, their reasons for finding Piper will be explained more I promise. And I had Percy defend women because he's mostly friends with girls...yep boys, be jealous. Anyway sorry with the lack of...fighting. Next chapter, but it can't all be fighting. So how'd I do? Gonna answer a couple of reviews. Well first a guest asked me why Artemis put a knife to Percy's throat in my last chapter when she's supposed to be nice. Artemis isn't a push over, she never has been and never will be. There's a difference from a nice person and a doormat.

DragonChick2743 : I clearly remember you telling us that you would update on weekends, and yet you're still getting angry reviews! This is bullcrap! I think you should keep updating on weekends 'cause it give me something to look forward to, but to whoever thinks that you need to update more, buzz off! I mean give the girl a break, not all of us are graduated from school and hang around writing fan fictions all the time! Anyway, keep up the awesome work, like I said you're what I most look forward to every weekend!

Love, DragonChick2743

Well I'm glad someone here remembers me saying this, sheesh. Anyway thanks for your support.

fantomfaire : I love this story and how conflicted Percy is becoming as he spends more time with the Hunters! It won't be long now before he is defending the Hunters from his father, huh? I am very sorry to hear that some people are not showing you the respect that you deserve. I wish there was a way to block them from reading your stories so the rest of us faithful aren't punished as well. I really love all of your stories and I am looking forward to the next updates. Please don't let a few meatheads ruin your love of writing fan fiction because you would be sorely missed! Thank you!

Can I just say I love getting reviews from you? Real nice to read. And I wish I could do so too but hey, might update it soon. I really need to get a feel for what I'm going to do on the Soul Reaper's Son before I update it. Keep up with the reviews, they keep me going.

Anaklusmos14: Another excellent chapter.. these weekend updates are nice, gives me something to look forward to since hardly any of my favorite authors update... except you... Sorry about the cussing, my language get's colorful when I get annoyed, which happened when people felt to need to whine over one of the FEW decent stories being updated right now. Anyways, keep up the good work, you rock.

Don't worry about the cussing, hear it all the time at high school lol. Any who loving getting these reviews as well, they inspire me to always top my last chapter. This one was mostly a kind of down time for Percy, down time in which he dissed teachers and defended people. And YES! You all read it here! I'm one of his fav others. Well I feel honored. I noticed that the haters died down, how lovely. Thanks for your previous review and this one, always make my day.

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