Hi guys. Sorry for the lack of updates. I can only update once every weekend. Apologies because I mostly focus on school work. Here is the next chapter
Who in the what now
After the field trip "issue", Naruto and Sasuke's class returned back to school to prepare for their upcoming final exams tomorrow. As becoming more mature as he is, Sasuke decided to not study, but instead decides to sneak out of campus to train in an area where no one would bother to go. Meanwhile, Naruto had a hard time studying after getting thoughts about the fight with the fury. As a result, he decided to walk around campus to clear his thoughts.
"Hey kid. You don't have to worry about Percy," Kurama said in his mind.
"Ya I know… what?" Naruto surprisingly said.
"I am telling you to forget about Percy" Kurama repeated as Naruto then turned back to the dense kid he always was.
"Look Naruto. You know that one of his parents happens to be a god" Kurama stated which Naruto nodded.
"His god parent will come to the rescue if that green eye kid is in trouble" Kurama reassured.
"But you saw what happened to that crazy god of Olympus and his wife…" Naruto said.
"The two couple survived long enough to keep their kids from killing each other" Kurama answered which seemed to satisfy Naruto.
As Naruto kept walking, he managed to hear a similar voice of Percy that came from the councilor's office. Naruto crept up to the door and put his ear at it.
"I'm sorry Percy that you had a hard lifetime this semester" Mr. Brunner sadly said.
"Its alright Mr. Brunner. Maybe I should just quit school" Percy said in a sorrowful voice.
"Now Percy, its not time for you to give up" Mr. Brunner reassured and suggested, "There are plenty opportunities for you to get your grades back up"
"You just gotta study harder and your work will pay off" Mr. Brunner also stated.
"I'm sorry, but I mostly have to take care of my mom. My mom is the only thing I have. Including Gabriel" Percy replied in a whisper voice.
"Anyways, I hope you have a wonderful vacation my boy" Mr. Brunner said as he touched Percy's shoulder.
Just as the conversation was about to end, Naruto's sense came to life as he transformed himself to a teacher and started walking. He noticed that he has passed by Grover who was heading towards the councilor's room. The door opened as Percy exited the room and passed by Grover. Mr. Brunner nodded to Grover as they both went back to the room. Little did they know that Naruto used his kage bunshin and transformed it as a fly to spy on them.
While Percy was casually heading back to his dorm room to pack up and noticed that Naruto was cheerfully running towards him.
"Hey Percy. What ya doing?" Naruto asked happily.
"Oh nothing much. Just getting ready to go back home" Percy said sadly. Naruto, noticing his friend's sad emotion, tried to lighten the mood.
"You should be happy Percy. School is close to over" Naruto said as Percy slightly smiled.
"I know. We can spend that vacation at the beach together." Percy said.
"By the way, where is Shin?"
"Oh, he is studying for his final exams" Naruto lied knowing that he doesn't want to bring any kind of attention
"I see. Anyways I got to go. I'll see you tomorrow" Percy said as he ran to his dorm..
"I feel pity for him" Naruto said in a quiet voice.
"I don't" a voice spoken behind Naruto knowing that it was Sasuke.
"Why wouldn't you" Naruto replied holding his anger
"Dobe, he should be glad that he has a family and not that his parents didn't suffer the same life as we did in Konoha" Sasuke said in a cold voice. Deep down, Naruto wanted to disagree, but Sasuke has made a point that cannot be denied.
"Lets go back" Naruto said as he walked back to his and Sasuke's room. Sasuke just looked at Naruto walking for a couple of seconds and decided to follow him.
For the past half an hour, Mr. Brunner and Grover were discussing about Percy after Naruto and Percy left the hallway.
"I feel sad for Percy. Its like I ain't capable of keeping him safe" Grover said in a sad voice.
"You are doing your best Grover" Mr. Brunner reassured.
"He is gonna have to go there for his safety" Grover said.
"Yes, but he won't listen since he cares more about his family than himself" Mr. Brunner replied.
"How do I get him to go there without any kind of attention or him questioning me of whats going on" Grover asked in worry.
"I don't know. But you have the imagination of doing so." Mr. Brunner said with a smile.
"I don't know if I have the imagination. Ever since when I failed in protecting her" Grover said in a sorrowful voice.
"What happened to her wasn't your fault. You did your best" Mr. Brunner softly said.
"You must learn to know your mistakes and don't make it again to someone else like Percy."
Grover looked up to Mr. Brunner as his words gave him courage despite his failed actions.
"I will do my best and protect Percy" Grover said with determination.
"I am glad for your statement" Mr. Brunner said with a smile. "I think its time for you to get ready for your finals"
Grover nodded as he wished a good bye and exited the room.
After Grover left, Mr. Brunner opened his drawer and pulled out the kunai that Naruto threw.
"If it is really you, then why are you keeping yourself a secret?" Mr. Brunner thought.
"Time will tell"
It was the next day as most students including Naruto and Sasuke had to take their final exams. Naruto and Sasuke had it easy due to Naruto's method of using shadow clones to learn everything much more quickly. While Sasuke used his sharingan to memorize the information and sometimes cheat by copying the student's handwriting he sits next to. Both Naruto and Sasuke met up at their room after their final exams.
"I can't believe Konoha calls you a genius when you actually just cheat" Naruto grumbled.
"Well, our village is filled with shinobis and all we do in life is to live and survive. Whether it is cheating or not" Sasuke said in truth.
"I am starting to think the shinobis shouldn't even exist" Naruto groaned as he was packing his stuff up.
"So is that councilor still onto us?" Sasuke asked.
"Well he doesn't know for sure that it is me, but he is suspicious" Naruto replied.
"He doesn't seem to know who you are though."
"What were he and that Grover kid talking about" Sasuke curiously asked.
"They both want Percy to go somewhere to ensure his protection" Naruto said while packing his box of ramen.
"His god parent must've made quite the enemies" Sasuke said as he was folding his shirts
"Well, his god parent must be one of the big three then since a monster like the Fury probably knows who he is" Naruto said.
"Good thing that we are going with him so we can know where this place that Grover wants him to go is" Sasuke said in a confident way.
"As long we keep our guard up" Naruto said as Sasuke nodded.
After their duo finished packing their stuff, they locked their room and carried their stuff so they can meet with Percy at the entrance of campus.
"Hey guys" Percy waved as Naruto and Sasuke were walking towards him.
"Ready to go" Percy asked as they both nodded.
"I just pray your mom doesn't have a problem with us coming along" Naruto said in a concern way.
"Nah, she would love to have company" Percy said. As the trio were about to leave, a voice called out to Percy.
"Hey Percy. Wait a minute" a voice called. Percy turned around and noticed that it was Grover running up to him
"Hey Grover. What do you need?" Percy asked as Grover huffed and puffed.
"Percy you cannot go back to your mother" Grover said which made Percy in shock while Naruto and Sasuke were narrowing their eyes at him
"Why not?" Percy demanded.
"Your in danger" Grover said in a scared voice
"In danger from what?" Percy said while holding his anger.
"I can't tell you. I can only tell you that my job is to protect you Percy" Grover said.
"Look I don't know what your talking about, but me and Naruto and Sasuke need to go on a vacation" Percy said angrily as he turned around, but Grover grabbed his wrist.
"Please Percy. You don't know what you are getting into" Grover pleaded.
"You will be getting your mother in danger as well. Do you want that to happen to her?"
That statement made Percy freeze as he never wanted to allow anything to hurt his mother.
Percy then turned back to Grover.
"Then what are my options huh. Where would I go so you can protect me" Percy asked which Grover then passed an information card to Percy.
"Camp Half Blood?" Percy questioned which made Naruto and Sasuke widen their eyes slightly with the new information they are discovering.
"Shhhh" Grover said. "Don't draw any attention"
"This place is to remain secret so your enemies don't track you down" Grover whispered as Percy was weighing his options.
"Alright. I'll go with you. Only because I want to keep my mom safe" Percy answered which made Grover in relief. Until Grover then widen his eyes when he saw two things that could ruin his plans.
"Percy, I cannot let your friends go with you." Grover sadly said. Before Percy said anything, Sasuke glared at him.
"Look kid, Percy is our friend. Where he goes, we go" Sasuke said shockingly. Sasuke has never been this caring to his friends. Back in reality, Percy and Naruto agreed with Sasuke as the trio decided to stick together. Outnumbered, Grover had no choice but to concede. The group took the taxi that Percy called out and Grover gave the information card to the taxi driver and started driving them to the destination. It was an hour and a half later where the taxi driver stopped at a gas station.
"Sorry guys. I got to put some gas" the taxi driver said as he exited the taxi. Then Grover's stomach started making noises.
"Sorry guys. I got to get some food" Grover said in an apologizing way as he exited the taxi as well and entered the gas station. It was just the trio left.
"Guys, I need to go to my mother" Percy said in a worrying tone which made Naruto and Sasuke look at him.
"I'm worried that something might have happened to my mom"
"Alright, then we need to go right now before Grover comes back and notices that were missing" Naruto spoke and Sasuke nodded. The trio exited the taxi and managed to sneak into a bus that was parked in the sideline. They entered the bus and the bus took off. It was took about an hour to reach Percy's house. As the bus arrived to the destination, the trio exited the transport and were in front of Percy's house.
"I should warn you that I have a brother and he ain't the best brother I had" Percy muttered as they entered the house. The house was a mess where a bunch of junk was lying in the floor. Sasuke would imagine that this house is much worse than Naruto's house during his genin year where Naruto would yell out to Sasuke for the insult. Naruto and Sasuke placed their bags at the edge of the door and followed Percy to the kitchen where they saw a tall kid with 2 other guys playing poker on the table.
"Hey Percy. Your late" the tall kid spoke in a haughty voice.
"Hey Gabe." Percy said in a cold voice.
"Who are those idiots behind you" Gabe said in an uncare way which made Naruto and Sasuke raise their eyes.
"These are my friends Gabe and don't you ever clean the house for once?" Percy said in a caring voice.
"Mom can take care of it" Gabe said while looking at his cards and then looked at Percy.
"Give me some money will ya" Gabe asked as if this was normal.
"I don't have any money" Percy lied.
"Don't deny it. I know you spent money to get here" Gabe said seeing through Percy's lie. Percy grumbled as he tossed out his change to Gabe.
"Enjoy losing" Percy said which made Gabe look at Percy in a threatening way.
"Hey guys, you can go. I need to teach my younger brother some manners." Gabe spoke as his friends left the house. After Gabe's friends left, Gabe glared at Percy. Just as Gabe was about to do something that will make him regret, his mother came from upstairs.
"Oh Percy, where were you" Percy's mother said in a concerned way.
"I almost thought I would have to call the police to search for you"
"No its fine mom. Oh by the way, these are my friends Jin and Shin" Percy replied.
"Hello Mrs. Jackson" Naruto and Sasuke said politely.
"Oh hello boys. You can call me Sally" Sally said in a nice way.
"So boys ready to go to that beach house?" Sally asked in a kind way. However, Gabe didn't take it in a nice way.
"You can't be seriously be going to that beach house?" Gabe said surprisingly and said in a grumbling way which made Naruto and Sasuke hold their intent to killing him
"I can't believe I am stuck with a bunch of idiots here."
Before Percy can fight back, Sasuke decided to "alleviate" the situation.
"Mrs. Jackson. Percy. Can you please get ready to move the stuff to the car?" Sasuke said as he paused.
"I need speak to Gabe privately" Sasuke finished as Naruto knew what he meant and he guided Percy and Mrs Jackson to their luggage. When Sasuke and Gabe were alone in the kitchen, Gabe ran out of patience.
"You have some guts to wanting to talk to me one on one." Gabe said in a haughty way. After Gabe's statement, Sasuke dashed in front of Gabe and grabbed his neck and pushed him to a wall.
"You know… you don't deserve to be a part in this family since all you think about is yourself" Sasuke said emotionlessly as Gabe struggled to get out of Sasuke's grip.
"Please….. I… beg… of… you" Gabe slowly said while being choked.
"I should just end you right now" Sasuke said as he pulled out his sword and pointed the tip in front of Gabe's nose. Gabe, witnessing Sasuke's sword right in front of him, was scared to the core of his heart. As he thought it was the end of his life, Sasuke then brought him relief.
"Though, Percy cares for you dearly and so is your mother." Sasuke said as his sword disappeared.
"I pray that you fix the mess you made in this house and treat your family members the respect they deserve to get or else…" Sasuke paused.
"I will do something I will regret doing." Sasuke said in a deep cold voice which Gabe nodded as fast as he can. Sasuke then released Gabe and walked away while Gabe was in deep shock. Sasuke walked outside the house and noticed that Sally, Percy, and Naruto were waiting for him.
"Is everything alright with you and my son Gabe?" Sally asked in concern.
"Its fine Mrs. Jackson. He and I are just developing our friendship" Sasuke said in a nice way as he and the group went into Mrs. Jackson's car and drove to the beach house. When they arrived, Sasuke and Naruto noticed how beautiful the beach house was and the view of the ocean. They quickly set up their stuff in the house and both prepared the camp fire for Sally and Percy. Sally thanked the boys and cooked up steak for dinner. When dinner was ready, the group sat around the campfire and started eating the juicy steak.
"Man, this is good. You are a good cooker Mrs. Jackson" Naruto happily said as he ate.
"Oh, you are too kind. I am just a decent cooker." Sally said trying to dismiss the compliment.
"Mom, I was wondering. Who was my father?" Percy asked which brought silence for a brief moment before Percy's mother answered.
"Your father was a kind man." Sally started. She went on how Percy's father loved her, but already had a love. There were tense relationships here and there, but Sally responded in a good ending of how she was carrying his father's child.
"Percy.." Sally said which made Percy look up to him.
"Deep down, even when your father had another lover, he still cared for you and loves you in the bottom of his heart" Sally said in a gentle voice which brought comfort to him. After a pause, Sally tried to bring in more voices from Naruto and Sasuke.
"So Jin. Shin. How were your lives?" Sally asked. Before Sasuke answered, Naruto decided to respond first.
"I am an orphan Mrs. Jackson. My parents died when I was young." Naruto said while looking at the fire.
"Same as me Mrs. Jackson" Sasuke replied before also stating, "I lived a hard life as an orphan just like Jin here."
"Oh, I am sorry about that." Sally said in a sad tone. The group decided to head to bed early since it was close to midnight. While the group were sleeping, Naruto and Sasuke overheard thunder outside which made them confused.
"Is there ever thunder in a beach at night?" Naruto questioned. Sasuke shrugged as they overheard a knock in the door. The duo got up along with Percy and opened the door. In front of them was Grover was panting like crazy.
"What were you thinking you guys!" Grover yelled out as Percy stood in shock.
"Percy, what is going on?" Sally asked as she walked up to where the boys were.
"Percy we gotta go. Your in danger right now." Grover pleaded.
"What is going on? Percy, what does he mean your in danger?" Mrs. Jackson asked in a frantic way. Percy had no choice as he explained what happened in the museum as a creature attacked him and Naruto.
"The creature called the fury or whatever asked where the bolt was." Percy said which made Mrs. Jackson become pale.
"Lets go right now" Mrs Jackson said as she went back to the room and quickly got dressed.
"Whats going on mom? Who is after me?" Percy asked firing question after question.
"Percy, all I can say is that your father was a god and he has made a lot of enemies that have sent their minions to kill you" Sally said as she led the boys outside and locked the beach house. Percy then stood gaped as a fish as he was told one of the things he never knew while Sasuke took this fact normally. And Naruto….. Well lets just say he reverted to his moron self.
"Who in the what now" Naruto said in a blank face.
That is all guys. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I apologize as I can only submit once every week. Maybe during my spring break, I can post in more chapters. But I cannot be sure. Hope you had a great weekend guys and good luck with the start of the week.
