Good Enough

Summary: How the story of Percy Jackson would change if he was a girl and the reincarnation of a kunoichi who was killed by her best friend and brother? What if she still had all her memories, abilities and the demon fox stuck in her gut? FemNaru.

Just a warning: FemNaru, FemNaru-is-Percy, Reincarnation

I don't own Percy Jackson or Naruto, Rick Riordan and Masashi Kishimoto does!

Book 1: Aria Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Leo Valdez

Aria and Dionysus bowed their heads in submission while Hestia stared (Read: Glared) at them. They were standing in front of the Goddess who was sitting comfortably in a chair in the Poseidon' Cabin with her arms crossed. To make them more uncomfortable, she was in her adult body.

After Chiron announced when Aria and her friends would be leaving for their mission (Aria called it that, everyone else insisted on calling it a Quest), Hestia followed Aria up to Poseidon' Cabin and after almost an hour scolding the girl because of the way the green-eyed treated her cousin ("Really, Aria! You can't speak with a member of your family like you did and threaten them to dead is unacceptable no matter what Dionysus had said to you. You should have shown more respect, young lady" – Aria just nodded, not even trying to comment about how Hestia seemed to have forgotten the way the daughter of the sea had spoken with Zeus. Perhaps the goddess agreed with her?) and Annabeth ("I don't care if you like or dislike Athena's daughter, I want you to start acting like a responsible young lady you are and not like a brat!").

When Hestia was finally satisfied with everything she had said to the petite girl, she found a way to call Dionysus into the cabin and then started scolding him too for Aria delight since she wasn't the only being scolded by her Aunt ("If you want respect, you should treat others with respect! You can't just threaten your younger cousin like you did, doesn't matter she said or did. She's just a child and doesn't no better" – Aria was a little offended by this, but she didn't say anything. In a way, her Aunt was right since she was acting like a child towards Annabeth… Maybe she should stop comparing her to Sakura? Is not like the girl abused her like the pinkette did).

"I'm waiting." Both god and demigod winced.

She had begun to tap her foot to the ground impatiently... That was a bad sign.

Aria took a deep breath and turned her face towards Dionysus who seemed to be praying for someone to come and do something - anything - that would take him away from his Aunt. "I... I apologize..." Hestia's eyes narrowed and Aria almost pouted. Wasn't that enough for her Aunt? "I should never have reacted that way, my..." The girl grimaced. "...my most beloved cousin..." Dionysus looked like he wanted to puke at that moment. And she understood his reaction, she felt the same way. She had already decided that Hermes was her favorite cousin. "I will never ever threaten you to death again with my eyes or whatever..." She frowned for a second as Kurama muttered something in her mind, repeating the fox words in hope that it would work. "And say... or do anything that might disgrace the honorable name of our family and, above all, my beloved father. Because family is themost precious thing that exists in this world..." Aria almost gave a silly grin as she said those last words. Kurama had said that was a great way of making Hestia less angry with her. And by the smile in her Aunt' face, it was working.

Hestia nodded satisfied and glared at Dionysus, waiting for him to say anything. The god didn't even see her doing that since he was glaring at Aria.

Danm that brat of his cousin! She had stolen his idea! He was going to make a speech similar to the one she just gave.

Now what?

"I… apologize… There was no reason for me to say those things… I… I was just too stressed because of everything that had been happening."

Aria raised an eyebrow. That was the best he could say? The god almost growled at her, knowing what she was thinking. It wasn't his fault she stole his perfect speech to make Hestia less angry with him.

"I promise you… I won't do something like that again…" Hestia raised an eyebrow. "I mean, ever again." He sighed in relief as Hestia nodded her head satisfied. "I hope… with all my heart… that it will never happen again!" Dionysus placed a hand in his chest looking rather pained and dramatic. Were all the members of her family a bunch of weirdos? Kurama snorted and muttered something like 'Look who's talking…' making her sigh. The fox had a point.

The two cousins grimaced and hugged each other though it was difficult to say who was looking sicker than the other.

Hestia smiled. "Now, see? It wasn't so bad."

The cousins just stared at her with disbelief.

Hestia clapped her hands and smiled at Aria. "Have you packed yet sweetheart?"

Aria sweat dropped. Is not like I had the chance to pack with you scolding me, Auntie…

Shaking her head, Aria created two clones. She crossed her arms and watched in silence as the two walked from one side to the other picking up some scrolls - which she knew it would be essential to her mission (Quest - whatever) - and putting them inside her backpack.

Dionysus and Hestia looked at each other and turned their attention to the clones. There was not a single person in the camp who didn't ask Aria about how she could create those clones which allowed her to be the perfect of example of "One Man Army". But instead of giving a full explanation, she just smiled and then would say 'Bless the Nidaime' soul for the creation of the Shadow Clones'. Nobody could understand and most gave up trying to figure out what she meant. But one thing was clear, Aria loved to make them all confused, frustrated and angry if her expression as she said that was any indication.

When one of the clones gave her the backpack, she sealed it in the pal of her hand and made a few hands seals before smiling when a flak jacket appeared over her shirt. It was the same flak jacket that all Jonin wore back in Konoha; the only difference was that her jacket was black and not green (Aprodite' Cabin refused to make it green for some motive). It had three scroll pouches on each side of the chest for scrolls, medicine, and others ninja tools. For protection, there was a neck guard and extra padding over the shoulders (which is fastened on by steel buttons). There was also a zipped middle and the symbol of Uzushiogakure was integrated onto the back of the jacket (This always made her angry when she was in Konoha. Those people walked around with the symbol of her Clan on their backs but they didn't even know about the ties Konoha had with the village before it had been destroyed).

"Finished!" Aria grinned.

"And what… Are you taking with you?" Dionysus asked.

He was really curious to know. This demigod could do things that no one else could… He blinked his eyes. Maybe she knew how to give him wine without his father knowing?

Thunder boomed.

He looked up exasperated.

"Let me see… I have five hundred dollars and ninety golden drachmas -"

Hestia interrupted her. "And where did you get five hundred dollars and ninety golden drachmas?" Aria grinned and pointed to Dionysus who was looking rather depressed as he muttered something that sounded like 'Bets… Tyche… Lucky… Cheater… Never again…'.

The goddess looked at her nephew and face palmed. She should have known…

"Anyway… I have shurikens, kunais, a few clothes, my first-aid kit, scrolls and ink –" They didn't even try to ask why she needed it. "A few volumes of Inuyasha so I can read it when there's nothing to do, senbons that has poison on it –"

"Where did you get poison?" Hestia asked with a blank expression. She knew that the weapons her niece had with her had been made by her relatives of the Hephaestus Cabin that were more than happy to help their distant cousin… But poison?

Aria stared not seeing what was wrong with it. She just knew the basics but they were really useful.

"The Nymphs showed me the plants I needed to make it... They were a little different from the ones I knew, but the effect is the same."

"You know how to make poison?" Dionysus asked. "Since when?"

Aria blinked confused. "It is basic education and since I was eight…"

Basic education for a Genin maybe. A Genin in the Elemental Nations, but not a child in this world. You're getting too comfortable with them, kit. You are starting to forget that you have been reincarnated and that they don't know about it. Kurama said slowly as if he had expected something like this would happen.

Aria bit her lip realizing her mistake and smiled a little uncomfortable. "S-So! I-I too packed food and a few maps."

Dionysus and Hestia narrowed their eyes and Aria whimpered. She was sure they would try and make her talk. But she just didn't know how to explain why an eight years old child needed to learn about the art of poison. Is not like she could tell them that Kurama had thought it was good idea after a civilian tried to kill her using poison (not that it worked since Kurama had healed her).

Dionysus opened his mouth to question her, but was interrupted by Will that opened the door and looked inside the cabin with a little of hesitation. "Aria, are you ready to go?"

Will froze and looked at the two gods present, flinching with pure fear when the two narrowed their eyes in his direction. The boy didn't run away like he wanted but, in that moment, he prayed that his father wouldn't let him be killed and too thought if it would be a good thing to curse Clarisse for making him coming here.

"Will, you're my savior!" Aria yelled with a big grin in her face as she pulled the son of Apollo into the Cabin and hugging him like he had just saved her life.

And for a strange reason, Will thought that the true wasn't too different from it.

"Y-You're welcome -!"

Hestia sighed. "Sweetheart, let him go… The poor boy can't breathe."

Aria blinked and looked at Will that was starting to get purple… No… He was green now.

"I-I'm sorry! Will, you can't die! You have a bright future ahead! Will! Talk to me!"

Hestia and Dionysus face palmed as they watched Aria cry and shake the son of Apollo that was looking sick because of the force she was using. Maybe they should help?

They looked at each other and shrugged.

Nah… Let him suffer a little.

00

After saying goodbye to Hestia and Dionysus, Will and Aria met their friends at the strange pine tree which Aria was starting to believe to have some connected to the Limbo, though she didn't have any proof to confirm her suspicions. Chiron was also there (sitting in his wheelchair for some reason) alongside Argus who smiled and waved cheerfully when he saw Aria. The girl had always found time to visit him since she got to the camp and he really liked her. She was a good friend.

Crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow, Aria stared at Argus with amusement in her face. He was looking rather important and serious with his chauffeur's uniform. Seeing her look, he bowed and smiled making the green-eyed girl clap her hands as if she was a little kid who just saw a magic show or something similar.

"Cute." She grinned when he blushed and scratched the back of his head embarrassed.

Chiron chuckled. "I think you all already know him, but this is Argus." Argus nodded. "He will drive you into the city, and, er, keep an eye on things."

Aria raised an eyebrow confused. Was he saying that because of the amount of eyes Argus had? Was this some type of joke? She didn't think it was funny…

Kit, the blonde boy is coming. Aria was ready to ask the fox about who he was talking about when she heard footsteps behind her.

Turning around, the black haired girl saw Luke running up the hill, carrying a pair of basketball shoes which Aria was sure wasn't normal. Blinking her eyes and focusing a little of chakra to enhance her senses, Aria frowned when she noted that Son of Hermes wasn't alone. If he knew or not that Annabeth was there, she wasn't sure.

Though, she couldn't feel surprised at this. Aria had been sure the girl was going to follow them on way or another. After she had made sure that she didn't want Annabeth in the mission (Quest – whatever!) the blonde had a look in her eyes that Aria had seen before in Shikamaru Nara' face. The boy had been the best strategist she had ever encountered and he had that same look when he was playing Go or Shogi.

Aria hummed and shook her head when Will placed a hand in her shoulder and pointed to the footprints he was seeing in the ground.

Even if the princess wanted to go, Aria wasn't going to let her. Four demigods in this mission was enough. If the blonde followed them, she would end being more a liability then help. Though Aria did want Annabeth to learn when she could break the rules and when she should just stay behind and do as she was told.

But she won't let her come. Not when there was the risk of her dying.

Annoying or not… Distant related or not… She's family. Aria thought as she shook her head. I will never let my family die if I can stop it.

Kurama grumbled displeased. He had wanted Aria to let the girl follow her. It would be a good way to get rid of the brat.

"Hey," Luke panted. "Glad I caught you." He smiled as he looked at Aria who was just staring at him, waiting for him to say what he wanted. "Just wanted to say good luck and I thought… um, maybe you could use these." He handed Aria the sneakers, which she was sure that there was something wrong with them.

How she could explain it? Aria felt like there was a type of… Compulsion? Yes, there was a compulsion on it.

"Maia!" Luke said.

Aria blinked her eyes surprised and dropped the sneakers when white bird's wings sprouted out of the heels. The black haired girl stared at the shoes as they flapped around on the ground until the wings folded up and disappeared.

She gave a hum as Clarisse took the shoes and stared at them with a curious expression.

Really, she should have expected something like this. Wasn't her Cousin Hermes the one with the flying sandals?

"Cool…!" Will muttered impressed with a glint in his eyes that showed his desire to be the first one to use those shoes.

Not that Aria would let him. Not till she found out what was the purpose of that compulsion.

Luke smiled. "Those served me well when I was on my quest. Gift from dad. Of course, I don't use them much these days…" Aria raised an eyebrow when his expression turned sad.

Her friends looked at her as if expecting her to say something. She sighed. "Thank you Luke…" They nodded satisfied making her roll her eyes. Were they taking lessons from her Aunt?

"Listen, Aria…" Luke looked uncomfortable. "A lot of hopes are riding on you. So just... kill some monsters for me, okay?"

Kurama snorted. The boy is a good actor. What do think?

Aria tilted her head a little. Since he gave me those shoes… There's now 90% of him being a traitor or spy. More like a traitor that is a spy too.

"Ok." Aria said as she shook Luke hand.

As he did the same with her friends, Aria turned her attention to Annabeth narrowing her eyes before looking at Argus that placed an arm around her shoulders with a grin in his face. The black haired girl laughed as he jingled his car keys as they walked in direction of a white SUV that was waiting for them on the shoulder of the road.

"Hey, Ari! Can I stay with them?" Will asked like a little kid on sugar rush as he walked next to her, showing the shoes. "Since you're Poseidon' daughter, I doubt you could use it."

Aria frowned. "I… Well…" She made a pause, thinking of how she could stop him from use it. After a few seconds she found a solution and sighed. "Is better if no one use it. I'm sure Luke meant well –" Kurama muttered a 'To who?' "- but it will call too much attention."

Will sighed disappointed as Silena pated his shoulder with a small smile in her face. "Is alright Will, you can always use it when we get back to the camp."

Wanting to see the shoes, Clarisse pushed Will, laughing when the blonde lost his balance and fell on top of Silena that seemed a little confused. As if she didn't know if she wanted to be embarrassed with what was going on or if she wanted to be angry with her friend. The daughter of Ares laughed at them and took the shoes, looking at them with a glint in her eyes that showed she was going to use them, it didn't matter what Aria said.

Chiron shook his head at the three demi-gods that started to yell at each other. He turned his attention to Aria and gave her a small smile. "I should have trained you better, Aria," Aria frowned.

What he was talking about? She had been trained already and what Chiron had done till now had been enough for her to reach to an acceptable level. She still needed to train more, but Aria was proud to say that she had already reached a good high C-Rank to low B-Rank and she would reach her old High A-Rank in no time. Maybe she could even get to S-Rank?

"If only I had more time…" He shook his head. "Hercules, Jason –they all got more training."

Aria smiled. "Is all right; Chiron. We will be fine."

He nodded and blinked his eyes. "What am I thinking?" Chiron cried. "I can't let you get away without this."

He pulled a pen from his coat pocket and handed it to Aria. It was an ordinary disposable ballpoint, black ink, removable cap. As Chiron handed it to Aria, she looked at the pen with a thoughtful expression in her face.

That pen was familiar…

Hey, kit! Isn't the same pen that you used in the museum? The one that could transform into a sword? Aria nodded. Looking at the pen, she was sure that it was the one that she had used to vaporize the old hag of Mrs. Dodds.

"Aria," She turned her attention to Chiron. "that's a gift from your father. I've kept it for years, not knowing you were who I was waiting for. But the prophecy is clear to me now. You are the one." Chiron stated.

Aria grinned and squealed at the thought of her father giving her a present. Jumping like a little child, she took off the cap, and the pen grew longer and heavier in her hand. In a few seconds, it had turned into a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip, and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs.

She tilted her head, humming. Aria hadn't noted it before – maybe because she was itching to use Yagura' staff again at the time – but the sword felt right in her hand.

Now she just needed to find a good fighting style that would fit it.

"The sword has a long and tragic history that we need not go into," Chiron told her. "Its name is Anaklusmos."

"Riptide." Aria translated as she played with the sword.

"Use it only for emergencies," Chiron said, "and only against monsters. No hero should harm mortals unless absolutely necessary, of course, but this sword wouldn't harm them in any case."

So it is useless. Aria ignored the fox who snorted.

"Why wouldn't it harm mortals? It is a sword right?" Aria asked not wanting to think of how Kurama had just insulted something her father had given to her.

"The sword is celestial bronze. Forged by the Cyclopes, tempered in the heart of Mount Etna, cooled in the River Lethe. It's deadly to monsters, to any creature from the Underworld, provided they don't kill you first. But the blade will pass through mortals like an illusion. They simply are not important enough for the blade to kill. And I should warn you: as a demigod, you can be killed by either celestial or normal weapons. You are twice as vulnerable."

Kurama growled at this. Kit, get rid of this sword before I do it myself. I'll not let it be the reason that you got hurt or worse.

Aria placed the sword close to her body and shook her head. No way! My father gave it to me!

Kurama started to scream at her and, to make him shut up – and to annoy him –, she started to sing 'Embrace The Très Bien Moi'. She grinned when it worked since she really didn't want to try and block his connectionher. She couldn't hold Kurama for too long and if she did block his connection with her,he would break the small barrier she created between her and him and he would demand the destruction of the sword.

Now that he was silent, she could a plan a way to convince him to let her stay with the sword. She really hopped, whatever the plan was, that it would work because the last thing Aria wanted was the destruction of a present her father gave to her.

"Aria? Do you understand what I just told you?" She took a deep breath and nodded. "Now, recap the pen." She touched the pen cap to the sword tip and instantly Riptide shrank to a ballpoint pen again. As she sealed it,Chiron told her how she couldn't lose the blade ("The pen will come back to you" He told her after she refused to throw the pen as far as she could so he could show her that it would reappear in her pocket or whatever was the place she had placed the pen).

Aria thanked the centaur and looked at the place she knew Annabeth was standing. She opened her mouth to speak but paled when she felt a pulse of power – the same way she always felt when Kurama was controlling her body – and then, before she could react, a scream of terror was heard. In the next moment, it was possible to see Annabeth rolling in the ground and holding her head.

"Caterpillars! Hugs! Sunset! It doesn't go away!"

Chiron placed himself next to her and touched Annabeth that wouldn't stop talking about sunsets and caterpillars.

Kurama, what did you do?

What? I was angry and needed to relieve it! Didn't you hear the girl, kit? It was the Sunset! And he started to laugh making Aria sweatdrop at how crazy he sounded.

The green-eyed girl shivered and hugged herself at the thought of the Sunset came to her. She turned around to join the others in the car, not wanting to stay next to Annabeth if it meant she had to be reminded of the Sunset and it effect on people (The illusion was like the perfect torture created). Aria ignored how she hadn't even noted how her friends had left her behind so she could talk to Chiron, she just continued to walk, praying to any god or goddess that would hear her so that Annabeth wouldn't end in a hospital for crazy people (What was the name of those places anyway?), the girl was family and Aria would feel guilty if the girl ended there because of something Kurama had done to her.

Before Aria took her place in the seat next to Argus, she looked back for a moment to see that Chiron was still next to Annabeth and now, Dionysus too was there looking rather horrified because of something.

Aria shook her head as she shivered again knowing that the God must have seen what had made Annabeth scream like… Well, as if someone had just told her that she couldn't read or study anymore.

Anyway, Aria didn't wish the Sunset even for her worst enemy.

I pity her… Annabeth will never see a Sunset the same way…

00

Argus drove them out of the countryside and into the western Long Island. Aria was reading her manga, Clarisse and Will were humming to themselves (Aria didn't recognize most of the songs, but she knew that one of them was an AC/DC' song if she wasn't wrong) and Silena was looking at the window as if searching for something interesting.

How long do you think this peaceful travel is going to last? Aria pursed her lips at this.

Not very long if her luck had anything to do with it.

After all, most missions – important missions that's it – that start peaceful, always end having some type of powerful enemy. Of course Aria was aware that this time the enemy, for now anyway, was her Uncle Hades (and maybe her Uncle Zeus – she had the feeling that he would try something) and that he would more likely sent his minions after her and the others.

Sighing, Aria looked up, giving a small pray to her Cousin Hermes so the travel wouldn't end in a disaster.

She snorted. Who she was trying to fool? Of course it would end with disaster. If not, a disaster would happen.

Hey, kit! Kurama said in a too sweet voice to her liking. The daughter of Poseidon frowned. About the sword ~ Maybe you should just give it to me, I can destroy it for you. She flinched at how his voice changed then. It made her remember that Kurama was a demon, and even if he didn't want to hurt her (Kurama was always looking after her wellbeing after all), his words seemed to stab her heart without compassion. After all, it could be just a way for your precious daddy to get you killed.

Forgetting that she wasn't alone in the car, Aria bowed her head depressed, clenching her fits as she did so. Y-You can't destroy the sword! And it is not true! Dad would never want me dead.

Oh yes, because fathers figures had been so good to you, kit. She flinched.

She took a deep breath. A-Anyway! What rank would you classify this mission?

Kurama hummed clearly displeased with the change of subject.

A-Rank. She grinned and shook her head. It couldn't be so difficult. Oh, yeah. You said the same thing about your first A-Rank mission.

Aria pouted at the reminder.

After a long list of D-Rank Missions (which she broke the record – 205 Missions – by using her Shadow Clones) and various C-Rank Missions, Aria had gotten bored and when she heard about how Shisui was going to a dangerous mission outside of the village, she had asked to go with him. When the Uchiha refused (through the civilian council was more the willing if it meant that she could get herself killed), Aria followed him with Kurama hiding her presence from him. After, it was a simple A-Rank mission and in her mind, nothing could go wrong.

When the Uchiha found about her, it was too late. He couldn't send her back to the village and he really needed to finish his mission. She was almost killed at the mission and it had been the first time she had used Kurama chakra, but they finished it protected the son of the Damiyo as they were meant to.

No one – from the council anyway - found out about her going to the mission, Shisui had made sure of it and even Itachi had helped. But after that, the Sandaime made sure that her ANBU guard would never lose her again. After all, they couldn't let the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, the Uzumaki heir and daughter of the Yondaime' die so young, before she had even made the village stronger or before she gave them an heir.

W-Whatever! Aria sniffed.

Beside her, Argus was sure that he could see a dark cloud above her head. Was… Was it his imagination or there was rain coming from the cloud?

Dramatic much…

The fox sweatdropped. Kit, one Shodai is enough. Stop acting like the tree hugger idiot.

You're so mean –

Kurama puffed his chest proudly. Thank you. I try.

The Shodai was awesome. She said, as if Kurama hadn't interrupted her.

No. He wasn't. He was one hell of an annoying idiot.

Taking her attention out of Kurama, Aria sealed her manga and looked at the window.

The traffic slowed them down in Queens and by the time they got into Manhattan it was sunset and was starting to rain. Argus dropped them at the Greyhound Station on the Upper East Side, not too far from the apartment where Aria and her mother lived.

Aria frowned as she thought about her mother. Since she knew Sally had just been kidnapped, she could seize the opportunity that she was going to her Uncle's Realm to look for her... Or she could just ask your uncle freed Sally?

Aria sighed and rubbed her temple.

How do you bargain with someone who is not only the God of Death but also the God of Wealth? Is that even possible?

Shaking her head, Aria looked around to see that Argus had already unloaded her friends' bags – they had refused to let her seal them away for an unknown reason –. He then got the bus tickets and handed them to Silena before ruffling Aria hair and driving away. Aria noted, as she waved her hands in good-bye, that he had the eye on the back of his neck open, staring at her and the group as he drove away, as if he wanted to make sure that they were fine.

Clarisse shouldered her backpack and placed one of her hands in her wrist. "So… What we are going to do?"

Aria shrugged as Will seated into a familiar position. Aria stared at him for a moment with narrowed eyes till she rolled her eyes. He was making a perfect imitation of 'The Thinker'. Wasn't the sculptor – Auguste Rodin – his older brother? Or was he a legacy of Apollo? She couldn't remember.

Silena clapped her hands together making the trio look at her.

"What about a game?"

Clarisse grimaced. "No thank you." She pointed to Aria. "She never loses."

"It is not true! I lost one time." Her friends gave her a deadpan look. "Ok… I decided to quit that game because I was hungry and wanted ramen… But still!"

"Maybe we could do twenty questions or something?" Silena nodded and raised her one of her hands gracefully.

"I'll start!" She turned to Aria. "Who was your first crush?"

Aria blinked her eyes at the question, but since Silena was a daughter of Aphrodite, the sea princess couldn't feel surprised by what she heard. Aria tilted her head in thought.

Hey Kurama –

No!

She pouted. You don't even know what I was going to ask.

Yes I do. You don't know who was your first crush and you want me to tell you.

Oh? So you know who it was! Who?

Kurama growled and muttered a few cursed, some of them Aria had never heard in her life (both of them), and then he started to threatened someone to dead before he answered, Aria repeating what he said when he finished speaking. Of course, she didn't insult call the boy a… Well… The words the fox used weren't the nicest descriptions you could find.

She didn't know Kurama could be so creative!

"Genma Shiranui."

"Strange name." Clarisse muttered while Silena clapped her hands like a little kid in Christmas. She was ready to make more questions since she wanted to know more about this Genma, but Will interrupted her.

"My turn." The daughter of Aphrodite glared at him though he ignored her in favor of looking at Clarisse.

"Is true that you always sleep with a blue teddy bear called Jay-Jay?"

Clarisse blushed and clenched her fists as she glared at Will who grinned. "Yes." She growled. "How do you know that anyway?!"

Will smirked. "The Stolls and I have a long list of blackmail on everyone. I just wanted to hear you admit it." He made a pause. "Well, not everyone. We just can't find anything on Aria."

Aria tilted her head while Clarisse and Silena sweatdropped.

"Aha! So I was right! You three have been stalking me!" Aria exclaimed before seeing the looks they were sending her. "I always know when someone is following me. Anyway, I sent various clones to distract my stalkers but they were good, I could never see who it was. Though I was starting to get suspicious that it was Will and the Stolls because they were always planning something and looking at me."

Will puff his chest; feeling rather proud that Aria couldn't find them. "I manipulated the light so you couldn't see us. Is an ability I got from dad. It is called Photokinesis."

"I thought you could just use Vitakinesis." Silena muttered while Aria and Clarisse nodded.

"Nope!" He grinned. "I'm the first of my dad's children in nearly a century that was born with it."

"So… What you can do with it?" Clarisse asked.

This ability had to be good so Aria couldn't find Will and the Stolls. The girl was like a hawk. Her eyes could find almost anything.

"I can create light shields, project healing energies – which, by the way, is different from Vitakinesis –, I can make blasts of light to impale or blind my enemies for some time, I can concentrate light particles into lasers I can become invisible, and I can create illusions or hallucinations… I think is just that."

Aria groaned and facepalmed making her friends turn their attention to her. "I suck at illusions and your trick of becoming invisible is a type of illusion!"

It was true, she was already bad with illusions created by chakra (but those she knew how to dissipate it), the ones made by the mist she could deal with Kurama's help, but those illusions that were more or less tricks of light? She could do nothing about it!

Silena smiled and patted Aria' shoulder. "Is good to know you're not invincible Aria."

Sea-green eyes blinked as the black haired girl looked at them. "Wait, what are you talking about?"

Clarisse snorted. "Ninja Girl, everyone in the camp was starting to believe that you were some kind of super hero that didn't have weakness. What Silena means is that good to know that you are normal."

Aria rolled her eyes.

She was full of weakness and faults. Is just that most of the things she had done in the camp weren't too challenging and more than half of the demigods there were too weak to fight against her.

She was powerful yes, but most of the powers she had come from Kurama.

This time, the fox was the one who snorted. Keep saying that, maybe both of us will start to believe it.

The four friends continued to talk and ask their questions till the bus arrived. But as they were standing in line to board, Aria grimaced. She sniffed the air and looked around with narrowed eyes. Silena, who was standing next to her saw the action and, knowing about the green-eyed girl heightened senses, placed a hands in the placed she had hidden her knifes.

With one of her hands, Silena made a signal (A sign language Aria had taught to them – something called ANBU Code) to Will and Clarisse leaving the message clear: Keep alert, there's something wrong here.

Aria rubbed her temple, feeling a headache coming.

Maybe she shouldn't have thought about how things could go wrong. Now look at it! The trip was going to go wrong.

With a sigh, Aria boarded the bus along her friends who she could see were getting more and more worried. Will fingers were twitching as if he was ready to take the new toy his father gave him for this guest and use it (Aria was really curious to know what it was), Silena looked like a madwoman as she kept looking everywhere and Clarisse looked like she just wanted to kill something and have a good fight if the bloodthirsty smirk in her face was any indication.

As the last passengers got on, Clarisse was almost jumping and Silena was holding her arm with trembling hands. "Aria…"

Aria turned her head and narrowed her eyes. An old lady boarded the bus and it didn't take long for Aria to see that she wasn't just an old lady.

Kit –

I noticed.

That old lay – who was wearing a crumpled velvet dress, lace groves, and shapeless orange-knit hat that shadowed her face – was her old teacher Mrs. Dodds.

And the hag some back! Aria lips twitched. Her uncle needed to find some employers more fashionable and less old and ugly…

He is the God of Death.

And the God of Wealthy. Why everyone always forget it?

Kurama rolled his eyes, but she had a point there. The hag and the hellhounds didn't give the God the best of the images.

Behind Mrs. Dodds, came two more old ladies; one wearing a purple hat and the other wearing a green hat. Aria really wanted to snort, but a glare from Silena stopped her.

Will started to play with his necklace, the present his father gave him, which had a silver bow on it. He narrowed his eyes as the old hag and her sisters – or so Aria thought – sat in the front row, right behind the driver. He looked around and Aria recognized the act as the son of Apollo trying to find an exit or something that he could use against the triplet hags from hell.

Maybe he could find something to use against them but an exist on other hand… Aria shook her head.

Two of the hags, the ones on the aisle, crossed their legs over the walkway, making an X and the message wasn't too difficult to understand: Nobody leaves.

"So… Er… Any plan?" Silena asked, getting a little nervous with the prospect of dealing with one of the hags.

"We'll smash them!" Clarisse grinned.

Aria smirked. "Wow, I didn't know you were related to Hulk, Clarisse." The daughter of Ares blushed and glared at Aria who ignored her.

"How do you kill one of the Furies?" Will asked, not really expecting to get an answer. But Aria gave one anyway as she played with her pen, which they hadn't seen her get it.

"We could always burn them, maybe I could cut one of them in half while you guys deal with the others…" She looked at him with a deadpan expression. "Sunshine, I can give you a long list of how we can kill them."

Will gave her a glare at the nickname. "I was being rhetorical, Pixie." Aria narrowed her eyes.

She knew she was small for her age and that most people liked to compare her to porcelain doll, but it didn't mean she liked to her anyone making a comment about the height.

"Guys! Now is not the time for this!" Silena said exasperated. "Please."

Clarisse looked up as if asking for patience as Will and Aria crossed their arms like little kids and refused to look to one another. She shook her head and blinked her eyes seeing a boy sitting not too far from where they were. And the interesting part, he was looking at the hags with narrowed eyes as if he knew that they weren't human.

Looking at his hands, she noted that he had them inside his backpack, and if she really tried to, she could see something big there.

A weapon?

"Guys? I think I just found a Demigod." She hoped he was one, it would be embarrassing if she was wrong.

"Who?" Silena asked, not seeing anyone familiar there so it meant it was someone that didn't go to the camp yet.

Clarisse pointed to the boy. "The elf lookalike."

Aria looked at the boy who was almost jumping from his seat. He truly looked like an elf. He had curly black hair; dark brown eyes, pointy ears, a cheerful babyish face – which was rather serious at the moment – and he had a look in his eyes that made him look like he had taken too much caffeine then the normal limit.

Creating a small ball of water and then transforming it into ice, Aria threw in the boy head. Startled, the elf boy jumped and looked around, ready to defend himself if needed.

"Aria, what the hell are you doing?" Clarisse asked.

"He'll come with us." Aria said.

The boy was powerful; she could feel his dormant powerful from where she was sitting. It won't be a good idea to let him walking around alone, even if seemed like he was used to fighting monsters.

When the boy turned his attention to them, narrowing his eyes with distrust, Aria waved to him. Telling him to come and sit next to her. He stared at her and neither of them blinked for a long time till he nodded to himself satisfied. Though, he didn't move from where he was, shaking his head as he turned his attention to the three hags and then looked at her.

Pursing her lips, Aria sighed and nodded. He had the right idea there.

It would be better to not call their attention.

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The rest of the ride was made in silence with Will or Aria making a few jokes to try – a failing – to ease the mood. And as they entered the Lincoln Tunnel, Aria body tensed and the others started to get alert. The elf boy too didn't look too different and, if she wasn't hallucinating (which she doubted it was the case), he had a small ball of fire in his hands.

How ironic. I'm water, he's fire. She shook her head. What do they say? Opposites attract.

Kurama snarled in disgust. Kit, stop with this nonsense and pay attention to the hags.

She frowned at the amount of animosity, but did so.

"I hate the dark …" Will muttered; flinching as the bus went dark except for the running lights down the aisle.

Mrs. Dodds got up and in a flat voice, as if she'd rehearsed it, she announced to the whole bus. "I need to use the rest-room."

"Please don't." Silena said in a low voice, almost a whisper.

"So do I," said the old hag number two.

"So do I," said the old hag number three.

They all started coming down the aisle.

"Will, can you make your tricks with the light?" Aria asked her the blonde who shook his head.

"No, is too dark."

Aria lips turned into a tin line as she tried to make a plan. But it wasn't easy! She was better making traps and disarming them (She got it from Hephaestus or so his children said), she wasn't a strategist!

In front of their eyes, the hags started to change. Their faces were still the same, which couldn't get any uglier (though, by the expression on Silena's face, she thought it could), but their bodies had shriveled into leathery brown hag bodies with bat's wings and hands and feet like gargoyle claws and their handbags had turned into fiery whips.

I want one of those whips! It would be a cool spoil of war…

Not the time, kit!

The three hags lashed their whips as continued to walk. With her peripheral vision, Aria could see the elf boy getting out of his seat, looking around and then grinning to himself as if he had just made a plan.

Good thing, since Aria couldn't think of nothing that wouldn't end with the death of almost everyone in the bus. And she said almost, because Kurama wouldn't let her die. He didn't care about the rest.

Happy that you know.

Even if she didn't know what this plan was about, Aria decided to help a little. And what better way to help than distracting the hags?

"Hey, Hag number one." The hag number three tilted her head. "Not you, the other one." She pointed to the Fury in question; ignoring the way the hag narrowed her eyes. "Can we help you?"

Silena facepalmed, Will groaned and Clarisse bowed her head praying to her father for patience because the girl was giving her a big headache. The elf boy, on other hand, stopped what he was doing to look at Aria with wide eyes which were shining with amusement.

"Where is it? Where?" Hag number one hissed making Aria thank the mist. It wouldn't do if the passengers started to panic.

To her exasperation, the other passengers on the bus were screaming, cowering in their seats.

Ok, so the mist wasn't working as it should because they could see that something was happening.

"Not with me." Aria grinned when the three hags hissed. "Can't we just sit down, and talk about it?" She dodged a whip. "Ok, maybe not…"

"You think…?" Clarisse deadpanned.

The hags threw themselves at them. Will was the first to react to everyone surprise; he touched his necklace and, at the same time, opened one of the many pockets of his pants. Aria watched with fascination as the necklace transformed into a silver pyramid bow. From his pocket he took some type o blade that was placed into the bow as if it was an arrow and, in a flash of light, the blade increased it size and was transformed into an arrow.

Will let the arrow go, which not just parted in three but sent the Furies flying. The elf boy dodged one of the hags and, ignoring the driver, he took possession of the wheel of the bus. As result of his actions, the bus ended slamming against the side of the tunnel, grinding metal, and throwing sparks a mile behind them.

The bus careened out of the Lincoln Tunnel and back into the rainstorm, people and monsters were tossed around the bus, cars plowed aside like bowling pins. The bus shot off the highway, through half a dozen traffic lights, and ended up barreling down one of those New Jersey rural roads.

Aria grinned. It was like one of those tourists journey!

Kit!

Ok, ok, not the time. I heard you the first time. The fox groaned.

I don't think you did.

Aria looked at her left where she could see the woods and by her right and she could even see the Hudson River.

Will shoot again, but the Furies dodged (Was it her impression, or the hags were stronger than Mrs. Dodds in the museum?). Seeing this, the elf boy cursed before hitting the emergency brake, ignoring the screams of the driver that seemed like he would have a heart attack at any second.

The bus wailed, spun a full circle on the wet asphalt, and crashed into the trees. The emergency lights came on. The door flew open. The bus driver was the first one out, the passengers yelling as they stampeded after him. The boy gave a relieved sigh and looked to see one the Furies with her back to him and facing Aria who glaring at the hag. Looking behind Aria, he saw that Clarisse was in the middle of the hallway with one of the last Furies, while Silena and Will surrounded the last one in the end of the bus.

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As the Fury attacked with her whip, Clarisse cursed and took a three-section staff from her overcoat, dodging the hag.

The three-section staff had been Aria idea and the girl had taught the daughter of Ares how to use it. It was a weapon easy to hide and it techniques were similar to that of the staff, so spinning moves over the head and behind the back, such as helicopter spins and neck rolls (which Clarisse seemed to be fond of), could be practiced. Other techniques that could be used with the three section staff were the ones Clarisse was making use of at the moment, using it as a simple short chain (so she could stop the hag from hitting her with her whip), a whip (Much like her spear, the staff was surrounded by electricity and by the way the hag she was fighting was flinching, it hurt) and as a two section staff. All in all, Clarisse was using her weapon as an extension of her arms, was striking, flailing, blocking, and anything else she could do with it.

Hitting the Fury the face and making her lose her balance, Clarisse jumped while using the shoulders of the hag as a means of getting behind the Fury. With another fast movement, she placed her staff around the hag's neck and grinned as the electricity around her weapon increased.

The Fury gave a pained and ugly scream as Clarisse held the two ends of the staff with one hand and then took a knife from inside her boots, stabbing the hag and watching with satisfaction as it disappeared in front of her.

She gave a cocky smirk. "Too easy."

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Narrowing her eyes, Silena dodged the whip of the Fury who seemed to scream in frustration. Behind the Fury, she saw Will preparing his arrow. This had been their silent plan. She would distract and injury the Fury with her knifes and then, when it last expected, Will would kill it. Though, now she wished that they had made other type of plan.

She cursed and jumped, her lips twitching as she kicked the Fury in the chest. As the Fury lost it balance, Silena saw the Fury's eyes widening as she took a few knifes and threw them in the monster legs, cutting it off. Placing herself in a tense form, watching as the Fury fell to the ground, Silena narrowed her eyes ready to act if the monster tried something.

She proved right when the Fury raised her whip, but before either of them could do something, Will placed himself next the Fury, an arrow pointed to it face.

"Did you forget about me?" He asked with a smile, letting go of the arrow that pierced the Fury chest who ended stuck where it was and couldn't move anymore.

Knowing that Will's powers had weakened – and his arrows wouldn't kill (hurt yes, but not kill) any monster till he had got his strength back, Silena threw four knifes making the Fury scream in agony. She sighed when the monster disappeared and looked at Will with narrowed eyes.

She had literally fought the Fury alone. And Will? He did almost nothing!

"You planed this." He smiled a little uncomfortable, raising his hands when she pointed one of her knifes at him. "You lazy bas –" She was interrupted by a loud hiss was heard.

Looking at where Aria, Silena could hear the disgust in voice of the black haired girl who was, apparently, grimacing as she talked. "Can you stop doing that!" The daughter of Poseidon exclaimed as the Fury hissed. "Is creep! The only one I know that do it is a freak pedophile that look like an albino snake with black hair!"

The elf boy grimaced as if he couldn't imagine something like that. "Where the hell did you meet someone like that?"

Aria shook her head. "You don't want to know." She pinched her nose. "I had thirty two baths after he touched me."

Not liking that they were being ignored, or maybe they just didn't like being compared to a pedophile, the Fury hissed again, baring it yellow fangs at the daughter of Poseidon who just called the monster 'Ugly' in Japanese (Silena was really happy that she had read that dictionary so she could understand the things Aria said sometimes). The Fury, ignoring the elf boy, walked in Aria direction like an animal stalking it prey.

The Elf boy, at first, looked insulted. He didn't seem to like the fact that he was being ignored, but he didn't do anything. Though, he seemed fascinated as the Fury flicked her whip, in which red flames danced along the barbed leather.

"Ariadnê Jackson, -" The Fury was interrupted.

"I know my name's beautiful, you don't need to keep saying that. Really, just don't say my name."

Silena really wanted to hit her behind her head for the comment. Did Aria need to keep making the Furies angrier?

The elf boy, on other hand, laughed as he stared at Aria with a glint in his eyes. Being her mother daughter, Silena translated the glint and smile as: Where this girl had been all my life?

Despite the situation, Silena couldn't help but chuckle. Well! How interesting!

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Aria resisted the urge to scream like a petulant child or to just run disgusted as the Fury hissed again. That action made her think of Orochimaru who had taken the Sandaime from her and to think of the Voldemort-wannabe made her shiver involuntarily. The man had hunted her dreams for a long time.

She frowned. And he's the reason Sasuke left the village.

The Fury continued to talk as id Aria hadn't even opened her mouth. "You have offended the gods. You shall die." Aria raised an eyebrow.

Offended? Who I offended?

The list is long. Though, I don't think you offended a god… She smiled. YetThe smile disappeared.

Aria sighed in defeat and tilted her head. Hey, I just noticed it, but this hag has an accent. Georgia I think…

Kit, pay attention to the hags not their accent.

Aria cleaned her throat. "No, thank you. I like my life. I can't die before meeting my dad, my older brother and… Well meeting all my relatives, the family is too big." She grinned happily at this and frowned. "And I want to get married… Yep, definitely getting married…"

Though, I have the slight impression that Kurama won't let me.

The fox nodded, looking as if that was the answer for all the unanswered questions about the universe. Not even in a million years. She sighed sadly.

The Fury hissed and Aria shook her head. "I asked you to stop doing that… How rude…" Aria lips turned into a thin line. "Hum… By the accent I think you're Mrs. Dodds… Yeah, you're Mrs. Dodds alright… You know, I liked you more when you were a math teacher." Aria said, pointing to the hag.

She saw the elf boy lips twitch. "Oh? A math teacher, really?" He hummed. "I see resemblance to one… Evil ones they are." He nodded his head sagely.

Aria grinned and uncapped her pen, throwing it up before holding the sword and pointing it to the hag who hesitated. Aria raised an eyebrow and hummed as she saw the effect the present her father gave her had in the hag.

Kurama sighed in her head and from the emotions he was projecting to her, the fox was feeling rather bored. I don't know why you don't use a jutsu…

She could have used a jutsu to, if she wasn't wrong (and she doubted she was), kill the hag more easily. But Aria there was the possibility that, if she used one of her jutsus, the bus would be destroyed and would kill all of them in the process.

Maybe you would kill your little friends. But you would survive. Kurama made a pause and gave a bloodthirsty grin that Aria decided to ignore. Why don't you try?

"Submit now," The hag hissed (Aria shivered and grimaced in disgust again. She really – really – hated it!). "And you will not suffer eternal torment."

"Hum… Sorry, no can do." Aria deadpanned.

Aria looked at the windows of the bus by the corner of her eyes frowned. Well, we're losing time here…

She sighed.

With a hiss, the hag moved and before any of Aria friends or the elf boy could react, it was in front of Aria who raised an eyebrow. The hag hand was already next the demigod neck, ready to choke the girl or something. But when the Fury fist closed, it grabbed into nothing. With wide eyes, the monster tried to react and t away from there, knowing that the girl would more likely kill it because of it careless. The Fury knew that the daughter of Poseidon was more powerful than the others demigods there, it had decided it by after the green-eyed girl had 'killed' it for the first time.

The Fury hissed in pain when a knee was ploughed into it stomach and it was throw up because of the force used in the move. The demigods present winced when they saw the foot print Aria had left in the ground when she jumped, reappearing just behind the Fury with her sword very.

Aria tilted her head and her eyes flashed for a moment before she stabbed the hag – who she was sure to be Mrs. Dodds – and it disappeared in front of her eyes.

Well, maybe this sword has it use.

Aria chuckled as she landed in the ground. It was good to know that Kurama forgot about the weakness part...

Ah, yes, I forgot about it. She sweatdropped. Maybe it would be better if Aria just stayed quiet.

"So…" She looked at the elf boy. "What's your name?"

The boy opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted when thunder shook the bus. Aria sniffed the air and her eyes widened as she turned around to see Clarisse and Silena walking to the place they had left their bags.

"Forget it!" They looked at her surprised. "We need to get out of here."

The two girls stayed where they were till Will grabbed their wrists, rushing after Aria and the elf boy as they run out of the bus to find the other passengers wandering around in a daze, , arguing with the driver, or just running around in circles yelling.

BOOOOM!

The windows of the bus exploded as the passengers ran for cover. Lightning shredded a huge crater in the roof making Aria groan.

Was her Uncle crazy? If he killed them, who would find his precious stick of mass destruction?

Her friends stared at the bus in silence before Silena spoke.

"There goes my bag…" Will and Clarisse nodded.

"I told you guys to let me seal it away." Aria said, ignoring their looks and then looked at the elf boy who was standing next to her. "Aria Jackson..."

The boy grinned. "Leo Valdez."

Aria nodded with a small smile and turned her attention to the sky, narrowing her eyes in angry and annoyance. Think before acting Uncle. Try something like that again and I will stop looking for your precious stick.

Thunder boomed, if it was because her Uncle didn't like how she didn't stop calling his Master Bolt a stick or if it was because she had just threatened him, Aria didn't know. Nor did she care.

And you still ask who you offended…

Shut up Kurama!

Leo Valdez

So…! Hope you liked it! Next chapter we will see Nico and Bianca Di Angelo, though this encounter won't end too well for the children of Hades.

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