Chapter 7
Hello everybody! I now have some free time as I am now getting busy with starting up a YouTube channel with two of my friends. But have no fear I'm still writing even though the YouTube editing and illustrating is taking up a lot of my time. Now, off with all of ya'll and start reading!
Naruto and company were all heading back to training ground seven as they were getting ready to send the Greeks back to their home dimension. Naruto thought long and hard on his decision if he really wanted to return with the Greeks. Kurama was all for just staying home and to forget about them all together. After all, he didn't see any reason to go there. He didn't owe them anything. Naruto on the other hand, saw it as a way to finally connect with is parents and connect with his siblings. Though he knew they would have to gain his respect and learn what it means to be a family. Naruto had the feeling that they knew next to nothing on what the true meaning of family is. So he asked Athena about that and she just started laughing at the question. When she said that it was next to impossible to teach them, Naruto gained that glint in his eye. Nothing was impossible for Naruto Uzumaki.
In the end, Naruto decided he was going to go with them. Both Kakashi and Tsunade were less than thrilled about that and the three of them had argued for half the day before they agreed on the condition that Naruto brought along someone with him to make sure that he didn't destroy anything accidently. Naruto so wanted to bring Lee but was shut down quickly. The next person he suggested was that he brought his whole team with him. As expected, that was shut down to seeing as three heroes' from the war just up and vanished was not the best idea. They also rejected Gaara, Killer Bee, the other Biju and so on. In the end though, they all agreed that Shikamaru would join him. Of course being Shikamaru, he agreed after complaining that it was troublesome. If he had refused, then they would have chosen Shino to accompany him. They needed someone level headed to make sure Naruto didn't go overboard.
Now Naruto was casually tossing a scroll that held all his equipment, clothes and a complete copy of the forbidden school for his village. Why he had that, well cause why not? Also, he did need things to do to mask his pain from the lose that happened in the war. He needed time to heal from losing his wife and friends and having the scroll to learn from can keep his mind off it for a time. Naruto looked behind him to see if Shikamaru was still behind him and had not wondered off.
Shikamaru was a few feet behind him thinking about how he was going to be back home every weekend so that he would visit his girlfriend Temari. He had to thank Naruto for making that reverse seal that he made at his and Temari's home. He looked at his wrist to see a small seal on it that he could use to channel his chakra and think on which place he wanted to reverse summon too. Shikamaru looked up and patted his flak jacket pocket to make sure that he had his storage seal there with some of his stuff and clothes.
"Hey Shika, you okay over there?" Naruto asked him.
"Yeah, just planning out the schedule for when I head back here to meet up with Temari." Shikamaru said.
Naruto nodded as he looked back in front of him to see that Percy was staying silent and walking, Ares was looking bored and had one hand on his sword looking ready to fight anyone and Athena was looking around at the nature in the area. Naruto walked a little faster till he was able to walk next to Percy.
"Hey Percy…" Naruto started.
"You're not going to kill me are you?" Percy asked cautiously.
"What no, well maybe if you really piss me off. That's beside the point. I wanted to know how your world is like." Naruto said.
"What do you mean?" Percy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Like what is it like there, are there other people like you with awesome water powers? Are the gods active with the world, is the area rich with nature like my world since I was at what you guys called Mount Olympus and the air was nice a fresh…" Naruto started to fire off different questions at Percy.
Percy for his part started to answer as best as he could and explain a few things to Naruto. Athena for her part slowed down till she was next to Shikamaru and the both of them started talking about the different cultures the two of them had and asked questions to one another. Ares was just trying to keep his temper in check as he hated this peaceful feeling and was very tempted to start a small war here just to have some amusement.
The group made it to the training ground without any incident. They saw that Sasuke and Tsunade were there already in the middle of the area. Sasuke looking indifferent at the moment and Tsunade was making a few clones to help her sign a few papers as it was her last day as being officially Hokage. When the group got there Tsunade handed a clone one of her papers to them as she walked up to the group.
"Naruto, Shikamaru, do you guys have everything you need for the other dimension?" Tsunade asked them.
"Hai-Hokage-sama/Oba-chan!" Shikamaru and Naruto said.
"Okay well I hope you two stay safe. Shikamaru, I expect a monthly report from you as the knucklehead over hear is going to never send one back unless it's something about him messing up and there is some kind of world ending catastrophe." Tsunade said as she handed them each a scroll the has details on what the mission parameters are.
Naruto and Shikamaru nodded and they put them in their pockets. They will read them later when it was just the two of them. Sasuke walked up to Naruto and the two of them just stared at each other not saying a word. Tsunade was already leaving the area not wanting to deal with them anymore and wanted to get some Sake for herself.
Naruto and Sasuke didn't say anything for a few seconds before they each threw a punch at each other faces and just barely missed each other. They both smirked and nodded to each other. The both of them shook hands before Sasuke stepped to the side to let them pass. They never really needed to say anything and those missed punches said everything they needed to say. Shikamaru nodded to Sasuke and said to make sure that reverse seal that Naruto made for him was with him on all times. Sasuke nodded and showed him his wrist that Naruto tattooed there. Shikamaru nodded and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth but didn't light it. Shikamaru nodded to Naruto and Naruto gave the signal that he was ready to go to Athena.
Athena nodded and told Percy to stay close. Sasuke Started to open his own dimension portal as both Athena and Ares were channeling their godly powers. Athena's, Ares's and Percy's body were starting to glow with a golden aura. Sasuke opened the portal big and wide enough for Naruto and Shikamaru. Naruto gave one last wave before he jumped into the portal and started to run. Shikamaru had a more laid back pace as he stepped through the portal. While that was happening, the Greek's were glowing brighter by the second, their bodies were slowly breaking apart into tiny pieces and floated up towards the sky. Sasuke closed the portal as he saw Shika fade into the darkness. He turned to watch as the Greeks finish disappearing into the sky. Sasuke stayed in the area for a few more seconds before heading back into the village, hopefully his portal took Naruto and Shika to the right area. He shrugged, they could handle themselves just fine if it didn't.
Mount Olympus
Zeus, Hera and Hestia were in the throne waiting for Athena and her group to return with Naruto. Zeus stood stall and proud looking, but his eyes showed how he really felt. The fear of his son not coming back. Hera was feeling the same as her husband was at the moment, but her face showed no emotion. Hestia though was just there to watch the whole thing. It could provide her some good entertainment besides the usual watching the mythical hearth. The rest of the gods were at the moment out looking out in their domain or in Aphrodite's case was checking up on her daughters and sons at the camp that they resided.
The three Gods noticed that two golden rays appeared in the throne room. Zeus stood straighter as he saw that Athena and Ares were putting themselves. Hera was trying to look around them to see if Naruto was with them. When the light died down, Athena and Ares stretched a little and made sure that everything was attached to the right spot.
"Hello father." Ares said as he cracked his neck. "Man, that place is fun to fight in, can I go back again?"
"No you may not now where is my son Naruto?" Zeus asked.
"Who the blond weakling? He was coming through from his own portal." Ares said with some steel in his force. He would never admit that he was beaten by some mortals. He was just severely handicapped. Yeah that was it.
"And why didn't you teleport him here with you?" Hera asked with her eyes narrowed.
"Because I didn't feel the need to. Now if you excuse me I'm going to check up on my domain." Are said before leaving in a golden red light.
"That boy, I'm going to have words with him later. Athena do you know were Naruto is?" Hera asked.
"I remember him going through that dimension portal that his friend created." Athena answered.
"You don't think that…" Hera started.
"Now, now, I believe that our son will be here any second now." Zeus said with confidence.
Hera didn't believe him for a second and left the throne room quickly followed by Hestia. Zeus just shrugged as he still stood there waiting on his.
Camp Half-blood
Out near the south shore of Long Island, there is a camp for kids and teens that would want to enjoy their summers away from their families. Though this isn't just a normal summer camp though, this was a camp for Greek demi-gods. A safe haven for their protection from the monsters that go after them from their scent. No not their BO, their godly scent that they have from their godly parents. Also this camp served as another purpose for them. To train them to protect themselves from the monsters and for any quests that the gods have issued for them. Not everyone were demi-gods though, there were also Satyr's, Nymphs, Centaurs and other mythical beings. So far the staff and the campers were enjoying a day outside as the sun was shining brightly thanks to Apollo. Some were climbing a wall that had lava underneath them, others were in the Archery field practicing when they noticed that a golden ray came down to the ground. The archers were aiming at the golden beam with their bows at the ready. When they beam died down it reviled that it was Percy. The campers lowered their weapons and went back to what they were doing. Percy quickly got out of the way when he saw that he was in front of the targets. He looked around for someone that he wanted to see.
"Percy!" He heard someone behind him. He turned around to see a girl running up to him.
The person that was running up to him was Annabeth Chase, the daughter of Athena. She had blond hair almost honey golden in Percy's opinion. She was also a few inches taller than Percy and was very fit compared to him at the moment. She was wearing an orange shirt that had the camp logo on it and a blue demi jacket on. She was wearing some blue jeans and sneakers at the moment. When she got up to him she gave him a hug.
"Percy your alive." She said as she let go of him from the hug. Then she gave him a hit to the chest. "So seaweed brain, was I right in saying that you shouldn't have gone?"
"First of all, ow. Second of all, yes you were wise girl." Percy said as he rubbed the spot the she hit him. "Now knowing you, you have about a million questions going through that brain of yours."
"What I do not." Annabeth said trying to deny it.
"You, the daughter of Athena that is not curious that I was in a different dimension, I will believe that when Hade's turns gay." Percy said as he started walking towards his cabin.
"Percy wait..." Annabeth said as she kept pace with him. "Okay I admit, I am super curious on what you say and learned form that dimension. So want to tell me what you learn? What was it like? Were they able to speak our language, were they able to talk to you, did you cause some kind of trouble for Ares and my mom, also what was the culture like…"
"Whoa slow down there wise girl. Cool your mind there, I will tell you all that I learn back to my cabin. Also have you seen Grover anywhere?" Percy asked her.
"Last I saw him he was with the other Satyrs in the forest having a meeting or something. Want to wait up for him, he has been gone for about an hour now so they should be done soon."
Percy nodded and the both of them went towards his cabin that was besides the lake.
Front entrance of Camp half-blood
While that was happing with son of the Sea god a portal had opened in front of the camp entrance. The portal opened bigger till an orange blur came out of it. The portal soon closed after that happened. The orange blur reviled to be Naruto. He looked behind him to see the portal was already gone. He scratched his head at that.
"huh I wonder were Shikamaru is going to end up. Plus, knowing the teme, he made sure that the rift wasn't back to my parent's place up in the sky. Ah well." Naruto thought to himself.
"So what are you going to do now? And what does that sign say?" Kurama asked Naruto in his head. He didn't feel like stretching his legs just yet.
"I don't know actually. I really should make a translation seal shouldn't I?" Naruto asked him as he was looking at the camp half-blood sign.
"It wouldn't be a bad idea you idiot." Kurama said before cutting off the link.
Naruto shrugged his shoulder as he started walking through the entrance, he felt something was trying to stop him from entering at first. After a few seconds, the feeling stopped and was able to walk much easier now. He took a deep breath and grimaced as the air around him wasn't as pure and clean as his home was. He continued for a bit till he saw that there were a few people in the distance. Knowing that they wouldn't be able to understand him and the same with him, he took the tree tops and continued deeper into the forest with tree hopping. He stopped when he was close to what appeared to a be camp ground as he saw many people walking, doing some training exercises or running towards different buildings that looked like cabins. Naruto was scanning the area when he saw a person that was half man and half horse. He raised an eyebrow at that. The person had a brown hair and was wearing a dress shirt with the vest over it. He also had some stubble on his chin. He had a bow on his right shoulder and then looked lower that the bottom half was a white horse body.
"I wonder who this guy is?" Naruto thought to himself.
Naruto stayed quiet as he watched multiple campers run up to the horse man and tell him something. The man nodded and let the campers leave before he started heading over towards the lake. Naruto silently followed him seeing where he was going.
Percy's cabin
Percy and Annabeth were lounging around in his cabin feeling a sea breeze gently blowing through the cabin when they heard a knock at the door. Percy got up and went to open the door, when he opened he smiled at first before his face turned to fear.
In front of him was his friend Grover underwood. A Satyr that was wearing a brown shirt and munching on a can. He was also wearing a colorful beany on his head and was scratching his goat legs. Behind him was the activity director, Chiron.
"Hey Grover, Chiron…. hehe why you guys here." Percy asked nervously.
"Percy how you doing man oh and Chiron said he wanted to talk to you about sneaking onto a quest…" Grover said as he stepped inside.
"Yes I do. Percy would you mind walking with me we have much to discuss." Chiron said with a tone that wouldn't take no for an answer.
Percy gulped and said he would be right back to his friends. He started walking with Chiron as he started making light conversation with him at first before they were standing at the edge of the lake that was near Percy cabin. That was when Chiron started talking about why Percy shouldn't have gone on that quest and even berated him on even listening the King of gods knowing that it wasn't his quest to be on or been issued.
Up in the trees Naruto was watching this and had an amused expression on his face. He was quickly making a translation seal on his forearm. When he finished he activated it and saw the ink glow briefly and fade into his skin. He looked back to Chiron talking and he closed his eyes as he listened carefully to the conversation. With his enhanced hear he could hear the conversation perfectly and also heard the words started to change from gibberish to being able to understand it perfectly. Before Naruto jumped down to introduce himself to this Chiron person and surprise Percy a thought crossed his mind.
"Wonder where Shikamaru ended up. Hopefully nowhere dangerous. Good thing he can just reverse summon back home and come back here with Sasuke's help." Naruto thought.
With Shikamaru
Shikamaru was just walking out of the portal and he noticed that Naruto wasn't here as well. He looked round to see many people already around him with spears and shield at the ready at him yelling stuff at him where he couldn't understand them at all. A lot of the people where wearing a lot of golden armor with their helmets on and had red plums on top of them. Shikamaru popped his neck as he fished into his pocket for his lighter. One of the people had their bow at the ready. After Shikamaru took a drag from his cigarette he looked at the person that was the closest to him.
"This is going to be a pain." Shikamaru said knowing they wouldn't understand him.
The person in front of him started to walk towards him with his hand out when Shikamaru made a one handed ram seal. The shadow under him started to move causing the people around tense up and take a few steps back giving him some room. Shikamaru just gave them a dull look before he activated his jutsu knowing this is going to cause a lot of chaos.
"Kage Nui no jutsu…" Was Shikamaru's last words before all hell broke loose around him.
There you go guys. I know it's not long, but at least I got it out before Christmas. So I hope all of you enjoy this chapter and your Christmas holiday. Now everyone has a great Christmas, holiday and New Years. I will most likely post a few days after the new Years. So let me know what you guys think in the reviews. Till then later!
