"So…can we please continue the story?!" Artemis asked Hollow irritably. Hollow raised a finger to tell Artemis to wait before a bright light appeared in the room. Once the light died down there were six more people in the room. Percy & Annabeth; Hollow shipped them with a passion and wanted to keep them together. The fact that the two were also main characters had nothing to do with the reason of why they were here. There were four more others who'd been summoned as well. Said four were Zoe, Bianca, Phoebe and Thalia; Artemis hugged the four she considered sisters/daughters.

"And now we start." Hollow said as he started the 6th episode.

-Chapter 6-

-Last Time-

With his piece said, Iruka exited the classroom, leaving behind a complete silence that held the room for several moments before the door opened again and two people stepped inside. The first was a man with black hair and beard, tan skin, and a cigarette in his mouth while the other was a woman who was also black haired, with pale skin and striking red eyes.

"Dang that girl could be a good model," Aphrodite muttered, more to herself than anyone else, as she saw the woman appear on screen, "her eyes add an exotic touch." A few of the male Olympians, sans Poseidon and Hades, nodded in agreement though Zeus received a harsh ear tug from his wife and a glare.

"Team Eight with me." The woman said with a wave of her arm, only having to wait a few seconds before Hinata, Shino, and a visibly drooling Kiba stood in front of her before heading right back out the door again with her team in tow. The man on the other hand seemed content to just stand there and finish his cigarette. Once he was down to the butt, he spat it out and smothered it with his foot before smiling lightly. "I'm here for team Ten, please follow me."

"Hubba hubba." Aphrodite whispered huskily and lustfully as she eyed the man as if only now noticing him. Ares growled in annoyance at what he saw, as Aphrodite wasn't exactly keeping quiet with what she'd said.

-And Now-

Inside a small barbeque restaurant, the three members of the newly formed team 10 sat on one side of a table while their just as newly assigned sensei sat down on the other and quickly ordered them all something to eat. He then proceeded to light up the personal grill built into the middle of the table and set it to the proper temperature.

"Hmmm barbecue." Percy muttered before a pinch on the cheek from Annabeth woke him from his stupor causing the son of Poseidon to blush. A week before he'd been teleported with the others to watch this "story/movie" he had tried barbeque, much like the one of screen and he'd grown a liking to it. The fact he was also hungry was also a small factor that should be accounted for.

"Well then, while we're waiting for the food to arrive let's get a little more acquainted, shall we?" The man, Asuma if Iruka was to be believed, said as he relaxed into his seat and lit up a cigarette. "Just share your name, skills, and maybe a few facts about yourself if you'd like. I'll start, the name's Asuma Sarutobi, I'll be your teacher for the indeterminate time it takes you all to either get promoted, an apprenticeship, quit, or die."

"Straight to the point," Ares mused before a wicked smile grew on his face, "I like this guy already." A few people shivered while Hollow snorted softly knowing that Ares would later on realise Asuma's true personality and not whatever Ares believed Asuma acted like.

The way he said that last bit so bluntly and casually making the three of them cringe slightly, he certainly wasn't sugar-coating anything. "I am a close combat specialist preferring knives, with a few wind and fire jutsu under my belt. I'm a pretty chill guy, just don't mess with my smokes or else." Asuma said, twirling a customized trench knife lazily before pointing it at Naruto. "You next."

While a little unnerved, the blonde-redhead quickly shook it off and introduced himself. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage dattabayo. I prefer using knives as well, but also know a bit of archery thanks to Arty-neechan." He said cheerfully, earning two confused looks from Ino and Choji.

"Arty-neechan?" Hermes asked in confusion having forgotten what 'neechan' meant even though it was mentioned a few chapters ago.

"It means sister in Japanese." Athena answered, receiving thanks in the form of a nod and smile.

'Arty-neechan?' The two unknowingly thought at the same time while Ino struggled to restrain her inner gossip queen from popping out and force her fellow blonde into telling her what she wanted. Naruto had already told her about his bow training, having had to mention it when he was coerced into talking about his 'relationship' with Hinata, but he had not mentioned who was teaching him so she had assumed he was self-taught. Actually, she had thought he had been bullshitting her in an attempt to look cool. Ino was brought out of her thoughts when a waitress came by and set down a large tray of different uncooked meats, vegetables, sauces, chopsticks, and plates. Recognizing the woman as the mother of one her friends in the academy, the blonde was about to greet her, but stopped when she noticed the stink-eye the waitress was giving Naruto.

Immediately Artemis's protective nature reared its head upon seeing the waitress give Naruto the stink eye.
"Kill-" Hestia quickly stuffed a cookie into her nieces mouth breaking Artemis from her protective mood. A few Olympians and Demigods thought that Artemis was slightly over reacting for a story character. The Hunters were just watching their mistress in amusement.

This was odd for Ino since, being the gossiper that she was, as far as she knew Naruto hadn't done anything to the woman to deserve such hostility. Her curiosity peeked, she filed the thought away for later as she split a pair of chopsticks and started placing lots of the meats and veggies on the grill. 'Better make sure to eat plenty or Mom will tan my rear again.' She thought with a grimace. Mrs. Yamanaka had brought the hammer down on her daughter last month after the fifth time she'd tried extreme dieting. Ino couldn't sit properly for almost three days from the spanking she got, and for added measure, she was forced to read several books describing the many downsides of her kind of dieting in VERY vivid detail. While many were horrible in their own right, the worse one in her opinion was the very high possibility of becoming barren, and she certainly couldn't get Sasuke to fall for her if she couldn't even have children.

"You don't need to diet to look good." Aphrodite muttered, earning eye rolls from the other female Olympians and Demigods. Aphrodite could literally make herself as beautiful as she wanted to be so she had no right to talk about looks.

She had even tried to warn Sakura about it, but sadly the pinkette had simply accused her of trying to trick her. Not only continued to diet, but had started doing even more extreme ones and Ino was beginning to see exactly what her mother had been warning her about. Her best friend turned rival's skin had been slowly losing pigment while becoming unnaturally tighter and withdrawn around her cheeks and joints. At the same time, Sakura had been increasingly lethargic as of late, with their usual arguments over Sasuke ending sooner and sooner due to her needing to sit down and rest. Before these dark thoughts could get any farther though, Ino was once again forced back to reality, this time by someone loudly clearing their throat. Looking towards the source, she found herself under Asuma, Naruto, and Choji's expectant stares. Turned out while she was distracted, Choji had gone through his introduction and now they were waiting for her.

"Just like Aphrodite, losing interest in the conversation." Artemis muttered before she and Apollo hi-fived at the burn much to the irritation of Aphrodite.

"Oh! Uh, ahem…Hi, I'm Ino Yamanaka. I know some of my clan's techniques, and a variety of poisonous and medicinal plants. And as you can see, the most beautiful kunoichi of the year." Ino said, adding a mock flirtatious wink at the end that Asuma rolled his eyes good naturedly at.

'She's just like Aphrodite.' Everyone, sans Aphrodite, thought in unison at the 'Most beautiful kunoichi of the year' part. The only difference between Ino and Aphrodite was that Ino could actually create poisons and use medicinal plants which could be quite useful. Already doing better than Aphrodite Ino.

"Well then, now that that is out of the way we can move onto the main deal, your final exam. Which starts as soon as you're done eating." The moment these words left Asuma's mouth three things happened at once, Choji actually stopped eating, Naruto choked on a piece of pork, and Ino dropped her chopsticks.

"They have to go through another exam?!" Artemis muttered in shock.
"Considering these children have to become Shinobi their sensei's probably need to see what they can do in combat before judging whether they pass or not." Athena pointed out earning a surprising nod of agreement from Ares.

"What final exam!?" Naruto and Ino demanded at the same time, both standing up and getting in the man's face only to quickly be repulsed with an unnaturally fragrant puff of cigarette smoke.

'Mother of Zeus! What in Tartarus are those things made of?!' Artemis gagged as she smelt the pungent smell through Naruto.

'No idea, but I am never smoking, ever.' Naruto replied, waving his hand desperately to hasten the noxious fumes dispersal.

Hephaestus coughed in amusement though his cough was quiet enough that no one heard him…well I heard him, and now I'm losing the plot and talking in first person. Also, this section you are currently reading was typed at 3:39pm, AUS time, 31st of December. Yeah, I'm trash at keeping promises, I know. Back to the story.

Meanwhile, a tiny smirk appeared on Asuma's lips as he watched the two blondes struggle with a watered-down version of his Katon: Kitsuen-sha no jigoku (Fire Release: Smoker's Hell).

"It's rather easy to explain really. After a group of newly minted genin such as yourselves are put into a squad and assigned a team leader, said team leader will put said squad through a personal test. This is to see if you all are actually worthy of being shinobi and if the time and effort put into training you further would be a waste. If failed, you all will be immediately sent back to the academy for continued training or dropped from the program entirely."

'Blunt, direct, and straight to the point. I like that.' The moon goddess commented with a nod of approval towards the explanation. She always hated when one danced around the subject at hand using half-truths and/or overly complicated wording, making it nearly impossible to figure out what they truly said in the end. Especially when it involved dealing either her brother, Hermes, or Aphrodite as they were experts in the art of wordplay.

"I know what she likes that's blunt, direct and strai-OW!" Aphrodite shrieked as an arrow scratched her skin while Artemis innocently whistled as she quickly threw her bow over her shoulder. The four Hunters sniggered at what Artemis had done, earning a look of amusement from Artemis and anger from Aphrodite.

"Your test is a relatively simple one and, as I've already said, starts as soon as you're done eating. All you have to do is find and capture me in training ground 10 before five o'clock." *Poof* Before any of the kids could respond to his declaration, the bearded smoker was engulfed in a puff of more foul smoke that left them all (Artemis included still) hacking and coughing. Once it cleared up, Asuma was naturally nowhere to be seen, only a small stack of bills to pay for the meal.

"For a mortal he's good at making exits." Apollo muttered, Hermes nodding in agreement, the two already wondering if they could pull off something similar so to get out of meetings. As the two "prankster/immature" gods pondered over their new curiosity, Zeus felt a tingle go up his spine and he glanced at his two sons.
'I feel like I should keep an eye on those two in the future.'

Glancing at the clock and seeing that it was already a quarter past two, the trio quickly scarfed down their food and hurried out of the restaurant. "We need to hurry! The train grounds are on the other side of Konoha!" Ino yelled as she ran down the street, missing the blank looks she was getting from Naruto and Choji.

"But wait can't she-"

"She's not seriously going by road, is she?" Naruto asked Choji blankly, receiving a slow nod of confirmation in response. *Sigh* "I'll get her, meet you there." The blonde-redhead said, getting another nod before they separated with Naruto dashing after Ino while Choji took to the rooftops.

Artemis made a coughing motion which suspiciously sounded like "Daughter of Aphrodite". If Aphrodite heard what Artemis had said she simply ignored it though it was quite easy to see the veins of annoyance appearing on Aphrodite's forehead.

Before Ino even realized what happened, she found herself quite literally swept off her feet and soaring through the air as Naruto grabbed her and leapt up on top of the nearest building. Reacting instinctually, she squirmed wildly while assaulting the sparkled-eyed boy with a flurry of smacks and jabs.

"What the hell Naruto-baka?! What are you doing?! Put me down!"

She quickly got her wish as an annoyed looking Naruto promptly dropped her on her ass, making her yelp from both surprise and pain. "It'll be faster to go by rooftop, we can cut right across to the training grounds." He told her bluntly as she was recovering then dashing off.

Aphrodite gave Artemis a threatening glare as if daring the Goddess of the Moon to make the comparison between herself and Ino. Artemis simply smirked.

Standing up slowly, Ino winced as she rubbed her lightly bruised posterior while glaring at the direction Naruto had gone. "Hey! That is not how you treat a lady! Get back here you baka and apologize!" She screamed as she started chasing after him.

It was at this moment that the most unfortunate, and totally not planned, event occurred. The TV screen went black. The Olympians, Hunters (or is it Huntresses?) and Demigods stared at the black screen in shock before their heads, mainly the Olympians, snapped at the armchair in which the hooded author usually sat only to find it blanks sans a note.

Sorry guys have to go work on some stuff. Until I come back try not to kill each other kay?

Regards

Hollow609

Silence filled the room before the Olympians shot out of their seats and began to search for Hollow, the Demigods, Hunters and Hestia being dragged along in the search for the author. As soon as the reactors left the room the air vent was pulled aside before Hollow crawled out, covered in dust.
"Well…that went better then expected." Holliw mused before he looked at the readers and smirked.
"Finally came through…even if I am splitting chapter 6 in two. Anyway hope you enjoyed, I'll be walking on a new story so my brain can think of new reactions for this chapter. Anyway I'm Hollwo609, signing out-"
"FOUND HIM!"

"Ohshitgottagobye!" With that Hollow ran, ducking to avoid the high heel thrown at his head with deadly precision.