A/N: Anyone who wants to do a story where the characters read 'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes' series is allowed to do so as long as they tell me before hand.
In this chapter and the next chapter there will be parts based off of SoulReaperCrewe's Son of the Huntress: The Lightning Thief
I don't own Percy Jackson series or Naruto series, or any of the characters of either series. Nor am I the writer of the Son of the Huntress series
Warning: Read these stories if you haven't before reading this story:
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Lightning Thief'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Sea of Monsters'
I do not own the Percy Jackson or the Naruto series nor do I own The Son of the Huntress or any other fanfics that inspired some of the scenes in the stories.
Naruto & Percy Meets the General
Zoë may not be the worst driver Naruto ever met, but she definitely the craziest driver he met. Zoë kept her foot on the gas pedal and didn't slow down as they headed South.
Why south, you wonder?
Because before they took off, Grover gave the tracking song a go by throwing acorns he brought into the ground and playing a tune on his panpipes (which still sounds awful in Naruto's opinion), and apparently got the location they need to go—which was Washington DC—South from New York.
Up above Percy was trying to follow the van on a black Pegasus called Blackjack—after dealing with Mr. D at the Chrysler Building—which wasn't hard once they reached the with the arguing going on down bellow
"It might be faster if we take the next exit."
"I know what I'm doing!"
"You just miss the exit we need to take."
"I'm taking a shortcut."
"But that was the fastest route to—"
"I don't need thy help!"
"Would you just listen to Naruto?" Thalia asked.
"Typical of you following the directions of a male," Zoë said.
"It wouldn't hurt to listen to Naruto. He does have a GPS Hardwired brain."
"I do not need directions from a male!"
It been that way all the way to Maryland. After that, Grover recommended a rest stop so his ears can recover from the constant arguing.
After getting some hot chocolate and something to eat they headed back out.
"Grover, are you sure?" Thalia asked for the dozen time since they stop about going to Washington DC.
"Well… pretty sure. Ninety-nine percent. Okay, eighty-five percent."
"How are you able to do this with acorns?" Bianca asked.
"Beats me. Every time I think I understand nature magic, something new comes up," Naruto said.
"But D.C. is about sixty miles from here," Bianca said. "Nico and I…" she frowned. "We used to live there. That's… that's strange. I'd forgotten."
"I dislike this," Zoë said. "We should go straight west. The prophecy said west."
"Maybe the best route to Artemis is somewhere in Washington D.C.," Naruto offered. "Or maybe we might find a clue on our mystery monster there."
"Leave it to Naruto to find something optimistic of our situation," Thalia muttered.
"If I wasn't optimistic, I would have gone psycho from the negativity I grew up with a long time ago," Naruto said.
"Either way, D.C. is our best bet," Bianca said.
Zoë wasn't too happy about it, but she nodded. "Very well. Let us keep moving?"
"You're going to get us arrested, driving. I look closer to sixteen than you do," Thalia argued.
"If that doesn't we will get arrested for disturbing the peace," Grover said. "I think every cloud nymph in the air could hear you guys arguing about following Naruto's directions."
…
They continued south, and they started getting closer to Washington. They crossed the Potomac River into central Washington. As they pass each monument, Naruto was able to recognized and named each ones from the photos Annabeth send him and Percy last spring—when her dad took her to the nation's capital during spring break. Annabeth had make sure to list off the monuments in each photo for Naruto.
Thinking about it however only reminded Naruto that Annabeth was kidnapped along with Artemis.
Finally, Zoë parked at a parking lot to a big building lining a mall. Thalia had actually suggested it.
"It's the air space museum," Thalia said. "Part of the Smithsonian—one of the world's biggest collection of Museums found in one city."
"If you say so," Naruto responded.
Naruto stopped he saw a shimmer of air—like the one he saw in Camp Half-Blood.
"You guys go ahead, I need to check something," Naruto said.
No one argued as they headed into the museum. Naruto stayed back to try to find the shimmer again.
Naruto didn't find it again, but he did noticing something else. A man with gray hair and a military buzz cut wearing dark shades and a black overcoat.
Naruto quickly hid behind an unknown car and got a better look.
The guy took out his mobile phone and said something into it. Then he looked around, like he was making sure the coast was clear.
Without a doubt, it was Dr. Thorn.
At first Thorn kept well back from Naruto's friends, careful not to be seen.
Finally, they went into the Museum and Dr. Thorn hesitated, wasn't sure why, but he didn't go into the museum. He turned and headed across the Mall.
Naruto was about to warn his friends when he saw the shimmer of air following Thorn.
Naruto snuck up on the shimmer, and when it made another appearance, Naruto grabbed it.
The shimmer struggled from Naruto's grip. Naruto guessed he grabbed whoever it is (although he had a good idea of who) from behind.
"That's enough, Percy! I know it's you," Naruto argued.
That didn't stop the struggling as a blue Yankees baseball cap fell off Percy's head and he shimmered to existence.
"Let me go, Naruto. I have to find out what Thorn is up to!" Percy responded.
"No you're not," Naruto said. "You shouldn't be here Percy. How did you get here?"
"On Blackjack," Percy said.
Naruto sighed. Of course Percy did.
Blackjack was the black stallion Pegasus they rescued from Luke's ship last a summer and had grown attached to Percy.
"But Blackjack isn't here?" Percy said. "I send him back. He was tired."
"Gee, I wonder why?" Naruto shook his head. "I'll have to take you to the others. Zoë won't like this."
"But Dr. Thorn," Percy said. "He been following you here."
Naruto froze. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah! I saw him from the air," Percy said.
Naruto sighed. "Okay, Percy. You win. We'll find out what Dr. Thorn is up too. But once we do, I'm taking you to the others."
Percy reluctantly agreed.
…
It wasn't very hard for Naruto to hide, even without the cap of invisibility. Stealth is one thing Naruto excels at. But Naruto had an idea of how to get in using Percy's invisibility.
Transform! Naruto made the hand sign when they were in a clear. A puff of smoke surrounded him and when it cleared, Naruto was two inches tall.
"I take it this is another trick of the transformation jutsu you created?" Percy asked.
"Yeah! Now put me in your coat pocket!" Naruto said.
Percy picked Naruto up and put him in his coat pocket, which was cluttered with stuff—including Riptide.
When Percy put on the cap Naruto found himself turned invisible along with the stuff cluttered in Percy's pocket.
At least it worked, Naruto thought.
They followed Dr. Thorn's trail to the steps of the Museum of Natural History. There was a big sign on the door that told them was closed for Private Event, although Percy first mistaken it for Pirate Event.
They headed inside, through a huge chamber full of mastodons and dinosaurs. There were voices up ahead, coming from behind a set of closed doors. Two guards stood outside. They opened the doors for Thorn, and Percy sprinted in order to get inside before they closed them again.
Once inside, Naruto peaked out of Percy's pocket and saw what had to be the most terrifying scene for a demigod.
They were in a huge round room with a balcony ringing the second level. At least a dozen mortal guards stood on the balcony, plus two monsters—reptilian women with double-snake trunks instead of legs. Scythian dracaenae.
Standing between them was Luke, who looked like he was staring right at Percy. Luke looked terrible. His skin was pale and his blond hair looked almost gray, as if he'd aged ten years in just a few months. The angry light in his eyes was still there, and so was the scar down the side of his face, where a dragon had once scratched him. But the scar was now ugly red, as though it had recently been reopened.
Next to Luke was Sasuke, looking rather bored. And between them, sitting down so that the shadows covered him, was another man. All Naruto and Percy could see were his knuckles on the gilded arms of his chair, like a throne.
"Well?" asked the man in the chairs—sounding exactly like the man in Percy's and Naruto's dreams. It filled the whole room even though he wasn't yelling.
Dr. Thorn took off his shades, revealing his two colored eyes, brown and blue, glittered with excitement. He made a stiff bow, then spoke in a weird French accent: "They are here, General."
"I know that, you fool," boomed the man. "But where?"
"Four of them are at the rocket museum," Dr. Thorn said.
"The Air and Space Museum," Luke corrected irritably.
Dr. Thorn glared at Luke. "As you say, sir. But I lost sight of one."
"Which one?"
"The blonde spiky hair one," Thorn said.
"Naruto," Sasuke said, gaining new interest, "He's probably got himself lost trying to find a ramen shop."
Naruto clutched the inside of Percy's pocket.
"It don't matter," Luke said, "My nephew will make his appearance. What about the others? How many are there?"
Thorn pretended not to hear.
"How many?" the General demanded.
"Four, General," Thorn said. "The satyr, Grover Underwood. And the girl with the spiky black hair and the—how do you say—punk clothes and the horrible shield."
"Thalia," Luke said.
"And two other girls—Hunters. One wears a silver circlet."
"That one I know," the General growled.
Except for Sasuke, everyone in the room shifted uncomfortably.
"Let me take them," Luke said to the General. "We have more than enough—"
"Patience," the General said. "They'll have their hands full already. I've sent a little playmate to keep them occupied."
"But—"
"We cannot risk you, my boy."
"Then at least send me," Sasuke said. "If Naruto's out there on his own, then I can finish my unfinished business with him!"
"No! I want to kill that one!" Dr. Thorn yelled. "I want to make him suffer for the humiliation he caused me."
"Enough!" The General rose from his chair, and Percy and Naruto got a good look at him.
He was tall and muscular, with light brown skin and slicked-back dark hair. He wore an expensive brown silk suit like the guys on Wall Street wear, but you'd never mistake this dude for a broker. He had a brutal face, huge shoulders, and hands that could snap a flagpole in half. His eyes were like stone.
"You have already failed me, Thorn," he said.
"But, General—"
"No excuses!"
Thorn flinched.
"I should throw you into the pits of Tartarus for your incompetence," the General said. "I send you to capture a child of the three elder gods, and you bring me a scrawny daughter of Athena—and only after Sasuke saved your but from his former teammate."
"But you promise me revenge!" Thorn protested. "A command of my own!"
"I am Lord Kronos' senior commander," the General said. "And I will choose lieutenants who get me results! It was only thanks to Sasuke's quick action and Luke's quick thinking that we salvage our plan at all. Now get out of my sight, Thorn, until I find some other menial task for you."
Thorn's face turned purple with rage as he bowed awkwardly and left the room.
"As for you Sasuke, you will get your chance at the young Uzumaki, as you are promised, but not now," the general said. "The first thing we must do is isolate the half-blood Thalia. The monster we seek will then come to her."
"The Hunters will be difficult to dispose of," Luke said. "Zoë Nightshade—"
"Do not speak her name!"
Zoë's surname is Nightshade? Naruto tilted his head. Huh, match her personality.
Luke swallowed. "S-sorry, General. I just—"
The General silence him with a wave of his hand. "Let me show you two how we will bring the Hunters down."
He pointed to a guard on the ground level. "Do you have the teeth?"
The guy stumbled forward with a ceramic pot. "Yes, General!"
"Plant them," he said.
In the center of the room was a big circle of dirt. The guard took sharp white teeth out of the pot and pushed them into the soil. He smoothed them over while the General smiled coldly.
The guard stepped back from the dirt and wiped his hands. "Ready, General!"
"Excellent! Water them, and we will let them scent their prey."
The guard picked up a little tin watering can with daisies painted on it and poured out dark red liquid that looked like Hawaiian Punch.
The soil began to bubble.
"Soon," the General said. "I will show you, Sasuke, that your pet snakes are pathetic."
"Snake Summonings aren't pets," Sasuke said calmly.
"And Luke, I will show you that soldiers that will make your army from that little boat look insignificant."
Luke clenched his fists. "I've spent a year training my forces! When the Princess Andromeda arrives at the mountain, they'll be the best—"
"Ha!" The General said. "I don't deny those troops will make a fine honor guard for Kronos, or that the snakes will make good entertainment for the monsters. And you, Luke, of course, have an important role to play—"
Luke turned paler when the General said that.
"—and Sasuke would have what he needs to hunt his brother down and kill him and avenge his clan."
Sasuke smirked at that.
"—but under my leadership, the forces of Lord Kronos will increase a hundredfold. We will be unstoppable. Behold, my ultimate killing machines."
The soil erupted as Percy stepped back nervously.
In each spot where a tooth had been planted, a creature was struggling out of the dirt. The first of them said: "Mew?"
Naruto bit his lip in order to force himself not to laugh as the mighty monster that broke out of the ground was a little orange tabby tiger striped kitten. In fact, all of them turned out to be just that—a dozen kittens rolling around and playing in the dirt.
Everyone else stared at them in disbelief. The General roared, "What is this? Cute cuddly kittens? Where did you find those teeth?"
The guard who'd brought the teeth cowered in fear. "From the exhibit, sir. Just like you said. The saber-toothed tiger—"
"No, you idiot! I said the tyrannosaurus! Gather up those… those infernal fuzzy little beasts and take them outside. And never let me see your face again."
The terrified guard dropped his watering can. He gathered up the kittens and scampered out of the room.
"I'll get the teeth," Sasuke said. "I was getting bored doing nothing anyways."
The General didn't argue as Sasuke left.
"This is why I don't use mortals," Luke said. "They are unreliable."
"They are weak-minded, easily bought, and violent," the General said. "I love them."
A minute later, Sasuke showed up with two hands full of large pointed teeth.
"Thank you, Sasuke," the General said. "Finally, someone who can do the job right."
Sasuke rolled his eyes as he planted twelve teeth.
As Sasuke did that, the General climbed onto the balcony railing and jumped down, twenty feet.
Where he landed, the marble floor cracked under his leather shoes. He stood, wincing, and rubbed his shoulders, muttering about stiff necks.
"Another hot pad, sir?" a guard asked. "More Tylenol?"
"No! It will pass." The General brushed off his silk suit. "Dinosaur teeth—ha! Those foolish mortals don't even know when they have dragon teeth in their possession. And not just any dragon teeth. These come from the ancient Sybaris herself! They shall do nicely."
At that moment Sasuke finished sprinkling the soil with red liquid. "It's done!" Sasuke said. "If you need me, I'm going to get something to eat.
As he walked off as the General held his arms out wide.
"Rise!"
The dirt trembled. A single skeletal hand shot out of the ground grasping the air.
The General looked up at the balcony. "Quickly, do you have the scent?"
"Yessssss, lord," one of the snake ladies said. She took out a sash of silver fabric that the Hunters wore.
"Excellent," the General said. "Once my warriors catch its scent, they will pursue its owner relentlessly. Nothing can stop them, no weapons known to half-blood or Hunter. They will tear the Hunters and their allies to shreds."
Naruto's eyes widened as he realized what the General was talking quickly placed a seal on Percy's pocket before climbing and jumping out of Percy's pocket.
As the snake lady toss the fabric Naruto canceled out the transformation jutsu and returned to normal size and caught the fabric.
"Naruto!" Luke growled.
"Intruder!" one of the guards yelled.
Naruto jumped back to Percy's side. "Time to go!"
Percy didn't respond as he was looking at the dirt. The Skeletons had erupted from the ground. They were nothing like Halloween skeletons. These were growing flesh, turning into men with dull gray skin, yellow eyes, and modern clothes—gray muscle shirts, camo pants and combat boots.
Although Percy was wearing the cap of invisibility, Naruto managed to caught hold of his shoulder (at least Naruto thinks it was a shoulder) and disappeared in a flash with his friend.
A/N: I got the idea of Naruto using the transformation jutsu to shrink himself from Zatch Bell's character Kanchome and his second spell Koporuk (I don't own Zatch Bell series, or the character Kanchome, or Kanchome's Koporuk). I actually used it in 'Ninjas in the Mamodo Battle'
