Chapter 10
Along a long marbled corridor flooded under the bottom of the ocean a young man with light blue hair and wearing Atlantean style clothing that were grey and blue in color with flipper like feet and a small dolphin like dorsal fin on his back swam gracefully and quickly.
The long corridor had long pearly white columns all along the side of a beautifully tiled floor that ranged from all kinds of color from green to blue to light purple. There were bit of ocean plants growing around them given them an exotic look and small fish swimming their way through.
To everyone the young man was known as Delphin, the God of all Dolphins that swam the oceans and one of the most trusted lieutenants that served Poseidon in ruling the oceans after the God of the Oceans had saved him from a whirlpool that took his family and gave him a purpose in life.
He swam down the corridor at great speed as he neared a pair of large bronze doors that had patterns of all kind of sea life on while in the center and where the doors opened up was the symbol of a trident.
As he arrived at the door his terrified look face took a few deep breaths and closed his eyes before he put his arms forward and pushed the door open. When he did he saw two of the three residents he was expecting to find having a conversation near the two thrones that stood clear for all to see.
The throne room itself was a large room filled with columns and beautiful tiles that wrapped around in a semi circle with the two thrones that were made of sea stone stood right at the head of the room. Above them was a giant map of the world's oceans.
When he entered the room, he gained the attention of the two people that were in there before he was and saw the curious looks on their faces.
One was a merman with the upper body of a young man while his lower half was a long fish tail with two tails on the end of it instead of one. His skin tones was a light green colour and had long black hair that was tied in a pony tail. His upper body had a light green tunic like shirt on which swayed a little from the water.
The other was a beautiful woman with long black hair that danced round in the water wearing a long light green dress and white sandals with tiny pearls around them. On her head she had tiny crab horns perturbing out of her hair along with a pearl like tiara covering the front part of her head. In her hands she held a slimmer, smaller trident in her hands then the one Poseidon wielded.
Delphin ran towards them and immediately bowed to them before he spoke up.
"Lord Triton, Lady Amphitrite," he greeted.
The two nodded towards Delphin and motioned for him to stand.
"What do you have to report Delphin? It must be important if you look so out of breath," Triton exclaimed as his mother smiled towards the lieutenant.
Not wanting word to get out of what he had to report to anyone other then the two in front of him Delphin walked towards Triton and whispered into his ear. Triton leaned in so he could understand what had Delphin so freaked.
Amphitrite observed the two with curiosity before she saw Triton's eye widen ad saw his hands shake a little and gulp.
"Are you sure? Are you one hundred percent positive?" he asked Delphi who gave him a firm nod back.
"One of our scouts that was in the area went to the sight of its prison and found it was nothing more than a crater. He swam of a fair distance and could make out a large silhouette heading west of the prison towards the Sea of Monsters."
Triton shook a little as put a hand through his hair before his mother placed a hand on his shoulder with pleading eyes and a curious expression on her face.
"What is it my son? What has Delphin reported? What has you so anxious?"
"Mother the prison on the east of the Sea Of Monsters. The prison that holds that beast at bay from the world. The one father had to see too personally," he said getting a wary nod from Amphitrite.
"It has escaped."
Amphrite almost dropped her weapons when he spokes those three words had her eyes almost popped out of her skull. She was aware of what her son was referring to and now understood why Delphi and Triton looked so downcast.
"How? Those chains that were keeping it contained were the strongest materials the sea has to offer. Only some one of great power could release it and I know my husband did not release it back in to the world."
"We know Lady Amphitrite but with it now roaming the oceans again the oceans will not be safe and your people's lives will be in danger."
"We have to recapture it or have it destroyed somehow and then capture it when it reforms," Triton muttered to himself before he stood up straight.
"Delphin go and prepare your brigade of warriors and have them be ready to leave within the hour. We must make sure it does not enter the Sea of Monster. Due to its large size it is slow but unfortunately it makes up for it in raw strength."
Delphin nodded and swam away as quick as he could. He turned around and met his mothers gaze.
"Go and prepare the cities defenses. We must make sure that it does not do a U-turn and head for Atlantis."
"What will you do?" he asked.
"I must go and warn your father. He is currently on Olympus with the other Olympians," she said getting a raised eyebrow from Triton.
"Ever since Lord Zeus had his bolt taken he has been wanting updates from everyone every single week. It annoys your father to no end. I will go and I will warn him of what has happened."
"Father will not be happy when he finds out. He loathes that creature more than any other ocean creature simply because of how destructive it is and it has remained locked away for a long time. Even before you and many of the other gods were even born."
"I have only heard stories of it and those alone make me shudder and fighting it," he muttered before he shook himself out of it.
"Very well. We must try and solve this before things go to bad and lives are lost," Triton said as he parted from Amphrite and went down the halls to secure the city.
Amphitrite meanwhile sighed deeply and took a large breath before she teleported to Olympus to warn her husband.
CSS Birmingham
Meanwhile on the CSS Birmingham and having just gone past noon, Naruto, Silena, Clarisse, Annabeth, Percy and Tyson all sat around a table with a map of the Bermuda triangle on the table and were preparing for the entrance to the Sea of Monsters.
After Percy, Annabeth and Tyson had joined the ship the day before the rest of the day was very quiet and very little happened.
Percy and Clarisse did as they were told and managed to stay out of each other's way. During dinner they did not say a word to each other and kept to themselves which the others were thankful for. Even when they were training they stuck to the other side of the ships.
The status of Naruto and Silena relationship appeared to the trio when the trio saw them walking hand in hand into the kitchen halls. After confirming they were together, Percy grinned a happy grin while Tyson clapped loudly. Apparently even Tyson was aware of duo's feelings for each others.
Though the best reaction they got was from Annabeth who had jumped over the table and hugged the two of them telling them that it was about time and how happy she was for the two of them.
She knew how much Silena made Naruto happy and she knew how happy Silena was when she was with Naruto. The two of them together was perfection in her eyes.
Though it did not mean that she did not tease them a lot. It started when she told them not to make her auntie too soon since she doubted the camp would be ready for little Naruto's and Silena's running around.
The comment made them spit out what ever food or drink was in their mouths and made them go cherry red since they had not discussed the physical side of a relationship yet and were waiting for when they had actually been together for more than a day.
Afterward during the night Silena had snuck back into Naruto's room since they both enjoyed sleeping beside each other.
"So when will we arrive at the entrance?" Percy asked as he examined the map with Tyson beside him enjoying his peanut butter sandwich.
"Within the next hour or so. We want to be ready for when we get to the entrance since this will be a very difficult part of the quest. Plus it's guarded by two of the worst of the oceans monsters."
"Charybdis and Scylla right?" Percy asked getting a nod from the everyone.
"Scylla was a child of Phrocys and Keto and was once a very beautiful nymph. From what I read Scylla was once a beautiful nymph. The fisherman-turned-sea-god Glaucus fell madly in love with her, but she fled from him onto the land where he could not follow. Despair filled his heart and he went to the sorceress Circe to ask for a love potion to melt Scylla's heart."
"As he told his tale of love about Scylla to Circe, she herself fell in love with him. She wooed him with her sweetest words and looks, but the sea-god would have none of her. Circe was furious, but with Scylla and not with Glaucus. She prepared a vial of very powerful poison and poured it in the pool where Scylla bathed. As soon as the nymph entered the water, she was transformed into a frightful monster," Silena explained as both Percy and Tyson listened intently.
"Charybdis however was a child of Poseidon and a water nymph. She was known to be very loyal to her father and helped him during his endless feud with Zeus. She would ride the hungry tides after Poseidon had stirred up a storm, and led them onto the beaches, covering whole villages, submerging fields, drowning forests, claiming them for the sea. She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster forever."
"So they were forever cursed for something that out of control?" Percy asked angrily to which Naruto could understand and felt some anger towards that fact as well.
"The gods can be a bunch of jerks when they want to be. I think Ares has already proven that theory."
"Is there nothing that can be done to remove the curse? Surely the gods would not just let them remain as monsters for something that was not their fault?"
"If they did then I doubt we would be worrying about which of the two we would need to pass Percy," Naruto answer silencing Percy.
"Remove the curse. I am not sure that's a thought you should have Percy?" Annabeth answered.
"So which will we be trying to get passed?" Annabeth asked though Percy looked in confusion.
"Why do we have to pass either of them? Can't we just find another way in? Surely there is one unguarded entrance right?"
"It does' not quite work like that Percy. They are at all the entrances to the Sea of Monster. There are multiple entrances but at all of them Charybdis and Scylla will appear."
"It's where we get the saying between a rock and a hard place."
"Oh okay then," Percy said feeling a little stupid.
"The answer is simple," Clarisse said taking the map into her hands.
"Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that we have to pass while Scylla lies in wait on the said of the cliffs. If we try to avoid Charybdis then we have to fight Scylla ad if we avoid Scylla we have to fight Charybdis any way you look at it."
"Therefore I think we should take on Charybdis."
"Clarisse," Percy said, "Charybdis sucks up the sea. Isn't that the story? I don't think it would be wise to try and take her on. She could destroy the boat completely.
"If we get too close, then Scylla and her snaky heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship."
"The choose Scylla then," Percy said. "Everybody goes below deck and we chug right past. We will be safe that way. It is easy."
"Percy nothing is that easy and nothing is that simple. Just because we will be below deck, it does not mean she will not be able to get to us. Last I check monster were very strong and could tear right through the metal," Naruto answered as Clarisse then spoke up.
"If Scylla doesn't get her easy meat, she might pick up the whole ship. Besides, she's too high to make a good target. My cannons can't shoot straight up. Charybdis just sits there at the center of her whirlwind. We're going to steam straight toward her, train our guns on her, and blow her to Tartarus!"
"It is a direct approach buts it's are best shot. Plus I can try and distract her with my clones and use my aim with my bow and jutsu to hit her in the eyes or something. Some like that should stun her enough for us to pass," Naruto answered getting understanding nods from everyone.
They all knew that getting passed either of the monster duo was going to be difficult. After all only a handful of people have done such a thing.
"Let's get the last of are things and then everyone meet up on deck. Within an hour we will be at the Sea of Monsters."
The six demi gods quick broke apart and all headed towards their rooms and prepared.
Naruto changed his clothes and put on a black shirt and strapped his armour over the top of it. He didn't have any shoulder guards since he felt that it restricted his arm movements too much.
He checked his bow and pulled the strong back to make sure it was in peak condition along with making sure all his arrows were in the quiver. Both his hunting knives were clean polished ad sharp. They looked like they could cut through any thing.
He took a few deep breaths while he mentally prepared himself. He knew there was a good chance that things were not going to go their way and that very easily someone could lose their life.
As long as he was breathing he would not allow that to happen. He knew what it meant to sacrifice himself for those he cared for and he would readily do it again to protect everyone on the ship.
As he exited his room he found Annabeth, Percy, Tyson ad Silena already outside waiting for them all wearing their armour and having their weapons strapped to their sides and on their backs.
"We are just waiting for Clarisse," Silena answered.
"I will wait for her. You guys head up on the deck. I bring her up when she is out."
They all struggled and did as told though Silena gave him a glance and winked before walking alongside Annabeth.
Naruto smiled and leaned against the wall beside as he waited for the daughter of Ares.
Though it did not stay silent for long when he heard a crash from within Clarisse's room.
He was about to open the door before he heard voices coming from within. He pressed his ear against the door.
"I don't want excuses, little girl!" an angry male voice growled which caused Naruto to narrow his eyes and a growl rip out of his throat. He knew that voice.
"Ares, what is that bastard doing here?" he thought.
"Y-yes, father," he heard Clarisse mumble and could hear her shuffling.
"I'll succeed!" Clarisse promised, her voice trembling. "I'll make you proud."
"You'd better," he warned. "You asked me for this quest, girl. If you let that slime ball Jackson kid and that Uzumaki punk steal it from you-"
"But the Oracle said—"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SAID!" Ares bellowed.
"You don't want to see me mad, do you? Because you know what will happen if you do"
"No, father."
Naruto's eyes widened when he heard a loud smack come from inside the room and made him snarl in response He kicked the door wide open to see Ares saying "No, father," Ares mimicked. "You're pathetic. I should've let one of my sons take this quest."
Ares looked over and saw Naruto standing in the doorway with his eyes ruby red and staring directly at him.
"Get lost punk. This is some father-daughter bonding. Take a hike."
Naruto looked over and saw Clarisse was hiding the right side of her face and hand her hand covering as well. He went forward and got in Ares face.
"Go fuck yourself Ares," he said before he pushed God of War which made said God knock against the wall slightly. You are not wanted here. Unless you want another ass kicking like before.
"You dare you little demon spawn. You little freak. Give me a good reason why I should not pummel you into the ground. Mommy is not here to save you."
"I am not afraid of you. You are a poor excuse for a parent and if there is anything I hate most in the worlds, it is a parent that hits his own kids."
"Go back to Olympus."
Ares snarled and spat on the floor in front of Naruto before he teleported away in his godly form which made both demi gods cover their eyes. When they opened their eyes Ares was gone and it was silent.
Naruto turned to Clarisse who was trying not to look Naruto in the eye.
"Clarisse?" he asked gently causing her to turn her head away from him. He went in front of her and gently tiled her face towards him. He saw that on her right cheek was a red mark from where Ares had hit her. But in her eyes he could see them beginning to glaze over slightly.
"Clarisse." he said putting his head to hers. "Does this happen often?" He asked but felt a little relived when she shook her head.
"Only when he is really mad," she whispered. "He never hit me when I was younger, mainly over the last few years since I came to camp. I just don't think he likes having daughters. He does not see girls as worthy fighters."
He wrapped her in a hug and whispered soothing words to her. "It is okay; I will not let him do that to you again. I promise. It is okay to feel vulnerable from time to time war girl."
"You can let it out. There is no one here but us and I will not tell anyone what happened here.'
He felt Clarisse nod her head a little into his armour chest and felt her arms wrapped around him tightly like a lifeline. He could see little traces of water going down her cheeks.
This was the first time he had ever seen Clarisse so vulnerable before and it was strange to see the normally tough as nails girl in such a state. He understood she had a tough image but like he had thought before; there was a lot more to Clarisse then being tough, strong willed daughter of the God of War.
She broke the hug and he saw her eyes were a little red with a few tears stains down her cheek. He quickly wiped them away.
"Thank you," he heard her mutter.
He smiled and leaned forward to kiss her forehead which made her blush a little and made him laugh before looking at her a little seriously. "Annabeth knows this, Katie knows this and Silena knows this. And now I want you to know this."
"You are very important to me Clarisse and I value you as my friend and maybe even as a sister. I will always be there to help you when you need it and you will always have my friendship no matter what.
"You are strong willed, you are strong and you are a friend that would lay everything on the lie to save them. You are a good person Clarisse and you are destined to do great things. That I am sure of."
Clarisse bit her lip promising herself to cry again from his words and instead settled for giving him a quick hug and punching his shoulder lightly.
"If you tell anyone what happened here I will kick your ass. Shinobi power or not and make it look like an accident."
Naruto bellowed out a laugh and put his arm around her shoulders.
"I would expect no less from you war girl. Come on, we got two monsters that need a good ass kicking."
She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as well and the two exited the room and made their way back onto the top of the ship. Where the others were waiting.
When they arrived on the top deck they saw Percy and Annabeth were leaning over the side talking while Tyson was tinkering around with some kind of watch. They did not notice them appear.
Silena though was staring off ahead of them but quickly noticed them appear. She smiled at first but then had a worried look on her face when she saw Clarisse red eyes. They were not surprised she noticed.
She rushed over and went straight to Clarisse and began asking what was wrong and if she had been crying. She looked to Naruto who simply told her that it was not his place to say.
He left the two girls to themselves as he suspected Clarisse would explain what happened. He went and stood by Tyson and watched him tinker around with his new project.
He stayed like that for the full hour and made idle chat with Tyson and found Tyson's child like behaviour was a breath of fresh air with all the seriousness over the last few days.
Though halfway through Silena walked up to him and passionately kissed him and thanked him for sticking up for Clarisse and standing up to her father like he did.
Once the hour was up a horn sounded out throughout the ship which made everyone jump.
"That's the signal. You know what that means," Silena said getting a nod from Naruto. Everyone gathered together while Clarisse used a pair of binoculars.
Everyone looked in the same direction as Clarisse was, but they could not see much couldn't see much. The sky was overcast. The air was hazy and humid, like steam from an iron.
"We are close. Very close," Naruto said as he smelled the air.
The engine groaned as the boat increased in speed.
Tyson muttered nervously, "Too much strain on the pistons. Not meant for deep water."
"Don't worry buddy," Percy comforted. "We are going to make it through this. The ship will hold."
"Let's hope it will hold." Naruto thought and kept to himself. Though he did not know much about ships, he knew the groaning noises coming from the ships engines were definantly not healthy.
After a few more minutes of observing and preparing, dark splotches became visible ahead of the boat and began to come in to focus. To the north, a huge mass of rock rose out of the sea—an island with cliffs at least a hundred feet tall. About half a mile south of that, the other patch of darkness was a storm brewing. The sky and sea boiled together in a roaring mass.
"Hurricane?" Annabeth asked in a hopeful toe but she saw the stoic expressions of the older trio demi gods.
"No," Clarisse said. "Charybdis."
Well here we go everyone. Let's get ready Naruto said as everyone began weapons ready.
"Captain set sails for Charybdis and get everyone on the canons," Clarisse yelled.
"AYE AYE CAPTAIN," he shouted back as the canon on the ships began to get manned by the skeleton confederates.
The ship got closer to the monsters, the sound of Charybdis got louder and louder—a horrible wet roar like the galaxy's biggest toilet being flushed. Every time Charybdis inhaled, the ship shuddered and lurched forward. Every time she exhaled, we rose in the water and were buffeted by ten-foot waves.
Silena in instinct grabbed hold of Naruto's hand who in return held it tight in his own.
However they could feel heat coming from beneath them and knew it was the engine the heat was coming from. A burnt out engine was not something that would help them in fighting Charybdis.
"Tyson do you think you could go down to the engine room ad keep the engine cool?"
Everyone looked to Tyson who had an inquisitive look on his face before he grinned.
"Tyson can help. Tyson can keep the engines cool. I go work on that now," he said getting a nod from everyone and a thumbs up from Percy before he sprinted down the stairwells and towards the engines rooms.
"Annabeth take this," Naruto called out as he threw an object to Annabeth. She looked down to see the battle horn of Pan now in her hands.
"What? But this-"
"Could help us in fighting the monsters. Only use it when you think it would be best to use it. I am sure you can pick the right moment."
Annabeth bit her lip but nodded none the less. It was a big responsibility that could be the key to them getting past.
Same time- Olympus Thorne Room
Groaning and doing their best from falling asleep the twelve Olympians along with Hestia sat in the throne room as they fought the urge to fall asleep as they listened to Athena discuss current matters in Tartarus.
Though everyone knew they should have been listening, they knew the meeting could have been over in twenty minutes but it had dragged on for more than two hours just like it did every other week.
Apollo and Hermes looked almost asleep and looked ready to fall of their thrones. Hephaestus was tinkering with one of his machines, Aphrodite was doing her nails, Artemis looked up at the ceiling while everyone else just held on for as long as possible.
Though Ares did get a tongue lashing from Hera when he disappeared for a few minutes before returning back with a pissed off look on his face. Everyone raised their eyebrows at that but Athena carried on any way.
"This is so pointless," Demeter muttered getting glares from Zeus and Athena though no one corrected her.
"Can we just go? We have said everything we were supposed to," Hermes asked with a pleading look on his face. Apollo mimicked the look.
"Yes I have to agree. I have a spa appointment I am missing," Aphrodite said with a pout on her face. "I need a pedicure desperately. Just look at these nails."
Artemis snorted. "There is a shocker. So lazy and no work as per usual," she muttered getting another pout from the Love Goddess.
"Come on little sis, lay of poor dite," he said giving her a thumbs up which Aphrodite happily gave back. He ignored the glares from Ares and Hephaestus.
"Do not call me your little sister. I am older. I helped mother birth you."
Apollo shrugged. "Still older."
Artemis look like she was ready to strangle the Sun God before the throne room doors went wide open which drew everyone's attention and were surprised to see Amphrite walk towards them.
"Amphrite my dear," Poseidon said getting a concerned look on his face as Amphrite paces rather quickly towards him. She gave a quick bow to Zeus who nodded back before going to her husband who got off his throne.
"Amphrite how lovely to see you again," Hera called as she hugged her sister in law. Since both goddesses disapproved of the cheating their husbands performed, the two bonded over their mutual hate and distrust that they developed for their husbands.
"Why are you hear my dear. It awful rare for you to come to Olympus," Poseidon questioned and everyone could see the panicked look on her face.
"My dear I bring terrible news from the oceans. We do not know how or who is responsible," she said getting everyone even more anxious and leaning in their seats.
"Someone has released the Kraken from its jail."
As soon as she said the name of the beast everyone gasped a little and eyes went wide. Poseidon almost dropped his trident.
"Oh dear," Hera muttered while others shook a little. The kraken was not a beast many wanted to meddle with.
"WHAT!? How is that possible?" Zeus bellowed. "Poseidon how could this happen?"
"I do not know," the Sea God said as he gathered his bearings. "It was being kept down by the strongest sea stones ad celestial bronze we had."
"Well it seems it was not enough," Athena spoke up. "For someone to release the Kraken from its prison they must have been powerful. Only we gods have the power to break its chains."
"That's what Triton and I thought as well. Though whoever it was left as soon as it was free. The scout who reported it said that he saw no one at the site and could make out a giant silhouette in the distant."
"This is not good Poseidon," Zeus spoke. "If the kraken is released then it will be your duty into bringing it back since it is in your domain. Find it and put it back in its prison."
"Do we know where it currently is?" Poseidon asked hoping to get some kind of track on the might ocean monster. The quicker we find it the sooner the ocean will be back to peace.
Amphrite bit her lip a little and saw worry on her face which many saw.
"Amphrite where is it headed?" Poseidon asked again.
"The scout said that it was heading west. The only thing that is west of its prison is the Sea Of Monsters, where the demi gods on the current quest are currently heading towards as we speak."
When the Sea of Monsters was heard many of the gods looked alarmed and jumped off their thrones.
"The children, Silena," Aphrodite called out putting her hands to her mouths.
"Naruto," Artemis, Hestia and Apollo thought.
Athena and Poseidon also looked worried to the core while Ares was laughing and clapping on his throne which drew everyone's attention.
"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU LAUGHING?" Athena bellowed. "Our children might encounter the bloody Kraken. Your daughter might get killed and you are laughing?"
"So?" He asked sneering. "Bloody girl is useless. Needs that brat of Artys to defend her all the time. The kraken might do us a favour getting rid of the demon brat. I know I will find it fun to watch," he said as a bag of pop corn appeared in his hands.
"YOU STUPID BASTARD. YOU HORRID HEARTLES PIG," Artemis yelled as she made a lunge for the God of War before Apollo and Hestia grabbed her just in time. Though it did not stop most of the other gods and goddesses to glare at Ares for lack of care.
Artemis gritted her teeth as did the other parents of the demi gods on the quest. "We have to get to the entrance. We have to stop the Kraken. We cannot allow our children to face that beast. They will not survive."
"I agree. The kraken is out of their league big time. We, the gods should be the one to put it back in its prison," Athena added. Plus I do not want my daughter being anywhere near that monstrosity.
"Triton, Delphin and part of the Atlantean army are headed their as we speak," Amphrite spoke up getting nods from everyone's which let them feel a little relieved.
Said Gods and Goddesses were prepared to go before Ares suddenly spoke up. "You are not allowed remember," he said with a smirk on his face. "You are not allowed to interfere in your children's life. If they run into the Kraken then it will be their problem. We can't play favorites now can we?"
Everyone looked sat him in surprised before they all looked at him in rage. Poseidon's trident thrummed with power, Hestia hearth fire went meters high while the others gods began to glow and shake with rage.
"You bastard," Athena said. "You are just doing this to spite us and our children. How can you care so little? So little for your own child."
As the other god's and goddess yelled at Ares, Apollo was physically stopping Artemis from shoving arrow where the sun does not shine while Hestia tried to calm her down while trying to keep her own anger in check at her nephew.
"LET ME GO. HE IS PUTTING MY SON IN DANGER. I WILL DESTROY HIM," She shouted trying to wriggle out of her brother and uncles grasps.
She wanted to wipe the grin from Ares face.
"ENOUGH," Zeus boomed out having enough of the arguing.
"Ares is correct. If the demi gods encounter the Kraken it will be their battle, not ours. You will all remain in the throne room."
"Father you cannot be serious," Athena asked looking at him with a pleading look. "Our children do not stand a chance."
"Brother see sense," Poseidon growled out.
To make his point Zeus slammed the throne room doors shut tight and used his authority as King to stop anyone from teleporting down to Olympus. "The law is the law. If they fight the Kraken they will win or they will fall without our help."
"Father," Apollo pleaded while Artemis, Aphrodite and Athena's eyes glazed over a little while being comforted by Hestia, Demeter and Hermes. Hera though just sat on her thrones and rolled her eyes at the drama while trying to ignore them all. Ares though looked a little happy but knew this would cost him his happy times with Aphrodite.
"But then again if hunter boy and the sea punk get killed then it will be worth," he thought.
He waved his hand and made an Iris window appear in front of them. "Might as well watch the fun," he said as he ate is popcorn while the others reluctantly returned to their seats all the while glaring at Ares before looking at the screen.
"Please be safe," the parents all thought as they saw the CSS BIRMIGHAM appear on screen heading towards Charybdis.
Entrance to the Sea Of Monsters
"Percy can you control the oceans and give us a hand?" Naruto called out as he notched a arrow in to his bow.
Percy closed his eyes and began to feel the ocean around him but the whirlpool in front of them as well as the roars from the monsters and the shouting from the skeleton crew made it too difficult for him to fully concentrate.
"I—I can't," he said miserably. "There is too much interference. I can't focus properly."
"We need a backup plan," Annabeth said. "This isn't going to work."
However before she could explain the ship lurched forward and threw most of their feet. The ship began to rock in every direction signalling that they had been sucked into the whirlpool.
"Full reverse!" Clarisse screamed above the noise. The sea churned around them, waves crashing over the deck. As she shouted the demi gods got a good luck at Charybdis.
"Damn," Naruto thought when all he saw was a giant black maw at the bottom of the whirlpool with long teeth the size of row boats that was sucking in everything possible.
"She is just a giant mouth," Naruto shouted getting disgusted looks from everyone.
"Lady Clarisse," the captain shouted. "Starboard and forward guns are in range!"
"Fire!" Clarisse ordered throwing her right arm down.
Three rounds were blasted into the monster's maw. One blew off the edge of an incisor. Another disappeared into her gullet. The third hit one of Charybdis's retaining bands and shot back at us, snapping the Ares flag off its pole.
Afterwards Naruto fire a arrow with wind wrapped around it and shot it directly into the giant mouth ad hit one of the long teeth and making a large noticeable crack form in it. Charybdis roared out.
Silena did the same and aimed arrow after arrow at the teeth of the monster trying to make it feel some kind of pain while a second round of firing fired towards Charybdis.
Charybdis continued to roar out ad it looked like it was getting closer or they were getting further swallowed.
Naruto ran to the front of the ship and made ten shadow clones while the guns reloaded.
"FIRE STYLE FIRE DRAGON JUTSU," Naruto shouted as ten large streams of fire shaped like dragons shot forwards and engulfed Charybdis in a wave of fire.
They could hear the great ocean monster cry out in pain as the flames engulfed around and inside her mouth. Its teeth began to burn and began to turn an ugly shade of grey and black from and the smoke from the fire made smoke wrap around and go into its mouth.
The whirlpool around them calmed a little and allowed the captain to get better control of the ship before some gallons of water swept across Charybdis mouth and put out the fire. Even though the fire was out, the pain could still be heard in Charbyydis roars and cries.
"That was great," Naruto Clarisse shouted. Keep it up. "The fire is hurting her."
Silena meanwhile stopped with the arrows and helped reload the Clarisse canon while Percy did the same with Annabeth who had taken over from a skeleton that had fallen in the ocean and been sucked in by Charybdis.
They could feel the heat beneath them get cooler signalling that Tyson was managing to keep the engine cool and in order.
The giant mouth then shut surprising everyone which made the ocean go back to being calm and the whirlpool slowly dissipated.
"Is it over?" Percy asked in a hopeful tone but saw the solemn looks Naruto and the others had who simply shook their heads.
"No Percy, that just round one," he said as he prepared his bow again as did Silena while Annabeth and Clarisse aimed their canons.
"Everyone get ready," Naruto called out the mouth exploded open, spitting out a wall of water, ejecting everything inedible, including the cannonballs that had been fired from the ship.
Naruto seeing all the debris coming towards them, created two hundred clones surprising everyone and made a wall of clones in front of the ship. Though a few cannon balls hit the top of the ship, everything else slammed into Naruto's clones which made them poof out of existence. Some of the clones survived before Naruto cancelled them.
The ship was thrown backward on a wave that must've been forty feet high. Percy used his powers to control the water around them and managed with great difficulty and willpower to calm it down and keep the boat from capsizing.
"Woh good work Percy. Keep us afloat," Annabeth said to Percy before the skeleton next to her suddenly disappeared into the air by something brown and green.
Everyone looked over only for Percy to suddenly feel himself being lifted up into the air.
"NO," Annabeth shouted as she grabbed his legs. The others all saw this and did the same and grabbed him. Naruto made some clones and had them pull down. Looking up they saw a big reptile mass with multiple heads that had grabbed hold of Percy back pack.
"Percy slip out of the backpack," Naruto called as they struggled to keep Percy down much longer and could feel their grip loosening and Scylla getting stronger.
Percy wriggled around before he managed to slip his arms out of the straps and falling back onto the deck of the ship. He had Annabeth fussing over him a little but motioned he was okay.
Hearing a screech from above them they saw Scylla hissing down at them with their tongues sliding out and rows of teeth gleaming.
Seeing that it was going to snap its jaws Naruto and Silena both fired an arrow towards Scylla and each hit the same eye of one of the heads. Scylla reeled back and roared out loud in pain. However their attention turned to the other side when the whirlpool from Charybdis started up again and the large black mouth of the monster could be seen again.
"Crap, crap ,crap," Naruto said voicing the thoughts of everyone. Naruto and Clarisse went back towards Charybdis while Silena, Annabeth and Percy faced Scylla as riptide was now visible in Percy's hand.
"Come on. BRING IT," Clarisse shouted trying to stay positive and manning one of the canons again.
The door behind them was open and they could see Tyson come out covered in black soot. "Engine cool and fixed for now," he said before noticing their situation and joined Percy's side against Scylla.
The whirlpool got louder and the hisses from Scylla got louder and everyone believed the two monsters were going to make their move.
But then the strangest thing happened which caught everyone off guard and rendered everyone confused.
The whirlpool around Charybdis suddenly slowed down add dissipated returning the water to being calm and silent. The black mass that was Charybdis could just about be seen by the people of the ship before it suddenly began to move away from them and disappeared into some cavern underneath the cliffs.
"What the hell?" everyone thought before they heard a loud whimper like noise coming from Scylla. They looked to see Scylla's multiple heads were low down whimpering with their eyes looking all over the place before her body began to back up and disappear back into her cave in the cliffs.
The demi gods all looked around confused not understand what just happened. "Did we win?" Percy asked not getting an answer from anyone as they looked over to where Charybdis ad Scylla disappeared too.
While some of the skeleton crew broke out into cheers and the captain seemed pleased with himself, the demi gods knew something was up.
"They just disappeared. Naruto did you do something?" Annabeth asked wanting to know If Naruto used some sort of shinobi ability to scare them off..
"No I didn't do anything. I don't understand it. They had us cornered and then they just left. Have you ever heard of them doing that before?"
"Never. Charybdis and Scylla are notorious but yet they looked..."
"Scared. They looked scared. Did you hear Scylla whimpering? Whatever it was it had her freaked out big time and I don't know any monster that could scare them both like that Silena said before she noticed Naruto was staring at Percy who was looking over the side of the ship.
"Percy?" He asked as they all walked up to him. He was just leaning over the side of the ship looking down at the water with a frown on his face and saw his eyes scanning the water.
"What is it?" Annabeth asked trying to look him in the eye.
"The fish. They have all swam off. Normally I can feel and sense all the sea life in the water but I can't feel anything. It's like they just swam off and swam as far as they could go. I can't sense anything.
They all looked at each worryingly before they all leaned over the side of the boat. An eerie silence rang over the area. "Something not right. It cannot be that easy. What had them freaked out?" Clarisse whispered to them all harshly.
However they got their answer in the form of a loud roar coming from beneath the boat that caused all the demi gods to cover their ears and drop to their knees. The sound caused the entire ship to vibrate and shake while the windows began to crack and shatter.
From beneath the ship a giant silhouette that was twice the size of the boat hovered and lingered beneath it with a bunch of beady eyes looking at the hull of the ship and began to push the ship away from the entrance to the Sea of monsters.
Everyone on deck held onto whatever was close to them when they felt the boat being pulled away.
"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING? WHAT IS DOWN THERE" Clarisse shouted before Percy fell a strong pull from beneath the boat.
"Something big," he muttered before they all wet wide eyed and felt panic and fear engulf them when giant octopus like tentacles appeared on the side of the boats.
Chapter 10 completed
Okay everyone I am in need of a bit of help. I am in need of a full time beta for this story. If any one is willing to beta it then please mention so in a review or pm me.
Also if you wondering why the gods have been forced to stay in the throne room despite wanting to help their children but in this I thought that since Zeus is the king, he could use his authorative power to temporarily cease things like teleporting. Plus I looked up about Charybdis and it is just described as a giant black mouth with teeth.
My next chapter might take an extra day or two to complete so I apologize if I do not make the usual deadline.
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