Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Rick Riordan does.

Finding Zangetsu

"Alright if you need anything I'll be at the Big House." Chiron stalked off after that. Nebula didn't leave after that. She stared at the sky as if she had been their. She then said something that almost sent me into a heart attack.

(Grover POV)

Nebula simply looked up in the sky and said to herself "Percy, don't let the anger consume you." She then vanished in a swirl of darkness like Void had. I simply stayed in the postion for what seemed like years. Void was Percy? How could this have happened? In one of his conversations with Chiron Void had said he had been training with Chaos for 1000 years so how can Void be Percy? I left the arena and walked into the woods. I continued walking for what seemed like hours until I came to a familiar spot. It was Juniper's bush or at least what was left of it. Tears began to escape my eyes as I remembered what happened and the second reason why I despise Nick to this day.

(Flashback)

I was once again busy with my responsibilities that came with being a Lord of the Wild. Juniper and myself had both been sad since Percy left. He's been missing for about a year now. I had used any spare time I could get to look for him. I was walking to Juniper's bush to talk about something. While I was walking I began to here strange noises coming from the area. Staying hidden I saw Nick practicing his powers. Six months ago Nick had been offered a quest by Hephaestus and he completed it and recived a ring that could manipulate fire. I saw a small campfire near him. It was obvious that he was practicing controlling the ring which he could barely do. What happened next would forever scar me. The fire he was attempting to control suddenly began to rush all over the place. It caught several things on fire but I only noticed one thing that had caught fire. Juniper's bush was burning. Juniper stumbled out of the bush and looked very sickly. I caught her in my arms and looked in her eyes.

"Juniper! Hold on I'll put out the fire!" I turned towards the juniper bush but it was almost gone. Even if I did put out the fire it would be useless. The fire was quickly put out by another dryad who moved to put out another. All that was left of it was a tiny sprig that probably wouldn't grow. I turned back to Juniper and picked her up again.

"Juniper, Please don't go." Tears were pouring out of my eyes and falling onto her. She just looked at me with sad eyes.

"Grover please you must move on. Don't get held up in the past. Just keep moving foward. Just... Keep... Moving." After that she closed her eyes and was gone. A sadness I had rarely felt before surfaced. It was the sadness of losing someone close to my heart. In an instant the sadness I'd felt was replaced with rage. I looked towards Nick who was using his powers over water to help put out the remaining fire. Once it was out I ran up to him and punched him in the face sending him sprawling to the ground. I immeadiately began to yell.

"You! If you hadn't been doing that here none of this would've happened!" I moved to hit him again but the dryads held me back. Nick simply put on an innocent look and began to speak.

"How was I supposed to know what would happen? If you blame anyone it should be your girlfriend for living there." That was too far. I broke free from the dryads and delivered a swift punch to Nick's stomach. He doubled over to the ground in pain.

"Listen and listen well false son of Posedion. If you ever and I mean EVER mention Juniper again then you won't live to see the light of the next day." With that I walked away and towards a clearing. Seeing that I was alone I fell to my knees and cried.

(Flashback End)

After Juniper passed away and Percy left I didn't have very many people that I was close to. I had Chiron, Thaila, and Nico. Annabeth severed any ties with me after Nick had told her that I'd threatened him. I began to walk away from the spot and began to form a plan on trying to get Void to reveal himself.

(Void POV)

My hand began burning with a blue fire and I sent it in a wave like pattern and it scorched the ground of empty field I'd found. I then summoned the power of Posedion and created an earthquake to shatter the field into pieces. I had been using the power of the God's for nearly Three and a half hours and was very tired. I collapsed to my knees and my vision went blurry. I stared at the sky again before everything faded to black.

I woke up in an area that was very strange. It seemed to be a building but I was standing on the side of it. The building was very tall and made of glass. I began to look around and stopped when a voice spoke out to me. "Hello Perseus."

I turned around and found myself face to face with a strange man. He was tall and he was wearing a black cloak that was in tatters at the bottom of it. On his face he had a wispy beard, he was wearing faded orange sunglasses and his hair was black, shoulder length, and crooked at the ends of it.

"Who are you?"

"Who am I? I am a manifestion of your spirit energy. My previous owner had quite a bit of it. You also seem to possess an abnormal amount but it does not matter. What does matter is that you know my name but before that take this." He pulled out a katana. the blade was about 3.5 feet in length and the hilt was about 1/2 a foot long. The hilt was black and the guard was a simple square guard. He handed it to me and when I grabbed it the knowledge of how to use it flowed into me however I could only retain the basics. I studied it for a minute before turning back to the man.

"I'll ask once again. Who are you?"

"I hope you can here my name. My name is ..."

"What? What did you say?'

"It appears you are not ready to know my name but in time you will. Practice with that sword. Maybe sometime soon you'll be able to hear my name ..." The world I was in started to fade. I wanted to know the stranger's name but the world faded before I could ask.

I came to in the same field. I was still holding the sword the man gave me. Who was he? Why couldn't I hear his name? I decided to head back to camp with my head filled with questions.

(Thaila POV)

We finally turned onto the familiar dirt road that lead to Camp Half-Blood. We had been traveling for a long time. We had recieved the order to come to Camp while we were in Nevada. The trip had been long but we had made it. I stepped out and began to ascend Half-Blood Hill. I saw a person standing under the tree next to Peleus. The person wore a robe with stars and planets on them. I approached the person and started speaking.

"Who are you?" The person turned to leave before answering in an obviously female voice.

"In time Thaila Grace you will know."

(A/N): And Chapter 9's done! 2 things I want to address. One, Percy's version of Zangetsu isn't like Ichigo's. Percy's is in it's sealed state not it's Bankai state. Two, I have a new poll concerning my second story so please vote in it. See you next time!