A/N: Hey guys, new chap here, I hope everyone's enjoying it. Please leave reviews as everyone is appreciated. This story is gonna have more Percy and Annabeth, also more gods. Decade chapter incoming.

Chapter 10: Love is a Poisoned Arrow

Nathan shot upright, he looked around, realised where he was and relaxed. He was in Aphrodite's palace, snuggled next to the goddess of love, neither of them clothed, with the covers keeping their modesty intact. The memories of the night before still fresh in Nathan's mind, she loved him, he loved her

Aphrodite opened her eyes, and looked at Nathan's worried face "What's wrong baby?" she asked.

Nathan's thoughts were swimming around in his head, what was he going to do? Two goddesses, he loved two goddesses. Did he have the resolve to choose between them?

"Aphrodite" he said, he paused, how could he approach this "I need to tell you some-"

"Shhhh" whispered the goddess, placing a finger to his lips. "It's alright, I already know" Nathan looked confused so she continued "I know you love Artemis, I'm the goddess of love, I've known since the first day I saw you"

Nathan's head went down "I'm sorry, I can't decide between you. I love you both so much" he said, almost trembling, there was a chance that he'd just lost both women, because he was indecisive.

Aphrodite cupped his face in her hands "…And you don't have to"

Nathan's head shot up in shock "What?"

Aphrodite gave a knowing smile "I know that you can't decide, so love us both. The only things I ask is don't love one of us more than the other. I couldn't bare it if I knew you loved her more than me, can you do that for me?" she asked.

Nathan nodded "Of course I can, you're my everything" he said, pulling her into his arms, simply holding her, their legs entwined, simply melting in each other's company.

"And don't worry" she said "She loves you that much, you could have a hundred lovers and she would be one, so long as she was loved. Good luck getting her to admit it though…"

Aphrodite looked up at him, with a sultry look on her face "…and good luck trying to get her into bed"

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Percy was worried, Tartarus on the rise, army of monsters, and their greatest weapon collapsed, and now…no one knew where he was. Nathan was missing.

That morning Zach had gone to check up on him, simply to reveal he was gone. The whole camp was looking for him, aside from the hunters.

Percy remembered the conversation, and it was a strange one.

"Please my lady, we need your hunters, if Nathan is not found then I fear Tartarus may use the opportunity to attack" Pleaded Chiron, Percy standing behind him.

"No!" yelled Artemis "I refuse to go crawling after him"

'" Crawling after him" what the hell is she on about' Percy thought.

"My lady, please" he begged.

"No, I am not responsible for him, he infuriates me with that mischievous grin and …those broad shoulders…and…those eyes…and…those muscles" Percy looked at Artemis, who looked like she was daydreaming about him. Percy's eyes shot to their peak, she loved him. He couldn't believe it, Chiron and Percy shared a knowing look, before walking out the tent and back towards the main camp.

The virgin goddess was in love.

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Nathan flashed down to the centre of the camp, and the campers rushed him asking where he was and what he was doing, he went to answer before one voice stood out from the crowd "You've got some nerve coming back here" yelled Annabeth.

The campers let her through and backed off from the two "Excuse me?" Nathan responded.

"You heard me" she said "Where were you?"

He matched the gaze that she was giving him "I was on Olympus" he bluntly responded.

"Doing what?" she hissed.

"That's my business" Nathan retorted, coldly. He noticed Percy and Chiron making their way through the crowd.

"Nathan" Chiron greeted "I'm glad you're back"

"Tell me about it" said Percy.

"It's good to be back guys" retorted Nathan, before anyone else could say anything, Nathan asked "Where's Artemis. I need to see her" he stated.

"She's at the hunter's camp" said Percy with a small mischievous smile. He knew what was going to go down "She seems pissed" he noted.

"Ha-ha, I bet I know what caused that" laughed Nathan.

Annabeth simply held her glare, what was this guy's problem.

"See ya round" said Nathan beginning his trek to the hunters camp, that was near the outskirts of camp half blood. He noticed all the campers he passed stared at him, probably had something to do with the white hair and glowing eyes.

He reached the edge of the hunter's camp, and walked inside, each step he took was like walking in enemy territory, every single hunter either shooting glares at the god who took pleasure in antagonising their mistress or wide eyed, just like the campers. He made his way through each of the tents, and noticed the one hunter who shot him a smile was the lieutenant, Thalia Grace; she could respect him, walking through a camp full of female maidens who would happily neuter him without a second thought.

Nathan reached Artemis' tent and entered without knocking. Once he was inside he was tackled to the floor by the Moon goddess herself, he face buried in his chest. Nathan looked down and realised his shirt was wet, she was crying, sobbing her life into his shirt.

Nathan's hand went down and he began caressing her hair "Shhhh, it's okay, I'm here now" he soothed, this made her tighten her grip, never letting him loose.

"Where were you?" she cried.

"Realising something" he said, prying her off of his chest, tears still glistening her eyes. Both of them, on their knees still holding onto each other.

"What?" she whimpered.

"I realised that, I love you" he said softly, with no hesitation, he wanted her to know the truth, his truth on the woman that he loved.

Her eyes went wide, lips trembling, shock written across her face "I…I…"

She stopped when he raised his hand and began caressing her cheeks; she could only gaze into his eyes, as his face moved closer to hers, inch by inch. Soon their noses were touching "I truly…honestly… love you" he brushed his lips against hers, teasing her, wanting her to kiss him, not the other way around. "And you love me" he whispered, it wasn't a question, it was a statement, they both knew it. Although she may not have admitted it, they understood that it was true.

Artemis plucked up her courage and move forward, pressing her lips against his… and the sensations exploded in her mouth. They moved in perfect synchronisation, each movement making an entirely new sensation for Artemis, they were one.

Nathan plucked up the courage and grabbed her rear end, making her moan into his mouth, he lifted her up stood up and sat down at the edge of her bed, placing her on his lap, she wrapped her arms around his waist, deepening the kiss. Nathan felt her arms go down to his crotch and began to undo his belt "Arty…stop" he whispered.

She pulled away from him, a look of hurt passed over her face "You don't want me?" she asked, horrified that he thought.

"I want you more than anything" he stated, making her relax. "But you need to know something before anything happens" he paused, not sure how to approach the situation "Artemis" he started "I love Aphrodite"

Her face morphed to one of shock and horror, he didn't love her. "How could you?!" she cried, burying herself, back into his chest, crying even harder than before.

He wrapped his arms round her in desperation "Artemis please… I know what you're thinking but please let me finish" she shook her head.

"NO!" she cried "I love you and you lied to me" bursting into tears.

He knew he was going to have to be direct. He grabbed her shoulders moving her away from his chest "NO! Now you listen to me" he said, anger showing in his eyes. She gazed into his eyes, hers still glossy and tear ridden "I was wallowing in my misery unable to choose between you or her, but I talked to her about it and she loves me because I love her, and she wants to be with me… and I want to be with her, but I also love you, and I want to spend every minute of every hour for the rest of my immortal life with you" Now Nathan's chin was trembling.

"Nathan" Artemis whispered.

Without any more encouragement they were back to kissing, her tears were gone and now there was only love and passion. They were completely immersed when they heard "My lady, are you alright in there?" asked Thalia. They broke their mouths apart.

"Yes Thalia, I'm fine" she called back; a look of nervousness on her face, 'don't come in, don't come in' was all Artemis thought.

"Okay" Thalia replied, and walked away.

"That was close" Nathan whispered grinning. Soon they were both laughing. Nathan pressed his forehead against hers, their eyes closed, both of them still wearing massive grins on their faces. "Maybe we should wait before you tell the man hating hunters that we're in love" he laughed.

Soon they left the tent and began walking around, talking about random things from Artemis recruiting new girls every day to, how difficult Pegasi were to ride. They reached the main area of the camp when Artemis heard a thump, she looked around to see one of her hunters holding her bow, her eyes trailed down, sticking out of her chest was a black arrow. She felt dizzy, horrible and weak.

Nathan caught her, his eyes wide in worry.

She laid in his arms, and the last words she heard was Nathan "ARTEMIS!"

She slipped into unconsciousness.

A/N: OH OH, will Artemis survive, who knows. Next Chapter will Involve Percy and Annabeth going on a date, as well as a council meeting. And many more chapters will follow

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