Hi guys, and Tasha (I know you're reading this) just want to apologize for any mistakes in the story and mythological back story of any gods or goddesses. And of course, grammar errors. Now with that, enjoy? I hope (^.^)/

This is actually a long chapter… T.T please enjoy! cx

Chapter 10: A new hunter joins

Nero walked with Chiron to the bond fire arena as the centaur explained more of what a claim is and how a god does so. Nero was listening but the words didn't sink into his mind. What really was going his mind was about the whole idea of religions being wrong. He thought that Christianity was wrong, that Greed gods existed and the thought of a supreme being was untrue. But he then let his mind think of something else. He thought that if gods existed, then something had to make them. No not something, someone had created them.

Many theories went running inside the poor teen's mind as he walked, the theories were racking his brain. Why did he have to suffer the fate of being another "demigod", he didn't like being one. He felt like cattle, just another demigod, he wasn't that special. Either way, being a regular boy or a demigod they both aren't that different, well aside from being attacked by demon creatures.

They continued to walk with the sounds of many teens and young kids singing. Each octave trying to be higher or louder than the rest. It was loud, stupid, annoying, but still it was nice and sounded like fun to join in. Nero's ears began to pay attention to what the song was about, camping, chopping monsters, and marshmallows?

As each step brought Nero closer to the arena, he found himself walking into a building, much like the stadium buildings with shops inside. He walked with Chiron, hearing the echoes of the campers, clomps of Chiron's hooves, and his own steps were the only things making noise.

Finally the two reached the bond fire and the singing kids. Nero smiled a little, his red eyes staring at the circular arena. They looked so happy, goofy faces showed on every single one of the camper's faces.

Chiron began to walk to a little box as campers started a new song. Nero saw Chiron walking away so he quickly followed, he needed to ask a question.

"Hey Chiron I need to ask something." Nero said as they made their way to the little box.

Chiron made it to his sit, which he stuffed his horse body into somehow again, he turned to face Nero and said. "Of course, what is it?"

Nero gulped a little as he prepared to ask about his father, "Well, it's about what I am," he said as he leaned his back against the wall to Chiron's left. The stone felt cold as ice, even when Nero had his hooded jacket on. "What is he? The Void? Is he the," He rose up his hands and made air quotes, "god, of the Void?" He asked.

Chiron stroked his beard as he thought about what Nero said.

"Well, to tell you all that I know, the Void is another name for Chaos, god of gods." Chiron said.

Nero stared at the fire that was in the center of the arena. "I thought Zeus was the god of gods."

Chiron chuckled a little. "You didn't pay attention in class did you? I know Greek legends are a popular topic in English classes. No he is the king of the gods. But Chaos is said to be the first deity. But according to ancient texts, he is the first created god by the All Powerful. That would make him an angel or just an alpha god." Chiron said.

"So what does that mean for me? The demons called me son of the void, could that mean that I am a half angel, half god, half human? Or what?" Nero asked puzzled.

"That's a lot of halves little one. I can only theorize but I would assume you are still a demigod. You did come through the barrier with no trouble, otherwise you could have just been simply blocked out." Chiron said as a fairy gave him a cup.

Nero stared at him with a confused look, "So am I Chaos' son?" Nero asked, he was thinking of what Chiron just said. 'The All Powerful?' Could that mean that God was real?

"What did you mean by the All Powerful?" Nero asked as he politely declined a cup from a fairy.

"It means God. Capital g, but we hardly ever talk of him. It's a tad bit too confusing to discuss the big picture, I like to focus on certain points." Chiron explained.

Nero smiled, his mind was at rest at the knowledge of God existing for sure, and he always had his doubts, even when Artemis said she believed God was real. It wasn't a fact, it was just her belief.

"I see. That's good. At least he is real." Nero said. "Hey Chiron, about what the demons said. That I am the son of the Void that means Chaos is my father and that he should claim me right?"

"Demons lie all the time Nero so no one can be certain that he is until he claims you, or if you are claimed by one of the Olympian gods." Chiron said.

"So you believe I am too." Nero said calmly.

"I do have some doubts, but yes I do." Chiron agreed. "Ok enough of this talk, you should go join in singing with the campers. Go on, shoo."

Nero chuckled, "Alright old man, and by the way, I'm a person, not a dog. Now I am allowed to say giddy up if I can ride on your back right?" Nero immediately felt stupid, for one he was asking a grown man to pretty much give him a piggy back ride, second it just sounded wrong, and third Chiron wasn't an ordinary horse, he was a half horse, half man.

"Just leave before I make you regret ever saying that."

"Yeah probably be the best idea." Nero said walking out of the small box. He looked around and saw that there was a spot that had no people. He put on his hood and walked up the steps and sat himself down in the dark spot.

He didn't mind being alone but in this point in his life, he was truly alone, he had no mother to comfort him, no friends to talk to and laugh with but no because he was alone. The only time he would ever truly want someone to be by him. He thought for a second.

He could go near the hunters but they hate men, so just even scooting near them is testing his luck. But still he didn't want to be alone. He felt scared, the way you can only know the feeling that he felt was if you isolated yourself with people in a New York subway station, surrounded by people you don't even know, people who could attack you. Ok maybe that was more of fear of being hurt but then again Nero was in a camp full of people who trained in killing. That and he was alone with no one he could trust to back him up.

Sighing a heavy sigh of boredom, Nero laid himself back on the cold steps which took his breath away slightly, he tried to get as comfortable as possible. He watched the beauty of space through the stars that floated in the air, he smiled at the different constellations. But then his smile faded as soon as he saw a new constellation. It had been years since he last star gazed, but now that he looked up at the night sky and actually paid attention, he noticed a brand new constellation.

He stared in confusion at the new constellation but then he began to smile once more. He decided it didn't matter much. He remembered the days when he and his mother would go on the roof of his apartments and just stare into the stars. The two would just spend time talking about ancient legends associated with the stars. The two would talk about life and just be happy with each other.

He smiled warmly, and remembered the past. When life was simple, fun, pure, innocent. But then again his life wasn't always as innocent as he would have liked. The fact that he fought through depression and pain. But his life is taking a turn for the better, or at least it could be as it was just beginning as a life of a demigod, but at the same time it still sucked big time. Nero didn't understand if what he went through two days ago was what every demigod normally went through when they entered a world of mythical creatures and gods.

He really did wonder, did he really have to get stabbed in the chest? Nero didn't really think that was fair. He felt at his chest but didn't feel anything as he was fully healed. All he felt was that he was a 'special boy' or something.

Sparks and crackles of the fire were heard but not the singing campers. In fact Nero didn't hear a thing other than the fire. He had heard the singing just a second ago but the singing stopped as if the sing reach a point in the song that they had to stop. Other than the crackling fire that was making sound, it was such an eerie feeling, yet peaceful. There was always something nice about crackling fire. It was as if time had stopped.

"H-hello?" He asked to no one, he only wanted someone to answer.

"You are the one Tartarus fears? You are the one who will cause the end?" Boomed a loud demonic voice. It made the very ground shake. "Do you know who I am, boy?" Growled the demonic voice.

"Uh, I can't say that I do know. You sound like a demon, and I don't take to kindly to demons after what I experienced."

"Ah yes, the demons who attacked you. One to take you to hell, the other was from Tartarus who then joined Hell's side and tried to kill you." Said the voice.

"Who are?" Nero was going to finish but the voice boomed so loudly that it made him drop to the stone steps while he covered his ears in pain.

"I am the god of time!" The voice said.

Nero looked at the sky while gritting his teeth. "There is only one God." Nero said standing on the stone benches now while the fire crackled more ferociously.

"Hm, I suppose so. He created all and let us rule so."

"Still only one God." Replied Nero.

"I AM A GOD YOU ANNOYING BRAT!" Boomed the voice making Nero fall to his knees and hold his ears in pain.

"Gah!" Yelled Nero. "Do you all yell in my head it freaking hurts!" Screamed Nero.

"Ha-ha, you don't know pain yet boy. Soon I will be free from my prison and reformed, then you shall know what it means to hurt. Every man, every woman. They all will die! For I am Cronus!" Shouted Cronus.

Nero looked at the fire that was now blazing and whipping around in a crazed dance. The flame as red as his eyes, the eyes that scared many people now showed fear.

"I'll show you pain soon, Nero!" Said Cronus as time began to move slowly once more.

"I'll kill you!" Nero shouted, he didn't understand why he said that, but he said it.

"You'll kill me?" Cronus laughed.

Nero made a fist and clenched it tightly as he gritted his teeth. "Damn right." Said Nero silently. He then shouted, "I'll stop you and I'll save the people you plan on killing!"

Winds began to pick up and campers began to resume their songs all as Nero shouted, "Don't run away Cronus you coward!"

That's when the guitar, singing, and dancing campers all stopped. The stares of the people borrowed into Nero's spine.

"What?" Nero asked dumbly. He looked around and froze, he probably shouldn't have yelled Cronus' name aloud.

"I- I can explain, he was here. He spoke to me." Nero said.

"Nero…" Thalia began, "You mean to tell me that Cronus? The titan was here?" She asked.

"Yeah… he spoke to me…" Nero said slightly scared. "Am I going to be punished by death or something for having him speak to me?" Asked Nero.

"No, but tell us Nero what did he say?" Asked Chiron who walked in front of the fire. He sounded extremely worried.

Nero recounted his little talk with the disembodied voice and what it had told him. When he got to the end of what he had been told Nero had gulped.

The campers looked in shock as if what he said was blasphemy and that he shouldn't have ever said that Cronus spoke. One stood up and asked a question.

"So why did he talk to you? Do you really think you can kill him? He is an immortal." She asked, she had blood red hair and appeared as if she had just came from red paint store.

"Well no," Nero had said sadly, "But I can try, if I can learn to fight then maybe I have a chance right?" Asked Nero.

"But you challenged Cronus without even knowing how to fight? You will die, the only one demigod to fight Cronus and won was Percy." A blonde girl stood up next to Thalia, she was very beautiful and look extremely strong. She was about nineteen or twenty.

"Well… I mean yeah, I don't know why I did but I just." Nero sighed and sat down. He slapped his head. "Damn it I am such an idiot… wait you said someone won against him? Who is he? Can he teach me?" He asked.

"Percy Jackson, and no right now he is with his father battling a new monster that has appeared." The blonde said.

"But if he can fight him then can't I learn to fight and maybe I will be able to beat him right?"

"In Theory," A guy said to the left of Nero, he was twenty feet away and seven steps down but he looked back at him with a smirk. "Only if you can put the effort in than maybe. You're a threat to him obviously. But if he came to you and made a threat to intimidate you, he most likely is threatened by you." Said the man. He sounded eighteen or even twenty. "At least that's what I believe of course." He said. Nero looked at him and got a better look. The man had brown messy hair with light eyes, he stared at Nero calmly and looked to his friend to the right.

"And what makes you think this scrawny kid here has enough power to make Cronus scared. He doesn't seem like much." Said a buff guy behind Evan, the brown messy haired boy.

"Because these gods and titans love making threats when they feel threatened right? Well it's obvious our little friend here is something important." He explained. "And along with that, our friend may still be a little startled from being introduced into the world of us demigods, so I figure that maybe that the titan sees him as an easy target to put fear in." He finished.

"That would make sense." Mumbled the campers.

"Yeah, but I don't think I will be able to do what he did." Another said.

"He must have a death wish." A boy said, he had blonde hair with blue eyes.

"Yeah, I know." Evan agreed with some of the campers.

"If that is true then Nero will have to be trained." Thalia said.

"Then we will train him." Chiron said.

"Wait, now?" Nero asked.

"No tomorrow." Responded Chiron.

Nero looked around at the campers. "Well then, does anyone know what's happening?"

"To be honest Nero, I have no clue," Said the centaur helpfully. "But what I do know is that something about your existence is off, you clearly are special and you seem to have both Greek and Judeo-Christian insight. Cronus and Hell's demons are here. They're after you so I assume you're a threat to them as well." Said Chiron.

Nero stared into Chiron's eyes with a confused look.

"You think I am their public enemy or something?"

"No we know you are." A familiar voice said from behind Nero as he was about to walk down the steps. He turned and saw Artemis with the moon shining brightly behind her. "Because demons from Hell never had shown to fight demigods and challenge gods. Only the mortals under the Judeo-Christian belief and other mortals. The demons would even challenge the titans and win at times, but were beaten by Cronus having the scythe which held immense power. The demons had retreated back to Hell but now they are more active than ever. They would go to gods and offer souls in exchange for cooperation. Some gods joined, like the Chinese gods. I have read in our books of the past. Some books were from the titans as well which were taken by the Olympian gods. We have kept the books on mount Olympus." Artemis said. She looked around to the hunters. "Hunter's come." As they obeyed, Artemis continued speaking. "But that's some of the things we have discovered. The gods long ago had found a tablet in the oceans' depths of the Mariana trench thanks to Poseidon. The tablet was of God's word. This tablet said that a son of Chaos is one of the signs that the End is nearing."

People began to talk, sounds of fear were clear in the voices of the children and teens. They were so scared from the mention of the End.

"Gods of every pantheon had their own shape in the world or that's what is commonly told, but the tablet spoke of the end. The end says that the first deity created by his hand has a son and, or daughter, those are the first two seals. There is 100 seals, all which lead to Satan's rising and the true God will come down and rapture his followers." She said. Nero looked at her quizzically.

"Um, like Supernatural the show? They did something like that, with all the religions and all these crazy apocalyptic things happen. Well they showed Lucifer rise and all these seals and." Nero was cut off.

"Yes, the gods all like that show too. And yes, they did their research in how an ending could play out." Artemis said. "Death, Chaos, angels, all the monsters, will rise, humans won't be able to do much about it. I don't know if there is a way to stop this apocalypse but it is going to happen somehow." Artemis said.

"And the gods will perish. But the son of Chaos is supposed to save us someone. God has gave us a chance." She said.

Nero stared into her beautiful silver eyes, the moon made her beauty shine more, the moon goddess had such grace. She was so pure.

"Why are you telling us this milady?" Asked a hunter.

"Because, Chaos' son is standing before us, before me." Said Artemis.

Gasps and questions went around and Nero went wide eyed. Not caring about anything, he was just shocked.

Suddenly Artemis cupped Nero's cheek and leaned in to kiss his forehead. As she did so a blush came on his face. Loud gasps from the campers came, they didn't expect that at all, neither did Nero who just stood there.

As the lips of the goddess pressed on his forehead, she could see his memories, every single little thing he had ever experience. His happiest moments, and his worst. He could feel her scything around inside his soul. She saw his five worst memories, they were so bad that tears form from the goddess as she cried as wells as Nero. He felt his eyes let out rivers of water onto the stepping stones.

The two both now couldn't hold back the sorrow Nero had to deal with, he was beaten, abused by the people he called grandpa and grandma. He was push into the bathroom and forced to be a "good" boy for the woman his mom had hired to baby sit. She had taken everything from him, his virginity, his childhood, his fun. Artemis couldn't believe a woman would do such a thing. She had tortured the poor teen through unimaginable punishment that no one not even a boy should go through.

The two began to sob, she wanted to see if he was bad, if he was someone she should let join the hunters by claiming him. Now she saw he was innocent that he was a good man. He was broken, but his mother fixed him, he cut, he hurt, but also protected many. Artemis quickly grabbed Nero and held him in a tight hug.

Artemis let out the little sobs and she then had put his head between her breasts as a mother would do to her own child. He held her waist as he began to ask through sobs.

"Why… did… you… go… through…," a couple of sobs more and he finally finished. "My memories?"

"I wanted to see if you were a worthy man to come with me, to be… my son." She cried. "Nero I am so sorry you had to suffer such things, that a boy, innocent and full of hope would have that destroyed in such a way by a woman."

Nero held her tightly as he heard campers mumble in confusion, asking what she saw.

"Please don't be angry with me, you have the right to be but please I asked that you aren't." She said apologetically.

"I'm not… I just wish I never had to remember that." He spoke as he let her go and blushed deeply, he realized he cried in front of the camp of about two hundred kids or so, he also held a goddess by the waist, a man hating goddess. That wasn't a good thing. Or at least to him.

"It's ok, you know that it was meant to be… and I saw the claim of Chaos in your soul."

Once those words left her beautiful mouth Nero had went wide eyed.

"Chaos?" Nero repeated still shocked as he wiped his tears. Thalia was now next to Artemis and stood by her. The hunters were looking at him.

"Who? What do you mean who? Chaos your father, he is the first god, you are his son!" Artemis spoke aloud.

Nero covered his ears. "No need to shout."

"Well since he hasn't made an official claim… I shall." Artemis said, as she grabbed Nero and kissed his forehead once more and as she did, a crescent moon floated above Nero's head. He looked at it after pulled away from him. "You're my adopted son now, Nero Seraphim." She said as she smiled warmly. "Welcome to my hunt."

Hia, just hoping you liked this and had a good new year.

Oh Nero's theme songs.

"Unravel- Tokyo Ghoul"

"Breaking Point" Crown The Empire (CTE for short)

"Voices" CTE

"Evidence" CTE

"Memories of a Broken Heart" CTE

"The One You Feed" CTE

"Millennia" CTE

"Closer" Joe Inoue

So yeah and I will find more songs for him and more characters that I am sure you will love. Don't worry I will find some funny stuff to put in somehow. Bye bye.