A/N: This is probably one of the worst chapters I've written so far, and that's because I had to rush since I had a lot to do today and school is starting. So enjoy anyway!

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING of this story except for a few characters, a few weapons, and the main plot/idea.

September 1, 2009

Chapter Eleven: Making a Team

POV of Robert Uchiha

"So where's your weapon?" asked Joe as we walked onto the arena stage.

"Aetos," I muttered under my breath so Joe wouldn't hear. In an instant, the eagle that was in my pocket turned into a fresh bow and a new, clean quiver of arrows. "Right here," I called back to him, raising up my bow. He nodded and toyed around with his guitar strings, I guess to tune it. I could've just shot a few arrows at him right there and run, but that just wouldn't be nice.

"Ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," I muttered solemnly as I set up my first arrow. Those hellhounds made excellent target practice. Joe should be easy enough to beat. But what if I hurt him? Like, seriously hurt him?

I looked at my arrow. It was shiny silver, probably made of steel. That's strange. I didn't know that steel could fly like that. Then again, no one ever said it was made of complete steel, so maybe it was made of some other kind of metal. Or maybe it's not a metal at all.

Joe made the first move. I had learned a while ago in karate that you never make the first move unless it's a surprise attack. And they don't encourage anyone to use a surprise attack on anyone. That would just go against everything that that karate group went by. I guess Joe never took karate. That's when I noticed that it didn't matter that he made the first move. I could actually see the sounds wave that were amplified by the guitar. Bah, I hate screamo, and that's exactly what it was. I tried to run from the three rings that grew bigger as they grew closer, but it was no use. The sound was on me before I was able to put on foot down.

My performance was wonderful: a face plant into the arena floor. I could hear Joe snicker, but I quickly got up and shot an arrow so quickly Joe didn't even have time to use those petty little sound waves. It got him in the shoulder. I immediately regretted it, but he only cringed and shot another sound wave at me.

"Emo time…," he muttered through gritted teeth. The waves came by slowly, and it was easy enough to dodge them. That's when I felt it. Dark spots shot all over my eyes as I tried to clear them. I suddenly thought back to my dad… step-dad….

Millions of horrible thoughts and scenarios ran ramped through my head as the world turned black.

"Joe! What are you doing?" I heard a distant voice wonder. I tried to find it, but I had already fallen to the ground. Voices swirled around in my head, but only one voice stood out. It was distinct and easy to hear. The only clear voice in my head. The problem was, that one clear voice gave a me no reassurance, because I didn't understand what it meant.

"Five will come from the new city

And join three others in the country of leaves

Water and fire must unite in this quest

Along with magic and beasts to tame the curse

Wits will be used and death shall fall

Water and wisdom shall fall asleep

Promises shall be broken and false truths shall be made

But never lose hope for it's the last one to stand."

Then everything seemed to just go down a drain and I was left alone in the darkness to think about those words that echoed around my head. Whoever was saying it repeated the words ten times over, and that made it one hundred times over since it echoed ten times each. Everything was so confusing.

The scene then changed. It was a boy. Seaweed Brain, I couldn't help but think. He uncapped the pen and a three-foot shining blade appeared. I couldn't help but think how cool it looked. At one point he was fighting some guy in a motorcycle jacket, then he was staring down a cliff as someone fell. He had killed that person. Was he evil?

It changed again. Now a new girl appeared and a boy. I didn't have time to see who they were exactly, all I saw was the girl exchanging a hairclip with the boy. With a flash of light, it turned into the three-foot shining sword that Seaweed Brain used. Maybe this girl made the sword and it was passed down until it got to Seaweed Brain who turned it into a pen…?

"αφυπνίζω," I could hear someone mutter under their breath. Somehow I knew it meant "awaken." They sighed and said the word again, and a green light flashed quickly. The voice repeated the enchantment again, and another green light flashed. I felt myself slipping into reality. But I was still on the brink. If whoever was casting that magic or Jutsu or whatever stopped, I would slither right back into sleep world.

"Robert… Robert, c'mon wake up," a frustrated voice muttered. C'mon, wake up, I thought to myself weakly. Still, I couldn't bring myself to get up. Everything in my body just felt drained. That Emo music. That's exactly why I don't listen to Emo and I listen to Ska. Ska is happy and you make a trumpet noise like this: Ft.

I woke up again, but I'm not sure how long it had been. I was able to open my eyes slightly and found a girl wearing all black. Her hair was to her shoulders, and she somehow looked familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I remembered she was Becca. She had cut her hair. With a gasp, she ran over to me and started to spoon something into my mouth. I obliged to eating it since it tasted like strawberry-banana yogurt. Yum…. And I drifted back to sleep.

After what seemed like an eternity, I woke up once more. This time I could make out the room. It had one window and the bed was tucked off in a corner across from the window. I looked out to see a wonderful view of the strawberry fields. The aroma filled the room. It almost tempted me to fall back asleep, but I wanted to know what was happening.

It had been a whole day. Or more. I knew that because the sun was setting fast. The moon was still nowhere to be seen, though. Maybe it was upright in the sky, or maybe it was just out of sight. Anyway, in another corner was an old chair. Sitting in it was Jimmy. I smiled weakly. Becca and him have just met me yet they were taking care of me like their little brother.

More time went by and I squinted my eyes open once more. I suddenly wondered where I was and why no one tried to wake me up. I looked out the window and I saw the moon and it was shining on none other than Amanda Uchiha, Jimmy Something-or-Other, Becca Stay-up-all-Night, and a boy that I didn't recognize. I quickly dismissed the thought that it was Joe.

Everyone was sleeping except for Amanda (who was reading some book) and Becca. Amanda sat on the floor leaning against a wall, engrossed in her book while Becca paced the room. It made me really anxious. Before I could say anything, the memories of all my dreams came flooding back. The prophecy.
"Becca, Amanda!" I called out, jumping from the bed.

Mistake. I dropped right to the floor and refrained from crying. Instead, I got up and steadied my balance. Jimmy and the boy woke abruptly and jumped, ready for action. I could see them about to ask what was wrong, but I skipped right to the point.

As I told them about the prophecy and my dreams and the weapons, I scribbled down the words of the prophecy. Somehow I remembered it word for word. I spoke quickly and tried to explain everything in one sentence and in five minutes so we could figure out what the words of the prophecy meant. Also, so we could contact Kakashi.

"Calm down and eat this!" exclaimed the boy. Before I could reject, he shoved that strawberry-banana yogurt stuff into my mouth. My body tingled and I got more energy than before. That made me talk faster and write swifter.

"Shut up!" Amanda cried out before saying, "Κλείστε!"

In an instant my mouth snapped shut and I couldn't seem to get it open. I gave them all wide eyes and showed them the piece of paper. They stared at it for a long time before coming to a conclusion of, "Let's start picking people."

The rest of them nodded and turned to me. Amanda laughed, embarrassed, and said something and my mouth opened. But before I could say anything, Jimmy rapidly told me that he told Chiron and Hebe about me. He then ran off to go show Chiron the prophecy. They had agreed that it was a prophecy and they needed to figure out what it all meant.

"Okay, well, the prophecy talk about water and fire uniting," Becca said in a serious tone. I just met her and she seemed like a leader. "So water means Poseidon and fire means… a lot. It could be Apollo, Hephaestus-"

"Or me and Taylor," I interrupted. Amanda nodded.

"Yeah, you're right. Taylor did have water powers."

So we maybe figured out one part of the prophecy. Taylor and I must unite in the quest. That should be easy enough. She seemed nice. But then came the magic and beasts. I expressed the problem, and Amanda only smiled. "On my bed last night, I found a book. Guess what that book was?" Before I could even think of a decent guess, she told herself, "A book of spells! So I'm obviously going."

"Okay…," I said thoughtfully. "We need to figure out who or what the beast is and what the curse it."

I looked out at the moon. It was beautiful tonight. More beautiful than it has been in a while. I thought back to the prophecy and thought of the first line. We already have three people figured out, but we had to figure out what the new city is. Something clicked in my head, and that's when I remembered the village of leaves. The Hidden Leaf Village. So three will come from there. And I only met four people. So who is coming from the Leaf Village? And then comes the part about death looming. That didn't sound good. And water and wisdom falling asleep?

"Wisdom is an Athena kid obviously," noted Becca, as if reading my mind. "And since Jimmy is the only Athena kid you know, Jimmy's going on the quest, also. Now about death… you'd think Hades, but the god of death is actually Thanatos. But seeing that there are no Thanatos kids…."

She let her voice trail off. We had to figure out who the Thanatos kid was. We decided to wait on that one and move on to the next one. I told them how there were a few other prophecies that were fake, so we decided that the second to last line meant that fake prophecies were made. But what about the last line? About not losing hope and promises being broken?

"Chiron said to find out who the kids in the prophecies are," Jimmy exclaimed, barging into the room. "He said that the group will leave tomorrow."

I nodded, and tentatively said, "I've already decided. Jimmy, Becca, and Amanda."

Then I turned to the boy that I didn't know. He was sitting in the corner. "And what's your name?" I asked

He looked at me straight in the eye. I could feel the resentment in his voice as he said, "That doesn't matter. All that I know is that you should be dead right about now."

Everyone looked over at him. "You were stuck with a poison arrow that was delivered out of Camp boundaries. That poison came straight from the Underworld. It takes twenty four hours for the poison to kill, and it seemed to be working until about an hour ago. I would've helped, but I knew it would've been hopeless."

Amanda pursed her lips and-very calmly may I say-ordered for him to leave. After a few moments of silence, we started to talk about who should come again. We needed one more person or the prophecy wouldn't be completed.

"Mhmmm… looking for a fifth person?" asked someone. We turned to the window. Everyone except for Amanda and I gasped and took attack stance.

"Kakashi," I muttered. Then puzzlement crossed my mind. "How'd you get in?

"Chiron called me in as soon as Jimmy told him about the prophecy. I'm in the new city. We're in the new city. All five of us."

We all smiled at the wonderful conclusion that Kakashi made and headed for Chiron. We had to figure out a plan of action.