Okay everyone, enough is enough when it comes down to the pairing for this series. Despite the poll being set up and a second girl being brought in to be paired with Naruto and Silena, I am beginning to believe that it won't work out and therefore there is a strong chance it will become strictly NarutoxSilena. Im sorry if some of you will be disappointed but it might well happen. It will be confirmed in the next chapter or so.
Chapter 14
Hunters Camp
Artemis sat around a small fire in the center of her hunter's camp as she thought about the battle with the Kraken her son had fought in. Around her hunters were either getting some of their chores out of the way or were practicing their skills in archery and hand-to-hand combat.
Since the news of their mistress's son defeating the Kraken reached them, little by little, their respect for him was continuing to grow and now many of the younger hunters were left being a little eager to meet him and truly wanted to get to know their lady's son.
Though some of the older hunters still thought he was just like any other man and despite him being their mistress's son, they did not care much for him.
However Artemis knew why they felt like that towards her son. Though they would not admit it, her older hunters were feeling a little jealous at how much she loved and cared for her son and didn't like that she thought about him every day and made checkups on him to see how he was doing.
She did hope that one day when her hunters met her son they would get along and the hunters would accept him but her worries were with two of her hunters in particular.
Zoƫ and Phoebe
Those two particular hunters hated men more than the rest and hated them with a passion. While Phoebe was more towards giving boys physical pain and giving them a good beating, Zoe preferred using verbal methods to take them down and make them feeling lowly.
While she did not completely like it since in a way they were proving themselves to be just as bad as those kinds of men, she would put her foot down if they ever tried that with Naruto or his friends.
"Milady?" A voice called making her look up to see Zoe standing in front of her with confused look on her face.
"What is it Zoe?" She asked rubbing her forehead a little.
"It's nothing. You looked miles away so I was checking if you were okay."
"I am fine. I was just thinking about Naruto. I am hoping he is okay with continuing the quest."
"Oh," Zoe muttered not saying anything else but instead turned away to watch the hunters who were practicing their archery.
"You do not like him." Artemis asked seeing Zoe turn away and not giving her much of an answer at what she just told her.
"I have not made up my mind. But I can see he is having a negative effect on you." She said.
"Elaborate." Artemis said wanting to know where her hunter was going with this.
"Ever since he came here it is Naruto this and Naruto that and you disappear from time to time to check on him. You have people here that need you. Leave that boy to Chiron and that camp." she said rather distastefully when she said camp.
"That boy as you put it Zoe is my son and as I have said he is different than other men. He is the exception just like his father is."
"But these girls rely on you and need you more than he does. Why can't you just forget about him like the other gods have forgotten about their own children. Eventually he will grow old and then he will die. Yes, his feats so far have been impressive and defeating the Kraken, Ares, Khione and Echidna are impressive to say the lease but eventually he will become just like any other hero. Pompous and selfish."
Artemis looked at her hunter with narrowed eyes and stood up in front of Zoe. "Zoe Nightshade, you are one my oldest hunters I have here and you have fought alongside me for a very long time. However if you ever compare MY son to those selfish heroes of old, I can promise you things between us are going to get very cold."
Zoe look surprised at the tone that Artemis spoke to her in and it even drew the attention of some of the other hunters. However before she could retort and light shone bright a little way in front of them. She and the other hunters covered their eyes.
When the light died down standing in its spot was two girls looking rather raggedy but otherwise unharmed.
The two girls looked around to see where they were but when they saw Artemis looking at them they both quickly bowed.
"Lady Artemis." They both said before standing when Artemis motioned for them to.
"Girls who are you and tell us what you are doing here?" She said in a gentle tone as the other hunters began to form around them.
"We were sent here by your son Naruto after he saved us on Circes Island." One of the girls said surprising the hunters but making a smile form on Artemis's face.
"Tell us what happened." She said motioning for them both to start and to take a seat on one of the logs as did the other hunters.
So for the next fifteen minutes the two girls who now identified themselves as Eve and Alice told them about the three visiting demi gods, about Blackbeard getting free and he and his pirates beginning to pillage the island.
While the hunters gripped their bows tightly at hearing how the son of Ares had destroyed these girls homes, Artemis meanwhile wanted to give Circe a good ass kicking for just taking off the way she did and not helping those on her island.
"If your son had not shown up when he did then I dare the say the two of us would have eventually had our maidenhoods forcefully taken from. From what we understand, he saved many of the girls who were in the same situation and promptly killed the men that were trying to rape us. He had proved his title as Legend Slayer is not a lie."
Once again like earlier the respect the hunters had for Naruto had again increase, even with Zoe and Phoebe. Saving girls from being rape by those horrid pirates won him some brownie points with them. While Artemis felt a swell of pride fill her.
"Wait, Legend Slayer?" she said in amusement as the hunters were thinking the same thing.
Both girls nodded. "It's a title people have begun giving him. Since he has defeated an Olympian, a minor goddess, the Mother of Monsters and the strongest Sea monster, they believed the Legend Slayer was a title he has earned."
Some of the hunters whistled while Artemis smirked. "He has a title just like his father did." 'Fallen in love with the Yellow Flash and now the mother of the Legend Slayer. You sure no how to pick them Artemis,' she thought to herself.
"Why here?" Zoe asked from her spot. "Why did he decide to send you two here? Why not all the girls?"
Both girls look at each other and shrugged before the one known as Alice spoke up.
"He asked all of the girls whether any of us were uncomfortable being around men. When the two of us stepped forward he said he could have us go to his mother's camp and that we would be welcome here and would gain a new family."
"So he sent you here because he knew that you would be welcome here and that you would be safe here?" Zoe said as both girls nodded. Zoe looked away not wanting to look at Artemis.
Artemis stood up and stood in front of the two girls. "My son was correct in his assumption. You are both welcome here and if you take my oath then the hunters will become your new family. You will be given partial immortality, trained to become a fierce warrior and will gain sisters that will stand beside you."
"We do." both girls said readily as they took the oath Artemis told them to say and very quickly a silver aura appeared around them making the current hunters smile at them.
"Girls take them to get their new clothes and begin showing them around the camp." Artemis said as she watched some of her younger hunters begin to show the two new girls around.
When they disappeared, she looked over to Zoe who had her head held low and began to walk past her.
"I think this has proven my sons heart and intentions. Never make assumptions about him again Zoe when you do not even know him. Do not let your anger and jealousy cloud your judgment over him because of unfortunate past events." She said as she tapped her lieutenants shoulder and walking into her tent.
Zoe sighed before she walked over toward the archery field and began unloading onto the targets.
With Naruto
"I'm so bored." he muttered to himself as he sat on top of the boat looking up at the sky and watched the clouds pass by as his clones kept the ship in order.
'Is this why Shikamaru use to stare up at the clouds so much? It is kind of peaceful,' He thought despite being bored out of his mind.
One day after saving the girls from Circe's Island and he knew he was close to finding Percy, Tyson and Annabeth. It was not long ago that he got his second hint that he was close when he smelled the almost faded scent of Annabeth's perfume. It was about half a day old and that was four hours ago.
'We are making good time and it should not be long now.' He thought as he sat up and sat cross-legged on the back part of the ship.
He held his right hand out and formed a normal sized rasengan in his hand before he stared at it.
"I have fully mastered the rasengan now as well as the double rasengan and I have almost fully mastered the giant rasengan. Soon it will be time to take it to the next level."
And by the next level he meant it was time to add his wind element towards it.
He remembered that from his few lessons with Jiraiya and Kakashi where they taught him how to fully utilize the rasengan, they both had told him that the rasengan itself was an unfinished jutsu. That had surprised the hell out of him considering how devastating of an attack it was.
Jiraiya had told him that the once the rasengan had been formed in the persons hand and had been shapes into the best form possible, the next step was to change its nature which they explained was adding his natural elemental affinity.
"The rasengan alone is a high A rank jutsu. Adding my wind element to it could very well make it a S class jutsu. I can only imagine the power and destruction like that could cause."
However, he knew how difficult it would be. It border lined on the impossible. His own father who had invented and created the rasengan had never managed to fully master it and had not been able to add his element to it, proving just how difficult it was. Whether he would have if he was alive was a thought but one he quickly got rid of.
"Plus Kakashi and Pervy Sage never managed to add their element to it. If three of the best shinobi the leaf has ever had could not do it then how could I ever do it?"
He stared at his rasengan in his hands before making it fade away.
"Now why is my grandson having such negative thoughts?" A voice said behind him making him turn around to see his grandmother in her eight year old form sitting behind him with her back touching his with her usual warm cheery smile on her face.
"Gran you really need to stop getting the jump on me." He said before he leaned towards her and hugged her. "How do you keep getting the jump on me anyway?"
It did make him a little curious considering he was a shinobi so he should have been able to sense those kinds of things. He could sense when other gods arrived but Hestia somehow always managed to avoid it.
She tapped his nose playfully. "That's my little secret," she said grinning at him before she gently stroked a piece of his hair before she yanked on it a little making him wince.
"You had us worried young man, fighting the Kraken all by yourself. Give me one good reason why I should not bend you over my knee and give you a good spanking for being so foolish?" She asked him giving him a firm glare that made him shiver.
'Oh gods she is frightening.'
"W-Well I was not technically fighting alone since Gamabunta was with me," He said trying to convince her though it did very little to help. He sighed deeply and looked t her.
"Gran if I did not fight it alone then everyone else probably would be dead right now. Silena, Annabeth, Clarisse, Percy and Tyson would all be dead right now. Grover would be stuck as Cyclops food and the Camp would eventually be destroyed leaving all the other campers and demi gods homeless. I can't sit by when events like that occur."
"I have all this strength and power and what kind of a person would I be if I did not use them to fight to protect my friends and fight the bad guys."
Hestia continued to give him a glare before it eventually broke and she too sighed and leaned forward to press her head against his.
"I know Naruto, I know. You are like your mother in that way. Always wanting to help and do things on your own." She said before looking at him in the eyes. "But do not think that you always need to fight alone. Just because your friends are not as strong or as experienced as you are it does not mean they cannot help."
"You would be very surprised at the power one can get from protecting someone precious."
"I know gran, I know. I will try not to do everything on my own. Having friends that are willing to fight with me is a blessing after all."
"Exactly." she said before kissing his forehead. "So what is your current plans Mr. Legend Slayer?" she said in a teasing tone making him groan.
"So you have heard of it too?" He said making her nod and laugh.
"My grandson the big bad Legend Slayer, who would have thought it?"
"Yeah oh joy for me." He said before answering her earlier question. "I am following after Percy, Annabeth and Tyson. I got a lead from the Circe's island that they were there before they headed off with Blackbeard's ship."
"Yes I heard about that." She said before kissing him a family kiss on the cheek. "You have made many of the goddesses on Olympus very thankful and proud of you for saving them."
"I was just glad I arrive there in time. Another hour then I would have dreaded to think what could have happened."
"Anyway a few hours ago I picked up a faint trace of Annabeth's perfume so I know I am heading in the right direction. A few more hours and I think I should find them. Then give them a good kicking for the events on Circes island." He said giving his best angry face which only seemed to humor Hestia further.
"That is good. I am glad you are on the right track. I know however that your girlfriend Silena and Clarisse have already arrived at Polyphemus island." she said alarming Naruto. "I lost sight of them shortly afterwards however."
Naruto bit his lip thinking about what kind of trouble they might be in before picking up on something Hestia said. "How do you know about me and Silena?" He asked.
"Oh do you think I would not know when my big brave grandson has got himself a girlfriend?"
"I'm starting to think that Uncle Apollo should give you his title of God of Prophecy since you seem to know everything before anyone else and knows things when they only just happen." He deadpanned.
Hestia just laughed at her grandson's expression before standing up. "I will see you again soon Naruto. Stay safe and do not over do it again." she said poking him a little making him roll his eyes but nod none the less.
"Grandma Hestia are you busy today?" he asked getting a weird look from the Goddess of the Hearth.
"Not particularly but you know I cannot stay with you Naruto." she said sadly but Naruto shook his head.
"That is not what I meant. Though I would love to spend more time with you I have an idea of what you could do."
"Go visit grandma Rhea. She gets pretty lonely on that island and she could use the company. And if you can try and get some of her other children to go too. I know she misses seeing them."
Hestia looked at Naruto for a few seconds before she broke out into a smile and kissed is forehead.
"I might just do that. Good luck and stay safe." She said before she vanished in a small burst of fire.
Polyphemus Island
Silena groaned as she steadily began to sit up and rubbed her eyes. The last thing she could remember was a large hand coming towards her along with watching her friend Clarisse get picked up like a ragdoll.
"Clarisse?" she suddenly said in a panic and she began to look around for her missing friend.
"Take it easy Silena, I'm right here." A voice called making Silena turn around to see her friend leaning against a wall with a chain and ball tied to her right ankle.
"Thank goodness you okay." Silena said going towards." Clarisse before she felt something stop her. She looked down to see a similar ball and chain was tied to her ankle too.
"I have tried to get them off but they won't budge. Guess we need the key to get them off."
"How long have I been out?" Silena asked as she rubbed her head.
"Just under a day. The damn Cyclops roughed you up a little and you passed out."
Silena nodded but looked around. "Where exactly are we?" she asked as she studied the layout of the place. They were in some kind of large cave by the looks of it. A little ways off there was a large bed along with a campfire with a large bowl over it.
They were however stuck in a small cell with iron bars in a corner of the room.
"Polyphemus home, though I would not exactly call this dank and dreary place a home." Clarisse muttered picking up a rock and throwing it at the iron bars making the sound echo throughout the cave.
"Wait if we are in Polyphemus home then shouldn't Grover be here?" Silena asked looking a little panicked. "Don't tell me we are too late. Do not tell me he ate him."
"Calm down, goat boy is fine. Ahh speak of the devil." Clarisse said before she motioned forward towards the entrance.
Stumbling through the entrance of the cave was none other the Grover who was looking a little worse for wear. He looked a little sleep deprived and his skin tone was looking a little chalky. Though Silena had to resist the urge to laugh at him wearing a tattered wedding dress.
'Grover would not make a pretty bride.' She thought as Grover noticed them and his face lit up.
"Silena you're awake." He said running towards the small cell. He put his arms through and hugged Silena to which she happily reciprocated.
"Thanks the gods you are okay. When I saw Polyphemus bringing your unconscious body in, I thought the worst."
"I told you she is tougher then she looks." Clarisse said from her spot against the wall.
"I guess you were right." he said before smiling happily at Silena. "And Clarisse told me you and Naruto are an item now. It is about time. Though it means I lost in the pool."
Silena smiled back at him before she narrowed her eyes at Grover and then to Clarisse. "What pool is he talking about?" she asked making Grover sweat a little while Clarisse just shrugged.
"The camp had a bet at how long it would take the two of your to get together."
"And how many people were in on this?" she asked with a tick mark forming on her head.
Clarisse tapped her chin. "Hmm I would say almost the entire camp. Even Mr D and Chiron putting in a wager too."
"Oh great, I am so happy you all found are feeling for each other so amusing."
"And now getting back on topic." Grover said. "Do you know where the others are? I know Percy is on the quest with Annabeth but is Naruto really on is way too?"
"Yeah he is on his way too. We do not know where everyone is though since we got split up at the entrance. But I know they are on their way. They will be here soon. I am sure of it."
"Good, I can't take being here much longer. I am trying to stall him as long as I can but he is getting more and more impatient. I do not know how much longer it will last. Plus he has been getting more and more moody and volatile."
The two girls nodded toward him before they heard the familiar sound of large thudding footsteps getting closer and closer to them.
They looked over towards the entrance of the cave and saw a huge figure making his way towards them.
The figure was extremely large and quite over weight with a large green eyes resting in the middle of his face. He had dull tanned skin that was grubby and dirty and was wearing a baby-blue wedding tuxedo and kilt that made all of Silena's fashion senses want to scream out, cover her eyes and burn it to the underworld.
"Oh Honey Pie where are you?" he called out as looking down at the ground.
"He can't see very well. He is not blind but from what I can tell he his vision is hazy." He said whispering to the two girls who kept their eyes on the big Cyclops.
"Right here honey,." Grover called which brought the Cyclops over towards them.
Polyphemus gazed towards the two girls who stood as still as they could thought their faces contorted a little when they smelled him. It was not pleasant.
"Girls look tasty. Eat them soon." he muttered.
"NO NO!" Grover said waving his hands in front of Polyphemus. "We can't eat them, they are...they are here for the wedding of course."
"For the wedding?"
"Of course. There cannot be a wedding without guests."
"Guests. Guests good." Polyphemus said while clapping rather giddily before he stopped and had a thought cords his mind. He quickly dashed from his spot and opened up a large trunk beside his large bed and began rummaging through it.
After a few moments he shouted out "HERE WE ARE!" He walked back over and through some pieces of clothing through the bars of the cell.
"You put them on now. You were them for the wedding."
Both girls looked at each other and tentatively looked at the clothing before getting a good look at them and both began to blush.
The dresses themselves were one piece dresses but looking at them they were very forward. The dresses cut off at one point that would show the girls stomachs and they were sleeveless. They were also backless which would show the girls smooth, bare backs. At the bottom of the skirt part, it was cut in two so that bits of their legs would be exposes. One was lime green while the other was bright yellow.
Clarisse took one look at the dress before shouting "HELL NO AM I WEARING THIS!"
Hearing her raise her voice Polyphemus got angry and hit the bars making them vibrate. "Put it on or you become dinner."
"I said hell-" she got cut off when Silena put her hand over her mouth.
"We would love to put them on. Thank you for the wonderful dresses." Silena said which made Polyphemus happy before he grabbed Grover and the two left.
"Silena I am not putting this on." Clarisse said but Silena sighed.
"We don't have a choice. I don't want to be made Cyclops dinner and right now we are stuck here. Come on it won't be for long. We can get rid of them once Naruto and the others save us." she said as she began to change into the dress.
Clarisse grumbled something under her breath before relenting and began to get change.
"I really am beginning to hate this quest now."
With Naruto
Naruto continued to follow after Annabeth's lingering scent in the air and slowly the scent began to get stronger and stronger. He would have to thank Annabeth for using such noticeable shampoo.
"You guys see anything?" He shouted to two of his clones that were keeping look out but saw them shake their heads.
"Nothing yet boss. But the scent is getting a little stronger; we can't be that far behind them now."
"Keep on looking out."
'Me and the fox might not get along but I really do appreciate the great sense of smell. Without it I probably would be a little lost right now.' He thought leaning back against the sail boat.
That was one thing that had always bothered him a little when it came to the Kyubi. Despite having a giant nine-tailed demon fox sealed in his gut that wanted to rip him to shreds, wreak havoc and caused him thirteen years of misery by being there, it did not come without its few positives.
It gave him his healing factor which let him heal from almost any wound in record time, he got enhanced senses though he was not sure whether that was because of the fox or because he had his moms blood running through is veins. He figured it could have been both. Then there was the Kyubi's chakra.
Though he did not like using it and only ever used it as a last resort since it did give him the massive power boosts he needed to fight the stronger opponents. Though from what he could tell when he used its chakra, three tails worth was his limit right now. He knew he could slowly learn to control more tails worth but it would be very dangerous without someone powerful around to stop him if he ever lost it and went berserk. Then there was also the chance of the fox trying to take over if he ever lost it.
Though at his current level he thought he was pretty powerful for his age at least. Without the Kyubi's chakra he could just about match a minor god or goddess and take down most monsters, those were feats in itself. He only ever needed to use the Kyubi's chakra when faced against an Olympian or the very high powered elite monsters.
Right now he would guess that he was around mid-high Jonin level now and about the same level as Kakashi which he was happy about considering Kakashi was one of the best in the leaf. Though he would not rest until he was at the same level as his dad and Old man Sarutobi and could go toe to toe with an Olympian without needed the aid of the Kyubi's chakra.
When he returned to camp, he was defiantly going to increase his training and would ask Mr D if it was at all possible to get him some more jutsu so he could expand his jutsu arsenal. He figured that hunters like Silena, Clarisse, Annabeth and probably Percy would be upping their training too so he would not be alone on that front.
"Hey Boss!" One of the clones shouted to him getting his attention and drawing him out of his thoughts. He saw the clone point out a little northeast from them.
Naruto stood up and leaned over the rail to get a better look and grabbed one a pair of binoculars.
Looking through he could see a bunch of cliffs protruding out of the water with a few sets of caves being just about visible.
In front of the cliffs was a large wooden boat that looked like the kind they had five hundred years ago with a pirates jolly Rodger flag on top of the mast. On the side of it was the name Queen Anne's Revenge.
"Bingo, found them." he said smiling to himself before he noticed that around the ship there looked like some weird bird like figures swooping around it and diving towards the deck of the ship.
'What did they do now?' He thought as he jumped off the sail boat and ran across the water and towards the ship.
With Percy and Annabeth
"Come on Annabeth." Percy said as he dragged the frozen in shock body of Annabeth Chase out of the water and back onto the deck of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
He still did not fully understand why she did it but as they passed by these sets of cliffs, Annabeth saw that these cliffs were the home of the Sirens where if someone heard their song and survived whatever trauma they were forced to hear and endure then they came out from it wiser than before.
Annabeth being Annabeth believed she could take it and made him promise to cover his ears and not help her, even if she begged and pleaded for him to do so.
He could honestly say it was one of the hardest moments of his life having to watch Annabeth shout at him in pain as he put wax in his ears to dull out the sirens song.
Then when he had turned around and looked back at her, she had somehow got out of the chain she had placed on her wrist to keep her tied to the mast of the ship and dove into the water and swam towards the sirens.
He had swam after her of course and easily caught up to her before the two went under the water and he formed a bubble around them so they could breathe.
She was motionless at first and sobbing into his chest. No doubt, it had been too much for her then he thought. Annabeth always did have a problem with her pride.
When they finally made it back onto the ship and had Tyson take her to get rested the Sirens had left their perches on the side of the cliffs and began dive-bombing towards them.
He uncapped riptide just as the sirens began to swarm around him.
One tried to grab a hold of his shoulders with its claw like feet but Percy had managed to push it away with riptide and making a shallow cut appear on its foot.
Looking at them, their appearance really did make Percy's stomach churn. The Sirens looked like human sized vultures, with dirty black plumage, grey talons and wrinkled pink necks. They had human heads that change to the people you know.
"Now it looks like Tyson." He thought as one of the Sirens that was attacking him now had the head of Tyson on its neck.
"It's not him. It's just the Siren. It is just an illusion." He kept muttering to himself as another dive bombed towards him with its talons out stretched.
Percy managed to roll out of the way and swipe at the Siren making a large gash appear in its back, which made it squawk out loud in pain.
Though as he did a second one appeared behind him and managed to scrape his left shoulder with its talon.
He grits his teeth a little before turning around to see the face on the Siren was his mothers. He hesitated at seeing his mother's warm face but quickly shook it from his thoughts and swung his sword at it.
The Siren had gotten in way to close thinking it could show Percy someone he loved so he wouldn't harm it but it did not expect a wave to suddenly hit the ship with enough force to jolt the ship. The next thing the Siren saw was riptide coming towards, a loud hissing sound before everything went black.
The Siren vanished in a stream of gold dust as Percy turned to face the other Sirens. There were only about three sirens all together, 'well two now.' Percy thought as they circled around him, keeping to the air and staying out of riptides reach.
But that was quickly cut short when one of the Sirens suddenly fell to the ground with a loud thud and disappeared into a shroud of gold dust.
Percy looked a little taken back before he looked where the Siren was and saw a silver arrow with black feathers on the end.
He immediately smiled and his face lit up. "Naruto," he said.
"You rang?" A voice came from behind him and there standing with his back leaning against the wall with a bow in his hands was Naruto.
"Pay attention to your surroundings Percy." Naruto said making Percy look back to see the last Siren diving towards him with it talons out just like the last few thinking it could take him out while he was distracted.
"Wave." he said a little desperately as a strong torrent of water shot out from the ocean and slammed into the Siren, knocking it to the ground.
As the Siren struggled to get up, Percy quickly appeared next to it and drove riptide into its chest. The Siren convulsed a little at first before it disappeared just like the rest.
"Good job." Naruto commented getting a happy smile from Percy who quickly went over and hugged his friend.
"You don't know how worried we have all been." He said making Naruto roll his eyes a little before nodding and giving him a quick hug back before the two broke apart.
"Where's Bethy and Tyson?" He asked making Percy wince a little before he explained to Naruto what happened with the Sirens.
Naruto sighed deeply. 'That girl and that pride of hers.' He thought before he walked over to the Siren that he had killed and picked up a long scraggy looking feather that had remained.
"Another spoil to add to the cabinet, you may as well get yours as well." He said as Percy looked around and picked up the two feathers from the two Sirens he had killed. They both looked up at the cliff face to see a few of the Sirens that had not attacked burrowing into theirs holes in the wall.
Naruto scoffed at them before Percy led him down the ship and where Tyson and Annabeth were waiting.
The ships itself he had to admit was pretty cool and it was very big. Though there was a lot of dust and cobwebs all over the place signaling it had not been used in however long it was.
'I doubt Annabeth enjoyed all the cobwebs.' He thought before he was led into what looked like some kind of dining area where he spotted Tyson leaning over Annabeth who had a drink of water in her hands and a blanket over her shoulders.
She heard them enter and smiled gratefully at Percy when she saw him before she noticed Naurto a little ways behind him making her eyes go as wide as possible.
She put the drink down and threw the blanket off her and launched herself at Naruto, hugging him tightly.
"You idiot, do you know how worried I was. I thought you died." She said sobbing into his chest.
He placed is head on top of hers and hugged back. "Sorry Bethy, I did not mean to scare you like that. I could not let my little sis get hurt from the big bag Kraken now could I? It's my job to look after my little sis after all."
"Still you were reckless." she said as she began wiping the tears away and watched as Tyson came over and pulled him into a tight hug.
"Good to see you too buddy." He said to Tyson as he patted him on the back before giving Annabeth a stern look.
"And listening to the Sirens song was not reckless?" He said raising an eyebrow at her making her shift a little uncomfortably.
"I thought I could handle it but it took me by surprise and what I saw made me want it so badly."
Naruto and Tyson looked curious at what it was while Percy had a look of understanding on his face.
"I saw my mom and we were together with my dad in central park. It looked so real and I wanted it so badly and would have done anything to have it. I can still hear it in my ears as if telling me I can still get it."
"I'm sorry you had to go through that." He said ruffling her hair making her pout at him and try to give him an angry glare for messing up her hair anymore than it already was but all it did was make him chuckle before his face went serious.
"We should probably get away from the Sirens habitats. As long as we are near them, they can probably still inflict some kind of harm to us."
"I can do that now." he said as Percy left to go back to the top of the ship.
"Um does he need our help?" He asked but Annabeth shook her head as she put the blanket she threw off back over her shoulders while Tyson followed after Percy.
"No, thanks to him being a son of Poseidon, he can make the ship come to life away and the ship will do everything we need it to."
"Huh, that pretty cool. Hey wait, why did he not do that for CSS Birmingham?" He asked making Annabeth laugh.
"I think you forgetting he is a kelp head." She said making Naruto nod in agreement.
"So from where we are how long do you think it will take to get to Polyphemus Island. I met with my gran earlier today and said that Clarisse and Silena have already arrived there. I don't like the idea of them being on that island with the strongest and most famous Cyclops there is."
"I agree." She said yawning a little. We just have to hope they are smart enough not to do anything rash.
"If you have not noticed children of Ares are not known for being patient." He said making Annabeth laugh a little in agreement as he noticed her eyes looked a little heavy and she put her head gently onto his shoulder.
"You and Percy seem to be getting along better."
"Yeah kelp head isn't so bad when he wants to be. He did save me after all." She said quietly. Naruto knew she was about to doze off at any moment.
Looking at her he notice how pale she was and guessed the whole Siren incident had taken a lot out of her. Though he did plan on scolding her and Percy for theirs action of Circe island, he figured it could wait until Annabeth was feeling better.
Deciding that she had enough excitement for one day and that she needed her rest, he bent down a little and picked her gently up in his arms.
He heard her grumble a little but that was it. He was one of the few she did not mind picking her up and managed to give him direction to her room.
By the time he got their Annabeth was out like a light. He put her on the make shift bed and pulled the covers over her.
'This is the second time I have done this now.' He thought to himself before kissing her forehead and leaving the room.
When he left the room he cracked is shoulders a little before making his way back up on deck.
Just because he could not scold Annabeth for the actions of Circe's Island, it did not mean Percy was going to be safe.
Chapter 14 Completed
If some of you are wondering about the feeling of some of the hunters allow me to explain. You must remember that the older hunters have been with Artemis for mostly decades, centuries or longer in Zoe's case. Therefore they are use to being Artemis's main focus. But now that Naruto is here and is her son, that focus has sifted in a a way and they now know they are not the only important ones in her life So it makes a few of them a little jealous of the attention.
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