A/N: The last chapter was a bit sad. Chapter 22, was it? Can't remember. Anyways, Percy had yet to use his powers. Calm down, he will use it. Just, waiting for the right time. Here's chapter 23. Enjoy, and hope you'll like it.

Disclaimer: I think you know what I'm going to say. I don't own PJO, HOO and FF

Chapter 23

Percy's POV

That whole day had been the shittiest day that he'd ever experienced.

Connor's death had made a huge impact on him. He thought of Connor as a brother, even though he was so annoying. Percy had tried to comfort Travis, but he just nodded and let out a sad sigh before going to his tent. Nico said that we'd better rest here for a while, considering on what just happened. Nobody argued. Everyone was tired, beat up and sad. No one was anxious to travel this time. So does Percy.

Artemis and Alia comforted him, which was a relief. At least, he was feeling a bit better with both of them on his side. Percy decided he should take the first watch. At first, they refused, but Percy wasn't going to take no as an answer. They reluctantly nodded and went to their tents.

That night, Percy tended the flames as he gazed on the fire. He remembered back what happened during his fight with Clarisse. At first, they were equal. But after Moros took over his body, he had massively tipped the scale. The 'Finishing Touch' move was awesome, but it was tiring as hell. Percy moved at a speed that was beyond his limit, which drained his energy. The ring on his finger was gone, replaced with a sword cover. Now, Percy was carrying his sword in his hands at all time. Moros said he'll teach him more, but he didn't feel like it now.

Percy's thoughts were interrupted by a voice, "Having trouble sleeping, Perseus?" Percy looked up from the fire, to see Hestia. He instantly drew his sword and aimed it at her throat. Hestia didn't move or show any expressions. She fixed him with a steady stare. Percy had the urge to lower the sword, but he held on to it.

"Are you really Hestia?"

"Do you doubt me?"

"No, it's just that, I met Nyx as Hestia and, well, I learned to be careful." Percy said. Hestia managed a simple smile.

"I assure you that I am Hestia. I swear it by the River Styx." Hestia said. Thunder boomed in the sky and Percy lowered his sword. Hestia smiled. "Thank you, Perseus."

"I am sorry for doubting you, Lady Hestia. I was just being careful."

"I understand that." Hestia said. Then, she stared at his eyes. The flames in her eyes brought comfort and cosiness around Percy. The warmth of the fire seemed to wrap around him, inviting him in to join the comfort of the hearth. "I see you have changed Perseus." Hestia said.

"Yeah, my eyes looked different now." Percy said, not letting Hestia knows about his new powers. Percy won't admit this, but he didn't trust Hestia fully. Who knows, maybe Zeus sent her as a spy to keep an eye on him.

"You know, it's rude to think about that to someone." Hestia said with a smile. Percy blushed. Hestia has read his mind, and knows what he thought about her.

"I'm sorry. I had to be cautious. I didn't want my friends to be in danger. So far, you are the only goddess that I even trust, even though I didn't trust that you that much."

"I appreciate that you trust me. But, to let you know, Zeus had never seen me visiting you before. He rarely noticed whatever I do, or he barely cared."

"I think it's the latter." Percy muttered, which cause Hestia to manage a chuckle.

"Perseus, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Am I truly the only goddess that you really trust?" Hestia asked slyly. The question took Percy by surprise.

"Um, yeah I guess." Percy muttered. Hestia raised an eyebrow. Percy had a feeling of who she was talking about. "Um, I guess I should include Artemis" Hestia smiled at him.

How many times had she smiled at him?

"I see you've managed to make a goddess to fall in love with you. A maiden goddess, at that." Hestia said teasingly.

"Artemis is kind, gentle, caring and, well, beautiful. No offence, but she's the most beautiful goddess I'd ever seen."

"None taken, Perseus." Hestia said. Percy smiled at him.

"By the way, what brings you here?" Percy asked.

"Oh, I'd almost forgotten about that. Here." Hestia waved her hand. Two silver hunting knives, a silver bow and a quiver of silver arrows appeared in front of Percy.

"Um, what are these for?" Percy asked blankly.

"These are for your, ahem, girlfriend." Hestia said teasingly. They both laughed slightly. "They are the average weapons of the hunters and they should suit her well."

"But, I thought her combat skills were gone along with her godhood?"

Hestia shook his head. "Both yes and no. Zeus only took her powers, immortality and domains, but never her skills. It seems Zeus had forgotten about it, or he thought that it won't do her any good."

"This time, I think it's the former." Percy muttered. Both of them laughed.

"Anyway, this should suit her well." Hestia said, offering him the weapons.

"Thank you, Lady Hestia, for your help." Percy said as he bowed.

"It's my pleasure, Perseus, to help a hero of Olympus." Hestia said before she disappeared in a column of fire. Percy brought the weapon to his tent. He went out to wake up Jason, who agreed to take the next watch. Percy went to his tent, set the weapons on a table and slid himself next to Artemis, who was sleeping peacefully. Percy put his arms around her, enjoying her warmth. Percy kissed on her neck, where she let out a quiet and small moan. Percy seemed to enjoy it, and he continued kissing her. She moaned a bit in her sleep. Percy kissed her neck even more passionately. Artemis moaned a bit louder as she stirred in her sleep. Percy decided to stop, before she woke up. He ignored the huge bump that was forming in his pants and went to sleep.

Artemis' POV

For some reason, Artemis woke up that morning and felt a feeling of pleasure over her body. Nothing happened last night, right? She saw Percy had his arms wrapped around her, so they slept together. Nothing really happened.

Artemis slowly slid out of Percy's embrace. She decided to do something different with her look, today. She tied her auburn hair into a ponytail before going out. As she was about to step out, she saw the weapons that were put on the table. Two silver hunting knives, a silver bow and arrows. It was beautifully made, and it looked similar to the hunters' weapons. Artemis decided that she would ask about it to Percy later on.

She went outside to take in some air. It was almost daybreak, and there were only several people walking around. Artemis strolled around the campsite, just to make sure that everything was okay. She got several glances from the army, but she just frowned. Why was everyone looking at her?

After doing sweep and ignoring a few glances, Artemis went back to her tent. She ran into Piper.

"Morning Artemis."

"Morning Piper." Artemis said with a smile. Piper's eyes drifted to her neck and let out a gasp. "What's wrong?"

"Did you do it?" Piper whispered as she brought Artemis to the outside of her tent.

"Do what?"

"You know, do it, with Percy. Did you do it last night?"

"Do what? I don't understand."

Piper rolled her eyes. "Sex! Did you have sex with Percy last night?"

Artemis frowned. "No, nothing happened last night. I was asleep last night. What makes you think I had sex with him?"

"Well . . ." Piper drew Katoptris and showed it to her. It reflected her neck, and Artemis let out a gasp.

On her neck was a hickey.

"What the . . . Nothing happened last night!" Artemis protested.

"Really? Well, whatever. Did it felt good?" Piper asked with a sly grin.

Artemis could strangle that Kelp Head right now.

"I don't know. I wasn't even awake when he did this." Artemis pointed to the love mark that Percy gave her. Artemis had gotten her first real mark from someone she actually loved. Then, Percy stepped out of their tent, looking like he'd just woken up.

"Good morning Arty. Oh, hey Piper." Percy said with a smile. Artemis stormed over to him and hit him on the chest. "Ow, what was that for?"

"What was that for? What was this for?" Artemis pointed to the hickey.

Percy studied her neck, and gasped. "Oh shit, I didn't know it would leave a mark."

"Percy!" Artemis said as she hit her boyfriend multiple times. Percy laughed and winced as Artemis hit her, like an annoyed sister hitting her annoying brother.

"Oh come on, Arty." Percy put his arms around her waist. "Would you rather have me, or someone else do it?" Artemis blushed, and she knew that Percy had trapped her.

"You." Artemis said, not meeting his gaze. Artemis blushed with red. Percy laughed and gave her a kiss.

"I'm just gonna, go now." Piper said. Artemis didn't realize that she was still there. Piper left hurriedly.

"You, are so annoying." Artemis said. Percy did one of his famous 'I'm innocent' smiles.

"And you are beautiful." Percy kissed the other side of her neck. Artemis moaned in a bit of pleasure. As Percy kissed her neck, his fingers ran on her back, giving her a slight pleasure. Artemis moaned and bit her lip, trying to hide it.

As Percy kissed her even more passionately, Artemis moaned again. "Percy, ah! We're being watched." Artemis said between moans. Percy stopped and gave her a mischievous grin. "What?"

Percy pointed to the other side of her neck, which had another love mark. She gasped. "Percy!" She yelled out before chasing him. Now she had two hickeys that needed she needs to hide.

"By the way, the ponytail looks great on you." Percy said as he ran from Artemis. They have a full fledge chasing scene, which made the army laughed loudly.

By the time Percy was getting tired, Artemis lunged at him and pinned him to the ground. Percy laughed. "You got me." Artemis can't do anything really, with all her friends staring at her. Percy met her gaze with those red and green eyes. They looked dazzling and mesmerizing at the same time.

Artemis got off him, and he gave him a quick kiss to her forehead. The army cheered in approval before heading back to packing their stuff.

Alia walked over towards her. "Hey Artemis, good- what is that on your neck?"

"It's nothing." Artemis said.

"Is that . . . That's a hickey! Did Percy make that?" Alia asked. Artemis just nodded. She looked over to the other side of her neck. "He gave you two!" Alia said.

"Don't get excited over it. Nothing really happened." Artemis said, though she was blushing.

"Well, something better happen." Alia said as she gave her a wink.

Artemis just sighed and smiled.

Then, Nico shouted out, "We're gonna leave in five minutes!"

Shit, Artemis hasn't packed yet. She was about to run to her tent when she got flashed away in a brilliant flash of light. Her first thought was, captured. The gods have finally found her and captured her.

Apparently, that wasn't it.

Artemis looked around, only to see that she was not on Olympus. She was in outer space, like, literally outer space. Beneath her was Earth. The moon was orbiting next to it. She saw Mars, Venus and the other planets. Artemis wondered what she was doing here, or more importantly, who brought her here.

"Hello, my niece." A voice behind her said. Artemis turned around, to face a breathtakingly beautiful woman. She looked like her mother, Leto. Then, she remembered that Apollo said they had an aunt. Her brother had actually remembered something.

"Um, Aunt Asteria?" Artemis called. The woman nodded.

So it is her. Sister of Leto, daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, Mother of Hecate. Asteria, Goddess of Necromancy, Nocturnal Oracles and Falling Stars.

"So, you remembered me." Asteria said.

"Not really. I just remembered that you were my mother's sister." Artemis said. Asteria laughed slightly.

"You have grown, niece."

"Where have you been, Asteria? No one has ever seen you since the first Titan War." Artemis said. Asteria's expression changed into a stern one. Artemis regretted that she ever asked that question.

"I'm sorry that I didn't show myself. I had to hide, as Zeus would imprison me if I revealed myself."

"But you did nothing! You didn't do anything wrong!" Artemis protested.

"So did Prometheus, and looked what happened?"

"Prometheus gave fire to mankind."

"How is that wrong? The gods asked mortals to burn a partial of their food to the gods. If Prometheus didn't give fire to mankind, who knows what they'll do." Asteria said. She had a point. Zeus had been too hard on them.

"Yeah, well, what are you here for?" Artemis asked eager to change to subject.

"I'm here to help."

"How?"

"I know about that little hero of yours, Perseus Jackson. He's the one who beat my uncle, Kronos and my grandmother, Gaia. Now, he's waging war against your family."

"I know that and I will support him. He's mad at Zeus for a good reason."

"Well, if you're going to support him, you need something else other than weapons, since you're not a goddess anymore." Asteria said, raising an eyebrow.

"Zeus' fault." Artemis said nonchalantly. Asteria just laughed.

"Well, I'm not surprised. His pride has grown to an extent to where someone had to stand up and kick his royal ass. I'm here to help. Go tell that hero, Perseus Jackson, to give my cousin a good kick to the nuts."

"Will do, Asteria." Artemis smiled.

"Here's a little present for you." Asteria said. She put her hand on Artemis' shoulder. Artemis felt a sharp pain towards her heart and was blinded with a flash of light before fainting.

Line Break

Artemis woke up on Percy's back. Percy was giving her a piggyback ride, like he always do. When she was awake, Percy went alert and set her down gently. Artemis felt a bit weak, but she managed to stand up.

"Artemis, are you okay?" Percy asked.

"I'm fine."

"You passed out as we were about to leave."

"Yeah, well, I'll explain later." Artemis said before getting drowsy. She was about to fall over before Percy managed to catch her. Percy lifted her up and carried her on his back.

"You need to rest." Percy said. Artemis nodded and yawned. For some reason, her chest was hurting and she felt the feeling of something different. Her body had changed, but she didn't know what.

Artemis found a small yellow note in her pocket. It was written with a beautiful handwriting.

"I blessed you with my powers as a goddess of falling stars and necromancy. Put it to good use. XOXO. Love, Asteria.

P/S: I gave you a little extra present so that Percy won't take his eyes off of you. (look below)"

Artemis looked down and let out a small yelp. No wonder she felt different. Asteria had increased her size from a C-cup to a D-cup. Artemis crumpled the note and burned it, using the power of necromancy carefully so Percy wouldn't notice. She'd better learn this fast if she wanted to be of use to this army.

"Damn you, Aunt Asteria." Artemis said, giving a comment on the increased size of her boobs.

"Did you say something?" Percy asked.

"Oh, it's nothing." Artemis said before yawning. She put her head on Percy's back.

Damn you, Artemis cursed one last time before falling asleep.

A/N: For your information, Asteria is not an OC or a goddess that I made up. She's real. If you don't believe me, then I have one word for you . . .

Google.

So anyway, that's about it. Sorry I didn't reveal some of the things you wanted to know, like the lemon between Percy and Artemis and what shit does Artemis gets to do. I'll tell all of you sooner or later. I know some of you wanted them to have sex before the war and some of you want it to happen after. Well, all I can tell you is, it will happen. As usual, leave a review if you like or hate it. A review always helps. Until then, take care.

redlox2: I didn't use any Bleach reference, even if there's a similarity. It was from Samurai X

Guest: Sorry, but I'm not bringing Connor back. A story would suck if every good guy gets killed and come back to life. First, its cliché and second, it doesn't make it interesting. Sorry!