A/N: Anyone who wants to do a story where the characters read 'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes' series is allowed to do so as long as they tell me before hand.
I don't own Percy Jackson series or Naruto series, or any of the characters of either series. Nor am I the writer of the Son of the Huntress series
Warning: Read these stories if you haven't before reading this story:
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Lightning Thief'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Sea of Monsters'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Titan's Curse'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Battle of the Labyrinth'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Last Olympian'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Staff of Hermes'
I'm going to make this clear to those who don't approve the idea of legacies in Camp Half-Blood.
One: If you actually looked into Greek Mythology you know there been plenty of Greek Legacies. Heck Frank's ancestors were Greek legacies before they joined the Romans.
Two: Time and time again in the Percy Jackson series they mention many famous names Rick Riordan used as demigods Greek Demigods reaching adulthood-George Washington, Amelia Earhart, F.D.R., General Sherman and many more-many of which had children of their own which would make their kids legacies.
Three: About Naruto not being wise enough to be a Legacy of Athena, keep in mind in future reference for any sequel fanfictions of Percy Jackson that when Percy and Annabeth have kids, if they have any of Percy's personality they might not have much interest in school and thus not show much of any of Athena's wisdom. So I should have a pass on the matter with Naruto because of that fact.
Four: Since I made Naruto a legacy of Athena through Minato, he can't have any connections with the Romans as for any god/goddess, Olympian or Minor to have a legacy they must have children who later grow up to have children of their own. Minerva doesn't have kids, and it been clear before the return of Athena's Parthenos the idea of the matter was saw as a disgrace to the Romans as it meant Minerva broke her vow in their eyes. Not to mention the fact that the feud between Greek and Romans was kept alive for so long because of Athena.
Also for anyone who thinks it be okay having a child/Legacy of Artemis or Hestia to meet the romans, although Diana or Vesta wasn't treated any worse from their Greek counterparts as the comparison of Athena and Minerva, keep in mind they also made a vow to not have any kids, and since Romans take their vows so seriously they have their own god whose domain is over vows I think they would frown upon the idea of Diana and Vesta breaking their vows. Although I did enjoy The Son of the Huntress series, even though Naruto saved Reyna and Hylla the fact any more Romans would accept the idea there being a child and grandchild of two virgin goddesses feels a bit far fetch.
Naruto and Leo Fight Three Rogue Cyclopes
Leo and Naruto stopped at the doors and Leo tried to control his breathing. Naruto could tell Leo was still shaken up by the earth woman.
"Leo, we'll be fine," Naruto said. "Whatever is waiting for us in there, I'm sure I fought something stronger."
"What about that earth lady?" Leo asked. "You fought anything like that?"
"If she's who I think she is, no. Closest thing to her I can guess would have been Hyperion," Naruto said. "But know this, Leo, despite what you might of heard, I had help fighting a lot of the powerful monsters I fought. I never was alone. Only ones I didn't have help with was fighting Ladon, and I didn't destroy him. The moment I stole the apple of Hespirides, I left him alone."
Naruto didn't add the battle with Sasuke, but he didn't really fight Ladon in that battle. Ladon could have attacked back after being tricked to fight Sasuke for Naruto, but Ladon let him go.
"What if I cause the place to catch on fire?" Leo asked.
"Fire is just a tool, Leo, just like everything else," Naruto said. "Yes it's dangerous, but so is those electric saws. First thing you need to do is respect fire for what it is, and not think of what it can do."
"How do you know so much?" Leo asked.
"Many elements have risk Leo. Lightning can electrocute people, Earth can crush people, water can drown someone, wind can be used to cause serious injuries with cuts and slashes in my world." Naruto said. "Fire is just one of five dangers tools for ninjas. We just learned how to master it with chakra, but that doesn't mean we don't lose control while doing so."
Leo nodded in understanding. He took a deep breath and they peered inside. Nothing looked different. Gray morning light filtered through the hole in the roof. A few lightbulbs flickered, but most of the factory floor was still lost in shadows. He could make out the catwalk above, the dim shapes of heavy machinery along the assembly line, but no movement. No signs of his friends.
He almost called out, but Naruto stopped him. Naruto noticed a smell of burning motor oil and sour breath. But there was something else. Something Naruto recognize but couldn't put his finger on. Either way, he killed enough monsters in his life time to know whatever it is, it's not human was inside the factory. Naruto was certain and judging from Leo's expression he starting to realize it too.
Maybe I'm right to not charge in there, Naruto thought.
Somewhere on the factory floor, Piper's voice cried out: "Leo, Naruto, help!"
Leo was about to head in but Naruto stopped him. "What? Piper needs help!" Leo whispered.
"There's monsters that can mimic human voices," Naruto said. "Trust me. I fought enough monsters to know there's monsters in there. We are two powerful demigods, just one of us going in there could alert them."
"Then what?" Leo asked.
"We combine our scents and investigate the area. That way if they smell do smell our demigod scent, they'll only smell out one of us, giving the other the advantage."
"How do we do that?" Leo asked.
Naruto palmed the end of his sword, causing it to shrink down to pen form. Then Naruto made the handsign. "Transform!"
A puff of smoke surrounded Naruto and when it cleared, Leo couldn't see him.
"Naruto?" Leo asked.
"Down here!"
Leo looked down and saw a two inch size Naruto. "You can hide me in your pocket. By shrinking myself, my scent also smaller, so it should be easier for my scent to blend in with yours."
"Sweet jutsu," Leo said as he picked Naruto up and stuffed him in an army jacket pocket.
"It has it's uses. But I got better ones than this," Naruto said. "Seriously Leo, you got more stuff in your pockets than Percy. You got yourself a magical toolbelt now, do you really need all of these bolts and nuts in your pockets?"
Leo didn't respond as he ducked behind a cargo's container. Slowly, gripping his hammer, he worked his way toward the center of the room, hiding behind boxes and hollow truck chassis. Finally he reached the assembly line. He crouched behind the nearest piece of machinery—a crane with a robotic arm.
Piper's voice called out again: "Leo? Naruto?" Less certain this time, but very close.
Leo peeked around the machinery. Hanging directly above the assembly line, suspended by a chain from a crane on the opposite side, was a massive truck engine—just dangling thirty feet up, as if it had been left there when the factory was abandoned. Below it on the conveyor belt sat a truck chasis, and clustered around it were three dark shapes the size of forklifts. Nearby, dangling from chains on two other robotic arms, were two smaller shapes—maybe more engines, but one of them was twisting around as if were alive.
Then one of the forklift shapes rose, and Leo realized it was a humanoid of massive size. "Told you it was nothing," the thing rumbled. It's voice was too deep and feral to be human.
One of the other forklift-size lumps shifted, and called out in Piper's voice: "Leo, Naruto, help me! Help—" Then the voice changed, becoming masculine snarl. "Bah, there's nobody out there. No demigod could be that quiet, eh? Especially not two."
The first monster chuckled. "Probably ran away, if they knows what's good for them. Or the girl was lying about a third and fourth demigod."
"Good news, Leo. I know what they are," Naruto said adding up what he seen and what he known—giant humanoids that can mimic human voices—although Naruto can't see the monster's faces that could identify them, Naruto had enough experience with their kind to know it could only be one type of monster—especially since he fought many of them between his time in Meriwether Prep. "Bad news is our fire power will do nothing to them directly. You need to be quiet. I might be safe talking at my size as long as I don't talk too loudly, but you aren't. Nod if you understand."
Leo nodded as he get the message.
"Let's get cooking," one of the humanoids said.
Snap. A bright orange light sizzled to life—an emergency flare—and Leo was temporarily blinded. He ducked behind the crane until the spots cleared from his eyes. Then he took another peep and Naruto look to get a view of the situation so he can start formulating a plan.
The two smaller things dangling from crane arms weren't engines. They were Jason and Piper. Both hung upside down, tied by their ankles and cocooned with chains up to their necks. Piper was flailing around, trying to free herself. Her mouth was gagged, but at least she was alive. Jason didn't look so good. He hung limply, his eyes rolled up in his head. A red welt the size of an apple had swollen over his left eyebrow.
On the conveyor belt, the bed of unfinished pickup truck was being used as a fire pit. The emergency flare had ignited a mixture of tires and wood, which, from the smell of it, had been doused in kerosene. A big metal pole suspended over the flames—a spit which was meant that this was a cooking fire.
But most terrifying of all were the cooks.
Three massive humanoids gathered around the fire. Two were standing, stoking the flames. The largest one crouched with his back to Leo and Naruto. The two facing them each were ten feet tall, with hairy muscular bodies and skin that glowed red in the firelight. One of the monsters wore a chain mail loincloth that looked really uncomfortable. The other two wore ragged fuzzy toga made from Fiberglass insulation. Other than that, Naruto guess the two monsters were twins. Each had a brutish face with a single eye in the center of his foreheads.
Great! Cyclopes! If there's one monster I know how to fight Its Cyclopes, Naruto thought. There's three of them, but if Leo and I work together and do things right, we should be able to destroy them and free Jason and Piper without a problem.
Naruto then notice that Leo was shaking. With fear.
"Hey Leo! Calm down. I fought Cyclopes before—not this many before—but the two of us should still be able to handle them even without fire power," Naruto said.
Leo seemed to calm down. "Naruto can you keep three cyclopes distracted?"
"Sure, why?" Naruto asked.
"I got a plan to fight these Cyclopes but it requires a lot of movement and I don't want them to see me," Leo said.
"Not a problem!" Naruto said as he got out of Leo's pocket and jumped onto the ground before transforming into normal size. "After all, the blood of Hermes runs through my veins."
Naruto walked out casually. "Did someone call my name!"
The three cyclopes turned to Naruto. Above Piper was gagged and Jason was unconscious as they were tied upside down. Piper gave Naruto a 'what the heck' look.
"Well, well," the leader said. "Looks like one of the friends is a fool after all."
Naruto almost gagged looking at the Cyclopes as he realize it was a female. She wore a tent of chain mail cut like a sack dress. Her greasy black hair was matted in ponytails, woven with copper wires and metal washers. Her nose and mouth were thick and smashed together, like she spent her free time ramming her face into walls, but her single red eye glittered with evil intelligence. This was the first time Naruto met a female Cyclopes, so seeing one was rather shocking. Especially since she was taller than the other two and even buffier.
Still shorter than Polyphemus though, Naruto thought. He then straighten himself up. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki: Grandson of Hermes and Athena, Champion of Hestia, member of the Cloven Elders, and destroyer of the mighty Kampe. I demand you free my friends at once!"
"Rarr!" The lady Cyclopes roared. "Your title don't scare me demigod. I'm Ma Gasket! I eaten plenty of tough demigods."
"But ma, he said he destroyed the Kampe," one of the other Cyclopes said.
"Fool! He's the grandson of Mercury. He's a natural born liar. He just said that to scare you!" Ma Gasket said.
"Actually that's the truth. And my grandpa is Hermes, not Mercury," Naruto said.
"You don't scare us, grandson of Mercury," Ma Gasket continued as if not hearing Naruto (which he doubt it as he knew Cyclopes had excellent hearing). "We ate one of your uncles a while back. Remember, Sump and Torque?"
"Yea. Tasty. Bit stringy." One sid.
"Tasted like mutton," the other said. "Purple shirt. Talked in Latin, but still good."
Naruto raised an eye brow as that sounded like Jason. "Purple shirt and spoke Latin, huh?"
"Point is, we're not as dumb as people think. We're not falling for those stupid tricks and riddles, not us northern Cyclopes."
Naruto tilted his head. "Is that suppose to scare me? Because I fought Polyphemus before as well, and he's taller than you."
"That's our southern cousin! We're Hyperborean Cyclopes, the northern clan. We're the best! Founded Monocle Motors in this old factory! Made the best weapons, armor, chariots, fuel-efficient SUVs!"
"Who did you make those weapons for?" Naruto asked although he already had a sneaky suspicion who.
"The Titan Army of course! But they lost! The war was too quick. Force to shut down. Laid off most of our tribe. No more need for Cyclopes weapons."
"That's what you get for turning against Olympus," Naruto said. "Now about my friends…"
Suddenly there was a spark coming from where Naruto guess Leo was at. One of the male Cyclopes picked up a truck and threw it that direction. The truck steamedrolled over the machinery, but Leo dodge it and now was in tHe open as Ma Gasket spotted him. "Torque, you pathetic excuse for a cyclops, get him! Sump get the other one!"
Torque barreled toward Leo as Sump barreled after Naruto. Naruto jumped so fast he seem to disappear as Sump fell forward. Naruto was now above Sump with a Wind infused giant Rasengan.
"Wind Style: Giant Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he slammed the orb into Sump. Naruto kept the attack going until finally Sump turned into yellow dust.
At the same time, Naruto heard a harsh metal clang, and more yellow dust rained down. Naruto turned to see Leo holding a remote control.
"I'm guessing that had something to do with what you were doing?" Naruto asked.
"That's right," Leo responded.
Ma Gasket stared at the two in shock. "My sons… you two… you two busted my boys! Only I get to bust my boys!"
Leo pushed a button and the three remaining arms swung into action. Ma Gasket caught the first one and tore it in half. The second and third arm smacked her in the head but that only made her mad. She grabbed another one by the clamps, ripped it free and used it to destroy the third. She then started swinging it until she let it go—spinning toward Leo and Naruto.
Naruto grabbed Leo and disappeared in a flash as it demolished machine.
Naruto and Leo reappeared next to the fire pit with Ma Gasket over them. Her fist were clenched, her teeth bared. She looked ridiculous in her chain mail muumuu and her greasy pigtails—but she had a murderous glare that would scare most people.
"Any more tricks demigod?" Ma Gasket demanded.
Leo tugged at Naruto's sleeve and pointed up. Naruto looked to see a engine block suspended on the chain—a single chain.
Getting an idea what Leo was getting at Naruto smirked. "Believe it, we do!" Naruto shouted. "You really have no idea who you're fighting against!"
Ma Gasket laughed. "We'll see about that!" She scooped red-hot coals into her hands and flung them at the duo. The red hot coals landed at their feet. Then Ma Gasket picked up a barrel next to the truck stenciled 'Kerosene' and threw it. The barrel split on the floor in front of them, spilling lighter fluid everywhere
Coals sparked. Naruto disappeared in a flash, knowing Leo would be okay. Piper, who didn't know what Naruto knew, muffled a scream. Ma Gasket shrieked with laughter, unaware that Naruto was now using his wings to fly over her head toward the chain.
Leo, who had his eyes closed, open them to find he was bathed in flames swirling twenty feet into the air until the kerosene wore off, and the fire started dying.
Ma Gasket looked at Leo astonished. "You live?" then she took an extra step forward, right under the engine. "What are you?"
"The son of Hephaestus," Leo said.
Naruto was at the chain now, and was using wind infuse chakra waiting for the signal to cut the chain.
Ma Gasket didn't notice Naruto was above her as she smirked. "Maybe so, son of Hephaestus, but it seems your friend met his fiery end! And you shall make a spicy appetizer!"
"That's what you think," Leo said which Naruto took the signal. Using wind infuse chakra in his kunai knife, Naruto cut the chain, causing the engine to fall. Ma Gasket didn't even have time to look up.
Smash! No more Cyclops—just a pile of dust under a five ton engine block.
With Leo's help, Naruto got Jason and Piper down. Piper seemed fine, but Jason was still unconscious. Piper managed to trickle a little nectar into his mouth, and he groaned. The welt on his head started to shrink and his color came back a little.
"He should be fine," Naruto said.
"Thank god." Piper sighed. Then she looked at Leo. "How are you not burned to a crisp?"
Leo looked down knowing he couldn't avoid it. Thankfully Naruto spoke up.
"He's immune to fire like me, only through Hephaestus," Naruto said. "He can also summon fire too."
"Seriously?" Piper asked.
"Yeah," Leo replied. "I'm a freaking menace."
"Leo, I told you, you're not a menace," Naruto said, "Fire isn't any different from any other element ninjas use. It's just a matter of using it carefully."
"Naruto is right," Piper said grinning. "You're no more of a menace than Naruto here."
"Hey—wait a minute," Naruto responded.
Leo blinked and started to smile, but his sense of relief was ruined when he notice something next to Piper's foot.
Yellow dust from the remains of a cyclopes was shifting across the floor like an invisible wind was pushing it back together.
"They're forming again," Leo said. "Look.'
Naruto and Piper looked and saw Leo was right.
"That's impossible," Naruto said. "It took a week for the Kindly Ones to show up again after being destroyed. No way these Cyclops could reform this fast."
"Oh, god." Piper turned pale. "Boreas said something about this—earth yielding up horrors. When monsters no longer stay in Tartarus, and souls are no longer confined to Hades. How long do you think we have?"
"Piper, Leo, cover Jason and stay low." Naruto said.
"What?" Both responded
Naruto touch the cufflings and summoned his wings made a series of hand signs, "Wind Style: Wind Scythe Jutsu!" Naruto summoned a twister of slicing wind with a flap of his wings. Piper and Leo had to duck and cover Jason as the twister tore through the building. When they look up, the golden dust remains seemed to disappear with the twister.
"I don't know how long that will slow them down, but we better leave before we find out," Naruto said.
A/N: Sorry about the wait. It been a long difficult few months and the Quarantine brought on by the Coronoa Virus here in the United States isn't helping, except for opening up free time for me. I'm alive and doing well. I hope all of you are the same.
