From where we last saw our heroes...
I'm joking.
The characters belong to their authors but the idea of story is mine.
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"Is that the best you got?" Percy spat out blood as Agrius punched him again. "Because I think you need new material."
Percy blinked. "Um what? I don't remember this happening."
"It's because of Naruto's influence. Events that were similar to what happened here aren't going to play out like you think." Athena lectured as she opted for a stone face look.
Meanwhile Ares grinned and shifted in his seat. Any pain Jackson sent under in any universe was worth it in his mind. "Hey Demeter, any popcorn?"
"Here."
Annebeth and Tyson watched as the bear monster tortured Percy while struggling against their chains. They were ambushed while exploring the ship by Luke's demigod allies and have had the last few days being worked over by Luke's enforcers' tender mercies. Dehydrated, hungry and weakened, the two could only watch as Percy was subjected to being the punching bag to several demigods and monsters, then being healed with water only to start over again.
"... I would like to face the Hydra again or even dad's bane." A grim faced Percy whispered. Annebeth reached out and squeezed his hand to comfort him, if only slightly.
"You may talk tough demigod, but I can smell that you are tiring."
Percy narrowed his eyes before spiting out another glob of blood that hit the monster's eye. He smirked before the monster's next punch hit him between the eyes, breaking his nose. Percy's head jerked back from the blow as the blood sprayed out.
Apollo glanced at his uncle who was gripping his throne with clenched hands. Cracks were forming and the lord of the seas form flickered. "You know there's nothing we can do Uncle."
"..." Was the response as the god considered Apollo's words befor flickering his eyes over to Zeus then Ares then back again.
Ares, not being the wiser, laughed harder about this mortal rival suffering. Zeus, annoyed, nodded his head and Poseidon grinned savagely. He was going to have fun.
"Big talk for demigod."
Percy twisted his face into something that resembled a cocky smile.
"Dude you should stay down man." Leto stated as he slurped his smoothie.
"Enough Agrius. Go get yourself something to eat from the galley as I have a chat with my former comrades."
"Luke..."
"I am your father." Finished Aphrodite while sending a wink to Hermes. She loved star wars and wasn't about to let him take that line this time.
Agrius turned to look at the shadow of a person in the doorway. "Are you sure? I can still go a few more-"
"Did I stutter just now? Go. Get. Something. To. Eat."
The monster shrugged as he walked away from Percy. "Fine by me. I was feeling a little hungry after doing my workout anyway. Perhaps I'll have some of that meat loaf made from Europe we picked up last week."
"Erik Joel, didn't he leave for Denmark after Octavian have a prophecy?" Jason asked Reyna.
The roman demigod nodded with a thinly vased sneer on her lips. "Convenient that it was only after an argument between Erik and one of Octavian's supporters. At least now we know what happened."
"Who was he?" Asked Piper.
"A legacy of mine." Demeter spoke. "He was the heir to one of camp Jupiter's oldest families and a political rival of..."
"Let's not get into a history lesson and get on with the story."
*Huff* "Fine."
The person in the shadows nodded before moving aside to let the larger being move past him. Walking forward, he pulled up a chair and sat down backwards so that his upper torso and face was hidden by the darkness, his eyes glittering with rage and madness.
"Bad guy there."
"Oh shut up."
"It is good to see you again Percus. I thought I would have had to wait to repay you for your parting gift the last time we saw each other."
"And your still clinging to the shadows like a typical movie villain Luke. Personally, I would too as your face now is one only a mother could love after what I did." Luke growled at the barb about his face.
"Percy, what did you do?" Thalia asked as she tried to recall if Percy did anything to her ince upon a time friend.
"No idea."
"But then again, that was your most defining feature. I think it does suit you more now than it did to fix in with your monster allies."
Luke snorted as he leaned back in his chair. "Always one for talk Percy. You and Annebeth are traveling with a cyclops, which I must tell you I'm disappointed with you Annebeth. Spitting on the memories we had with Thalia."
Growling the respective daughters of Athena and Zeus steeled their eyes.
"Hypocrite." Hissed the hunter as she started to play catch with her Whetstone. It was a habit she learned from one of her seniors in the hunt in order to stay calm and collected after she ruined a hunt unintentionally with her temper.
Annebeth growled. "At least I didn't poison her tree you cowered. You spat on her memories more than anything I could ever do."
"And that was the guy you had a crush on?" Piper asked Annebeth who both glared and blushed at the love child.
"It was the gods who spat on her for existing. Zeus who cursed her instead of saving her life by killing those monsters.
Zues looked away from the grace siblings. "The barrier from her tree was only possible because she was willing to sacrifice herself for others." 'That sounded lame even to myself.'
Or are you forgetting that the camp was under siege for over a month before it received help from the gods? Or how many died from the arrows that pierced the newly formed barrier before Hecate added more enchantments and Mr. D's powered to boost them? I haven't and I still see their faces."
"Time out, I thought that the barrier prevented that!?" Exclaimed Percy in surprise.
"It does. Clearly in our universe the barrier was stronger than theirs." Athena stated calmly.
"Does that mean once Hecate turns and Mr. D is gone that monsters could attack their camp withoutgoing though the Labyrinth?"
No one answered.
"So that's your excuse of an answer? Boo hoo. Instead of taking it out on us why don't you shove your cock and balls into a bender."
"Perhaps I should try that with the next pervert Mr. Jackson." Artemis said with a soft smile at the pale demigod. "It seems like a good idea to try."
Luke snarled at Percy's taunt. "Oh, wait. You don't have the balls to own it up after all.'
"Burn."
Luke lunged forward bringing his face into the light as he struck his once time ally. Tyson gagged and Annebeth's breath hitched in her throat. Where once there was a face where the only flaw was the scar Luke got from the dragon on his face, there was a massive scarring and wound. She could see luke's teen through the gaps of the flesh of what remained of his cheek on the left side of his face. The eye was clearly half blind from where she could see and the puss covered wounds pulsed as Luke punched the son of the seas over and over. What remained of the ear was nearly gone, what remains was hanging and stitched together by what looked to be wire.
"Needs a few maggots in there." Ares grunted out.
Aphrodite gagged in disgust. "WHAT DID! OH MY EYES! MY EARS! THAT'S DISGUSTING!"
"I did... That?" A shocked Percy whispered as he cringe from the look send his way by his friends.
"Clearly your other self was more angry about the attack on his brother and Luke being a traitor than we thought." Hestia commented as she watched Hermes who was trying not to vomit.
'Luke' She thought with a tingle of pity. A traitor she knew he was, but to see him like this tore at her heart.
Annabeth nodded her head. It really did.
She closed her eyes as Percy screamed as Luke used his sword to stab him though the knees.
"Booo!" Called out Ares.
"Hah...hah...aha... Was it something I said?" Percy gulped out as he tired to block out the pain.
Luke looked down on him with narrowed eyes. "Still the native boy you were Jackson. If I had my way you would be dead after what you did to me and your corpses' head sent to your mother.
Percy quickly reached for glass of water and chugged it down. Not because he was thirsty, but because he bit his tongue too hard try not to yell out in anger in front of the gods.
But then again if the plan works you will be just a spare and I still can kill you."
"...Must..hah...stink as a plan."
"Bravo doesn't fit you. Once we have the fleece it will not matter as Kronos will make you bow to him." Luke walked away and closed the door, as if to seal the fate of the world. As the darkness closed around them Percy smiled painfully as blood dripped from his wounds. Closing his eyes, he concentrated.
He had one chance to do this the right way or they were all dead.
"Oooh a prisoner escape. I'm down for it."
"Brother, please let me read this without having to keep your fingers from the page."
"Oh come on little sis- OW! Why?!"
Artemis grinned as she lifted the book from the bump rising on Apollo's head. "I'm hoping this would hammer into your thick skull I'm the older twin."
Luke stormed into his office and took out his special brand of nectar that he stole from the gods when he stole the bolt.
Mt. D seethed with irritation. "So that's where it went! Cheecky little goblin like his father."
Taking a swig he plopped onto the chair and looked over the real time map on his desk. It was a work of art for sure. Only a few were ever made and he held the last copy of it. It showed the location of monsters, gods and other immortals on the surface. While it didn't work for locating demigods, it was still helpful. It was under the lock and key of an aged son of Mercy.
The Romans all bowed their heads with respect to honor their elder. The Greeks followed as well.
Yes he knew of the so called other camp. Several of his recruits were Romans that were kicked out for a multitude of reasons.
"And why they new our weaknesses in the early stages of the war." Jason commented in a low voice.
Others were recruited before they got to the wolf house.
Reyna gritted her teeth.
It was good to know who your enemies were when preparing to wage war with the gods. It was a pity that one of his spies there was caught by Diana and her brother when he stole the layout of the camp. But he had several more to spare and that one was a low man on the totem pole.
"So he was working for Luke then. If it wasn't for the gods I would have got him." Jason said childishly as he recalled that event. He quickly added, "not that we enjoyed the support of the lord and lady of the bow."
"We'll let it slide." Commented Apollo.
His headache got worse when Kelli and her trainee Tammi walked though the door. He hated it when their forms took on a valley girl look and voice.
"I hate bimbos. Too much pink and... too much."
"The cabin is pink mom."
"Only a part. There is also salmon, red, white, pastoral blue..."
It made him uneasy and he didn't need that at the moment. "What do you two want?"
"Aww Luke-y, don't you need a cheer cheer to get better?" Tammi asked as she pushed up her cleavage in her outfit. Kelli chucked at the attempt the younger monster did to entrance their boss.
"You need work dear. It was a good but apparent that you wanted something. You need to make your target want you, no, desire you." Kelli gently scolded her trainee.
"Like how Aphrodite teaches her kids."
"I'll have you know Athena that's not all my children thinks and not what I teach them. Tell her Piper! Piper?"
"She left to go use the restroom."
"Oh."
She smiled at Luke who had a muscle twitching on the good side of his face. "I want to take my girls out on a hunt.'
"Request denied. You nearly ate the boy that wanted to join up with us on your last mission Empousai." Luke growled out.
Kelli rolled her eyes. "It's not my fault the girls went over board. Last I heard he and Lily are partners now."
Aphrodite squealed with glee, scaring those around her.
Luke hid his shutter at the mention of the duo. The boy and monster did it on his favorite couch days ago and he sent them away to the farthest location possible on a mission. "So I heard."
"Oh now I must see if they are still together. That is too cute of a love story there!"
Tammi giggled in her annoying accent. "They are so cute together. Monster and demigod couples are so rare but when they work they are amazing."
Luke cleared his throat. "Was there anything else?"
Kelli was about to open her mouth when the ship rocked from multiple explosions.
Percy whistles as his eyes looked anywhere but at his comrades or the gods.
Naruto stirred as he awoke as laps of water tickled his cheek. He was so comfortable, the water was so nice as well as the hands washing his scalp... His eyes flew open and he jerked in the arms of the huntress holding him.
"Oh no." Frank summed up what all were thinking.
"Aw your awake now. I was enjoying washing your hair, its so silky and smooth while being completely natural." Rose spoke as she shifted to the side of Naruto. "And don't worry dear, the operation went well."
"Operation?" Asked Percy in hoped she meant for this other brother's injury.
"Operation?" He squeaked out.
Rose nodded. "That's right, when we found out that your were a boy Zoe decided that you were too cute to kill so we gave you a gender change. So congratulations are in order. You are now one-hundred percent girl now."
Eyes widening, he quickly hand his hands dive into the bottoms he was wearing to see if she was telling the truth. He didn't find his elephant, but he did find a clam instead. So he did what any male would do if they found their junk missing.
He fainted.
"I would too you know." Leo said as he clenched his own elephant in response to make sure it was there.
"I don't why men are so scared of losing that thing." Artemis stated while covering her face with the book.
"Oi, I know your grinning behind it sis."
Artemis lowered the book. With a stright face she answered her brothers accusation. "I am certainly am not."
"You really are aggravating me sis. Lord of truth here."
"Then what part of my sentace was false oh lord of truth."
"Lady Artemis perhaps we can finish this?"
"Oh... thank you Thalia."
Naruto stirred as he awoke as laps of water tickled his cheek. Then his eyes flew open as he recalled what happened.
'Just a dream?' He wondered
"Yes." Hazel commented with a slight smile.
before the hunter named Rose appeared in his vision.
"Aw your awake now. I was enjoying washing your hair, its so silky and smooth while being completely natural." Rose spoke as she shifted to the side of Naruto
"He gets it from his mother's." Hera grunted out as she twirled her hair. Perhaps she would change styles to something more modern and change the color.
but frowned when she saw his face. "Is something the matter dear? You look so pale, maybe you should get out of the water now."
Naruto was pale, but not because of the water. All around him were the very... very... naked forms of the hunters of Artemis as they bathed.
"If he wasn't so young I'll gore his eyes out." Artemis flatly stated. She had a reputation to keep and she wasn't going to let a male see your hunters nude. As it was not his fault perhaps her other would just erase the memory of that event.
He was going closed his eyes but recalled that he was given a sex change so it was aright now...
"YOUR A BOY!?" A huntress yelled after she did a double take look at Naruto. Blinking Naruto looked down to see that his bits were exposed for all to see after he had gotten up as the swim suit bottoms had gotten snagged on a rock. Naruto's face went from pale to ashen pale as all the girls began to glow with female fury.
"...Mercy?"
"DIE!"
Hades shook his head. "The judges at the bench would have a field day with that memory. I would have to put him on the path to reincarnation just to get the lines to work again."
This time as Naruto stirred awake he kept his eyes closed as to make sure he was safe. After all, Artemis probably won't curse him if he had his eyes closed if her hunters were bathing and he didn't know.
Artemis nodded. "Indeed."
Besides, it was her hunters who brought him there.
"Lucky kid. Fortuna sure does like him."
"Who?"
"The goddess of good luck. Fortuna is her Roman name."
He relaxed as he felt that he wasn't full of holes from all the daggers that the girls wielded.
"I think he's waking up."
"Well knock her out, the operation is almost done. These nerves are hard to rearrange after all. If I mess up it will scar her for life."
"Wait... so he was dreaming and now he is getting an operation?" Demeter asked.
"And still called a girl..." Zeus eyed his daughter who did the wise thing and read on.
Naruto's mind flashed as he tired to escape but found his limbs to be tied down. It was for nothing as he felt a needle inject him with something.
"Don't worry honey, when we're down you will be better than when you woke up. In fact you could become one of us."
"So Percy ready for an immortal little sister?"
"How is life with an immortal teen older sister Jason?"
"Touche man."
Rose draped a damp towel over her charge as the boy moaned in his sleep. He had devolved a fever and she was doing her best to take care of him. Zoe watched as she did so with a scowl on her face. While she did have a strong dislike of males, she had nothing against those who where too young to understand. While she may not care for the boy in their camp, she couldn't leave him on his own. Not while he needed their help.
"Ok she has more brownie points from me." Thalia muttered about her predecessor.
"Lieutenant, did you read the hand book?"
"I skimmed it..."
"What book?" Asked Hazel.
"The BOOK. It's only for immortal females and some mortal female, like Rachel."
Apollo thumped his sandie foot agaisnt his chair. "The only reason I have a copy is to give it to her. I can't even read it."
Also Artemis would have their heads if any hunter hurt him. Poor Charlie was still scared of hawks after she castrated a young boy that was lost in the woods and was looking for help. Artemis was furious as the boy was too young to understand what he did so wrong and had Apollo heal the boy. She also wiping his memories of the event and then sent him home healed with no ill affects. Last she heard the boy was now a lawyer for sexual abuse victims. Charlie spent the next decade as a rodent that was hunted by hawks before Artemis forgave her.
"She wasn't going to die. Only be mauled each time she was caught." Artemis rolled her eyes as Apollo glanced at her. It was one of his son's great great grandchildren after all.
"He's getting worse Zoe, we need our lady or Apollo to heal him now." Rose gently rubbed the unknown named boy's cheeks. Zoe snorted but agreed for other reasons. If one of the twins could take him away the better she could feel about the situation.
"Its a Boy!" Squealed Hazel making everyone laugh.
The boy stirred and groaned in pain in his sleep and Zoe bit the top of her lip. He was too damn cute for his own good and he was reminding her of a time before the jerk.
"That's good right?"
"Yes."
"Artemis and Apollo are not available, you know that Ruby. Their roman aspects were needed at the camp to deal with that incident."
"I'm guessing Luke's spy?"
"Or another one."
"I know that Zoe. But perhaps another god- err, goddess could help us?" Ruby corrected herself before she slipped up. "Perhaps Hestia?"
Hestia grinned slightly before tossing Percy blue marshmallows. He cheered with joy with the blue food.
Zoe hummed in thought before nodding. Exiting the tent she walked towards the water fall that was nearby the camp. Around her, her sisters were working on cleaning their trophies from the days hunt and doing chores. Several wolves darted across her path as well as the new pups. Zoe let a soft smile flicker on her face as one of the pups tripped over her own front feet.
"Aw so cute." Gushed Piper and Annabeth.
"Go on γκρί (grey)." She told the young pup as it followed her siblings. The pup wined at her after a few paces but Zoe encouraged it to keep moving. Continuing on her way Zoe's thought's flickered to when she was still the young nymph she once was. She smiled as she recalled when she and her sisters would frolic between the flowers and trees in the glow of Helios's chariot. Before she was hired to guard Hera's tree and the Jerk- She shook her head as her thoughts went towards the man that ruined her life. The man that cast her from her home and family.
"He still is a jerk." Jason noted while entertaining the idea of kicking him between the legs.
'No, this is my family now.' She reached to a coin as she tried to clear her thoughts. Flicking in up and down she finally sent it into the mist rainbow.
"Hestia please lady Iris."
"I'm sorry, Lady hestia is unavailable at his movement Zoe. Wound you like to contact someone else dear?" Iris's image glowed in the rainbow as she bounced the drachma in her palm. "I know how about your mistress?"
"Most unhelpful goddess." Hazel and Percy nodded to the son of Mars words.
"Lady Artemis is unavailable Iris. Diana is in charge right now and-"
"OK dear, one call to Diana right-O!"
"No wait!"
"Why are you calling me lieutenant?" Zoe gulped as Diana's eyes narrowed at her own.
'This may not end well.'
"Diana and Artemis... whose a better shot?" Idly wonder Percy.
"We're the same so a tie." Quicky said Artemis with eyes flashing.
Kyuubi and his new girlfriend were enjoying a nice meal together in the rising sun's light. It had been some time since he had a good fuck and she was amazing.
Ares groaned. "Lady and the Tramp? Really?"
She said that she was called the Teumessian fox
"WHAT!?" Roared Zues in shock and horror.
in the olden days because the Greeks and Romans were gender bias.
"Still is."
"We are not having the conversation about gender right Hera. The last time we did it took us a decade to end."
"That is what you always say. Let's talk about it later..."
"Um... the story please?"
She told Kyuubi to call her Vix and he told her to call him by his name.
"So I have been meaning to ask, how did you escape the sky? Last I check you and that hunting dog were placed there by the god of nightlights."
Vix flicked her ears and let out a yip.
"Ah, the fact that he forgot your ability to escape from any trap was why. Also the fact he didn't think to check that it was you is hilarious. So who is up there?"
Zues nodded. "I also want to know."
"So you can do check." Hades teased his brother.
"You want that fox breaking into the underworld again with the dog following?"
"... need any help looking?"
Another yip and then several barks before Vix took a bite out of their meal.
"Just some fox that was trying to have sex with you even after you said no?
"Just one of the ways immortal females deal with immortal male suitors." Commented Aphrodite who got strange looks. "What? Even I want to be left alone in peace."
Am I going to end up like him then?"
The vixen rubbed her head under Kyuubi's before giving him a lick and a small bark. Kyuubi blushed though his fur at her claim that they were mates now.
"I would love to be with you until the world ends but there is a small problem. You see-"
As Kyuubi told her the truth about him the moon's light grew in strength before fading. Neither one noticed as they were too busy with each other swapping stories.
"Diana must have flashed back to camp... or was not expecting what Zoe said."
Naruko
"Naruto you mean sis."
"No Hermes, its Naruko. Remember back several chapters?"
"Oh her... forgot about her to be honest... by the way Hephaestus you ok?"
"..."
"Bro!"
Leo shook his head. "That's a decoy. Dad left a while ago."
"I doubt it." Picking his corn on the cob he chucked it at the smith god. Only for it to pass through the image with ripped forming around where the food item went though. "... dang it."
hurled over the side of the boat as it bobbed up and down on the water. She was separated from the ship after a freak storm appeared and whirlpool wrecked it.
"Oh joy, a regular mortal in the sea of monsters." Gripped Poseidon as he fingered his weapon. He couldn't wait until the story was over.
She was thrown over board and had been floating for several days. Wiping her face she went back to her log.
Day 10ish or something. It's getting hard to remember the days.
I have spent the last days floating on this boat I unsealed. I guess the last laugh is on me 'cause no one thought I would need it.
Annebeth nodded. It was better to be over prepared than under after all.
Supplies are running low and I think I have only a few more days to go. If I ration the food to only one meal a day I can add another two days when my water runs out.
Yesterday I thought I say a large man heading sheep on an island, but the fog could have been playing tricks on me as he was over ten feet tall.
"I don't see how you didn't let Odysseus kill him." Percy said to his father making Athena snicker at the older immortal.
In the distance I can see what looks like a resort of some kind. perhaps I can get help there.
Setting down her brush, Naruko used a technique to fast dry the ink and sealed up the bottle and brush. Grasping the oars she began to row again towards the island in the distance. Gulls called out in the air as they rose and fell on the thermals as she got closer. She could make out marble pillars shone in the light and could hear the sound of many ladies and girls chatting or giggling. Squinting her eyes she read the sign in the distance.
C.C.'s Spa and Resort
'At least it is land.'
"Oh joy. Might I have a turn?" Asked Annebeth.
"Go right ahead."
Another chapter done. To be honest this was the easiest think I could do right now with my stories as I'm swamped with online class work. It's better than being in a classroom and getting sick but keeping track of things to get done is a pain in my rear. Hope everyone is healthy and is doing well.
Hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to get back to more content once summer begins.
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