Four Months Later

O.N.E. P.I.E.C.E.

She never thought she'd say it, but Nami missed Weatheria.

Sure, riding on a cloud to New York was cool, but the weather there was terrible, compared to Weatheria's weather.

She'd gotten another blessing from Aphrodite to allow her to leave the Four Seas through the East Blue. She didn't have time to think about how awesome that was; she was flying straight to a war, after all.

"When you get to Camp Half-Blood," Selina had told her, "If they don't know who you are, show Chiron your spear; he'll know you're there to help."

"And he's the centaur," said Nami, "Just for clarification."

Selina took her sister's hands in hers, "You'll do fine. You're a good fighter, Nami, and your charmspeak surpassed mine months ago."

Nami gave Selina's hands a squeeze, "Are you sure you can't come with me? It sounds like they could use your help."

Selina shook her head, "I'm not supposed to be alive; Thanatos could summon me back to the Underworld as soon as I leave the Grand Line. Besides, Haredas and the others are really nice to me, and Charlie's gone for rebirth anyway; I don't really have a reason to go back. I'll be here when you get back."

Nami could see the legions of monsters as she approached the camp, and she sent a prayer to Aphrodite that none of them would see her approach. She landed in a field of Greek demigods dressed in camo.

"Who are you?" demanded the only one in armor, jabbing a spear in her face.

"My name is Nami," Nami said carefully, suddenly very grateful that Selina had thought to teach her english, "I am a daughter of Aphrodite from Japan; my mother sent me here to help."

The girl with the electric spear looked like she wanted to complain, but a blonde boy waved her off.

"Cool it, Clarisse," he said.

"You're not the boss of me, Will!"

"Let's play nice, everyone," said Nami, loading her words with a bit of charmspeak.

A dark-haired girl shuddered, "I know charmspeak when I hear it."

She held out a hand, "It's nice to meet you, Nami. I'm Lou Ellen. I'm a daughter of Hecate."

Clarisse turned back to a map that she and Will had been studying, "Fine; we need the help anyway. Katie, can you take Nami to Chiron?"
A long, lanky girl with dirty blonde hair got up, "Sure thing, Clarisse. Come on, Nami."

It didn't take them long to get to the centaur, but by the time they did, Katie had filled Nami in on the following:

1) She was Katie Gardner, daughter of Demeter

2) The Roman demigods were camping outside Camp Half-Blood with a crap ton of monsters

3) A son of Hades, a Roman daughter of Bellona and a satyr were on their way with a giant statue of Athena that was supposed to fix the gods' split personality disorder and heal the rift between the two camps.

4) Percy Jackson was still alive

Nami grabbed Katie's arm in a vice-like grip, "Percy's alive?"

Katie's eyes widened, "Holy Hephaestus, you know Percy?"
Nami swallowed a knot in her throat. She missed her friend so much it hurt. The idea that she might get to see him? "He's my nakama."

"Nakawhata?" said Katie, puzzled, "Anyway, here's Chiron."

The centaur gave her a grim smile, "Welcome, my dear. Your mother told me you'd be coming."

"I-I have so many questions," Nami stammered, "But-,"

"Now isn't the time," Chiron agreed, "And you're right. I think someone's here to assign you a task."

Will took Nami's hand, "It's good to have you, Nami. We could use your help on a scouting mission of the enemy camp. How good are you at stealth?"

Nami clutched her Climatact, "I'm excellent. Let's go."

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Nami would admit that the kid falling out of the shadows mere inches from her face almost made her scream.

Almost.

Lou Ellen slapped her hand over Nami's mouth at the last second.

"Excellent at stealth, were you?" she hissed.

"Nico?" Will whispered.

The boy, Nico, whipped around and almost decapitated Will.

"Will?" Nico hissed, "What are you doing here? Getting yourselves killed?"

Nami withered away, but Will looked unfazed.

"Put that away," Will hissed back, "We're on a scouting mission! We took precautions."

Nico gave the four of them a scrutinizing look, "You dressed in black," he noted, "With the sun coming up, and failed to cover your blonde mop. Meanwhile this one," he gestured at Nami, "Didn't get the black memo. She didn't even get the shirt memo."

Will's ears reddened, "Lou Ellen wrapped some Mist around us."

"I don't need the Mist," Nami saw fit to tell the scary teenager because seriously? What was wrong with her swimsuit?

"Oh?" Nico rose an eyebrow, "Who are you, anyway? You don't sound like you're from around here."

"Nami," Nami introduced herself, "Daughter of Aphrodite. I'm new here."

"Nico," said Nico, "Son of Hades. The Romans have these deadly catapults called onagers. One shot'll be enough to disintegrate the camp. If you're so stealthy, can you and Cecil take care of it?"

Nami shared a look with the son of Hermes, "I think we've got it covered."

Mirage Tempo!

Spinning her Climatact, Nami and Cecil dissolved into the sunlight.

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Sabotaging the Imperial Gold catapults was easy; Cecil was a natural-born saboteur, and when invisible, sneaking around Roman demigods and cyclopes twice their size was a piece of cake.

It was when the shrieky, blonde one in the purple cloak caught Nico and Will arguing, that things really went south.

Nami and Cecil rematerialized on either side of Nico.
"More Greeks!" shrieked the blonde Roman, "Clearly a trick! Where did they come from? Did YOU see them arrive?"

Cecil gave the others a subtle thumbs up, and Will breathed a sigh of relief.

"You've lost, Octavian," Nico said calmly.

Octavian snarled, "Son of Pluto, whatever the Graecus scum have offered you, I can top it. I always respected your power; join the right side, and you will have a high rank in my new order."
Nico rolled his eyes, "First? You're delusional. Second? Not that it matters, because I'm leaving both camps after this, but I'm a son of Hades, not Pluto. Yeah," said Nico, clearly relishing in the look of horror on Octavian's face, "I've been one of those Graecus scum this whole time."

While Nico and Will broke out into intense bickering again, Nami rolled her eyes at Cecil and Lou Ellen and they rolled their eyes back appreciatively. Ah well, Nami supposed she'd better do something.

Nami smiled sweetly, "Octavian-kun, I hope you brought an umbrella."

"What-," Octavian barked in outrage, "How dare a Graecus speak to me? And with Japanese honorifics, no less! Who are you, girl?"

"The one that just fried your brain," she giggled.

Thunder Tempo!

And Octavian and his Roman bodyguards collapsed as lighting coursed through their veins.

"Wow," Will whistled, clearly over his argument, "Are you sure you're not a daughter of Zeus?"

Nami grinned, "It's just science."

"F-Fire!"

Nami cursed. She should've made sure that Octavian was down, but the slimy asshole just didn't seem to know when to quit.

Now, she'd just have to hope that she and Cecil had done their jobs properly.