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.

The Sacrifice of Festus the Dragon

They spiraled through the dark in a free fall, still on the dragon's back, but Festus hide was cold. His ruby eyes were dim.

"Not again!" Leo yelled. "You can't fall again!"

He could barely hold on. The wind stung his eyes, but he managed to pull open the panel of the dragon's neck.

"Leo, do you need my goggles?" Naruto asked.

"I'm fine." Leo toggled the switches. He tugged the wires. The dragon's wings flapped one, but Leo caught whiff of burning bronze. The drive system was overloaded. Festus didn't have the strength to keep flying, and Leo couldn't get to the main control panel on the dragon's head-not midair. He saw the lights of a city below them—just flashes in the dark as they plummeted in circles. They had only seconds before they crashed.

"Jason! Naruto!" he screamed. "Take Piper and Coach and fly out of here!"

"What?"

"We need to lighten the load! I might be able to reboot Festus, but he's carrying too much weight!"

"What about you?" Piper cried. "If you can't reboot him—"

"I'll be fine," Leo yelled. "Just follow me to the ground. Go!"

Jason grabbed Piper around the waist. They both unbuckled their harness and in a flash they were gone-shooting into the air.

"Coach, grab onto me and hold on tight!" Naruto ordered.

"I hope you know what you're doing, Valdez!" Hedge shouted as he and Naruto unbuckled their harness and Hedge held onto Naruto. Naruto touched his cufflings and his bronze wings expanded before they too disappeared in a flash.

"Now," Leo said. "Just you and me, Festus-and one heavy cage. You can do it, boy!"

Leo talked to the dragon while he worked, falling at terminal velocity, wishing he took Naruto's offer on the goggles. He could see the city lights below him, getting closer and closer. He summoned fire in his hand so he could see what he was doing, but the wind kept extinguishing it.

He pulled a wire that he thought connected the dragon's nerve center to its head, hoping for a little wake-up jolt.

Festus groaned-metal creaking inside his neck. His eyes flickered weakly to life, and he spread his wings. Their fall turned into a steep glide.

"Good!" Leo said. "Come on, big boy. Come on!"

They were still flying in way too hot, and the ground was too close. Leo needed a place to land—fast.

There was a big river—no. Not good for a fire-breathing dragon. He'd never get Festus out from the bottom if he sank, especially in freezing temperatures. Then, on the riverbanks, Leo spotted a white mansion with a huge snowy lawn inside a tall brick perimeter fence—like some rich person's private compound, all it blazing with light. A perfect landing field. He did his best to steer the dragon toward it, and Festus seemed to come back to life. They could make this!

Then everything went wrong. As they approached the lawn, spotlights along the fence fixed on them, blinding Leo. He heard bursts like taser fire, the sound of metal being cut to shreds—and BOOM.

Leo blacked out.

…

When Leo came to his senses, Jason Piper Naruto and Coach Hedge were leaning over him. He was lying in the snow covered in mud and grease. He spit a clump of frozen grass out of his mouth.

"Where—"

"Lie still." Piper had tears in her eyes. "You rolled pretty hard when—when Festus—"

"Where is he?" Leo sat up, but his head felt like it was floating. They'd landed inside the compound. Something had happened on the way in—gunfire?

"Take it easy, Leo. Coach Hedge manage some healing nature magic, but you should still rest," Naruto said.

Leo didn't listen as he pushed himself to his feet. Then he saw the wreckage. Festus must have dropped the big canary cage as he came over the fence, because it rolled and landed on their sides, perfectly undamaged.

Festus hadn't been so lucky.

The dragon had been disintegrated. His limbs were scattered across the lawn. His tail hung on the fence. The main section of his body had plowed a trench twenty feet wide and fifty feet long across the mansion's yard before breaking apart. What remains on his hide was a charred smoking pile of scraps. Only his neck and head were somewhat intact, resting across a row of frozen rosebushes like a pillow.

"No," Leo sobbed. He ran to the dragon's head and stroked its snout. The dragon's eyes flickered weakly. Oil leaked out of his ear.

"You can't go," Leo pleaded. "You're the best thing I ever fixed."

The dragon's head whirred its gears, as if it were purring. Jason, Piper, and Naruto stood next to him as Coach Hedge stayed back respectively, but Leo kept his eyes fixed on the dragon.

He remembered what Hephaestus had said: That isn't your fault Leo. Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines.

His dad had been trying to warn him.

"It's not fair," he said.

The dragon clicked. Long creak. Two short clicks. Creak. Creak. Almost like a pattern… triggering an old memory in Leo's mind.

"I think Festus is using Morse Code," Naruto said.

Leo realized Naruto is right. Festus was trying to say something in morse code—just like Leo's mom had taught him years ago. Leo listened more intently, translating the clicks into letters: a simple message repeating over and over.

"Yeah," Leo said. "I understand. I will. I promise."

The dragon's eyes went dark. Festus was gone.

Leo cried. He wasn't even embarrassed. His friends stood on either side, patting his shoulders, saying comforting things; but the buzzing in Leo's ears drowned out their words.

Finally Jason said, "I'm so sorry, man. What did you promise Festus?"

Leo sniffled. He opened the dragon's panel, just to be sure, but the control disk was cracked and burned beyond repair.

"Something my dad told me," Leo said. "Everything can be reused."

"Your dad talked to you?" Jason asked.

"Knowing Hephaestus, I bet he used some kind of machine," Naruto chuckled. "There's a saying between Cabins Six that when it comes to wisdom, Athena is the best, but not many outside Cabin Nine know the second part: 'but Hephaestus comes pretty close after her and he has the skills to prove it."

Leo didn't respond. He worked at the dragon's neck hinges until the head was detached. It weighed about a hundred pounds, but Leo managed to hold it in his arms. He looked up at the starry sky and said, "Take him back to the bunker, dad, I can reuse him. I've never asked you for anything."

The wind picked up, and the dragon's head floated out of Leo's arms like it weighed nothing. It flew into the sky and disappeared.

Piper looked at him in amazement. "He answered you?"

"I had a dream," Leo managed. "Tell you later."

He knew he owed his friends a better explanation, but Leo could barely speak. He felt like a broken machine himself-like someone had removed one little part of him, and now he'd never be complete.

"Hey, it'll be fine," Naruto said. "I'm sure we can reuse Festus' head for something great. Then maybe you reactivate him with a brand new control disc and he'll be back, like a reincarnated spirit in a new body."

Unless we don't make it out of this quest alive, Leo thought. But still, Naruto's words seemed to encourage Leo to keep moving forward. Otherwise, Festus had died for nothing.

He looked around. The large white mansion glowed in the center grounds. Tall brick walls with lights and security cameras surrounded the perimeter, but now Leo could see—or rather sense—just how well those walls were defended.

"Yeah, that place is well protected," Naruto said as if reading Leo's mind.

"Did you read my mind or something?" Leo asked.

"No, but ever since we landed my Hermes senses been going overdrive. There's a treasure trove of something really, really valuable and magical in there." Naruto explained. "So it makes sense this place is guarded with whatever hit Festus—"

"Lasers," Leo said. He picked up a piece of dragon wreckage and threw it toward the top of the fence. Immediately a turret popped up from the brick wall and a beam of pure heat incinerated the bronze plating to ashes."

"Where are we? I mean, what city?"

"Omaha, Nebraska," Piper said. "I saw a billboard as we flew in. But I don't know what this mansion is."

"Wherever it is it's far from the nearest road," Naruto said. "I don't blame the occupant with whatever is in that mansion. I haven't felt anything this since I been to the Junkyard of the Gods."

"Do we want to know the story behind that?" Piper asked.

Naruto pondered about it before answering, "Not right now as it involves a smaller but more destructive version of what Medea once did."

Jason Piper and even Leo nodded since the last thing anyone needs right now is to be reminded of the sorceress.

"If this place is so heavily defended, how are we even alive?"

"Festus," Leo said once again feeling miserable. "He took the fire. The lasers sliced him to bits as he came in so they didn't focus on you. I led him into a death trap."

"Unless you had the Byakugan, I doubt you would of known from the sky," Naruto said. "Until the lasers started firing the grounds around the mansion looked safe landing space."

Once again Naruto had made Leo feel better saying that.

"You sure know how to cheer a guy up, Naruto. Are you sure you don't have the same charm speaking power as Piper?" Leo asked.

Naruto laughed. "Nope. I'm just that good," Naruto said.

"That's great kiddies," Hedge said walking up to them. "But what now? We need a new plan to get out of here."

Although Hedge was serious, he had a bit of grass snow and dirt dribbling off his mouth.

"Gleeson! Were you eating while we were talking?" Naruto asked.

"Just a small snack." Hedge said. "I haven't ate since I was captured."

"Coach is right." Jason said. "The main gates are locked. How are we getting out of here?"

"I can manipulate the lock on the gates to open, but I wouldn't be surprise if it's booby trapped," Naruto said. "I can use sage mode and shadow clones to try and fly the cage out, while you and I get the rest of us up, but the cage might still slow my clones down enough for those lasers to hit. If that happens, we could lose the spirits."

Leo looked up the walkway at the big white mansion. Leo had no doubt he can stop any booby traps at the gate but Naruto was right. They still had lasers to deal with. "Since we can't go out right now, let's go in."

A/N: That smaller but more destructive version of something Medea did, was Naruto destroying the proto-type Talos (or as I like to call it Proto-Talos) in 'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Titan's Curse'. Medea used her magic to disconnect wires and tubes on the original Talos' legs causing it to fall so the Argonauts can by pass it safely. Naruto destroyed the Proto-Talos' head with the Rasen-Shurikan. So since Thalia said Proto-Talos was smaller than the original Talos, I called Naruto's accomplishment a smaller but more destructive version of what Medea did.