Chapter One: Mystery Man

Yes the renewal is up! I'm hoping this one is way better that its predecessor. I also replace the old one to fit this one.

Three women, three beautiful women, walked down the dark streets of New York City. It being night made the said streets less crowed than usually. The women talked about their daily lives, how their duties were, and just wondering what's new with each other. However at night it brings out the darker side of New York. Men and women were walking around, and the men were trying to get women to come home with them, if you know what I mean.

"Men are such pigs." One huffed out as she crossed her arms as she watched a man and woman, with her yellowy silver eyes, flirt. While the one in the middle agreed.

"I see what you mean Artemis; I prefer books over men any day." She said as she glanced at them with her calculating stormy gray eyes.

"Oh come now Athena, I personally don't mind the flirtations, I just wish the families didn't get destroyed because of it." The last one said as she too glanced at them, but with warm brownish red eyes. As the one named Artemis rolled her eyes.

"Hestia, men are always destroying families it is how they are!" Artemis said as Hestia continues smiling. Yes these were the three Maiden Goddesses of Olympus. They do this from time to time to get away from their duties for a bit and just enjoy each other's presence. Their walk led them to Central Park, and luckily it was deserted, or at least they thought it was. They trio saw a man with spiky blond hair sliding his sword away as a Cyclops was finishing turning to dust. He started walking away making them believe he didn't notice them, or chose to ignore them. Athena, being curious, went up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. However this was a mistake as he quickly turned around and had his sword pointing at her neck. He had piercing blue eyes trained on her.

"I didn't think that the Cyclops had friends, especially not ones as beautiful as you three." He said as Athena frowned at him, but didn't do anything.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, boy" Artemis said as she pushed the man's sword away while glaring at him.

"Who are you, if you don't mind me asking?" Athena said as the man raised an eyebrow.

"My name is Minato Namikaze, who are you?" Minato asked as Athena stared at him still.

"I am Athena, and the one who's glaring at you is Artemis. The one behind me is Hestia." She told him making his other eyebrow rise.

"Like the Goddesses of Greek Mythology?" He asked as Artemis' glare hardens.

"We're not a Myth." She growled out, she hates when mortals call her a Myth.

"Wait, so you're saying that you're the Artemis? The man hater, hunter of practically everything, and other things I may not know about?" Minato asked as Artemis nodded, causing him to back up and bow to them.

"I'm sorry; I had no idea that you were them. I just sensed your presence behind me and assumed that you were a monster." Minato confessed as Hestia walked up to him and go him to stand back up.

"It's okay, but I would like to know why you were fighting a monster?" She said as Minato was about to reply, but a cold gust brushed past him, making him shiver.

"How about we take this to my place? Its way warm there than here." Minato suggested as Artemis was about to deny his offer but Hestia answered before she or Athena could say anything.

"We would love to, please lead the way." She said smiling warmly to him as he smiled back and gestured them to follow. Artemis continued to grumble about Minato and called him a pig ever so often, while Athena didn't really care what they were doing. Hestia on the other hand was having a nice conversation with him.

"So Minato what do you do, other than slice up monsters?" Hestia asked as Minato chuckled.

"Well I run a Kenjutus Academy, to anyone who wishes to learn it." Minato said with a smile.

"That's very kind of you, how many students do you have?" Hestia asked as he sighed at her questioned.

"Well currently none, I'm the only teacher available to teach, so I can't really open it up again until more teachers are available." Minato said as Hestia frowned at that.

"Why's that?" She asked as Minato quickly changed the subject.

"Well I'll tell you later, we're here!" Minato announced as the goddesses looked up and saw the sign which read: 'Namikaze's Kenjutus Academy'

"Welcome to my home and academy, ladies." Minato said as he held the door open for them, in which the goddesses thanked him, one more reluctantly than the others. Afterwards he led them into his dining room where he offered them a seat and left.

"He's has a lovely home . . ." Hestia mused as she noticed a picture on the wall.

"I hope you're okay with tea, I don't usually have guest." Minato said as he handed them each a cup.

"Why thank you Minato, that's very thoughtful of you." Hestia said as he shook his head.

"I was taught to treat my guest with respect, whoever they are." Minato replied as he too sat down.

"So what is it you wish to know about me?" He asked as Athena gave out her question first.

"Do you have a godly parent?" She asked as he looked at her weirdly.

"Godly parent, no I have mortal parents why?" Minato replied and questioned.

"I just wanted to know if you are a demigod or clear sighted." Athena replied as Minato nodded.

"Who's in the picture on your wall, your family perhaps?" Hestia asked curiously, making the blond's eyes look down.

"Yeah . . . that's my family . . ." He said in a sad tone.

"Where are they?" She asked as Minato took a bit.

"They were killed, about eight years ago . . ." He responded making Hestia feel guilty about asking the question.

"I'm sorry about asking . . . I didn't know." She said as he waved his hand.

"Don't worry about it, like you said you didn't know." He said with a sad look on.

"Do you mind say what happened to them?" Athena asked curiously.

"A Cyclops came in a killed them I don't know why it did, but when I returned home . . . they were gone." Minato said as his voice cracked, it still bother him to this day.

"You didn't have anyone else, like a girlfriend?" Athena asked as Artemis looked at him ready to judge him for whatever reason.

"I had a girlfriend named Kushina . . . but she too is gone." He told them as Artemis decided to state her opinion.

"You probably cheated on her." She said as Minato suddenly turn angry.

"I WOULD NEVER CHEAT ON KUSHINA! SHE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!" Minato shouted at her, surprising her for a bit, but he quickly looked away.

"I'm sorry . . . I didn't mean to yell at you." He said as Hestia placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Then what did happen to her?" She asked as the blond as he looked at her.

"She too was killed, but by a Hellhound, I wasn't able to help and now do I realize that she might have been a demigod. She seemed to know how to kill it, and even knew what to use." Minato said as he took a shaky breath.

"However, she wasn't feeling the best and all it needed to do was land a good strike on her . . . and once it did, she was gone. So in anger I picked up her katana and cut down the monster, but I couldn't save her . . . I didn't know how . . . every day I wonder what I could have done differently to fix my mistake but I know I couldn't, there was no way for me to take on that monster or prevent her death." Minato said close to tears as he remembered his girlfriend's death.

"I'm sorry for your lost . . . is that why you took down that Cyclops?" Hestia asked as Minato nodded.

"Yeah . . . I want no one to suffer like I did. These monsters can't just rip families apart so I'll protect this city till my last breath." Minato said as the goddesses respect for him grew, even for some just a bit.

"So . . . are you just going to move on to the next girl?" Artemis asked as Minato shook his head.

"No, I could never replace Kushina . . . never." Minato told them as the night ticked away and sadly soon after wards the goddesses needed to leave, not knowing they'll meet again in the future.

Three years later

Athena, who was walking through the city, decided to go to the library. However upon arriving there she found someone she didn't think she'll see again. Yes Minato Namikaze was there apparently checking out many books, it being obvious because of the stack of books blocking his view. Deciding it would be kind to help out and to say hello walked over to him.

"Would you like some help with that?" She asked as Minato quickly replied.

"Yes, please I got to many books on my hands, could you take some off the top?" He asked as Athena grabbed the books that were covering his face.

"There, that should do." She said as Minato got a good look at her.

"Ah hello, Lady Athena, I didn't expect you to be here." He said with a smile as Athena shrugged.

"I like coming down and reading in different areas. Why are you Minato?" She asked as he chuckled.

"Well, I got to learn all I can about the Greek Monsters and not to mention the gods and goddesses now. I got to have knowledge if I am to be good at fighting monsters, and know what to do and not to do in a god or goddess' presence." Minato said as he unknowingly impressed Athena, she assumed him to be a muscle head due to the fact he uses a sword.

"Knowledge is a good thing to have before every battle." Athena said as Minato smiled at her.

"Yes, it is. Otherwise I'd be going to fight a battle that I might not come back from." He told her as Athena smiled, maybe this mortal enjoyed learning as much as she does, maybe.

"if you wish, I could teach you a few things about us gods and even some monsters." She said as Minato nodded and so the two read together and Minato learned things from Athena for the whole day.

One year later

Today was a sad day for Minato, today was the day his family was ripped from him, and so he stood in front of their graves. To give respect and flowers, and it seems that Zeus decided to make it rain in New York City adding to the sadness.

"You must really miss them." A calm and warm voice told him as he looked behind him and found Hestia standing there with a sad smile on.

"Yeah . . . I do. I wish there was things I could have done differently you know? A chance to let them know I love them and tell them how much they meant to me." Minato confessed to Hestia as she wrapped her arms around him, and hugged him.

"I believe that they know how much they meant to you; after all you're out her while you could be doing something else." She said as Minato smiled.

"Yeah I guess you're right." He said as Hestia came closer to his ear.

"Call out to me, if you ever wish to talk." She whispered before vanishing.

Four years later

Minato liked doing many things, like hiking for example. To get away from everything, he came to the Rocky Mountains. However he never expected to save a little girl from a monster. He knew he should have brought his Katana, but no he just had to leave it at the Hotel. At least he was known as the fast guy in New York. He jumped over a few longs and ducked under a few trees before he entered a clearing and set the girl down, who was glaring at him.

"Okay little one, the bear is gone." He said trying to hide the fact it was a monster.

"Minato . . ." The girl growled out, making him scratch his head, did he mention his name?

"Um, how did you know my name?" He asked as he back up a bit.

"You males are all the same." The girl said before placing her hands on her hips. Making Minato think for a bit before it hit him like an arrow.

'Who could this girl be . . . oh I know . . . wait why is there a sudden pain in my arm? Oh it's an arrow, AN ARROW?!' Minato thought while he looked at it in shock, he turned to the little girl to find her a bit confused as well, this is until a bunch of girls came out all dressed in silver and had arrows pointed at him, but he was still in shock at the new item he 'obtained', the girl simply walked up to him and yanked it out, causing him to scream.

"Oh relax; it's just a flesh wound." She told him with a smile as Minato glared at her.

"Yeah sure, Lady Artemis a flesh wound." He said sarcastically as she smirked at him.

"It could have been worst." She said as she pointed the arrow at his head along with other places.

"It could have hit anywhere more fatal, so yeah a flesh wound." Artemis said as the girls stared between the two.

"Lady Artemis, do you know this man?" One girl asked as Artemis sighed.

"Unfortunately I do." She said as Minato stood up.

"Well that wasn't fun." He said as Artemis turned to him.

"And you . . . why were you interrupting my hunt?" She asked as Minato got defensive

"Well, I didn't know you could be a little girl! The books don't tell one person everything about them." Minato defended himself.

"You read about me?" She asked as Minato nodded.

"Sure, after I met you three, I thought it would be best to learn the most I could so that I could know what you hated and didn't. I didn't wish to offend you more than I do being a male." He told her as he unknowingly making her like him more.

'Damn you . . . stop changing my views!' She thought as he started backing away.

"So I'll just be leaving now . . . bye!" He said as he quickly ran away. The girls were about to give chase, but Artemis stopped them.

"Leave him be, I doubt he'll be any issue to us." She said as she looked are the spot he disappeared into the forest. Little did she know or the other two goddesses know that their next encounter with Minato would be devastating.

Two years later

Artemis, Hestia, and Athena once again were walking the dark streets of New York.

"You know, I think that it was around this time, I wonder if he's in the park again." Hestia wondered aloud as the other two shrugged.

"Honestly I wouldn't mind seeing him either, I wonder if he has any books on learning Kenjutus." Athena said aloud as they went to Central park again, but when they arrived there they felt as if it was a horror movie. Mortal blood was seemingly splattered everywhere, it was on everything: The benches, the ground, and even on the trees! The goddesses had no idea how a mortal's body could loss so much blood and not die. They knew it was mortal since they could sense godly aura coming from the blood and the fact that it had flacks of ichor in them that only gods and goddesses could see.

"You don't think this is Minato's blood is it?" Hestia asked worried for him as Athena shrugged.

"We have no idea who's this blood belong too, but there's an obvious trail. Isn't that right Artemis?" Athena told Hestia and asked Artemis as said goddess surveyed the area.

"Yeah . . . there's a trail, follow me." She said as she quickly headed off, making the other two run up to catch up to her. Artemis quickly looked around the area and notice that not much blood was here.

'So we must have seen the main battle spot.' She thought to herself and was about to head off but then she heard a ragged cough. She froze upon see who was there, a bloody Minato sat leaning against a tree. It was then that the other two goddesses caught her and took notice of the area and then where she was looking. Hestia's calm face turned into one of fear.

"MINATO!" She called out as she ran up to him and by some miracle he was still awake.

"Oh Lady Hestia . . . it's good to see you." Minato said in a quiet voice.

"Save your strength, I'll get you to a hospital." Hestia told him as Minato shook his head, the best he could that is.

"No . . . I'm too far away for that." He said as he noticed the other two goddesses and smiled up to them.

"Ah . . . it's good to see you two too, Lady Artemis and Lady Athena." He said as Artemis shook her head at him.

"You really should save your strength, you're not dead yet." Artemis said causing Minato to chuckle, causing Artemis to glare.

"Is my concern amusing boy?" She questioned him as he barely shook his head.

"No . . . of course not . . . it's just that all three of you remind me of . . . Kushina in a way: Lady Artemis' independence and her strength, Lady Hestia's kindness and love, and Lady Athena's love to learn and teach." Minato said threw ragged breaths.

"But do you mind hearing a dying man's regrets?" He asked as Hestia shook her head to him making him smile.

"If there's one thing that I'll regret, is that I'll never be able to pass on the skills I've learn from my parents, I'll have no family to pass my knowledge to . . . and without someone to learn Kenjutus it feels as if my knowledge of it was wasted." Minato told them as he smiled at the goddesses before him.

"Thank you . . . for everything . . ." Minato said as his voice drifted away and his head lowered down, and they knew he was no longer alive.

"That regret . . . I'll erase it . . . I'll end that regret for you Minato . . ." Hestia whispered out as she placed her hand in the blood that was still coming from his wounds.

"Hestia . . . are you doing what I think you're doing?" Athena asked as Hestia looked up to her.

"Yes . . . I'm going to create a child through blood." She told her as she took Artemis' knife that Artemis thought she hid well and sliced open her palm, and mixed the two bloods together.

"Let me join you Hestia." Athena said as Hestia looked at her in shock, but what shocked her more is what Artemis said as well.

"I might as well do it too." She said as the other two goddesses started at her, making her cross her arms.

"What . . . I want a kid and this is a perfect opportunity to have one." Artemis said as she didn't want to spill that she was falling for him and that it was the perfect cover due to her want to have a child: male or female.

"Sure . . . I just need some ichor form both of you and I can begin." Hestia said as they both cut their palms and gave her their ichor and gave some and after an incantation in Greek that neither Athena nor Artemis knew and then there was a flash and a sleeping baby boy was now in her hands.

"What should we name him?" Hestia asked as she cradles the sleeping baby her eyes looking down on him lovingly.

"How about Naruto, I barrowed a book for . . . Minato . . . a few years back and he wrote a note saying how he wanted to name his child after the main character." Athena suggested as Hestia and Artemis smiled at the name.

"But who will care for him? Who will raise him to know that we love him?" Hestia asked as Artemis eyes lit up.

"Leave that to me!" She said as she closed her eyes and soon a fox with nine tails came from the woods.

"Kura . . . this is my, Hestia and Athena's son. I want you to watch over him until he's old enough to come to camp." Artemis told the fox and it nodded.

"I will send something in the future to you for him Kura and I believe Hestia will as well. I want him to be prepared." Athena said as the fox nodded and Hestia handed the fox a card and piece of paper.

"Here is a card with more than enough money to last you until he's at camp. On the paper is a house that I own in which you may use to raise him." Hestia said to the fox took both and bowed before the goddesses left. The fox then morphed into a human and smiled down on the sleeping baby.

"Well Naruto, it seems that we'll be together for a long time, hope it'll be fun." Kura said as she left to find the house.

Done with the new first chapter! As you can see I added new things and I hope you enjoy this new version!