Title: Counting Stars

Summary: Offered as a student to study abroad, and join the new lifestyle, new school, new friends… new teams… Percy Jackson realizes he might know more people than he thought…

Chapter: 1

Percy Jackson was tired, he had joined various club activities, it was to get his mind back into the modern world and out if the Greek. He had finally decided enough was enough. With the giants defeated this world could last without him. He had also broken up with Annabeth due to their busy schedules, they had drifted apart despite all they went through, but it all was okay. Annabeth had found a new partner and they were happy. Last, he had heard was that she moved to San Francisco to be near Reyna…

So, on a Friday afternoon there was an announcement about a dozen students could study abroad if they had parental permission. It would last until the end of his ninth year and onwards if they liked it. Percy had been offered to go and that surprised him. The principle had smiled patted his back and said that he had picked his grades up, and the fact that he was almost fluent in Japanese was also a bonus.

So, with a godsawful yellow envelope and a slight skip to his step does Percy walk out with a smirk on his face. He greats Paul, his stepfather, and comments on how his day was. "Swim Club was awesome as always." Percy says and rolls down his window at a red light to yell at one of his classmates who waves. "But I need to talk to you and mom about something," Percy says and glances at Paul who runs a hand through his salt and pepper hair and nods.

"Alright, Sally's making your favorite, and I am sure I know what you want to talk about," Paul said and smiled, the rest of the ride was silent except for the low sound of the radio playing music in the background.

…..

Sally Jackson was the most beautiful woman in the world, and everyone who knew her knew that she was kind, and it showed in her eyes, her smile, the way she talked lovingly about her son and her husband. Everything about her said that she was happy… even pregnant with his soon to be sibling; she glowed and that's what Percy loved seeing. Her being happy, for years she had sadness and tiredness as she had worked four jobs when she had lived with smell Gabe. Then when he had disappeared due to the Second Giant War, with Hera erasing his memories, when Percy had returned home, his mother was pale and looked sickly, but she had smothered him in kisses, exclaiming that she was so worried… even after the phone call he had given her to let her know she was alive.

Broken out of his dreary thoughts as he walked into the house, he smelled it, cookies!

"Mom, we are home!" Percy said and took a blue cookie, moaning as he took a bite and laughed and dodged his mothers warning hands as she tried to take it back.

"Percy don't eat all the cookies, leave room for spaghetti!" she said and pointed to the direction of the stove which held a pot full of spaghetti. "Put that on the table hun," she said and patted his shoulder before preparing a salad.

Percy lifted the pot and walked over to the table, setting it on the coaster and taking the envelope he had set down.

"Mom, I need to ask you something," Percy says leaning over the counter.

Sally's eyes narrow as she looks at the envelope and closes her eyes. Good thing she had contacted Poseidon and had managed to get the sea god to come for dinner. She knew exactly what the conversation was about, Paul had told her that the Principle had told him. That Percy had been chosen as a grade 'A' student now, to be selected to do schooling over seas in Japan. She also knew Toru Oikawa would be ecstatic to hear this news.

"Wait until after dinner," she says and squeezes the lemon juice out of the fruit and if her hands shook... well she kept it to herself.

"Alright, lemme go get out of this uniform," Percy says and points to the pristine black suit, but no one would know there was a ketchup stain on the tail of the white shirt since it was always tucked in. the stain had been red powder that refused to get out no matter how many times, he tried to clean it.

"Go ahead honey, do your homework until I'm finished with desert, your father is coming from Atlantis to discuss the feature," Sally says and watches as her son's eyes widen.

"Alright," Percy stood up collecting his bag again. "I love you mom," he said and left the kitchen.

….

Yamaguchi Tadashi glances at the volleyball in his hands and sighs, does the new routine that Mr. Shimada had taught him. Inhale, exhale, at 5 seconds and at 6 seconds he serves. The ball floats to the other side of the net and lands in the in zone.

"Well done, Yamaguchi!" Nishinoya complements Yamaguchi on his serve. Just getting ready to receive, since its practice. Once the person receives your serve, the one who serves goes to the next person and needs to try receiving their serve… etc.

He is facing off Kageyama who is spinning the ball, his routine is six spins, one bounce then a toss and a bam as it hits the side he is supposed to be defending. Yamaguchi gulps and glances as Tsuki is now facing him

"Bring it!" Yamaguchi smiles slightly at his best friend and once again tries to receive, stumbling and banging his knee, but managing to hit it… out. But getting it.

He sighs, he wasn't a regular and wasn't good at defending, how was he supposed to become a regular if he only aced at serves?

"Good job Yamaguchi… you can't learn receives in a night; you're getting them!" Coach Ukai grins, and goes to help Hinata with his receives, who is facing off Asahi.

The door bangs open and Take-Sensei stands their panting and clutching a brown envelope. "Yamaguchi-kun you're needed at the office, the Dean needs to speak to you about something… he says you might know," Take-Sensei says.

Lightening up with excitement and a slight bit of fear he nods. He does know what this was about.

"Yes! Its about those foreign students!" he chirps in.

"You're being to loud Tadashi," Tsuki says with a tch and nudges his glasses up his nose.

"Gomen Tsuki!" Yamaguchi says, and knowing in Tsuki Language, that the boy cared but he needed to calm down. With that he dashed up the stairs. Slowing to a walk when a teacher tells him 'no running in the halls.'

"Gomen!" he calls out and once she is out of sight does he begin to run.

A/N: hey this is a tester to actually see if anyone will read this! This isn't a common crossover.

This has being edited: Sunday May 9, 2021

`JIO