AN: I have my own Apollo Naruto already...So...here's another glimpse at the future of Sun's Heir, Death's Guardian.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus. Nor do I own the rights to any music that is used.

Sun's Heir Death's Guardian: Phoebe's Second Gift

The sunlight came down through parted curtains of a large master bedroom in Hi no Kuni. A tanned arm lifted to shield a whiskered face and the light parted around it. A sun-like pupil within a blue eye cracked open and a groan left the tired lips of the owner.

"Dad...you suck balls." He mumbled. Surrendering to his father's bright call, Naruto tried to roll out of bed, only to be kept pinned by a lean arm draped over his chest. Naruto turned his head down to the short mop of black hair and smiled softly, his other hand coming up to rub her back. "Lia-chan, it's time to wake up."

Thalia scrunched her eyes together and burrowed her face into his shoulder. "No...I want another hour."

"Can't give you that." Naruto murmured as he rolled them over and covered her with his body. He planted soft kisses around her neck, making her writhe and whine in protest. "We gotta wake up before Bolt and Joan do. Get them ready."

"They can sleep a bit longer." Thalia protested as her arms wrapped around his neck. Electric blue eyes cracked open and stared into Naruto's unique sun-pupil filled blue ones. They both grinned at each other and their lips collided.

"They're kids. Fifteen more minutes of sleep is good for them." Naruto mumbled around the kiss.

Thalia moaned against his lips and her hands moved to intertwined into his hair. "Thirty minutes is fine."

"An extra hour of sleep never hurt anybody." Naruto conceded. They parted from their kiss and smiled at one another. Naruto pulled the covers over them, hiding them from the sunlight as they both became more intimate.

It was two hours later when the much happier parents left their bedroom. Thalia dressed in dark jeans, a tight Green Day shirt and combat sandals that she had learned to love. Naruto was her polar opposite, wearing lightly faded jeans and a form-fitting white shirt with a golden Omega on his chest. He also had a black headband with the symbol of Konoha tied around his right arm. Naruto shut the door to their bedroom and stood between two doors in the hall with his wife.

On one door were posters of various things that a five-year-old girl would enjoy. A happily drawn picture with four big stick figures and one little stick figure was plastered underneath four pink letters that spelled out J-O-A-N.

On the other door was a large cartoonish yellow lightning bolt, a Hiraishin seal plastered atop the cartoonish lightning.

"So, heads I get to wake up Bolt, tails I wake up Joan," Naruto said, holding up a drachma.

"Oh, no. He's your son, too," Thalia said with a smirk. She went to her daughter's room and turned the knob. "You get to wake him up."

"Wha-but...Lia-chan!" Naruto protested with a look of horror as Thalia shut the door behind her. He grimaced. "You so want to see Bolt shock me again."

Thalia poked her head back out of the door. "Yes. Yes I do."

"...Why did I marry you again?" Naruto asked.

Thalia titled her head, pretending to think about it. "I think it had something to do with me being the love of your life?"

Naruto pursed his lips and thought about it. "...No. No, I think it might be because of the awesome sex. Yes. Yeah, I definitely married you because of the awesome sex."

"Pig." Thalia huffed with a small smirk before she shut the door.

"She loves it." Naruto grinned as he went into Bolt's room. He walked over to the crib made by his sister-in-law Katie Fletcher, carved from laurel wood and decorated with little lightning bolts, birds, and a fox curled into the a circle at the head. Naruto leaned on the edge and smiled down at the occupant of the crib.

"Look at you," he said, receiving a happy squeal from the wide awake baby boy. "Someone woke up to grandpa, huh? Or did Mommy and Daddy wake you up?"

The electric blue-eyed one-year-old clapped his chubby hands together, sparks coming from his fingers. Naruto's smile became nervous and he reached carefully into the crib. "Okay, buddy, don't shock Daddy today, huh? Big day today, Boruto."

Bolt squealed as his father picked him up and cradled him in his arms. Naruto sniffed and coughed, his head turned away from his son, before he grimaced at the boy.

"Talk about brewing a storm. Ugh, you're far too much like me," Naruto said as he took Bolt over to the diaper changing dresser and started to do one of his least favorite fatherly duties. Once the diaper was opened, the father recoiled. "Oh gods on Olympus, what is wrong with your digestion? That is not normal."

Bolt laughed at the look on his father's face. Naruto quickly dispensed of the used diaper – burning it with Katon and the air around it to get rid of the smell – and cleaned the residue up.

"Are you laughing at me?" Naruto asked after he cleaned his son, tickling his stomach. He grinned as Bolt's two faint whisker-marked cheeks spread with his laughter. "You laughing at me? Is Daddy's face funny?"

Bolt squealed and giggled, releasing a discharge that made Naruto yelp from the sudden shock and pull away. Naruto cursed softly in Greek as he shook his hands, allowing them to heal. Bolt stuck his hand in his mouth, his eyes bright in amusement, and Naruto couldn't help but smile at him.

"You, Boruto Uzumaki, are too cute to be mad at." Naruto smiled as he grabbed a new diaper and proceeded to put it on Bolt. He poked Bolt's side and grinned even more when Bolt squealed. "Don't tell anyone I said that, though."

"I'm going to tell everyone." Naruto turned to look at Thalia, who smirked at him.

Naruto frowned at her before he turned back to Bolt, who was staring at his hand, while he finished getting the diaper on. "Mommy's such a meanie, Bolt. Did you know that she wanted to name you Billie Joe?"

"It's a good name!" Thalia protested as she walked into the room and pushed him away. She looked down at her son and grabbed his hand, drawing his attention and making him squeal happily. "I only decided to name you Boruto when I saw how much you looked like your dad." Thalia gave Naruto a smirk before she leaned into Bolt's face and stage whispered. "You're much cuter than he is, though."

"Ouch. Hurtful." Naruto put a hand on his chest. He walked up behind Thalia and leaned over her to smile at Bolt. "But very true."

"Go make sure your daughter doesn't flood the bathroom again and wash her hair," Thalia said as she rubbed her nose against Bolt's. "I'll make sure my son gets dressed."

"Why is it that whenever they do something bad they're mine and whenever they're being adorable they're yours?" Naruto asked with a frown.

Thalia turned and smirked at him. "Because you didn't carry them in your stomach for nine months."

Naruto pursed his lips. "Fair enough." He kissed her cheek and then walked out of the baby room towards the kids' shared bathroom. He knocked on the door and pressed his ear against it. The sound of water being splashed and giggles brought a smile to his face. "Hime, you in the tub?"

"Yes, Daddy!" Joan called back

"Can I come in to wash your hair?"

"Hai~!"

Naruto rolled his eyes at the playful shout and entered the bathroom. He closed his eyes and groaned when soapy water splashed his foot. "Hime...did you turn the faucet off?"

"Um...Oopsie?"

Naruto opened his eyes and whimpered at the water damage to the bathroom floor. "This is going to cost a lot to fix. Joan. Turn the water off."

"Sorry, Daddy," Joan said softly. The bath water sloshed as she moved to the other end of the tub and turned the water off.

"It's okay, Hime. You've got to stop flooding the bathroom, though. Uncle Dork's not going to have any water at his lake if you keep this up." Naruto said as he walked over to the tub. He reached into the water and pulled the plug, letting it drain for a bit before he put the plug back in place. Naruto put his hands on his hips and stared down at his daughter.

Joan was a mirror image of her mother. They both had freckles and black hair. if it weren't for the faint whiskers under her eyes, Naruto wouldn't be sure if Thalia even had a daughter or a clone. Right now, her sun-like pupils were apologetic and it wasn't in his heart to stay mad at her.

"I'm really sorry, Daddy." Joan's bottom lip trembled.

That is so not fair. Naruto sighed and pulled the stool he and Thalia used to avoid sitting on the ground over. "I know, sweetie. I hope you left some water for Poseidon to rule over. Now c'mere and let me wash your hair."

"Okay!" The sad look disappeared and Joan grabbed her shampoo. Naruto smiled as he washed his daughter's hair while she recited the dream she had the night before to him. Thankfully there hadn't been another soap in the eye incident. Naruto was not in the mood to be caught up in a hurricane in a bathroom.

"We're going to Camp! We're going to Camp! We're going to Camp!" Joan sang as Naruto piggybacked her down the stairs. Joan was dressed in tan cargo pants, the child's equivalent to her parent's combat sandals, and she had picked out black shirt with a golden Omega on the front and a large Uzumaki spiral on the back, despite Naruto trying to urge her to dress a bit nicer. Then again, he and Thalia were dressed rather causally, but they were used to that sort of thing.

"Yes, yes we are Hime. Please use your inside voice," Naruto said as he walked into the kitchen, where Thalia fed Bolt while he sat in his high chair. "Okay, Hime, time to get down and get some food."

"Okay Daddy! Morning Mommy!" Joan smiled as she slipped down from her father's back.

"Morning, Joan." Thalia smiled at her daughter and then looked back at Bolt as she scooped up some of his breakfast as it slipped out of his mouth. "I put some bread in the toaster."

"I'll get the fire extinguisher." Naruto chuckled while Thalia frowned at him.

"I'm not that bad of a cook."

"No, but you are accident-prone in the kitchen," Naruto said as he walked over and kissed her softly on the lips.

"You're so lucky you're cute," Thalia mumbled when he pulled away.

"I know," Naruto said with a smirk. He moved to the fridge and pulled out some eggs. He smiled at Thalia as he started to make breakfast. "I'm pretty sure the only thing you can make without risk of ever going wrong, is your heavenly Ramen."

"Mommy's Ramen is the bestest!" Joan proclaimed with a stern nod. She smiled at her brother. "Baby Bolt will agree when he has some too!"

"Unlike you, missy, Bolt won't be having Ramen until he's got all his teeth in," Thalia said as she scooped up some more of Bolt's breakfast and fed him. Thalia smirked. "And his first full teeth meal will be a nice, juicy hamburger."

"I'm going to have to do some sort of quest for Hera before then," Naruto mumbled. He cracked the eggs into a pan. "Or ask Dad if I can have some beef from his cows."

"I wanna visit Grampa!" Joan cried happily.

"No, no-no-no, we're going to Camp today, Joan." Thalia interjected quickly. "Remember? We're going to see Uncle Jason, Aunt Piper, Aunt Annie, and Mr. Chiron."

"And Uncle Leo?" Joan asked.

Thalia frowned slightly while Naruto chuckled. "We'll see Uncle Leo and Uncle Nico, too."

"Don't make promises like that," Thalia said softly.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Leo's engaged, he's not going to flirt again."

"...I still don't want to talk to di Angelo."

"He had to ban hamburgers to keep the deal with Olympus, Thalia," Naruto said. He sighed sadly as he flipped the omelets he was making. "He also banned Ramen, so I feel your pain."

"That was just financially brilliant," Thalia said with a smirk. She cleaned away some food on Bolt's face. "What about Jackson? Is he going to be at the reunion?"

"Uncle Dork!" Joan crowed excitedly. "He's got a pretty pony!"

"Yes, Uncle Dork has a pretty pony," Naruto chuckled as he set an omelet on a plate and set it on the table in front of Joan. "I'm pretty sure if Annie's going, Jackson is going to be guaranteed to be there."

"That's true." Thalia smiled in thanks as an omelet was set in front of her. "You shouldn't call Blackjack a pony, Joan."

"But he's a pony. Like Zephy!" Joan said happily as she ate her omelet.

"Point to the five year old," Naruto said from the sink as he washed the pan. He set the pan on the counter to dry and went to eat his breakfast. "Ten bucks says Annie and Piper are pregnant."

"Twenty says Piper is and Annie's keeping it secret." Thalia smirked as she took a bite of her omelet. "Think the Zhangs will show up?"

"If Reyna's still on her mission from Olympus? Nah, leave of pregnancy or not, Frank's duty comes first." Naruto chuckled. "Jupiter's still up and running, and a lot of old Roman blood refuses to move."

"The Roman's are dumb," Thalia said as she tried to get Bolt to eat some more breakfast. "Come on sweetie, just a bit more."

"I'm done! Daddy, can I go color?" Joan asked.

Naruto looked at Thalia. "We have enough time, right?"

"Send another pair of eyes to make sure she doesn't make a mess," Thalia said. She pouted at Bolt. "Come on, baby, just eat some more cereal. Yum, yum, yum. See? Mommy likes it." Thalia ate some of the cereal and made exaggerated pleased noises.

Naruto made a clone that was quickly dragged off by Joan to go color. He finished his breakfast and cleaned up his and Joan's plates. "Lia, he's not going to eat anymore if he's full."

"He's got your stomach, he doesn't get full. If I can get him to eat a bit more, maybe he'll sleep most of the day at Camp and not cry. You know how he gets when he leaves the house." Thalia pointed out as she tried to feed him again. "Come on, Bolt."

"Thalia, you eat and I'll feed him." Naruto took the cereal and took a seat next to Bolt. He grinned at the boy and scooped up some cereal on the spoon. "Hey, buddy. I know you're hungry."

Bolt stubbornly pulled away from the spoon and started to fuss. Naruto set the spoon in the cereal bowl and rubbed Bolt's head. "C'mon, buddy. Don't cry."

"Is he sick? Should we call it off" Thalia asked, concerned for Bolt's health.

Naruto shook his head and pulled his hand away, smiling at his son as he started to snuffle. "No, he's not sick. Maybe he's teething?"

"He could've bitten down on the spoon." Thalia took a bite of her omelet and looked over at her son when he started to fuss again. Both parents shared a look before they looked at Bolt. Thalia cut a small bit of her omelet away and stabbed it with her fork. She held it out to Bolt and he opened his mouth wide, eating the omelet happily.

"Someone was jealous." Naruto chuckled as Thalia shared her omelet with Bolt. "He wants to be just like Mommy."

"Better than being like his fool of a father," Thalia said. She smiled at her son. "Isn't that right, Bolt?"

"You are so not allowed to talk with my aunt." Naruto mumbled as he crossed his arms.

"I don't talk with your aunt," Thalia said. She continued to smile at Bolt as they shared an omelet. "I do talk with your mother."

"...Figures." Naruto looked towards the front at a knock on the door. He patted Bolt on the head as he got up. "Don't let her fill your head up with crazy ideas. That's my job."

"Daddy's so funny, huh?" Thalia asked as Bolt giggled. "Yes, and he likes sleeping on the couch, too."

"So cruel." Naruto mumbled as he walked to the front door. He opened the door to find a tall dark haired man with a small triangular beard on his chin. He was dressed in a relaxed shirt with his headband pinned to the sleeve and slacks. Naruto immediately tried to shut it. "Go away, Shikamaru. I'm off for two weeks!"

The Jonin Commander kept his foot between the door and the doorway. "This is important, Naruto."

"No, no-no-no-no-no, no. By the way, did I say no?" Naruto asked as he tried to keep the door shut. "Shikamaru, move your foot."

"It's from the Rokudaime, Naruto."

"I'm going to roast your foot if you don't move it," Naruto said with a frown.

"I say do it!" Thalia called from the kitchen.

Naruto gave his old friend a light smirk. "You heard the lady."

"Don't make me force you, Naruto." Shikamaru groaned.

"You force me?" Naruto opened the door. "This is serious."

"Naruto, I'm going to clean Bolt up." Thalia walked in with the baby on her hip. "If he's not gone when I come down, you're going to find out how comfortable the couch feels with a charred ass."

Naruto grimaced at the threat and looked back at Shikamaru. "Please tell me you're not asking me to do a mission for the village."

"I'd be lying if I did that," Shikamaru said as clapped a hand on Naruto's shoulder in sympathy. "I feel your pain. Temari's more troublesome than usual since she saw Gaara again."

"Thalia hasn't seen Jason since he and Piper got married," Naruto said with a sigh. "They were on their honeymoon when Bolt was born."

"They haven't visited in a year?" Shikamaru asked.

Naruto shrugged. "They're young and in love–"

"I don't really care."

"Well you should, because Thalia will only char my ass after she's obliterated yours." Naruto pointed out.

Shikamaru swallowed and shivered. "...Right. Troublesome women."

"Don't let Thalia hear you say that." Naruto crossed his arms. "What's the mission."

"Observe and report. Here's the details." Shikamaru pulled a folder from under his arm and held it out. "Have a nice day."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it there, bud." Naruto stopped the high-ranking shinobi with a hand on his shoulder. His eyes didn't leave the top page of the folder. "You do know what you're asking."

"Hokage's asking. I told him to not bother with it. Turn the page and you'll see why," Shikamaru said.

Naruto flipped the page and let out a loud groan. "I hate politics...When I'm Hokage, remind me to fire those old bats."

"I'm pretty sure that's the only reason the Rokudaime hasn't fired them yet, so you get the pleasure," Shikamaru said. He looked up to the stairs. "Mind letting me go so our wives don't try to kill each other later?"

"Good call." Naruto nodded and released the jonin. Shikamaru vanished in a flicker, just as Joan came down the stairs and slammed into Naruto's leg. "Daddy, you poofed!"

Naruto shut the folder and smiled down at her. "I did? Then how am I right here?"

"Not you, Daddy, other you!" Joan said.

"Ohh! Well, why'd he go do something like that?" Naruto asked as he crouched down and picked Joan up. Her arms encircled his neck and he smiled at her. "Maybe it had something to do with...you throwing crayons when he said to clean up?"

"I was cleaning..."

"You were throwing crayons," Naruto said, giving her a look. "You know better than to throw your toys, Hime."

"I didn't mean to...Daddy said to toss him the colors I was done with." Joan frowned.

Naruto grimaced. Stupid clones, they meant well, but they forgot certain rules from time to time. Well, forgot was being generous. They liked to 'ignore' rules Naruto kept in mind.

"Next time, Hime, remind Daddy that Mommy doesn't like it when you throw things," Naruto said as he gave Joan a kiss on the cheek. He dropped the file in the hearth of the fireplace and snapped his fingers, igniting the file. Joan giggled at the sight of her father performing 'magic' and Naruto grinned at her. "Don't tell Mr. Nara that Daddy burned his file."

"Okay, Daddy."

Naruto kissed Joan again and grinned at her. "That's my girl."

"I wanna ride Zephy!" Joan pouted as her mother buckled her into a car seat. Next to her, peacefully talking to his stuffed fox in his baby carrier car seat, Bolt's head tilted to the side and he stared at his sister. Joan pointed at him. "See? Bolt wants to ride Zephy too!"

"No, Joan." Thalia sighed as she adjusted the padded seatbelt to correctly cover her daughter's chest. She looked at the lifted hood, where behind it, Naruto was double-checking Soul's engine. The classic challenger hadn't rusted or been damaged in any way since Naruto hid it in a cave outside of the Land of Waves. Something about a seal that she didn't understand.

Joan pouted further and crossed her arms unhappily. Thalia finished adjusting the seatbelt and lightly pinched the tip of her daughter's nose. Joan cracked a smile and Thalia smiled back at her. "Be good and you can choose the music."

Joan brightened at the prospect. "Can we listen to my tape, Mommy?"

"Be good and keep Bolt quiet." Thalia reiterated. Thalia closed Joan's door and looked over at Naruto as he put the hood down. "We ready to go?"

"It all looks good on this end. Seatbelts adjusted?" Naruto asked as he went to the driver's side and got in the car. Thalia got into the passenger seat and put her seatbelt on, with Naruto doing the same.

When a car could go as fast as the speed of light and then stop on a dime, seatbelts were a must.

"Adjusted and Bolt's pillow is in place," Thalia said. She looked over her shoulder and smiled at her children. "Comfy?"

"Yes, Mommy! Can we listen to music, now?" Joan asked with a pout.

Naruto chuckled and started the car. The engine roared to life and Bolt let out an excited giggle. Thalia glowered at Naruto, who smiled innocently.

"He got that from you."

"What? It's not my fault he likes listening to the Fuzzball's purrs."

"Just drive, Whiskers." Thalia shook her head and activated the dashboard. Thalia flipped through the music selections on the touch screen and hit the one that was labeled Joan's Songs.

Naruto nodded his head as a bubbly pop version of the Little Mermaid's "Under The Sea" came on. Thalia sighed and grabbed some ear buds that would cancel the kid song out, how her husband could stand it, she didn't know. It had to be from Apollo. That was the only explanation she could think of.

With a glance in the mirror, Thalia smiled as Joan sang along with her father, who was drumming on the wheel as he sped off over the ocean. Even Bolt seemed to be clapping in time with the drivel that came from the radio. Thalia shook her head again and listened to her personal music, wondering just what was wrong with her family.

Again, she attributed it to Apollo's genes.

Thalia pulled the ear buds out when the song ended and a song she didn't know was on the playlist started.

"A mouse catched, a mouse catched, if you only gots a mouse catched!" Joan sang the words incorrectly as the Moustache Song played. Bolt giggled and clapped with his sister out of tune.

"What...is this doing on her list?" Thalia asked her husband with a small glare. The film this song came from was absolutely not to be shown to her children. Stupid Seth MacFarlane and his immature adult humor, he was turning her husband into a teenager again. Then again, it probably wasn't entirely MacFarlane's fault. Apollo was somehow behind this. He was behind everything bad on television.

Naruto shifted. "She...may have run into my office when I was on break and searching the web."

"Searching the web for what, exactly?" Thalia's eyes narrowed.

Naruto glanced at her. "Really? Don't you trust me?"

"Well, there was this thing where you didn't tell me my brother was alive," Thalia said nonchalantly.

"Oh, that so does not count anymore! That was years ago!"

"The point still stands."

Naruto grimaced. "I was bored and surfing YouTube. It came on after I was watching old Robot Chicken sketches..."

"And she didn't see any of those?"

"Well...maybe "Weasel Stomping Day"...But that one's just like a cartoon music video."

Thalia rubbed her eyes as Joan continued to sing about catching mice. Naruto glanced at her with a small smile.

"C'mon," he said. "You gotta admit, a mouse catched is a very exciting gift to receive."

Thalia thought about it for a moment and smiled. "Yeah, the Pied Piper loves her mice."

Naruto snorted at the Halloween get together a few years back. Piper had dressed up as the Pied Piper while she somehow convinced Jason to go as a mouse. Naruto never discovered if Piper charmed Jason into it or if Jason willingly dressed as the mouse, but either way they rightfully earned that award for Best Costumed Couple. There was a framed photo of them on the wall back home, with Piper holding her flute in the air while she grabbed Jason's butt, though that part was hidden, but the memory remained. It was also the year they discovered that Piper McLean was a lightweight.

"Ah...Good times." Naruto smiled as the song came to an end and Thalia blocked out the next one with her headphones. Honestly, what did she have against The Lion King's "Hakuna Matata?"

The trip to Camp Olympia wasn't as long as it used to be. Naruto really had to hand it to the children and legacies of the smith god, they were top of their line when they worked together. He put Sol in park and got out of the car along with Thalia. Both went to the respective child seated behind them and Naruto grinned as he picked Bolt up in his arms.

"Hey, bud, time to wake up." Naruto urged the drowsy legacy of Apollo. He chuckled as Bolt let out a large yawn, but stubbornly refused to wake up. Bolt, like his mother, did not like to be roused from his sleep.

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy look!" Joan excitedly grabbed onto her father's leg and pointed at the giant slab of earth that floated above the geographic center of the United States. Golden chains with links that were as large as the car they rode in kept the slab anchored to the planet while Olympians' power kept the slab invisible as well as afloat.

"Yes, Hime, I can see that," Naruto said as he handed Bolt to Thalia. He picked Joan up under her arms and settled her on his hip. With a smile on his face, Naruto looked at his wife. "Ready?"

"Just teleport us already," Thalia said with a grunt. She was still not okay with heights, and Camp Olympia's position always sort of irked her.

Naruto used his free hand to intertwine with Thalia's before he looked up at the floating island that was Camp Jupiter. "Hiraishin!"

The family of four vanished away from their car in a golden flash and reappeared at the massive gates of Camp Olympia, marked with a large golden omega on the oak gates.

"C'mon, let's get away from the edge before we fall off," Thalia said with a frown at the thought. Naruto complied, but shook his head. Maybe he should've done something about her phobia when he was younger. Probably not, he already caused his wife a lot of pain.

As they walked through the slightly opened gates, Joan suddenly squealed and waved behind Naruto, which prompted him and Thalia to stop and turn around just to see another group appear in a dimmed white flash. They probably used the seal created at the geographic marker. The couple was familiar and Naruto grinned at them. He set Joan down and let her run over to them, nearly bowling over the blond man as she jumped into his stomach.

"Uncle Jay!" Joan's happy voice traveled to them. Thalia's lips quirked into a smirk as Jason carried the giggling Joan over his shoulder back to them and Piper continued to giggle at her husband's misfortune.

"Thalia, Naruto, it seems you've declared war." Jason drawled. He shifted his arm and Joan let out a squeal. "Be aware, that this missile was a dud and we can begin peace negotiations anytime you see fit."

"Alright. We accept your surrender," Naruto said with a grin.

"That's not the negotiation," Jason said dryly. He grunted as Joan plucked a hair from his head. "Joan! That hurt!"

"Suwender, Uncle Jay!" Joan declared with a laugh. "Suwender!"

"Piper don't laugh, do something!" Jason grunted as his hair came under attack.

Piper, who looked radiant as usual with long hair and feathers braided into a lock in front of her left ear, giggled as she nudged him. "Better 'suwender' Jason. Even I can't harm a wild child. Especially if she came from these two."

"Those are fighting words," Thalia said with a frown. She smiled though. "Can't wait to see how you'll handle parenthood with a kid that can fart lightning."

"Prepare to buy lots of rubber gloves, Pipes." Naruto advised, which made the girl laugh. Once Naruto got Joan back, he and Jason shook hands while Piper and Thalia hugged in greeting. Naruto gave Piper a quick hug as Thalia gave her giant of a little brother a tight one-armed hug and introduced him to his new nephew, who looked up at Jason in the usual fascinated awe babies had when they met someone new.

"He's so cute," Piper said with a smile as she gently rubbed Bolt's whiskered cheek with a finger. "What's his name?"

"Boruto Uzumaki." Thalia ignored the proud grin that crossed Naruto's face. "We call him Bolt, though."

"Isn't that kind of a bad name?" Jason asked. He grunted when Piper elbowed him in the side. "Ow, what?"

"I think it's cute." Piper argued and smiled down at the baby. "He's got Thalia's eyes."

"Don't fall in love with him for it," Naruto teased, since Bolt, Thalia and Jason shared the same eyes and Piper admitted to liking Jason's eyes the most. He relaxed and adjusted Joan on his hip. "So, you two lovebirds have fun on your year away from everyone?"

Piper grinned lightly and put her hand over her stomach, which looked like it had a small bump now that she pressed down on her shirt. "You could say that."

"Congratulations! But so soon?" Thalia asked. "You've guys have only been married a year."

"At least we managed to wait that long," Jason said with a smirk that got him a punch in the arm from his sister.

"Shut it, Gigantor."

"Still though, congrats Pipes!" The whiskered shinobi smiled at one of his pseudo sisters as she smiled back. Naruto gained a serious look and directed it at Piper. "Pray that the worst they can do is make hurricanes with their tears. Getting shocked by your child is not fun. Have lots of rubber gloves on standby. Especially on diaper duty!" He glowered at Joan, who tried to make him smile with her hands. "And don't let them watch an anime called Beelzebub."

"Baby Bolt zaps Daddy like Baby Beel!" Joan smiled happily. "I teached him to!"

"Noted." Piper giggled as Naruto gained a haunted look in his eye. She looked at Jason. "Well, if he does become a zapper, then daddy will just be on diaper duty all the time."

Jason shrugged. "Nothing wrong with that."

"You say that now!" Naruto quickly pounced as he glowered at the younger blond. "But when the storm comes...every day..." Naruto shuddered and looked at Thalia. "By the way, what did Bolt eat yesterday? Because this morning was something out of H. P. Lovecraft."

"Was it his first bowl of Ramen?" Jason asked. Naruto looked horrified at the notion. Ramen wasn't evil! It would never punish him with a horrible BM like that!

"Ramen?! Mommy can I have some ramen?" Joan asked eagerly.

"No Joan, we're not having Ramen. And Bolt's not on real solids yet," Thalia said as she handed Bolt over to Jason while Joan pouted. "Here, hold this."

"Uh, wait! Why?" Jason asked nervously. He hardly held Joan when she was younger than one. He felt like he was going to crush Bolt.

"Practice," Naruto said wisely. He looked at his pouting daughter and bounced her lightly. "Hey, cheer up Hime. Tell you what, at lunch time Daddy will take you to get some Ramen."

"Yay!"

"Naruto, don't bribe her like that," Thalia said with a frown as she searched in the baby bag for something. She smirked and whipped out a camera, used to quickly fire a shot of a nervous Jason holding Bolt. "There, only a year late."

"I want one of those," Piper said as Thalia took Bolt back by an all too eager Jason. Piper looked at him in amusement. "Seriously, you need to get used to holding infants. You're going to have one, soon."

"Honestly, Jay," Naruto added with a disappointed shake of his head that Joan copied. "What are we going to do with you?"

"Like you were any better." Jason mumbled as he crossed his arms.

"I've been taking care of babies since I was twelve, it's a common D-rank." Naruto pointed at Joan. "Just be grateful you don't have the Uzumaki genetics in your family pool. This one was trying to walk by the time she was five months."

"Bolt's thankfully not as adventurous," Thalia said with a smile to her baby.

"Yet." Naruto added under his breath.

"What was that?" Thalia asked.

"Nothing, Lia."

Thalia narrowed her eyes at the innocent smile her husband gained. "I'm sure it was just the wind."

Naruto shrugged. "Probably. Maybe Joan farted again."

"Ew! Daddy!" Joan giggled.

"What?" Naruto looked at her with a smirk. "Gonna deny it?"

"Ladies don't fart!" Joan argued despite her giggles.

Piper smirked. "She's got a point there, Naruto."

Naruto poked Joan in the stomach. "You, my little hime, are not a lady. You're an Uzumaki! Uzumaki fart all the time."

There was a soft toot and Bolt shifted in his mother's arms slightly with a relieved smile on his face. Thalia gave her husband a dry look, as if it was his fault that Bolt chose that moment to fart loud enough to be heard. Naruto ignored it and looked back at his snickering daughter.

"See? Bolt knows what's on the hap-hap," Naruto said with a nod.

Piper arched a brow. "The 'hap-hap'? That sounds like something Leo would say. Speaking of, have you guys seen him yet?"

"Considering they just got here like we did, I'm going to go with no," Jason said. He looped his arm around Piper's shoulders and grinned at his sister. "We're going to go find the pyro and meet you in the square for dinner?"

"Sure, it'll be like old times," Thalia said with a smile. "Just, you know, without Titans or monsters trying to kill us."

The two families parted after Joan got a hug from her auntie and uncle. Naruto and Thalia took their kids to meet with other members of Naruto's extended family. They ran into a few of his younger half-siblings and cousins, Roman aunts and uncles that were delighted to see the founder of Camp Olympia again. They ran into Lee and Katie, the daughter of Demeter showing a bump of her own under her green dress while Lee was dressed in his own white and gold getup that most of Apollo's Cabin had donned after the end of the Second Titanomachy.

Then they ran into, with much surprise on their faces, the Rokudaime. Kakashi had to quickly shush the excited Joan, who was so glad to see her Kyofu (Godfather), before he was exposed. He wasn't exactly supposed to be away from the village without guard, but then again, he did leave a clone to deal with everything that morning. That, and his fellow children of Aphrodite would undoubtedly try to – shudder – restyle his Hokage attire.

It was shortly after that encounter that the family encountered the most tired looking couple they had seen. The elation and relief that crossed the eyes of Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase-Jackson made Naruto laugh as he released his elated daughter to launch into them.

"Auntie Annie!" Joan cheered as the young and already famous architect caught her. Joan wrapped her arms around Annabeth's neck and gave her a hug. "I missed you!"

"Aw, I missed you, too, Joanie." Annabeth returned with a smile. Her long hair was pulled back into her signature ponytail and her grey eyes sparkled as she looked at her pseudo niece/goddaughter.

Joan's attention turned to the slightly taller man with shaggy dark hair and a neatly trimmed beard that looked like his father's. The daughter of Naruto Uzumaki beamed at him and waved. "Hiya Uncle Dork!"

Percy's grin fell slightly and he glowered at Thalia and Naruto, green eyes glistened with annoyance. "Really? I thought that was a onetime thing?"

"I thought it was impossible for a son of Poseidon to fall off of a boat." Naruto returned good-naturedly.

"You told him!? Annabeth..." Percy groaned. It was an accident, someone had shoved him over and he had specified that to everyone who'd been mentioning it for the past three days. There was even photographic evidence of the act before and after. If it weren't for the fact they were all college students that were very keen at observation, Percy would've simply jumped off of the surface of the water before anyone could have taken notice.

Annabeth shrugged and continued to smile at her goddaughter. "I only told Thalia. She told Naruto."

"It had to be said." Thalia smirked as she walked up and offered her son. "Want this one?"

"Gladly!" Annabeth excitedly swapped out to hold the baby.

Naruto gave Percy an amused look as the dark haired man took Joan from Thalia and set her with ease on his hip. Percy made a face at Naruto and then started to try to convince Joan to A) Not call him 'Uncle Dork' and B) No, he couldn't call Blackjack over to give her a ride. It was a losing battle.

"Daddy, I wanna ride the ponies but Uncle Dork won't let me!" Joan pouted.

Naruto shrugged. "Sorry, Hime, but I'm with Uncle Dork on this one."

"Do you really have to encourage that name?" Percy asked.

"Well of all the 'D' words we could've chosen, I'd like to think we went with the most 'G' rated of them all," Naruto said with a shrug. "After all, not every son of Poseidon falls off of a ship."

"Oh, for the love of-I was pushed and there were too many mortals around!" Percy argued.

"Uh-huh, whatever helps you float your boat, Percy," Naruto said with a grin. He laughed while Percy's eye twitched.

"Hey, Uncle Dork, you look like Kibble Breath when he and Daddy are talking!" Joan pointed out happily.

"Kibble Breath?" Percy asked.

"Kiba." Naruto added helpfully. He grunted when Thalia stomped on his foot. "Ow."

"What have I told you about letting Joan using nicknames for people?" Thalia asked him sternly.

"Um, not to?"

"Yes!" Thalia crossed her arms. "So why is she?"

"Uh...because I'm an idiot?" Naruto asked.

Thalia frowned at him and sighed. "Well, at least you admit it."

"Is that supposed to mean something?" Percy asked.

"Hush, Percy," Annabeth said as she absentmindedly cooed at Bolt. The happy mini-clone of Naruto was enthralled with a toy owl she had pulled out. "Just give Joanie her gift."

"Oh, right," Percy said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a stuffed horse. "Here Joan."

"Yay! Pony!" Joan squealed as she snatched the toy from him.

"Joan..." Thalia frowned at her daughter. "What do you say?"

"Thank you Uncle Dork!"

Percy sighed. "That's as good as I'm going to get, isn't it?"

"Probably." Thalia, Naruto and Annabeth agreed.

The group hung out, exchanged stories, and ate lunch when the time came for it. Around dinnertime, they met up with Leo, Jason and Piper. Leo showed them pictures of his latest projects and his engagement ring – "She got it for me to keep the young hotties off of this stud muffin."

Overall it was a good evening and it only got better once Will walked over to steal Naruto away.

Naruto walked up to the microphone on stage after he gave Lee and Will brotherly hugs. He was told this was going to happen a week before they left and had been waiting for it. Naruto grabbed the microphone and cleared his throat.

"We were gathered here to celebrate the birth of Olympus' newest god, the daughter of Apollo and first Greek goddess of the Sun, Hikari." The children and legacies of the sun god in the crowd let out a cheer at his words, and Naruto settled them with a raised hand. "I know, I know! Like with all of my brothers and sisters, I am thrilled to have a new member of our large family! We've heard songs dedicated to her, to the merriment of my mother and father's marriage, to the other gods, and to the continuation of Olympus itself."

The audience clapped and Naruto quieted them again.

"However, this song is dedicated to the next generation, who Hikari will rule over. The kings and queens of mankind, those who will come in the future and our legacies." Naruto smiled as he looked over at his gathered family, by blood or by bonds, and then looked at Lee. Lee grinned back and began to softly pick at his guitar strings.

Naruto calmly held the microphone and closed his eyes. "Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall. Hope when the water rises, you built a wall."

Will started to drum lightly in the back and the curtain behind them spread to reveal a screen. The screen started to show stills of various campers before and after the Titanomachy. One showed Percy Jackson lifted into the air by various campers after Kronos' defeat, the next showed Jason after he had toppled Kronos' throne.

"Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name." Naruto sang gently as an image of him after he defeated Obito came on the screen.

A flash of the Neo Argonauts appeared on the screen. The eight heroes were seated at a table in the mess hall. A large balloon-like robot set a steaming bowl of noodles down in front of Naruto, who laughed at something Mark said from where he was seated across from him, while the son of Ares was shoved by the daughter of Ceres Leila. Silena and Beckendorf were sitting next to each other, the daughter of love with her arm tightly wrapped around Beckendorf's as they smiled at the camera. Across from them, Hazel and Frank were discussing something with Malcolm.

"Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay." Naruto's voice was soft, but it had entranced all who watched. An image of Leo defending the Brooklyn Bridge from Kronos' forces came on the screen.

The screen began to flash through something out of Aphrodite's scrap book of top demigod couples. Annabeth and Percy sharing a moment on the beach. Piper and Jason sitting under the stars. Frank and Hazel cleaning a cohort. Silena and Beckendorf watching fireworks. The final one showed Naruto and Thalia sitting on the hood of his car watching a drive-in movie.

"Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad." Naruto continued as his emotions began to reach the audience. "The only way you can know is give it all you have!"

The screen switched to Leo riding his happy bronze dragon and the image turned into a film. Leo thrust his fist in the air and cheered, which made Naruto chuckle.

"And I hope that you don't suffer, but take the pain..." A visual of Naruto and Killer Bee bumping fists came on the screen. The music came to a still as Naruto's eyes opened. "Hope when the moment comes you'll say..."

He and his brothers took in light breaths before they proclaimed: "I, I did it all! I, I did it all-l-l." Naruto nodded his head as videos of the demigods training passed by, particularly a moment where Percy disarmed Luke on his first day. "I owned every second that this world could give!"

The screen showed a young Jason on a train as it passed into another state. The image dissolved as Jason looked out his window to a video of a young Piper looking at a camera and smiling after she looked out of an airplane. "I saw so many places, the things that I did!"

The video went to Frank falling off his bike as a young boy, but stubbornly getting back on despite the deep scrape he got. Then an image of a young Naruto as he exploded from the ground and delivered an uppercut to a young Neji went on the screen, his fist bleeding from digging with his bare hands.

"With every broken bone, I swear I lived." Naruto ended softly before he and his brothers started to vocalize. The screen shifted to Leo and Piper sharing a laugh after they participated in tug of war against each other.

"Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up." Naruto smiled as the crowd began to cheer. The screen showed side by side moments of Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood toasting to the Olympians. "And when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cup!"

The video then switched back to stills and showed baby pictures of several campers. The Stolls as young boys had candy in their mouths that was not theirs, Dionysus' twins playing in a garden, Artemis' Hunters cleaning their campsite (that picture was donated by Apollo and edited by Will), and finally showed Hazel riding a horse with a lookalike Leo. The next picture was of a baby Jason in Thalia's arms the young daughter of Zeus had a nervous smile on her face as she held the baby; after that switched to an old picture of Bianca and Nico di Angelo in Italy, and following that was a picture of a very young Percy Jackson in the bathtub.

"Oh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your pain." Naruto sighed. "But until my moment comes, I'll say..."

"I, I did it all!" Will and Lee sang along with him. Lee moved to the edge of the stage and called for the audience to sing along. As usual, when prompted to do something by an entertainer, the loyal audience sang the line with them. "I, I did it all!"

"I owned every second that this world could give! Saw so many places, the things that I did! With every broken bone, I swear I lived!" Naruto sang before he and his brothers started to harmonize. Images of Olympian statues and temples flashed by on the screen before a golden Omega plastered itself on a white background.

Lee and Will quieted their instruments and sang. "With every broken bone."

"I swear I lived." Naruto added as images of demigods lost in battles or quests came on the screen.

"With every broken bone."

"I swear I..." Naruto went quiet and the lights began to dim. The lights suddenly came back alive as the three sang the chorus again. "I, I did it all!"

The audience sang with them. Deep in the crowd, Thalia lightly bounced Bolt in time with the music while beside her Joan was fast asleep. Her lips moved slightly with the words and her eyes were locked on the lead singer.

"I, I did it all!" Naruto sang fondly. His eyes met Thalia's and his grin widened. "I owned every second that this world can give!"

Percy tightened his arm around Annabeth and the two shared a smile.

Jason wrapped his arms gently around Piper's belly bump.

Leo gave a gentle smile and looked at his engagement ring.

"Saw so many places, the things that I did!"

Kakashi set down his book and looked up at the screen. He adjusted the white armband with the golden omega on it subtly on his arm.

Nico looked at his sister and smiled at her while Bianca smiled back.

Mark tightened his grip on his son's shoulder and let a tear fall for his wife that couldn't be there.

Lee pointed out at the audience and they sang the next line. "With every broken bone, I swear I lived. With every broken bone-"

"I swear I lived!" Naruto ended the song on a strong soft note.

Naruto opened his eyes and sat up. He blearily reached over and slammed his hand onto the radio that doubled as his alarm clock. He looked over at the clock and groaned. Why in the world was he waking up at three am? Stupid radio. Naruto fell back into bed and aligned himself with Thalia's back, his arm wrapped over her slightly bumped stomach.

"Joan's a good name..." He mumbled as he drifted back off to the realm of Morpheus.

"Kids, this is Naruto. Naruto, meet the kids!" Apollo grinned as he stood behind the three children that had been presented to Naruto. The tallest boy barely reached Naruto's waist, while the younger boy and the girl were maybe half an inch shorter than the eldest. They each had fair skin, black hair and blue eyes that strongly resembled Apollo's. Oddly enough, they all had a mischievous glint in their eyes that Naruto knew he'd really enjoy.

"This is Yancy." Apollo continued as the tallest boy held his hand out. He wore khaki pants, white sneakers, a black shirt with a picture of Groucho on it and a green scarf around his neck.

"Hey, nice to meet you." Yancy greeted with a smile.

Naruto smiled back at him as he shook the boy's hand. "You, too."

"No, I'm fourteen. You should get your eyes checked." Yancy chuckled at his own joke while Naruto let out a light laugh. Yancy stepped back and the younger brother stepped forward with his hand out. He wore khaki shorts, white sneakers, a blue long sleeved shirt and a large red floppy cap backwards on his head.

"This is Warren," Apollo said as Naruto shook the boy's hand. Warren let out a large burp right in Naruto's face. Warren covered his mouth with his hand to hide his laughter, unlike his siblings who were losing it, while Naruto blinked away the tears that formed.

"'Scuse me," Warren said shyly.

"Yeah, sure..." Naruto mumbled. That was one hell of a burp. He grunted as he caught the last one in his arms. The girl, who wore a pink sundress, white heels and had a flower clip in her hair, wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Hel-loooo, Uncle!" The girl then planted a large wet kiss on his cheek. She hugged her face to his and smiled at the god. "Is he really gonna keep us, Apollo?"

Apollo scratched his cheek sheepishly when Naruto gave him a dry look. "Er, well, he's gonna help you settle in, Dorothy."

"...Apollo, who are these kids, exactly?" Naruto asked flatly.

Dorothy jumped from his arms to land in front of Yancy. Yancy grinned and threw his arm around Warren.

"We're the Warner brothers!" Yancy and Warren chorused.

"And I'm the Warner sister!" Dorothy added with a curtsey.

"They're also your grand-nephews and grand-niece." Apollo added with a grin.

Naruto stared at him before he clapped a hand onto his face. "Lia-chan is going to kill me."

Naruto shot up from bed again and rubbed his face. "Okay, I'll get up, geez...stupid dream god..."

Apparently, all of Olympus wanted him to be awake for the Jonin evaluation today...that or Apollo and Hera pulled some strings.

AN: Wow, first SHDG thing I've worked on in months. Seriously, this took me DAYS to write and it's not even entirely canon...yet, anyway. Expect a similar one-shot for Fils de l'Amour's Naruto to take the slot of Aphrodite!

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