"Great!", Naruto thought, "Just great! The first time I set foot into this world and I immediately need some stranger to rescue me. That's just fan-fucking-tastic!" The blonde was currently sitting on a park bench, near the apartment the Hunters used as a hideout, and was still processing the fact that as soon as he stepped out of the building, he instantly forgot everything his mother had told him and set foot on the street, where a black car very well could have brought his early dead, if not for the women that had warned him. "I must have looked like a total moron! Well, I can't change the past. The railroad is perhaps the best way to get to Long Island. I could afford a cap, but it would probably just arouse suspicion and I can simply run the way from the train station.", he realized and began his track towards the summer camp, with his guard up and expecting a literal flood of monsters to attack him any moments.
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Artemis had told him that it was likely that due to his heritage, he would be attacked by more monster than even the children of the Big Three. Most monsters hated her the most of all Olympians, because she was the one that hunted them constantly. When he heard that, he was slightly anxious, but also eager to fight monsters like his mother did. What he hadn't expect were the mass of monsters that wanted to kill him, or rather the lack of them. On his whole way from the apartment to the train station and even on the train he hasn't seen anything that could be considered a monster. He was currently tree-hoping towards the borders of the camp, at a pace that would be a blur to the human eye, when he finally felt something. It was unlike the chakra signatures of people he was able to sense in the Elemental Nations, but he still could tell that there was something, and while he couldn't clearly pinpoint it, he knew that it was malicious and that it most certainly were monsters, a bunch of them if his sense didn't betray him.
And then he saw them, it was what could be best described as a battalion of monsters, all kinds of common creatures his mother had told him about where present, but oddly enough not one of the legendary monsters she hunts regularly. It was obvious to him, that despite the amount of monster this was supposed to be a scouting party, that would report about the defenses of the camp and perhaps even make them overconfident in their abilities. From the way the defenders were positioned he could tell that they weren't prepared for an attack and had just recently been alarmed. "If nothing happens some campers surely will die, even if they would have the clear advantage normally, but right now… ", he thought, "Now we can't let that happen, can we?" he said to himself. Before checking his equipment and starting to formulate a plan, "Hmm, from what mom had told me Genjutsu won't really work on monster, same with most Ninjutsus. I think Taijutsu is also out of questions and sealing everyone into me won't do this time.", he thought with a smirk, remembering how he had defeated the Jubi with Fuinjutsu, "That leaves me with Bukijutsu (Weapon Techniques), luckily I got all this awesome stuff." And so, he set of his genius plan that with two simple steps, would guarantee his victory. "Hey shit-faces whatcha looking for?", he cried toward the small army that promptly turned towards him "Step 1: Turn the attention of the army towards yourself: successful. Now Step 2: Kill them all and survive. Seems easy enough.", and so he charged into a battle nobody would really hope to win. But hey, he wasn't Nobody, he had ended a war nearly on his own, so what were some lousy monsters.
Camp Half-Blood
"Shit, shit, shit, shit", muttered Annabeth, while quickly changing into her battle gear. The monsters somehow got the drop on them and they already lost the possibility to move into a battle formation, let alone to formulate a plan that could prevent the loss of live on their side. Normally a group of that size would be easily fought off by the campers, but unluckily they weren't of much use without any formation. The clash would start in seconds and she silently sent a prayer to every god, even the one that she despites, to keep Percy and her other friends save. "Brace yourself!", cried Chiron, but before the armies could clash a single voice echoed above the future battlefield. "Hey shit-faces whatcha looking for?", and to the astonishment of everyone, monsters, campers and Hunters, a single person stood at the back of the attacking army, clad in mostly dark clothes, with a grey west and some bandages around his limbs. Nobody could identify the person that was reckless enough to insult an army of monsters, while standing alone in front of them. Every single monster forgot about their former targets and charged at the blonde, who to Annabeth's shock just smiled and began to run towards the army to meet them heads on.
The defenders, for their part were completely bewildered, and Percy voiced that astonishment when he asked, "Who would do something like that? And why do they care so much about him, when they have hundreds of other enemies in front of them? They aren't that hurt when called shit-faces, are they?" Everyone asked themselves the same question and strangely the only one to speak was Typhon, who had visited Percy on his free weekend, "He smells strong. Stronger than even Percy or Thalia. I think they hate him much more than anyone else."
"He smells stronger than a child of the Big Three? And why would they hate him so much? Has anyone seen him before?", Annabeth asked but only got "Noes" in response.
"It matters little, who he is. We must reposition our self and attack the monsters as soon as possible." Chiron said with a frown on his face, still wondering who this mysterious person was.
In the short time the campers talked Naruto had begun his fight, and unlike his last fight against Madara it was not even close to a fair fight. He enjoyed the fighting again. Most of the monsters were to slow to keep up with his speed and he danced through their ranks, while using his swords and bow, and the occasional shuriken or kunai, to send the monsters back to Tartarus, quickly decimating the troop that tried to attack the camp. After a few moments of fighting on his own the campers had formed a phalanx and began to charge at the other side of the army, that had shrunken quite a bit in the time Naruto fought on his own. After several more minutes the fight was won and the last remaining monsters tried to flee, just to be stopped by arrows from some of the Apollo kids along with the Hunters and Naruto. Said blonde had sealed away most of his equipment, before anyone could get a good lock at it and when the last monster had died, Naruto sheathed his tanto and begun to lazily walk up to the campers to greet them.
A sudden rumble behind him caught his attention and before he could react the charging Minotaur picked him up and rammed him against a near tree. He was able to stab it with his hunting knife, before it could finish the lethal blow that it was about to deal. His last thought before slipping into unconsciousness was that his hubris had cost him dearly.
The campers were shocked that someone who hadn't been trained in camp, was able to kill so many monsters in such a short-time, including the feared Minotaur. Currently the unknown hero's life seemed to be on the verge of death, so Thalia together with some of the unharmed campers rushed towards him to possibly save his life.
Now when a person or even a Half-Blood would fight a battle as exhausting as this, they would be out for at least a day, but Naruto wasn't only the Jinchuriki of the Jubi, which came with an incredible healing factor, but also the student of Kakashi Hatake, a (in)famous shinobi, that had spent years working as an ANBU captain, so naturally he had drilled his Genin to be aware of their surrounding at any time even when they were at sleep or like Naruto now semi-unconscious. So, when he felt Thalia reaching towards him to check his wounds, his reflexed kicked in and faster than anyone could follow he had pinned Thalia to the ground with a Kunai resting at her throat.
It took him a second to realize what he had done, and he blushed in embarrassment before saying, "Uups, ahem, sorry about that, old habits die hard!?", through it seemed more like a question than an explanation to some. Nobody seemed to know what to say so Naruto rubbed his back before saying, "Well… my name is Naruto, I'm a Half-Blood like you, sorry for attacking," he stated with a smile towards the still gaping Thalia", what else? Ah yes,I don't recommend geting hit by the bull, it hurts like a bitch, and if it's okay with you I would like to pass out now.", and true to his word he felt to the ground before anybody was able to react.
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Naruto was out cold for a few hours, before he woke up when he heard someone walking into the room he was resting in, but unlike the last time, he remained complete silent, because he was curious about what would happen.
"Who do you think he is?", whispered a voice that he identified as a girl. "I don't know, but he must have trained really hard to take down that many monsters.", a male voice responded. "Yeah Seaweed Brain, you were out cold for days after fighting just the Minotaur and unlike you he doesn't droll in his sleep.", a second female voice said, and while Naruto's eyes remained closed, he could practically feel the grin on her face. "Oh, so Seaweed Brain drools in his sleep?", the first female voice teased. "Shut it Pinecone Face!", the boy said, annoyance clear in his voice.
"So, do you think we should wake him up?", asked the other girl. "No, let him rest, I bet he will be out for at least a day, after such a fight, Annabeth.", answered the older girl.
Naruto, still laying calmly on his bed thought about what he had heard, "So, Pinecone Face, Seaweed Brain and Annabeth? Now what to do? I think I have scared them enough for now, so no flashy Justus. What should I do? What should…", but his thought process was rudely interrupted by Percy tripping above his own feet and nearly crashing into him if it hadn't been for his reflexes. "You know that it's considered unpolite to try laying down on someone else without their permission?", asked Naruto the heap on the ground that was the dark-haired boy. "Oh, you are up already? You must have a pretty quick regeneration if you have already recovered.", the black-haired girl stated. "Yeah, I was told so before, but it's kind of hard to stay asleep if three demigods chose to discuss their life in your room.", Naruto answered sarcastically. All of them looked sheepishly, while wondering at what point the blonde had noticed them and how he was so good a pretending to be at sleep, before Annabeth remembered why they had come in the first place. "Oh, sorry, but Mr. D and Chiron really wanted to speak with you. Come on we will bring you to them."
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After a short walk from the medical room to, what seemed to be a common room, the blonde was seated in a chair at a table with Mr. D. in his Bermuda-shirt and Chiron in his wheelchair. "Ah, Mr. …?", Chiron began talking, "Namikaze Naruto", the Half-Blood answered. "Mr. Naruto…", Chiron continued, just to be interrupted again, "No it would actually be Mr. Namikaze, but please call me Naruto." At this Mr. D looked at the blonde for the first time, clearly recognizing the name pattern and the slight accent that was still left. "Are you from japan Namikaze-san?", asked the god in perfect Japanese. "Not quite, but I have grown up speaking Japanese and just recently learned English, Dionysus-dono", answered Naruto, with a slight chuckle.
"Oh, quite observant, aren't you?", Dionysus said with a smirk on his face.
"It comes with my job description to be observant, otherwise I wouldn't have made it so far."
The three other Half-Bloods were somewhat shocked by the conversation that happened in front of them. Mr. D was normally not the nicest guy you could met. And what job did the blonde talked about?
"You don't seem to be to surprised by all the monsters. I take it that you don't need to see the usual introduction video?", Chiron asked amused
"No, I have been informed about the… situation. And while I have already learned Pinecone's, Annabeth and seaweed's name I would like to know who you are too.", said Naruto with a big smirk on his face at the annoyed expression on Thalia's and Percy's face.
"Ah, yes, of course my name is Chiron."
Naruto frowned for a few seconds before he realized, which Chiron sat in front of him, and nodded, before asking, "Isn't a wheelchair a step back in movement speed?" The centaur just chuckled answered that it was, but that it also was more comfortable in narrow rooms. There was an awkward silent for some seconds, before Dionysus started talking again,
"When you say that you grew up speaking Japanese, but aren't from there, do you mind asking me where you actually from?"
"Hmm, should I tell him already? Should I tell all of them? It's bound to come out and in contrast to my heritage they can't really deny it if I show them some Justus. Besides I think it's better to give them one shocker at the time, otherwise they may get a heart attack.", Naruto quickly pondered, before deciding to tell Dionysus first and wait for what he had to say, before telling the other Half-Bloods. Naruto took a deep breath before starting, "What do you know about shinobi? The cool ones I mean, that hail from the hidden villages and can use chakra.", he could see that Chiron apparently understood Japanese and had heard some gods talk about his home but never been there, while Dionysus frowned and asked, "How do you know about them?"
"Well, of course I know them. I'm one.", that got the desired reaction from both immortals.
"But how?", they asked.
"Long story short I was dying, my… parent made a deal with a primordial from this world, I had the… support of one from my world, and so it was possible for me to come here. I'm aware that while you may know that this would be possible you probably don't believe me. So, look here!" and when he finished his explanation, he formed a Rasengan in his hand. That got a surprised reaction from everyone inside the room, including both immortals.
"How did you do that?", asked Percy excited.
"Maa some trick I picked up.", Naruto answered lamely.
"That is quite the chakra manipulation, I don't think I have seen anybody else do something like this before.", Dionysus stated with the shock still clear on his face.
"So, do you think I should tell the campers now?" asked Naruto somewhat excited about telling other people of his home.
"Hn, answer me some things first." And after a nod from Naruto the wine god started his questioning. "You are a shinobi, right?"
"Yes."
"Which village and what rank?"
"Konohagakure and… Genin.", Naruto answered slightly embarrassed that he was never promoted.
"Was that a question?"
"No, though I would like to add, that while I officially was still a Genin, when I died, I wasn't really considered such, after all how many S-Rank Genin do you know?"
"S-Rank at your age? Are you sure?"
"Oi, what do you want to say?"
"Fine, I believe you: I think it would be best to tell the camp tonight at dinner." Dionysus sight, he didn't like his job, but this brat would either be a lot of fun or a lot of trouble.
"Please be so kind to show Mr. Namikaze here around camp and don't bother him with to many questions. You have heard Mr. D, he will explain everything tonight.", Chiron said to the other three demigods, with a sigh, like Dionysus he still needed time to process everything he had just heard.
"Ok, come on Naruto", Thalia said happily before dragging him out of the house.
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"Naruto, what was all that about in there? And where do you learned fighting like that?", asked Percy
"Maa Maa, aren't you eager? I think that it would be best to wait till tonight with the complete story otherwise you probably won't believe me. But let's just say that I can do some… extraordinary things, including fighting a horde of monsters with ease," he said with a big grin on his face.
Annabeth evaluated his statement for a second before starting to tell him a little bit about the camp, "That are the cabins, the one in the inside are of the major Olympian Gods and since a few months ago we also have cabins for a few minor Gods. There are Zeus…", and while Annabeth was pointing at each cabin, and telling him which God they belonged to and who the counselor was, his eyes laid on cabin 8, his mother's, where he saw her Hunters go in and out, "cabin 2 and 8 are just honorary, because both Hera and Artemis don't have kids, but when the Hunters visit, like now, they use the cabin of their Lady,", Naruto faced moved into an nearly invisible smirk when Annabeth said that Artemis doesn't have children, he was sure that there would be some hilarious reaction when he was claimed, "But where am I going to sleep? I don't think the Hunters would like to share their cabin with me.", but before he was able to find a solution Annabeth started to walk again and pointed out various training grounds.
"Why does everyone look so gloomy?" asked Naruto his companions
"The war.", muttered Percy, "we just won the last war and now a new one has already begun, on top of that there is a new prophecy that has everyone on edge."
"Ah, I have heard about this prophecy, would you happen to know the complete text?"
"No, not really, the only thing we know that it's about the "child of a virgin-goddess", that means that it could be anyone from the Athena Cabin", said Thalia.
"Hmm, why just Athena? Aren't there three virgin goddesses? I think Artemis and Hestia have also sworn to remain virgin."
"Yeah, but virgins usually don't have kids.", said Percy with a deadpan expression
Naruto just shrugged and said, "If Athena is able to do it the other might be as well. They are the goddess of childbirth and family, so it seems to be somewhat in their domain."
Before one of the demigods could respond a new voice suddenly cried out, "Hey newbie, up already? Let me introduce you."
"Clarisse" said Naruto's three companion in union. Meanwhile said girl made her way over to the blonde to start his, induction ritual, "Hmm, Clarisse, aren't you looking like a pleasant playground bully?" At this some of the surrounding campers started to snicker, the scene quickly attracted a few people. "What was that newbie?", asked the girl angrily.
Instead of answering Naruto sniffed, before smiling, "I think you wanted to ask Seaweed Brain here for a shower seeing as you haven't had one since the monsters attacked.", that statement was followed by laughter from the campers and an embarrassed Clarisse, who quickly got angrier than before, "Why you?", she said, before she and a few of the goons that have walked took a threating step forward.
Naruto, who was quite at the moment, tried to remember what Annabeth had told him before, just to realize who was in front of him, "Clarisse La Rue, counselor of cabin 5, and daughter of Ares." He said with a light frown at the end.
"Got a problem with that?", she asked threating, thinking he would back down fast.
But to her surprise he got a thoughtful look on his face, "With you certainly not, I don't judge people by who their parents are, but I don't know about your father." He said before pausing, "I don't think you can blame every war that had happened on him, that would be foolish, but from what I have learned about Greek history, he started at least some. So, yeah, I kind of dislike him, like any other person, who has experienced the horrors, would dislike a warmonger like him.", he said with a scowl on his face, remembering the price that so many paid in the war. Most of the campers were shocked to hear such an eloquent thought, but more importantly that the blonde apparently had experienced a war already. Clarisse instead chose to be angry and rushed the blonde to get him in a head lock. To her and everyone's surprise, Naruto evaded her and instead caught her of guard, twisted her right arm on her back and held his Kunai to her throat.
"You need a long way to go before you have a chance with that.", he said with his usual smirk back in place.
After everyone has gone back to what they have been doing before, Thalia chose to ask another question, "What is the deal with your weapons anyway? We tried to take them off so you could rest more comfortably, but they wouldn't move a bit."
For the first time since he woke up Naruto looked down at himself, he had sealed away his flak west along with many of his swords, so that the campers wouldn't ask to many questions. Currently he just wore his black shirt, that now showed an orange Uzumaki swirl on the front, and loose ninja-pants, alongside the tanto that was strapped on his right thigh and a single kunai holster on the other. It wouldn't be optimal for a fight, but he felt safe inside the camp, and it was better than scaring them with the arsenal of weapons he kept on himself. "Ah, it's one of the extraordinary things I talked about. But what's next?"
"Well, it's still quite early, we normally would do some activities right now. Care to join us?" asked Percy.
"Yeah sure" Naruto said with a shrug, while inwardly he was happy that they didn't ask to many questions and excited about the prospect of seeing the training methods they used here.
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[Reviews:]
#1 Someone got the impression that I somehow made Kronos and Uranus the same character in the prolog. If that was a frequent problem, I'm truly sorry, but to clarify thing Kronos and Uranus are separate beings, and Kronos (the son) ask for Uranus' (the father) help.
#2 To be honest, I don't have a clue if there is going to be any Naruto x? pairing. Some other couples will have their moments, but this isn't going to be a romance. The only partner I could think of for Naruto would be Thalia (do you have any suggestions?), but he is the son of the goddess of virginity, who kept her oath even when he was born (in case you missed it before), and only felt in love once. Therefore, rushing him in a relationship before he even reaches 16 seems kind of odd. Definitely not a Harem.
#3 I will try to update weekly, but no gurantee
#4 Someone pointed out that the wording makes it hard to understand what material does what. I originally planned to give every metal the exact same abilities but…
Stygian Iron: is mined in the Underworld and as a result is mostly wielded by Hades, his descendants or other beings from the underworld. It's colored black and can kill/wound both mortals and immortals.
Celestial Bronze/Imperial Gold: are the "common" blessed metals. Most weapons of demigods and gods are made from this material. It can only harm immortals (monsters, gods, Half-Bloods…), but passes right through regular mortals. Celestial Bronze is mainly used by Greeks, while the romans use Imperial Gold for most of their weapons.
Divine Silver: is the sacred metal of Artemis, while it's not forbidden for others to use it, only herself and her hunters are known to wield this weapon, because Artemis is the only one that can acquire it. Because Artemis doesn't exclusively hunt monsters, but also regular animals, it can harm both mortals and immortals. The metal is brighter than regular silver and sometimes is described as the opposite of the dark Stygian Iron.
#5 I know I use way to much capitalization, but English isn't my mother language and it just seems wrong to me to use small letters sometimes.
