The Hope of The Moon and Sun

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Percy Jackson. Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Percy Jackson is owned by Rick Riordan respectively. Certain elements were inspired by various Naruto/Percy Jackson crossover fanfictions.

Posted November 28/2022(Monday)

Word count total- 4279 words!

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READING THE FOX SCROLL was taken down on June 24/2021(Thursday). I added a link to its new home on my wattpadd. I used the original docs (hence the Ans) but the format is a bit different due to the different site.

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AN1: Yeah sorry about all these older stories not getting updates…

Yeah I know over 10 months… Part of it was other stories, general laziness and how trying to think of how to link this to the next 'book'. And trying to think of how much of the book to adapt (Naruto doesn't really need to fear anything from the Sea of Monsters even if he was a one many team)…

What do people think of Artemis and Apollo getting married? They are essentially 'together' in raising and protecting Naruto anyways. They wouldn't sleep with each other but would be more a declaration that Apollo will stay loyal to Artemis forever and Artemis admitting besides her baby boy, Apollo is the male she loves most in the entire world.

I am thinking I might skip to Sea of Monsters (which will be much shorter) or have one more chapter with a special cameo which I think is unique to this story alone. (Or possibly just reference it)

Again read my other story The Hope of the Sun and Moon Growing Up for Yugito and Naruto first meeting.

Chapter 28 Book 2 chapter 1 Catching up with the Hunt

As much as Naruto enjoyed having his new friends Annabeth, Silena, Percy, Grover and the various people at Camp Half Blood. Naruto could safely say he loved being back with his parents and the hunt.

As soon as they left Camp Half blood and teleported back to the Hunte camp Naruto was squished by Zoe and Chloe. Zoe holding onto his face into her shoulder and Chloe holding onto his waist as if they were afraid he was going to disappear.

"Zoe! Chloe!" Naruto shouted but his voice was muffled as Zoe was smothering him with such a tight hug.

Apollo and Artemis shared a laugh as Artemis raised a hand up so the rest of the hunt could not dogpile their little brother.

"Naru! Are you okay? Did you get hurt? Did you make friends? Did you show those campers that the Hunt is the best?" Chloe asked in rapid fire question mode looking up slightly at Naruto.

"….!" Naruto could not respond as Zoe moved his face from her shoulder to her chest as she softly ran her fingers into his spikey hair. AN2:

"Its alright. We are here now." Zoe said gently smiling when she noticed the edges of the spikes being the same colour as her Lady natural red hair.

'So Lord Apollo was right his claiming did change his appearance. Perhaps its due to his unique nature as being from that other world?' Zoe mused as she continued to run her fingers through his hair.

'So soft… Firm but soft…' Naruto thought happily as he was getting smothered by his 'older sister' Zoe nice chest.

'No! This is Big Sis Zoe! She is not like Silena or Annabeth! She has an oath and she is not just some girl I am friends with!' Naruto thought urgently realizing he was starting to enjoy in a non family like way his face in his sister chest.

Chloe giggled as she let go allowing Zoe to keep their little brother to herself with the Hunt smiling and laughing softly at the scene.

Artemis glared at her twin who was smirking and holding back a cheer at their son.

"You better say what I think you are thinking!" Artemis hissed at Apollo who shrugged his shoulders but still with that smirk.

"You have to admit they are not the worst for each other. Even now they make each other happy and isn't that a parent role to want their children to be happy?" Apollo pointed out as he ignored Artemis tugging on his cheek and stretching it out.

Artemis gained a pained look as deep down she knew her child would be the only one that would be considered worthy of possibly having Zoe leave the hunt.

'Well in the sense her immortality would be forfeit.' Artemis amended as could and would not allow 'former' Hunters to rejoin even if their hearts were broken after losing her protection but retaining her maidenhood. AN3:

Artemis silently grimaced that Zoe was a child of Atlas like the Hesperides so she used to posses true immortality but when she was banished she was cursed to become essentially a demigod of Atlas. Then Zoe received the Hunters immortality when she swore her oath. AN4:

Artemis knew if Zoe did fall in love with Naruto, she and Naruto would allowed to follow the hunt like they currently did but Zoe would lose the blessings from the Hunters oath.

"Hush. My baby is still too young to think of those things." Artemis stated in denial as in her eyes nobody was worth the heart of her only child.

"Our child." Apollo reminded her as Artemis let his cheek go rolling her eyes.

"Our child." Artemis agreed.

The two Olympians turned to Naruto who coughed as they blinked realizing they had a small audience look at them with varying levels of amusement.

"Are we interrupting something?" Naruto asked unable to hide his smile at how pure and honest his parents acted around each other.

'Not sure what normal people would call my parents relationship though.' Naruto thought as he knew even by godly standards his living situation would be considered odd even without two gods taking care of one mortal child full time.

Artemis and Apollo blinked shaking their heads. Although they did sheepishly step a few feet apart as they realized they were standing right next to each.

Zoe had let go of Naruto but stood protectively next to him as Naruto red face had slowly returned to normal as the rush of having his face into his sister's chest started to wear off.

"Lady Artemis! Did lil Naruto's eyes and hair change to more match you? Or is this a mist thing?" Chloe asked excitedly.

The hunters besides Zoe finally seemed to notice their little brother had notable hair and eye changes that made him resemble his mother more.

"How cute! You look so handsome! Did it hurt?" were some of the voices of the hunters.

Artemis raised a hand up for silence.

"It was a result of my claiming. Naruto was originally claimed as a child of Apollo but when I added my claiming it appeared that his body matured or evolved to reflect his heritage as both of our child." Artemis announced as Naruto rubbed his head as his sisters started to gossip and fawn over him.

Yugito stood back stretching her back which had the side effect of making her mature chest bounce but luckily nobody noticed being focused on Naruto.

'So, these are Artemis-sama's hunters? They really do appear to be stuck in their teen years. I am not sure I would have accepted her offer if I had a choice. Being a teen forever does seem to be more a hindrance then anything else.' Yugito mused.

'Plus, no offense but I prefer to be able to eventually fall in love. There isn't anyone in mind but I would like that option if I chose it.' Yugito added as she assumed if she was offered, she would be reverted to a teen instead of a young woman and be forbidden to find love if she wanted to.

"You can join us now if you want Yugito-chan." Apollo joked as he appeared in behind Yugito making her jump to her feet and get into a defensive position.

"Right Yellow Flash of the Leaf." Yugito noted with a small chuckle at Apollo speed and ability to appear out of nowhere.

'No wonder why he was the only man that A-sama feared as well respected.' Yugito noted.

Yugito respect for Apollo grew somewhat when he had a rather fatherly expression on his face when he looked at her unlike most adult men besides A and B who openly leered at her developing body.

"Godly teleportation." Apollo corrected her but he did shrug his shoulder.

"Although Flying Rajin is much quicker especially in the heat of battle so I guess I do grant the title of Fastest mortal to Minato still." Apollo added with a thoughtful expression as Yugito smirked at his usage of third person when referring to Minato.

This little conversation finally caught the attention of the Hunters who saw a blonde woman who was unfamiliar to them in their camp. Instantly all the hunters silver bows with silver arrows were pointed at the Blonde woman as they looked suspiciously at her. AN5:

"Who are you?" Zoe asked as her hand was twitching to skewer the unknown woman. Despite common belief the Hunters could and would hurt women or girls especially if they were a threat to Artemis, Naruto, the hunt or even Apollo.

Artemis was about to tell them to lower their bows but everyone had to put a hand over their eyes as a yellow burst of light shone in the middle of the camp.

"No one touches her." Naruto voice stated calmly but notably much more serious and mature then his usual voice.

"Naruto?" Zoe asked in shock as everyone lowered the bows and arrows when they saw Naruto stand protectively in between the Hunt and Yugito.

But instead of his young, cute 12-year-old self it was Naruto in a mature 16-year body in a yellow cloak with the 'whiskers' on his face much more defined and bar shaped. His silver blue eyes were replaced with orange slits as he stared calmly at the hunt.

"Baby you didn't need to go to Kurama mode. I was just about to explain things." Artemis said exasperated but her eyes showed pride as she starred at her temporarily older son.

"Mother. Yugito and I are strong but the hunters arrows still hurt if they pierce us in our normal forms. In this form I wouldn't be hurt and could react if they released their arrows by accident." Naruto stated calmly as his coat part of his cloaked flowed as if there was invisible wind around him. He unintentionally also called Artemis 'mother' instead of 'Kaa-chan' or 'mom' as his body and mind matured while in Kurama mode.

All the hunters dismissed their bows as they gaped at their baby brother looking much closer to a man and showing power that made them instinctively want to submit and bow down.

'This feeling… Its like being around him while he was fighting… but so calm like he a force of nature that was ready to erupt.' Zoe thought in amazement as an imagine of Atlas fighting appeared in her mind. AN6:

'He accessed Kurama mode instantly this time instead of having to 'upgrade' from Chakra Mode. Has he gained mastery of this new power already?' Apollo thought as he looked at his son from the corner of his eye but his expression was a fatherly pride.

'Sheesh. This is a completely different level then the chakra mode B-sama and I helped Naruto develop before. I mean I am not a sensory type and even I can tell his chakra is off the roof.' Yugito thought impressed as she resisted giving an impressed whistle.

'Very much so Kitten. This chakra feels like a purified and enhanced chakra of Tailed Beast Mode. Just from this mode itself he is stronger then you and perhaps even B in Tailed Beast Modes.' Matatabi commented with interest with a purr. AN7:

However unknown to others Naruto was starting to sweat mentally.

'Okay maybe it was instincts back then but why is this mode draining so much more chakra than your original chakra mode?!' Naruto thought annoyed.

'Quiet Naruto. You didn't feel it when we fought that Puny War God but this mode does drain our reserves to a much higher level in return for much more power and speed. Don't worry though. With training and continued usages, we can reduce the downsides to a much lower level. Our bond is not perfect hence why chakra leaks out from the transformation itself.' Kurama explained from inside Naruto's seal.

'Hmm is there a problem that one of those other 'heroes' had to deal with when they to transform? It does seem very inefficient to lose massive amounts of energy just in the transformation itself and maintaining it?' Naruto joked as unknowingly referencing a manga/anime.

Meanwhile elsewhere in North America a young kid sneezed as were watching an episode of Dragon Ball Z where Goku and Gohan were 'mastering' the initial Super Saiyan form and improving on its flaw by reducing the Ki needed to transform and keep it active longer for lower energy costs.

"Naruto." Apollo called out as Naruto refocused on reality.

"Yes father?" Naruto replied.

"Power down my son." Apollo asked as Naruto raised an eyebrow.

Apollo pointed behind him as Naruto turned around and gasped.

Where there was only a few flowers and small trees was now hundreds of flowers and dozens of trees with the trees looking like they were in the prime of their existences as they stood tall and thick.

"What happened?" Naruto asked in surprise as Apollo looked serious.

"I believe its due to using Kurama Mode itself." Apollo theorized as he crossed his arms.

Artemis nodded and looked at Naruto expectantly.

Naruto sighed and took a breath. The chakra mode vanished as he shrunk down to his 12-year-old self and looked back. The trees and flowers remained but the other trees that were in the middle of growing stopped.

"How interesting. I have never seen something like this. Although legend states The First Hokage Wood Style would have similar effect on plant life but it was assumed it was due to the nature of Wood Style in itself." Yugito noted with an interested smile as she crossed her arms onto her ample bosom.

This action made several hunters frown in annoyance and some jealously at the pretty and busty blonde.

"My Lady. Not even us or you have such a drastic effect on natural plant life. Although perhaps Lady Demeter and Lord Dionysus might have an effect but only due to the domains themselves." Zoe commented as the hunt looked at Artemis expectantly.

"I believe Apollo is correct. Kurama Mode due to being a fusion of Kurama and Naruto chakras appear to contain a strong life force. Plants may naturally grow in their presence especially as this world nature itself is far less then in the Elemental Nations." Artemis mused as Naruto looked thoughtful.

The Hunters could not hide some envy as they did not go into the Elemental Nations with only Artemis, Apollo and Naruto going there and even then, on rare occasions.

"What about when I fought Ares? I don't think anything grew as at least Annabeth if not Grover would have mentioned it. Plus, Grover might have fainted if my 'life force' was as strong as you seem to think him being 'really into nature'." Naruto asked with a smirk near the end.

"It's a beach son." Apollo explained as Naruto rubbed his head in embarrassment.

'Right not a lot of plant life on a beach...' Naruto realized.

This cute action made most of the Hunters want to cuddle him while even Yugito seemed interested in patting his head or hugging him.

"Plus, Ares' aura of war and negativity probably made everyone too distracted to notice Kurama Mode life force leaking out." Artemis added with a frown on her beautiful face. She had never been on particularly good terms with the God of War (especially with his open interest in breaking her oath with him) but him targeting her baby boy made Ares basically cow dung in her eyes.

'But my Baby put him in his place.' Artemis thought proudly as Ares beaten body dumped into his temple made a smile on her face.

"Now that we are back on the right track. Yugito Nii is our guest. She is a Jinchuuriki like Naruto and even helped Naruto gain control of Nine Tails chakra. She has been approved by Lord Father Zeus to travel with us with the condition she does gain my blessing." Artemis explained as she had a slightly reproachful look at her hunters for aiming before asking questions.

'I suppose they got it from me.' Artemis silently admitted as she could now admit especially in Ancient Greece times, she had taught her hunters to assumed anyone not them was the enemy before asking for introductions.

The hunters looked rather sheepish especially when Naruto pouted at his sisters making them feel bad for almost attacking someone who Naruto looked close to.

Zoe stepped forward and took a knee.

"On belief of the hunters I apologize Yugito Nii. We were out of line and hope we can get along." Zoe said politely as she silently tried to ignore the feelings of annoyance.

'Why does she bother me so much even now?' Zoe thought as she refused and didn't know it was partly due to jealousy at how close Yugito and Naruto appeared to be. She also didn't know it was partly due to Yugito being more physically mature then her as she was slightly older physically as well.

The other Hunters soon took a knee to especially when Naruto tapped his foot silently and crossed his arms. As much as they didn't like a talking from Artemis they HATED disappointed their little brother.

Yugito looked them over and shrugged before a kind smile appeared on her face.

"Apology accepted. I am more surprised Lady Artemis and Lord Apollo did not tell you ahead of time." Yugito admitted.

When everyone turned to Apollo, he raised his hands in surrender.

"Hey. Artemis is the responsible one. Besides I was too into gushing over my little sunshine defeating Ares to think over little details like this." Apollo claimed as Naruto blushed slightly from the praise.

"Dad! Can you not act like it was a big deal!" Naruto whined as Apollo walked over and ruffled his hair with a laugh.

Chloe gasped as she heard the important part of Apollo speech.

"What do you mean 'defeating Ares'?!" Chloe shrieked as the Hunters instantly ran to Naruto and grabbed him. Each hunter seemed to grab a part of Naruto to check for injuries.

Yugito was rather amused at the display while Artemis sighed and Apollo face palmed but then smirked.

"We need to work on the sharing information thing." Apollo said to Artemis who frowned.

"I agree but this did happen rather suddenly all things consider." Artemis admitted as she let their son be glomped and smothered for another few minutes.

Artemis then clapped her hands as the Hunters reluctantly let their brother go who had blushed especially when Zoe grabbed his cheeks and stared into his eyes to check if everything was alright.

'Dammit… I am becoming like Dad was before… I never noticed how pretty Zoe-Nee-Chan face and eyes were before…' Naruto thought before shaking his head.

Artemis then explained the quest and Naruto piped in parts he was part of. The Hunters were of course outraged when Naruto explained how the mortal gang wanted to do inhumane things to Annabeth but cheered when Naruto successful scared them off using fear alone.

When it got to the part where Naruto was fighting Ares there wasn't a single Hunter who was not gasping at the story.

"You fought Ares in his Godly form?!" Phoebe asked shocked. She hated her father for his attitude and personality would grudgingly admit that he deserved his spot as one of the Olympians in sheer power.

"Yeah… My chakra mode was more or less equal to him although I think if we had fought and I didn't have to worry about anyone else… It would either end in a draw or at best I might be able to beat him. He didn't have to worry about stamina or damage in his Godly form to the same extent I did in Chakra mode." Naruto admitted as he thought over the fight from a neutral perspective. AN8:

"Don't put yourself down. No Demigod perhaps that brute Hercules could be able to match an Olympian in actual combat let alone when they are in their true Godly form." Apollo said gently as he patted Naruto on the shoulder.

"That's right. You have no idea how proud we were to see you match and defeat Ares when he was trying to kill you and all your friends." Artemis stated as Naruto smiled as he rested his head into Apollo's arms.

The hunters smiled at the sight as they shared smiles of pride and love towards their little brother.

"Well, my lovely daughters and Yugito-chan!" Apollo stated dramatically as the Hunters rolled their eyes but had small smiles on their faces at Apollo stating that the Hunt were his 'daughters'.

Apollo had released Naruto after a few minutes before Artemis swooped in to hug her baby boy into her chest.

"We have about 10 months or so before Naruto has to go back to Camp half Blood so let's enjoy it!" Apollo declared as the Hunt raised their arms in agreement.

Naruto tried to shout his agreement but was smothered by his mother so his vote was implicit.

'Mama's boy. Hmph to think with me inside of you we rival and will surpass the Gods of this world but you still will not say no to your mother.' Kurama thought drily before he had a small smile.

'But I suppose this isn't a bad way to live. Right Old Man?' Kurama thought as an imagine of the Sage of Six Paths appeared in his mind.

"This will be an interesting couple of months." Yugito mused as she followed Artemis as she carried her child in her arms as if he was a young toddler again with Naruto not resisting.

'Good thing Artemis-Sama and Apollo-Sama sent a Blood Clone back into Kumo to take my place and A-sama, C-san, Darui-san and B-sama know about it.' Yugito thought with a smirk.

The Blood Clone was a forbidden jutsu that Apollo and Artemis created that combined chakra and Godly power to create a fully functional clone that could theoretically 'die' like any real person. It even copied Tailed Beast chakra but did not create another tailed beast. Only they could perform the jutsu and unlike other clone jutsu only a single Blood Clone could exist at any one time of a person but the Blood Clone itself could still use jutsu like Shadow Clones.

The Yugito Blood Clone still took on missions and was 'Yugito' while the real Yugito was in the Olympian World with Naruto.

'A-sama really has changed for the better because of his respect for The 4th Hokage and Apollo-sama and to a lesser degree Artemis-sama.' Yugito mused as the old A would not have let one of his village jinchuuriki go but he agreed to it in a grumpy tone.

AN2: Remember to Zoe Naruto is not just the child of her Lady Artemis but Zoe's own little brother. She honestly sees nothing wrong with this.

AN3: Basically, confirming what Naruto said in chapter 22.

AN4: Basically, my in-canon reasoning on how Zoe could die in canon despite her heritage seemingly being a true immortal (the offspring of two immortals).

AN5: I know last chapter might have seemed like Yugito was brought to the hunt first but this chapter confirmed that she was brought to camp instantly as Apollo and Artemis can more or less freely make portals between the Elemental Nations and Earth. After they got permission off screen from Zeus of course.

AN6: He is 'possibly' more powerful than Titans in Kurama Mode but Zoe is just sensing Kurama mode while its 'non battle mode' instantly of powered up.

AN7: Again just Matatabi's personal opinion. B in tailed beast mode hasn't had a chance to battle Naruto in Tailed Beast Mode vs Kurama Mode yet.

AN8: Basically he is saying despite being more or less equal in sheer power to Ares in Chakra Mode he probably couldn't have inflicted enough damage to Ares to knock him out. While Ares possibly worn him out of the transformation by simply fighting him long enough. Of course, Ares would have been exhausted too but then Naruto in his base form would lose. Hence why the fight Naruto did take damage when he was caught off guard while Kurama Mode could do notable damage to Ares in his Godly Mode (as the gap disappeared and Naruto was now the conclusively stronger one).