Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we're starting off The Lightning Thief along with introducing another one of Kyoko's friends at camp and officially meeting Percy. So, without further ado.
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Kyoko sighed as she closed her manga, while she sat in the infirmary within the Big House.
Three days had passed since the unexpected arrival of Percy Jackson and his Satyr protector, Grover Underwood, with the former having remained unconscious the entire time and still showing no signs of waking up. Both Kyoko and Annabeth have been taking turns watching Percy, under Chiron's instructions, to see when he'll wake up.
Personally, while Kyoko found it annoying with how it cut into her training, she was also thankful for the break it gave her from studying Greek Mythology with Annabeth. Don't get her wrong, she likes hanging out with Annabeth, but Kyoko will forever despise book learning.
Kyoko mostly passed the time by reading manga and/or thinking up new ideas for attacks. She's currently reading "One Piece", having found the Devil Fruits and the powers that they grant to the people who eat them to be very interesting. Her personal favorite had to be the Mera Mera no Mi and hoped to be able to gain enough control over fire to use Ace's attacks, along with seeing if she can recreate other techniques and fighting styles, like the Rokushiki and Ryusoken for example.
'Maybe I should see about teaching the Black Leg Style to Cabin 9, should I be able to recreate it. Since it revolves around kicking, it would be the perfecting fighting style for them, since they won't have to worry about getting their hands injured.' Kyoko thought to herself, since the demigod children of Hephaestus tend to take after their father and become blacksmiths, builders and/or mechanics. So, having a fighting style where they won't have to worry about their hands and arms getting injured or crippled would be invaluable to them.
On another note, Annabeth had also introduced Kyoko to Grover, who also happened to be the Satyr that brought her and Luke to Camp Half-Blood. They immediately became good friends, with it helping that Kyoko has a connection to nature due to her Mokuton.
Shaking her head, Kyoko looked at the still unconscious Percy before letting out a sigh in boredom.
'If only I had a marker.' Kyoko thought morosely, since both Chiron and Annabeth made sure she didn't have anything on her when she was watching Percy
While Kyoko wouldn't call herself a prankster, she also was never one to resist the chance to screw with someone.
Deciding to take a break, Kyoko got up and went outside to the Pinochle table for another game. She immediately saw Mr. D and Chiron, who was currently in his wheelchair, sitting there upon arrival, with the former grumbled when he saw her, while the latter smiled as he gave her a nod. Annabeth was also there, and is currently leaning against the porch railing.
"Kyoko. How is Percy?" Chiron asked, wishing to know the status of his favorite student from Yancy Academy.
"Still unconscious, I figured I'd come out here for a game. Unless you're scared of losing again." Kyoko said with a smirking, as the latter statement as directed at Mr. D, whose eye was twitching.
"Sit down, Kimmie Ugawa." Mr. D said, already shuffling the deck, while Chiron did his best not to grin.
Kyoko merely smirked and sat down. Mr. D's annoyance came from the fact that every time Kyoko played Pinochle, she won. Every. Single. Time. It was infuriating to the god as he couldn't win even one game, nor tell if she was bluffing with her cards. Though given that she learned to mask her emotions from her father, it wasn't really a surprise.
There were times when Mr. D was tempted just to quit and not play against her, but his pride as both a god and an Olympian, plus his disdain for demigods in general, made it so he can't accept losing to Kyoko until he could beat her at least once.
Chiron had even once joked that Kyoko must be blessed by Tyche, given her luck.
"Okay, but don't start crying when I win again, Daisuke." Kyoko said while taking her cards, making Mr. D's eye twitching again at the nickname.
It was something Kyoko had taken to doing after getting tired of Mr. D purposefully mispronouncing her name, with her now doing the same to him.
"Annabeth, you wanna play?" Kyoko asked, with the blonde girl giving her a deadpan look that spoke loudly of her response.
Kyoko merely pouted, before shrugging. She'll corrupt her eventually.
*Later*
Kyoko smirked as she looked at Mr. D, who's eye was now twitching madly as he looked at her cards, showing she had won yet again.
"You cheated." Mr. D stated, more so trying to convince himself than anything, while Kyoko merely rolled her eyes.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Said Kyoko, before looking over her shoulder when she heard footsteps and saw Grover, as well as Percy surprisingly, up and walking.
"Mr. Brunner!" Percy said in shock, when he recognized his Latin teacher sitting with the small a porky guy that looked like he's had too much to drink, and a black-haired girl that Percy vaguely recognized.
"Ah good, Percy. Now we have four for pinochle." Chiron said joviously.
"No!" Mr. D said rather quickly, before coughing to cover it up.
"I mean, Utukawa already played. You take her place." Mr. D said, while pointing at Grover, who bleated nervously.
"You just don't want to lose again, Donnie." Kyoko taunted, before standing up and facing the two boys.
"Welcome to camp and good luck, you're gonna need it." Kyoko said, while patting Percy on the shoulder, with her words doing nothing to reassure the confused boy of what's happening.
Kyoko gave Annabeth a wave, before heading down to the arena to catch up on her training. Especially since she won't be working on her more dangerous or difficult techniques today, so she won't need the privacy of training in the forest.
Though on the way there, Kyoko stopped by the pegasus and horse stables to visit one of her friends, with the Uchiha soon smiling when she found who she was looking for. A girl her age, who is very beautiful with long black hair and blue eyes, while wearing the standard orange camp shirt, jeans, and boots.
"Hey Silena." Kyoko greeted, getting the girls attention from brushing one of the pegasi.
Looking in her direction, Silena smiled before walking over and hugging Kyoko, which the Uchiha returned.
"Kyoko, it's good to see. How are you? Is the new camper awake?" Silena asked once they separated.
Silena Beauregard, a daughter of Aphrodite, and one of the rare few that wasn't shallow, conceited, or obsessed with her looks. She was a surprisingly nice girl, who also wasn't afraid to stick up for herself or getting dirty. Again, unlike the rest of her siblings.
They had met during Kyoko's first visit to the stables, with Silena offering Kyoko some flying lessons, to which Kyoko had politely refused. Mostly because she didn't want to tempt fate by being in her stepfather's domain. Though she did come by every now and then to help Silena tend to the pegasi and horses, which she was thankful for, especially when Kyoko had her clones helping, as well. She also gave Silena some lessons on hand-to-hand combat and using weapons, given she was willing to learn how to fight.
Plus, Kyoko was interested in Silena's Charmspeak ability, with how similar it was to Genjutsu, and wanted to see if she could replicate it with the said Ninja Art.
"I'm good and the new kid just woken up. I'm sure either Chiron or Annabeth will be showing him around soon. What about you?" Kyoko asked, while grabbing a brush and began helping Silena groom the pegasi and horses
"Same, just the usual problems." Silena said in exasperation as she thought of the said problems.
"Let me guess, the problem being tall, Asian, and wears an entire stores worth of makeup." Kyoko said in disdain, while Silena let out a sigh.
"Come on, sure Drew can be, um…" Silena trailed off, while trying to think of something in her half-sisters defense, as even if Drew can be rude and obnoxious, she's still her sister.
"Rude, arrogant, narcissistic, and a pathologically condescending tyrant." Kyoko listed in a deadpan tone.
If there was one demigod Kyoko hated, it was Drew Tanaka. She embodied everything Kyoko hated about girls her age, only caring about her looks and using her looks to get boys to fall in love with her, only to break their hearts afterwards.
Kyoko knew for a fact that if Drew, or any of Aphrodite's children for that matter, besides Silena, had been born in the Elemental Nations, they wouldn't have lasted a day on the battlefield before they were slaughtered, or worse.
"… Okay, I see you're point." Silena muttered after she couldn't think of a rebuttal, while knowing Drew was all those things.
"So, what about the new kid, did he really kill the Minotaur?" Silena asked, with Kyoko shrugging in response.
"I guess, he had a horn with him. But I think it was just luck." Said Kyoko, since from what she saw, Percy didn't really look like much of a fighter.
"Still, it's amazing that he was even able to kill it without a weapon." Said Silena, since most demigods would need a weapon to kill a monster like the Minotaur.
"Well, we'll see soon if he can dance or if he'll miss his steps." Said Kyoko, with Silena covering her mouth, but a few giggles still escaped, making the Uchiha look at her.
"Sorry, it's just, I don't think I've heard anyone refer to fighting as a 'dancing'." Silena said, despite having gotten used to how her friend refers to things differently than others.
Kyoko just shrugged at her words. That was how her dad always talked, referring to fighting as dancing, and she saw it as the same way.
After helping Silena tend to the rest of the pegasi and horses, Kyoko waved fair well to her friend and headed for the arena, like she originally planned.
On the way there, Kyoko passed by the Hearth that's at the center of the cabins and spotted a girl, that looked to be around her age, tending to it. She had blue eyes and black hair that was tied into twin pigtails that reached her mid-thighs, with the accessory having blue and white petals, along with a bell-shaped ornament. As for her attire, she wore a white mini-dress with two blue ribbons, one was tied around her neck and the other tied under her breasts, with their size emphasizing her small frame, while also wearing a pair of white gloves, as well.
Though, rather than being worried about her being so close to the flames, Kyoko smiled as she knew who it was from the aura of warmth and familial love surrounding her.
'Aunt Hestia.' Kyoko thought.
As if hearing her thoughts, Hestia looked at Kyoko with her bright blue eyes flickering with the flames and looked at the Uchiha in surprise. Waving at the petite goddess, Kyoko continued on to the arena.
*Later*
Kyoko walked alongside the rest of Cabin Eleven, with the new addition of Percy Jackson, as they made their way to the Dining Pavilion.
It was annoying, sitting at the overcrowded table when there were four perfectly good empty tables, two of which are hopefully never going to be used and the third was only used when the Hunters showed up.
'You'd think Artemis would at least allow the unclaimed female demigods to use her cabin when the Hunters aren't here, given she's the "Protector of Young Maidens" and all that.' Kyoko thought, while rolling her eyes as the Wood Nymphs came out of their trees and began setting food on the tables.
Kyoko immediately grabbed a bowel of ramen, while having her cup filled up with lemonade.
Though before they could eat, they had to offer some of the food to their godly parents.
'Mom and Hestia.' Kyoko thought as she gave her own offering.
She always made an offering to her mom and her aunt Hestia, with the latter being so the eldest Olympian knew she wasn't forgotten.
Once everyone made their offerings and had sat down, Chiron and Mr. D announced the activities for the week. Including the Capture the Flag Game on Friday, before ending things by introducing Percy as a new camper, with Chiron needing to correct Mr. D on his name.
After everyone ate, they all returned to their cabins to rest for the morning.
*Timeskip-Three Days*
Percy groaned as he was once again knocked to the ground with Kyoko standing over him, with a Celestial Bronze katana in her hand.
"You're getting better, you've lasted longer this time." Kyoko said as they were currently in Percy's first sword-fighting lesson.
Percy just gave her a blank look.
"I lasted a minute. Last time it was thirty seconds." Percy stated dryly.
"Which is still better and that's what matters, no matter how short the spar is, the only thing that's important is that you're improving. How's the sword by the way?" Kyoko said, while pulling Percy up as he looked at his sword, which was a medium length xiphos sword.
"Better, but it still doesn't feel right." Said Percy, since out of all the practice swords that were available, this one felt the most right, but it still felt somewhat off in his hand.
The day after he had arrived at Camp Half-Blood, Percy was immediately pulled into attending all the camp activities. In the morning, he studied Ancient Greek alongside Kyoko with Annabeth as their teacher, with Percy finding out that Annabeth was right about his dyslexia, finding it easier to read Ancient Greek, at least easier than English.
After that, it was archery with Chiron, with Percy learning that he had no talent in it, given he almost accidently shot Chiron's tail. Kyoko, however, showed she was the opposite, though instead used kunai, shuriken, and senbon, while expertly throwing them at all the targets.
It was the same with all the other activities.
In Foot Racing, Kyoko blew past all of them with ease, even the Wood Nymph instructors, who were upset, given they've had centuries of experience by running from lovesick gods.
Wrestling? The only ones who dared get in the ring with Kyoko were the Ares kids, and they always ended up being sent flying out by her crazy strength.
The only thing Percy seemed to excel at was canoeing, which wasn't really a heroic skill, but even then, Kyoko was able to do something better. After all, who needed a canoe when you can just walk across water.
Percy also knew that the older campers and counselors were watching him, trying to figure out who his father was, but no one could figure it out. He couldn't fight like Ares's kids, he wasn't good at archery like Apollo's, didn't have any talent in blacksmithing like the Hephaestus's kids, or gods forbid Dionysus's ability with strawberries or grapes. Luke had suggested that he might be a child of Hermes, but Percy figured that was just him trying to make him feel better.
It was even more of a mystery in regards to who Kyoko's godly parent was, given her talent in all activities and the fact her godly parent was her mother. Most would have guessed she was a child of Athena, but she wasn't blonde or have grey eyes, she wasn't obsessed with beauty or clothes like Aphrodite's children, though most did assume that she was a daughter of Demeter when they saw her using the Mokuton, only she wasn't claimed. It was a mystery that no one was able to figure out, so far.
It was now Thursday with Percy's first sword-fighting class, with Kyoko and Luke as the instructors.
The practice sword Percy originally had didn't feel right in his hand, so Kyoko got him several to try until he found one that worked.
It soon came time for sparring, with Kyoko announcing that Percy would be her partner.
What followed was Percy losing count of how many times Kyoko knocked him down again and again, with Percy failing to land even a single hit on her. Though this is to be expected, given Kyoko was trained by her parents since she could walk, and let it be known that Madara and Hera Uchiha were absolute slave drivers.
"Though I doubt that I'd be able to get a hit in or manage to keep up, even if I had a sword that was right for me." Percy said, before one of their cabinmates spoke up.
"Kyoko's the best swordswoman at camp. Before, Luke was the best swordsman in the last five hundred years, until she managed to break his streak." The camper said, with Percy looking at Luke in surprise as the older camper nodded in confirmation.
"She laid me flat on my back more times than I care to admit." Luke admitted, willing to accept that Kyoko was the superior fighter.
"Don't sell yourself short, Luke. Besides I'm actually not that good at fighting with only one sword, I prefer dual wielding." Kyoko said humbly, not wanting to be praised when she's not even fighting at her best.
The made Percy gulp, given he's seen how good Kyoko is at using one sword, he definitely didn't want to see what she can do with two.
"That's just like you. The strongest demigod at camp, who could probably take all of us on, and you say your skills aren't good enough." Said Travis Stoll, a son of Hermes and a resident prankster, along with his younger brother, Connor.
"You're standards for fighting are more ridiculous than the girls in Cabin Tens standards for their looks. Just how strong do you need to be, until you're satisfied?" Connor asked as he rolled his eyes.
Kyoko just shrugged as she doubts, she'll ever reach that point. It was something she inherited from her father, her perfectionist attitude. They'd always keep at something until they mastered it, whether it's be Jutsu, Taijutsu styles, weapons, anything they set their minds to, they wouldn't stop until they had it mastered.
After a short break they got back to sparring, though Kyoko narrowed her eyes in confusion when she saw Percy looked completely rejuvenated after pouring water over his head.
'Interesting.' Kyoko thought.
Without hesitation, Kyoko went after Percy, only to be surprised when he managed to block her thrust and he seemed to be moving more fluidly. She deflected Percy's thrust, before narrowing her eyes again and decided to try a little harder.
Kyoko watched as Percy seemed to react on pure instinct and the next thing she knew, her katana was knocked out of her hands, much to the shock of everyone watching.
"Um, sorry?" Percy said nervously, not really sure how he did that.
Picking up sword, Kyoko looked at Percy with a strange look.
"Do that again." Said Kyoko, wanting to test a theory she now has.
Another spar went by, with Percy lying on the ground once again. The campers muttered how it must have been beginners luck; Kyoko, however, had other thoughts.
'He suddenly became rejuvenated after he poured water on himself and managed to disarm me. There's also that incident with the toilet when he first arrived, both incidents involved him being near or in contact with water.' Kyoko thought worriedly.
She was beginning to think that Percy was the child of a deity that's related to water. If that's the case, she hopes it's a minor god, otherwise there's a chance Percy may be the son of Poseidon. If that's true and Poseidon broke his oath like Zeus, then Kyoko was starting to understand why her mother contacted her this early.
Kyoko just hopes she's wrong, otherwise things will be getting a lot more complicated.
*Timeskip-One Day*
Kyoko sighed in boredom, as she sat in front of the flag. It was Friday night, meaning it was time for Capture the Flag and Annabeth had stuck her with the boring job of guarding the flag. It was boring, but Kyoko understood why Annabeth put her here, she is one of the stronger members of the team and can deal with anyone that tries taking the flag.
'Doesn't mean I have to enjoy it.' Kyoko thought boredly, as her head rested against her hand.
Thankfully though, Kyoko soon heard the conch horn, making her sigh in relief as the game was over.
Getting up, Kyoko headed to the border to see who had managed to grab the flag. Though when Kyoko arrived, she stopped and immediately began to mentally curse at she saw.
"It is determined. Poseidon, Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God." Chiron announced as all the demigods bowed to Percy, who had a holographic green trident floating above his head.
'Well shit.' Kyoko thought.
Though her attention was turned away from Percy's claiming, to a loud roar as a Hellhound jumped out of the woods straight towards Percy.
"Get down!" Kyoko shouted.
Faster than anyone could blink Kyoko had appeared in front of Percy, while the Hellhound split in half as it dissolved into dust.
"Another one?!" Annabeth said, shocked that another Hellhound appeared.
"Another one?" Asked Kyoko, while frowning.
"A Hellhound, it appeared and Percy killed it, then he was… was… was…was…. Di Immortales…" Annabeth stuttered as she looked at Kyoko with wide eyes and turned deathly pale.
"What?" Kyoko asked as she looked around to see all the demigods, Satyrs, and Nymphs looking at her with shocked and pale expressions, with Grover having fallen over in a cold faint.
Mr. D looked at his drink with wide eyes, before taking a quick sip to make sure he hadn't somehow summoned something with alcohol.
"Nope, definitely Diet Coke. I'm definitely not seeing things." Mr. D muttered with wide eyes.
Kyoko was confused and worried about what was going on, until Percy tapped her shoulder, getting her attention before pointing above her head. Looking, Kyoko's immediately eyes widen, as floating above head was a holographic pink peacock feather.
'Oh no.' Kyoko thought in dread.
Chiron was the first snap out of his shock and shakily raised his arms.
"I-It is determined. H-Hera, Q-Queen of Olympus, Queen of H-Heaven, P-Patron of W-Women, G-Goddess of Ma-Marriage, Mo-Motherhood, Fa-Family, Home, and Ch-Childbirth! Hail Kyoko Uchiha, Daughter of the Queen!"
The demigods bowed again, only this time they all looked terrified, given they might now be standing in what might potentially be ground zero, for when Zeus finds out his wife cheated on him and had a demigod.
Meanwhile, Kyoko mentally cursed up and down. This wasn't supposed to happen, the plan was to wait until she was sixteen or eighteen, so she can have a few years to get strong enough to protect herself from Zeus and his anger, along with anything he might send after her. And putting aside the Oath on the River Styx, surely Poseidon claiming Percy as his son wouldn't be enough to warrant her mother throwing that plan out the window and claiming her this early.
Just what was going on?
So, what did you think, good. Yep Percy has arrived at camp and has seen a little of just how skilled Kyoko is along with seeing Kyoko meeting with Silena, not to mention she's seen her Aunt Hestia, who's appearance is based off of her counterpart from "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?", along with paying tributes to both her mom and Hestia. Finally we had Capture the Flag with two claiming's, Percy by Poseidon and Kyoko by Hera. Now Kyoko is wondering what is happening to make her mom claim her this early. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
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