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Reading: Son of the Earthshaker
II
"I'll go next," Jason said to Percy. He was a bit eager to see more, hopefully not get anymore embarrassed than he already was.
"Alright," Percy said. He handed the book over and settled back into his seat to enjoy.
"Enter." Terminus said to the two boys, the gates of the camp slowly opening out to them. Once they were open, the statue continued. "Go to the Praetors' Chambers. They await you and you will address them appropriately. Timothy, from the First Cohort, son of Mars
"Whoo!" Ares cheered like a frat boy. Frank cheered alongside him, showing no shame as he did.
and Rachel, also from the First, daughter of Victoria."
"Talk about prestigious leaders." Reyna nodded in approval.
"No kidding," Piper said with a small blink. She turned to her boyfriend. "Were they your real predecessors?"
"No." Jason sighed. "It is a good combo, though. That sort of parentage meant for a good few years of service."
"You guys are way too superstitious," Leo said with a roll of his eyes.
"Rache and Timmy, got it." Naruto said.
"…I can just tell this one will have issues." Reyna commented, but there was an amused smile on her face.
The two guards posted on the outside of the gate snorted in amusement while Jason tilted his head at them. He missed their presence, and so did Naruto by his fellow blond's reaction to their noise. Lupa would be disappointed in that.
Jason shivered. "Oh yeah she would."
"You're four." Piper reminded him.
"So?"
Terminus rolled his eyes and looked at the guards.
"Take them, keep it quiet and don't disrupt anything unless absolutely necessary." He said. The guards nodded and the taller guard turned.
"So bossy." Percy groaned.
"Follow me." He said, leading the sons of Jupiter and Neptune through the camp to the Praetors' Chambers. Naruto saw several other Terminus statues as he looked around. All of them were either holding different conversations with other kids older than the two blonds, or they were barking out orders.
"I know," Hazel nodded. "It's very weird at first."
Either way, it baffled Naruto how all of the statues were alive. Naruto was forced to stop walking when he walked right into the stopped form of his guide.
"There's Poseidon's clumsiness. Interesting, and here I thought Percy Jackson would be the only one to have that." Athena smirked when Poseidon and Percy glared or frowned at her respectively.
"Ow! Why'd you stop!?" he asked the guard, getting a smirk from him.
"Wait here." He said, going up the steps into the large building they were stopped outside.
"Meanie." Naruto said, repeating a word he heard another child use.
"They are very mean," Percy said with a nod of agreement.
"He's just doing his job." Jason said, making Naruto frown.
"Of course. Even as a little kid, Jason would be the voice of reason." Leo rolled his eyes.
"Someone has to be." Jason pointed out.
"Psh, we're demigods. Reason is overrated."
"Doesn't mean he gets to be mean."
"He's got a point, Jason."
"Not really, Percy."
Before Jason could retort, the guard returned and towered over the two. "The Praetors and the Augur will see you now. Follow me."
"I wonder who the Augur is." Percy scowled.
"Octavian wasn't even there yet, Percy." Jason pointed out.
"Still…"
"Yes," Reyna sighed. "He did give the title a bad name."
"Understatement of the century." Apollo snorted. He blamed his legacy's smooth tongue on his current punishment, even if Zeus was the one who overreacted.
They walked up the steps, following the guard as he entered the large building. Statues of tall men and women surrounded them, empty spaces where other statues could be outnumbering the amount of currently occupied ones. Naruto was in awe, openly gaping at them as his poor unfocused mind tried to take them all in.
"It is very cool." Jason nodded along with the others as the gods beamed, even if Roman statues, it was still them.
Jason stopped Naruto this time before the son of Neptune could walk into the guard again. Both boys stood at attention before the Praetors.
"So, these are the two that have caused Terminus to nearly pass a cow?" The amused male Praetor, Timothy, asked, a thick Texan drawl in his voice. He was tall, muscular and brutishly handsome. His head was shaved down to the skin and two hard brown eyes with a bit of malice in them looked over the two blond boys.
"…Wow, Frank didn't seem like that at all at first." Percy whistled as the not so husky anymore. The Canadian glared at him.
"Thank you, Percy."
"I try."
"I don't see what makes them so impressive."
"Say what?" Jason asked with narrowed eyes.
"Think, Tim. You have a brain in there somewhere." The other Praetor, Rachel, said, also looking over the boys.
"If he's a son of Mars, then yes." Frank nodded, getting Ares to glare at him for that remark.
She was a beautiful teenage girl with chocolate colored skin and dark hair that cascaded down over her shoulders. Light forest green eyes looked over the boys with an impressed glaze to them.
"She's hot," Leo said with a grin. Apollo grinned at the pun.
"You say that about every pretty face."
"So?" The pyro asked Piper.
"You have a girlfriend?"
"...I can admire beauty, Piper. Geez."
"Pig." Thalia scoffed.
"Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, and Naruto Uzumaki, son of Neptune. Two sons of the two kings on Olympus' council, what does this mean for our camp?"
"Good things." Jason said. He had a feeling of who Naruto was and he knew what he would be capable of.
"We could ask our resident Augur." Tim said, snorting at the title.
"Show some respect you little brat." Apollo frowned as Ares snickered.
Rachel rolled her eyes and looked to the left at the girl that walked over to them. Naruto and Jason followed her gaze and looked at the girl just twice their age, but still very beautiful. A long blonde braid fell over one shoulder while two light blue eyes looked at the son of the sky and the son of the sea. She hummed for a moment before smiling pleasantly.
"…Why couldn't we have her as our Augur?" Hazel groaned. "She looks like such a nice person. Just at a glance you can tell!"
"Because we have terrible luck?" Frank said, and that got some nods from the other Romans.
And Percy.
"A son of Jupiter is a gift of great fortune, but combined with a son of the Earthshaker, quite the mixed signal." She said, her voice light.
"Very mixed, this signal is." Apollo said with a nod. He grimaced when Artemis frowned at him.
"Stop. Using. That. Voice." She growled.
Her smile hadn't died once as she continued. "But, I believe two strong additions to the Legion are given to us, nothing more and nothing less. Lupa would've never let a threat come to camp."
"They're weak." Tim said, frowning. His words had Naruto scowling and Jason glaring at the son of Mars.
"They're four!" Annabeth exclaimed in outrage. "What does he want? Would he like them to be tiny little buff boys?"
Percy snickered at the thought along with the other demigods.
Ares stroked his chin. "You know..."
"It's physically impossible and not to mention bad for their growth," Apollo said. Athena nodded along with him.
Ares scoffed. Spoilsports.
"Of course they're weak." Rachel said, shaking her head. "Think, Tim. Think.
"Guess Mars' children aren't that smart after all." Athena said, which caused Frank to frown at her.
They are blank slates to be sculpted into the pinnacle of Roman men."
"Hoorah!" the Romans cheered before they burst into laughter.
"Show them the tusks." The guard said softly to Jason during the Praetor's argument, prompting him to show Rachel his trophy. Naruto quickly followed Jason's example, raising his chipped tusk eagerly in front of Tim.
"Suck it, Tim."
"Percy, that's my brother," Frank said.
"So? He can still suck it."
"What're these?" Tim asked, taking the tusks and looking them over. "Ivory. Thirty years by the weight. Monster from the smell...A son of Ermy's boar."
"The Erymanthian Boar? Not an easy feat." Rachel said,
"The son of that thing?" Percy blinked along with Thalia. Wow, their little brothers did good work.
making Tim's brow crinkle in thought. "Do you see? They show potential. Lupa must have foreseen it."
"Hey, hey, I'm the Seer here." Apollo frowned. "Lupa has no such gift, thank you very much."
"We may need a new one." Zeus mused. Apollo sent him a worried look.
"What is that supposed to mean!?"
"Oh, nothing."
Apollo did not like the sound of that.
"Yes, but the last time we had a legacy-!"
"Bah," Poseidon huffed. "It wasn't like he even had that power! You Romans can be such a paranoid lot."
"Sorry." The few Romans mumbled. They did not want to incur the wrath of the sea god.
"The Earthshaker wouldn't have had a sire if he'd have thought we'd reject him." Rachel cut her fellow Praetor off.
"Exactly, I like this one." The Earthshaker nodded.
She took the tusks and gave them back to the boys. "Together they fought, so together they shall remain. I doubt they have letters of recommendation."
"The Third will take Jason without one, but I am not sure of Naruto." The Augur said sadly. "I believe he would do no harm intentionally, but my word would only get so much pull."
"No, don't separate them!" Hazel pouted. "They're so cute together!"
"Fifth please." Jason said. He needed to be in the Fifth. It just wouldn't be right.
"If I may, Praetors. Abigail." The guard spoke up, stepping into the light and removing his helmet, showing a boy around the Augur's age with wild black hair and blue eyes. "I believe the Fifth will accept the both of them."
"I like this." Jason nodded as Frank and Hazel grinned along with him.
"You're Zachary, Fortuna's son, yes?" Tim asked, getting a nod. "Why should we place them in the Fifth and not the Fourth? We could separate them if we must."
"Tyche's kid?" Hermes said thoughtfully. "Man, Victory and Luck? Good mix for that generation."
"Call me Zack. Praetor, I don't want to insult you, but please listen to your fellow Praetor when she speaks." Zack said, getting an amused smile from Rachel and a grunt from Tim. "I know when bad luck is around, and nothing of the sort lingers over the son of Neptune.
"Thank you!" Poseidon said with a huff. Honestly, a few quakes and your rep is ruined.
And as Rachel said, the two worked together, probably raised together with Lupa."
"We're pack-brothers." Naruto cut in proudly, Jason getting a bit of a flush at his friend's daring interruption.
"Aww." The females cooed while Jason looked a tad embarrassed.
"Shut up!" he hissed to his fellow blond. Only Tim seemed to be insulted at this, Rachel and Abigail both looked amused more than anything. Zach grinned back at his leaders.
"Definitely going to have problems." Reyna laughed softly.
"See what I mean? They are brothers in everything but blood.
"Technically they are cousins," Nico said.
Besides, you really don't want to waste the Fourth Cohort's time with raising children, do you?" he asked.
"Great, the Fifth is now on diaper duty." Hazel commented as Jason looked at her. "The mighty diapers of Jason Grace of course."
"I'm sure he has a storm brewing down there," Poseidon said, getting everyone to laugh while Jason and Zeus looked red. One flushed out of embarrassment and the other out of anger.
"A fair point." Tim said, huffing. He waved them off and crossed his arms. "Fine. Do what you want. Get them initiated and put 'em in the Fifth. But one lick of trouble comes from the sea-born boy and he's done."
"Brat." Poseidon glared at the son of Mars along with Percy.
"I'll see to it that he doesn't." Zack said, saluting the Praetors before turning to the boys. "Come with me, Naruto, Jason."
"I would like to come, too." Rachel said, putting her hand on Tim's arm lightly before leading the guard and the newcomers out of the room. Abigail left after bowing to the other Praetor, leaving him alone in the room. Tim huffed and went back to his chambers, a frown on his face.
"Those two are going to cause problems...I just know it." He said, having a gut feeling about their presence.
"He isn't wrong." Percy supplied, as that got some laughs.
"There, there, Jason. It's done. No more tears." Rachel said, giving the small boy comfort through a hug as he hiccupped out tears after getting his father's symbolic eagle tattooed into his arm.
"I'll kill them all!" Thalia snarled and her eyes sparked.
"Thalia, no killing the Romans." Jason frowned at his sister.
"They branded you! A four year old! What the hell is wrong with those people?!"
"Everything." Athena told her, getting eye rolls as Jason tried to calm his sister before he continued to read.
Naruto was faring no better, not screaming in pain, but crying heavily as the mark of the trident was burnt into his arm.
"Ouch," Percy winced, rubbing the phantom pain on his own tattoo. Poseidon frowned a bit at Percy's reaction to seeing Neptune's son in pain.
It was a bit unusual to have to comfort a new member of the Legion like this, but she understood that they were still very young.
"At least someone does." Piper huffed, honestly, this macho stuff was so old.
She had cried when she scraped her knee after learning to ride a bike, and that was a good three years before she even knew she was to be a member of the Legion.
"We're done, Naruto." Zack said, putting the instruments of pain away after marking on the small boy's arm. "There, see? I told you it would be over fast."
"Like a booster shot, just burned into your skin instead of a prick." Leo said jokingly.
"...Leo, a booster shot is like a hard pinch. This is burning flesh." Piper pointed out.
"...Er...well, uh, a booster shot to me?"
"That makes more sense."
"It hurts." Naruto said, tears rolling down his cheeks and sniffling as he held his arm at the elbow, looking at the mark of his father. The large trident was carefully etched into his skin, hard to miss above the signature SPQR.
"Getting a tattoo at four, his mom won't flip at that at all." Percy said with a laugh until he realized his mom might be a tad upset with him for his own.
"Yes, but you'll both be stronger for it." Rachel said, wiping away the tears from Jason's eyes. She continued softly. "Enough crying, Jason. You must be strong now. Members of the Legion do not cry."
"He can cry if he wants, you moron." Thalia huffed with crossed arms. She was not at all pleased with this scene.
"O-Okay." Jason said, sniffling like his friend. His emotional struggle had caused a storm to brew over the camp, though the heavy rain hadn't been able to pierce whatever magical field protected it.
"A four year throws a fit with a thunder storm…where have I seen that before?" Poseidon rubbed his beard in mock thought while Zeus glared at him.
He did not throw fits!
He wiped his tears away and tried to make the pain go away through sheer will.
"Alright, now for the worse part." Zack said, holding a wet cloth for Naruto's burn. He had to clean it so it would heal properly. "If Abby was here this would go smoother."
"She has to consult the Senate about the tremors, you know that." Rachel said, watching as the water was introduced to Naruto's arm. Unlike Jason, he didn't shriek in surprised pain when it was put on his arm. He seemed to actually sigh in relief, making Rachel arch a brow in interest.
"Water healing for the win." Percy grinned while Jason pouted.
"Lucky him, that thing hurt like hell when I was younger." Jason mumbled.
"What was that?" Thalia asked.
"Nothing, Thalia..."
"Wow, kiddo. You've got some thick skin to handle this." Zack said, cleaning away the dead skin from Naruto's arm. "There. Now we're done for sure. Welcome to the Legion, Naruto Uzumaki."
"T-Thank you." Naruto said, sniffing as he held his arm protectively. An instinct Jason was following, favoring his arm as well.
"Present your barcodes to us." Leo said in a mock German voice, getting a glare from Hades.
"Very funny." He said dryly.
"Now come. Zack will take you to the Fifth Cohort." Rachel said, standing and nodding to the guard, who bowed lightly as she left.
"You're not coming with us?" Jason asked, a bit sad over that. Rachel gave him a small smile.
"Aw, getting attached to her already, Jason?"
"Shut up, Leo." Jason flushed a bit. She was nice to him, it was only natural for the younger him to want her around.
"Not today. I will visit you tomorrow after you have rested." She said. With a final goodnight to the two newest members of the Legion, the Praetor returned to her chambers, her mind racing with the possibilities that these two could do in battle.
"A lot." Everyone but Percy and Jason deadpanned.
"C'mon, guys." Zack said, putting his hands on the two four-year-old's backs and leading them to a small building with a large V above it. Zack opened the door to quiet conversations, all eyes turning to face him and the newcomers.
"Legionnaire." A short boy with a mechanical right arm said, nodding at Zack from where he sat at a table where a card game was going on.
"So, what do you think ate it?"
"Nico!"
He had short blond hair and emerald green eyes that had specks of black in them. "Who're the kids?"
"Centurion-"
"No formalities, Zack. That's my job." The Centurion said, smirking as he crossed his mechanical arm over his real one.
"That's kinda cool." Leo admitted, but he still liked his real arm.
"Edward." Zack said as he rolled his eyes and put his hands on the blondes' heads. "These are the two newcomers I'm sure everyone's heard about."
"The sons of Jupiter and Neptune?" Edward asked, looking at both critically.
"Judging eyes." Hermes whispered, getting a few snickers.
"Yes." Zack said, nodding. "Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, and Naruto Uzumaki, son of Neptune."
"...Is he...?" a member of the cohort asked from the side. Zack shook his head.
Poseidon grumbled a bit.
"No. Naruto has no bad luck on him. The Praetors have assigned them to us." Zack said.
"...Have I mentioned that I really like this boy?"
"No, Poseidon," Hestia said with an amused smile.
"Oh, well, I really like this boy." Poseidon grinned lightly.
Edward snorted and leaned back in his chair. "Great. Not only are we on latrine duty most of the time, but now we're on diaper watch." He sighed and stood up. "Guess I should be the one to say it. Welcome, Jason Grace and Naruto Uzumaki. I am Centurion Edward Allen, son of Trivia
"Magic boy, huh?" Thalia scoffed with a roll of her eyes. Great, she hated magic.
and co-leader of the Fifth Cohort. The other Centurion is on watch tonight so you'll meet her tomorrow. Find a bunk and get some rest, you've got a big day ahead of ya."
"In other words boys," Zack said, grinning as he patted their heads. "Welcome to your new home."
"Home is where the heart is," Hestia said fondly and the Romans smiled.
"Three years have passed since their arrival." A member of the Second Cohort said softly as he put on his armor, catching the attention of a young girl sitting at a table behind the speaker. "And we've yet to have a game against the whole Fifth. Favoritism from the Praetors?"
"Maybe." Hazel mused.
"It hardly seems fair to send little boys out to fight," Thalia said scathingly. "Let them grow at least."
Jason frowned. He wasn't little.
"You kidding me?" asked another seated boy. "Those runts would get killed faster than you could call Pluto. If anything, the Praetors have been keeping Jupiter's wrath from falling upon us."
"He speaks the truth." Zeus nodded, like he would want to lose his son to a war game if he wasn't ready for it.
"Like that would matter if the other one died. He's bad luck."
"Little fucker."
"Poseidon!" Hestia chided her brother.
"No sister, that was crossing the line."
"I know, but still! Watch your language."
"Yes, Hestia."
"Don't let the Augur hear you say that. She'll have the gods against you in an instant."
"Boom." Apollo made a gun gesture with his fingers. "Headshot."
"Shame she's going to be giving up her job for a seat soon."
"Her apprentice is a member of our Cohort that can actually read the future."
"Boo, we like her!" Leo said.
"Because she's pretty, right?" Piper said dryly.
"You read me like a book, beauty queen."
"Misaki!" The eavesdropping girl jumped at her name being hissed by her friend and mentor. The older girl by the name of Samantha was of Aesculapius' blood and had taken the young seven-year-old daughter of Venus under her wing.
"Ooh, a child of mine!" Aphrodite clapped eagerly and Piper looked interested.
Samantha was a brown haired girl with sky blue eyes, much like the Augur of whom the two boys spoke and was taller than Misaki by at least a head and a half. She was everything a Roman girl was supposed to be.
Reyna gave a nod at that, it was good to have a strong girl around.
Misaki herself was a contrast of this, her hair a long curly golden blond and her equally golden, star-filled eyes gave her the appearance of a pampered princess.
"That sounds familiar," Artemis said, making Aphrodite glare at her.
"She's cute." Hazel hummed, liking her fellow golden-eyed girl.
"The stars are weird though." Frank commented.
"Yeah, what's up with that?" Piper asked her mother, who just shrugged.
"Some of my children get very unique aspects." Aphrodite smiled lightly.
The silk gloves she was obsessed with wearing didn't help this image at all.
"Nice quality." The love goddess said as Reyna shook her head, so improper.
Had it not been for her letter from a cousin in New Rome, a former Centurion of the Second Cohort, she would've most likely ended up in a lesser cohort stuck with duties that were far beneath her.
"She sounds like Drew." Piper frowned. "Great, a Roman Drew Tanaka."
"...We're doomed." Leo mumbled in horror.
She had her trusty gold colored purse over her shoulder and in it she had concealed her curved dagger given to her by her mother on her second month alone. Not directly, but through careful directions and the whispers of a dove.
"A purse." Artemis said with a laugh. "Wow, even for a Roman, that's a bit sad."
"What?" Aphrodite frowned. "She has her weapon hidden very well and she looks fabulous! I say it's a win-win."
"Sure Mom," Piper said with a small laugh, but at least the girl was armed.
"Were you listening? This is your first War Game and I want you to be ready." Samantha said, frowning at the girl.
"Of course I was, Sammy." Misaki said, smiling sweetly. Samantha rolled her eyes, used to the charming behavior of the Second Cohort's 'princess'.
"Wonderful title, sweetie!"
The daughter of Venus had the slyest of tongues and if one wasn't careful, she could easily trick you into doing something she didn't want to.
That made some of the gods pause and look at the beaming Aphrodite.
"Artemis…" Athena began slowly as her sister nodded.
"Yes, she's finally done it."
"Aphrodite's possibly made a clone of herself in the form of her own daughter."
"I don't think the world is ready." The huntress frowned.
"I don't think that we're ready." Athena mumbled. "I might actually feel sorry for the Romans."
"…I hate you both, I really do." The lady of doves frowned and crossed her arms.
"Then what did I say?" Samantha asked.
"Stay close, listen to the orders and don't use charmspeak." Misaki said, frowning at the last one. "Why can't I use charmspeak again? Magic isn't illegal."
"And she has charmspeak." Piper said with a blink. "That was interesting."
Aphrodite giggled. "Oh, she really takes after Mommy."
"I hope not too much."
"Oh, go get laid, Artemis!"
"No thanks. That's your job, you do it enough for all of us virgin goddesses."
"Zing!" Hermes said. He shrugged when the other Olympians looked at him. "I had to do it."
"The last thing we need is for an actual fight to break out over the regulations of charmspeak in a War Game." Samantha said. "It's two against three, and while the First and Second cohorts are consider the best of the best, we're outnumbered and there's always a few gems hidden in the rough."
"Like our little Superboy and Aqualad." Annabeth teased, getting Jason to flush a bit and Percy snickered at the name.
"Of course there is, Sammy." Misaki said. She and Samantha finished dressing for the game and went to where the fort was, the Fields of Mars. The Cohorts were mixed together, most of the First and Second wearing the color of purple while the other three cohorts wore the color of gold primarily. Misaki was set next to a boy her age that was bouncing in his place out of nerves, or so she believed it to be nerves.
"Naruto," The demigods said bluntly.
"And I doubt it's nerves." Piper snickered.
"More like excitement." Annabeth added.
"Would you knock it off?" another boy asked quietly as the Praetors went over the rules. "We're going to get in trouble."
"I can't help it. It's the first game we get to be a part of! I want to give 'em payback for what they did to Zack's eye." The boy said, the sword in his hand trembling under his grip. He looked about ready to just drop it and run, in Misaki's opinion.
"Once again, excitement." Annabeth nodded.
Poseidon snorted at the thought of his Roman persona's boy running.
"You'll have your chance, just do as Ed says for now and we'll be back at the barracks soon enough."
"But Jay..."
"Would you shush?" Misaki asked, annoyed by their conversation and the hyper boy's whine.
"Snippy." Piper commented.
"In case you two haven't noticed, you're standing next to the enemy. I could cut you down here and now with how loud you're being and no one would care."
"Okay, not like Drew at all." Piper blinked and Leo snorted.
"Understatement."
"Amazing, another child of yours with a backbone to fight." Artemis showed actual shock while Athena smirked.
Aphrodite glared at the two goddesses, honestly!
"Oh who asked you?" the hyper boy said, frowning at her. He got shoved by the other boy, Jay, for retorting to the threat. "What?"
"Yeah, let them banter, it's important." Ares nodded, getting Hermes to snort.
"Like you know what banter is."
"Shut up, Nar." Jay said.
"What'd I do? She started it!"
"Her mother always does."
"Thank you, Artemis."
"No problem."
"We can't afford to do this now, idiot." Jay said.
"What, is she Vulcan's daughter or something?" Nar asked.
"How dare he!" Aphrodite cried in outrage. She looked pale at the very thought
The demigods laughed at that with some gods, especially Hephaestus, did the same.
Misaki bulked at the question and then seethed. She was not the daughter of the disfigured smith god, thank you very much! She was a member of the Second Cohort and already making a name for herself. This-this boy should know exactly who she is!
"Attention seeker much?" Apollo asked, getting his twin to snort.
"Hypocrite."
"I try."
"Not now, Naruto!"
"But Jay..."
"You, Naruto." Misaki said, grinding her teeth as the boy looked at her with sea green eyes. "You're my first target."
"Boy just made an enemy today." Frank whistled. "Venus' kids can be vicious if they wanted to be."
"Go ahead and try to hit me." Naruto said with his own challenging grin.
Misaki laughed and smirked at him. "It'll be easy to take out a few members of the Fifth."
"Oh, no she didn't!" Hazel frowned. "That little brat, the Fifth isn't that easy to beat!"
Frank and Jason nodded with her, those were fighting words for sure.
"Oh yeah? Well I'm gonna be the first one through that wall!" Naruto said, determinedly.
"Sure you will." Misaki said, waving his claim off with her smirk still on her face.
"She is so going to eat those words." Percy grinned. He raised a fist. "Go Naruto! Show them the might of the sea!"
Zeus groaned while Poseidon cheered along with him.
"Now get going. I don't want to take you out too easily. Might as well give you a handicap."
"Ooh, scathing." Ares snickered.
"Naruto." Jason said, grabbing his friend's arm before he could act. "Just let it go and come on."
"Yes. Go on, Naruto. Go back to your Cohort." Misaki said with a smirk as Jason led him away.
"She is so going to get it." Annabeth shook her head.
"I hear you." Piper nodded.
"Sweetie, you should be rooting for your sister."
"Not right now, I'm not."
Aphrodite pouted at the response.
That boy was full of hot air and just as new to this as she was.
"Must have missed his bars." Reyna mused. The child of the sea was around a lot longer than the child of Venus.
She had the better soldiers to train her. She'd squash him flat, and if that didn't work, she could always charm him into cleaning her barracks or something.
"…Wow, evil much?" Leo asked.
"No, it sounds like her mother alright." His father said.
"…Like, almost…nah." The boy waved off.
"What?" Piper asked.
"Nothing." Leo said to her. "It's impossible anyway. Like, legit, impossible."
"...If you say so."
"Oh, I'm so gonna make her eat her words!" Naruto said, scowling as he tightly gripped his sword, bending the handle in his grasp.
"There's that super strength." Percy said in a chipper tone.
"And the loss of a perfectly good sword." Jason nodded.
"Naruto, your sword." Jason said, nudging him and making the blond look at his handle.
"Aw man...That's the third one this month." Naruto said.
"He should get them in bulk." Leo laughed.
He grunted and tossed the sword aside and picked up a small circular shield once he got to the assault cohort base. "Stupid weak metal handles..."
"Sure, blame the metal." The smith god rolled his eyes.
"Well, technically it is true." Poseidon mumbled.
"Bah!"
"Naruto, you can warp pure gold with your bare hands. They aren't exactly weak." Jason said with dry amusement.
"See!" Poseidon pointed out to his nephew, who just waved it off.
"Excuses."
"Yeah, but now I'm down to a shield. Can I borrow your sword?"
"That gets destroyed much later, little dude." Leo snickered as Jason pouted.
"Julius is mine, Naruto." Jason said, rubbing his coin with a grin on his face.
"Not that one. The regulated one."
"No."
"What?! Why not?"
"You need to learn restraint."
Poseidon scoffed. "The sea cannot be restrained!"
Zeus and Hades let out simultaneous groans.
"Ugh, you know I hate that word. So...restricting."
"Exactly." The sea god nodded along with Percy. It was so true.
"That's the point."
"But it's no fun! Just give me the sword."
"Abigail said you should learn to control yourself."
"Ooh, bringing in the girl who helps him out." Aphrodite tittered with a giggle.
"...Low blow, Jay." Naruto said, pouting at the now smirking son of Jupiter. It was no secret between the two boys that Naruto idolized the Augur.
"Like Annabeth did Luke."
"Thalia!" Annabeth shouted, her cheeks red.
She had put more faith in him than anyone else in his cohort aside from Zack. Her word had a lot of pull with the senate as a legionnaire and the Augur that interpreted the gods' wishes, and it was her word that protected him from being shafted after a small tremor hit San Francisco. Jason even went as far to say Naruto liked the pretty daughter of Apollo, which was met with vehement denial and blushing.
"Oh he so does." Aphrodite cooed. "How cute."
"Heh," Apollo grinned. "My kids are good like that."
"If it works, it works." Jason said.
"Jason, Naruto!" The two seven-year-olds rushed into the hut, gathered near the now eye patch wearing Zack, his left eye having a vicious scar over the blinded orb.
"Guess lucky boy wasn't so lucky." Ares laughed and got some eye rolls.
The son of Fortuna let the two slip in front of him and listen as Edward and his fellow centurion Michelle, a daughter of Somnus who was exceedingly energetic because of the caffeine constantly flowing through her veins to keep her awake, stood around a table.
"Wow, contrasts to Clovis much?" Piper asked and got some nods from those that knew the sleepy cow-like boy.
"Alright, you know what comes first. We're being sent in to weaken the defenses." Michelle said, making the room groan. "Oh come on, we're good at that."
"We always do that." Hazel muttered with a frown. To think that it still happened even back then? That's depressing.
"Yeah!" Naruto said, his fist raised. His exuberant cry got him punched in the arm by Jason. "Ow. What? I can break the door down in a snap."
"He probably could." Nico nodded, that would be funny to see.
"Our own little battering ram." Zack said, ruffling Naruto's hair affectionately. The one-eyed son of luck smirked at the amused Centurions. "What the hell, even if we're just going to be cannon-fodder, I got a good feeling about this."
"And if lucky boy says it…" Leo grinned.
"It must be good." Jason finished for him, smirking.
The rest of the cohort grinned at that. It was always a good sign when Zack had a good feeling. His last good feeling was when Naruto and Jason were inducted to their cohort. Since then, he's had nothing but bad feelings about War Games, his last game being Deathball and getting a new splinter ball shot in his eye.
"Deathball?" Thalia asked her brother with narrowed eyes.
"It isn't as bad as it sounds."
"It's worse." Hazel informed and Jason just looked at her, betrayal in his eyes, while Thalia glared at him.
"You heard the lucky charm." Edward said, twisting his mechanical wrist and letting a gold sword slide out. "Let's go kick down a door."
"Sweet feature." Leo whistled.
The cohort cheered and rushed out, Naruto holding his shield at the ready. The blond clanged his shield against Jason's with a grin on his face. "Let's bust some heads!"
"That was a good show." Hermes said. Hera scoffed.
"Please, it was terrible."
"You just hated the actor."
"So?"
"You're way too into this." Jason said, flipping his coin and gripping the spear that formed from it.
"That thing is about twice the size of you." Piper snickered with Thalia. He looked precious!
"Shut up." The Roman boy frowned as he continued reading.
"Just cover me, Jay. And stay close, we might need to try that thing we've been working on out." Naruto said.
"They have a thing?" Percy asked in wonder.
"...Not the thing."
"Yes, the thing."
"...We're doomed."
"So melodramatic." Percy rolled his eyes.
"He gets it from his father." Poseidon told his son, getting Zeus to glare at him.
"See, it's attitudes like that that led Rome to fall the first time." Naruto said as Rachel blew the whistle.
Athena smiled brightly at that while Jason frowned. Ouch, that one hurt.
The Fifth Cohort rushed forward with battle cries, Naruto and Jason falling behind because of their shorter legs. Lucky for them, since they weren't targeted by boulders launched by catapults or arrows shot by bows. Naruto ran up to one of the boulders, bringing his shield-wielding arm back over his shoulder before bashing the giant rock at the fort.
Leo let out a whistle. "Seems Jason has competition for the Superboy title."
"That's going to cause some panic." Percy smirked, nice one!
One of the archers was encased in the shadow and was forced to jump from the top of the fort to the ground, landing with a scream on the ground as his legs broke.
"Ha-ha!" Ares pointed with a cruel grin.
While Tim rushed in and got the injured legionnaire out, Naruto focused on rushing through his fellow Fifth Cohort members. Zack called for him to fall back, but lost him as the small wave of defensive soldiers from the First and Second Cohorts held off the Fifth Cohort.
"Ignoring orders." Percy grinned at Thalia, who glared at him. "Definitely runs in the family."
"Not something to be proud of, Kelp Head." Thalia rolled her eyes.
Naruto kept running, bringing his shield up in front of him and plowing through the door, the shock of it all bringing the soldiers in the fort to a standstill.
"Yeah, we don't see that every day." Frank nodded.
"Indeed." Reyna supported.
Naruto looked up from his spot on the downed stone door and blinked two large green eyes up at the one girl he didn't expect to see.
"Misaki." Piper snickered, no doubt.
"Uh...Hi?"
Misaki blinked in surprise as her star-filled golden eyes met his green, taking them in for the first time. They were rather nice, dare she say very nice even. It was like looking at two pieces of sea glass.
"Ooh, she likes~" Aphrodite smiled, now this was juicy!
"What blonde girl could resist those deep sea green eyes?"
"Shut up, McLean!" Annabeth's cheeks pinked as she glared at the snickering girl.
"I gotta wreck this place now. Bye!" Naruto said, hopping to his feet and rushing to a wall. Bringing his shield-baring arm back, he slammed it against the wall, creating a large hole just large enough for a small adult.
"Charge!" Percy cried out.
That seemed to snap the opposing demigods out of their surprise, clambering over each other in an attempt to get him. Naruto slipped through, only to be tripped and grabbed by the ankle, held in place by someone stuck in a pileup caused by the attempt to catch him.
"I don't think so, shrimp!" The son or legacy of Mars, based on his similar appearance to Tim, who held his ankle said.
"Kick him in the face!"
"Percy," Frank frowned, but the Greek shrugged.
"Can't help it, you have to get into it."
Naruto struggled to pull himself free, and when that didn't work, decided to try something he'd only been working on for a few weeks. Throwing his shield like a discus to take out an approaching opponent, Naruto intertwined his hands and brought them over his head. He brought them down, hitting the solid dirt ground he was dropped to and watching as a fissure formed from the impact.
"I should really practice that." Percy muttered, now that was cool.
"No," Annabeth told him, she didn't need him wrecking something with that geokinesis of his.
Hit the wall, hit the wall. Naruto thought, watching as the cracking continued and stopped at his target. The wall started to shake before crumbling apart, leaving a large gaping opening in the enemy's defenses. The glaring holes were enough of an inspiration for the Third and Fourth Cohorts to rush in and overtake the fort, winning the Siege for the first time in months.
"And who is the MVP?" Percy asked, his voice full of smug.
"Naruto it seems." Reyna nodded.
Misaki had her eyes glued on the boy pulled from the grasp of the son/legacy of Mars by an older boy who hoisted Naruto onto his shoulders, the entirety of the Fifth Cohort chanting his name.
The demigods cheered too, it was a cool move and a nice win.
Her eyes gleamed and her mouth curled up into a small smile as he was put down and high fived the other boy, Jay. She just discovered something very interesting. Misaki liked things that were interesting.
"…Why does a little girl have the eyes of a predator?" Frank asked with a gulp.
"Got that from Dite, that's for sure." Ares commented.
Aphrodite beamed once again.
She liked them a lot.
"Potential love interest!" the love goddess squealed aloud, getting groans from the other gods at the noise.
"The victory goes to the assault team, Cohorts Three through Five." Tim said, making several First Cohort members groan as he gave them a disapproving look. They were supposed to be the best of the best, and being beat by a boy not even in his teens was humiliating.
"It's called getting owned, suckers." Percy snickered, in your faces! His brother rocked.
Tim looked to his fellow Praetor and Rachel smiled.
"And our MVP of the match is the young member of the Fifth Cohort, Neptune's son, Naruto Uzumaki." Rachel said, all eyes turning to the blond as he blinked in confusion. Jason shoved him forward, getting a look of annoyance from the blond boy. He turned around and saw that everyone was looking at him.
"Give us a rousing speech!" Apollo laughed out.
"Uh...Hello..." he said shyly, not really used to all the attention.
"Aww," the females cooed while Apollo shook his head.
"Not really rousing, little dude."
He mainly stuck close to Jason, Zack or Abigail and in rare occasions the Praetor Rachel. She took great interest in training two of the big three's sons.
"Good on her," Poseidon nodded along with Zeus. They needed someone to train them good and proper.
Rachel beckoned him over to her and she smiled, giving him a small token.
"For the offering." She said softly. "After we finish here, you must go to Neptune's temple. Abigail has told me the gods wish it to be so."
"A gift already?" Zeus asked his brother with a raised brow, which made Poseidon smirk.
"He's certainly earned it, has he not?"
"I'd say so." Percy said, as his father nodded to him.
Rachel pulled away and Tim walked over to Naruto, holding a golden laurel crown in his hands.
"For the infiltration and the sabotage that led to victory, I proudly present the Mural Crown to the Most Valuable Player." Tim said, placing the crown on Naruto's head. Naruto grunted at the slight weight added before he was saluted by the players.
"Hail Caesar!"
Jason glared at Leo. "Not cool."
"I beg to differ dude. I'm a riot."
Jason was grinning proudly for his friend. The hardheaded idiot deserved it after all the looks he's been receiving because of Neptune's connection with him.
"Absolutely." Poseidon nodded sternly.
Plus, they didn't have to use that stupid thing Naruto was adamant about using. Heck, Jason was just happy he didn't get eliminated before Naruto.
"Would have been embarrassing." Jason nodded, he was a 'rival' in a way too.
Sure, Naruto was in first, but Jason was having more fun fighting the defensive team anyway. He got three 'kills', how many did Naruto get? Exactly.
"Kills?" Thalia said, looking at Jason who was sweating a little from the look. "Something to tell the class, Jason?"
"...No." The blond mumbled.
It was during the feast that Naruto slipped away. Rachel said the gods wanted him to go to his father's temple, which was pretty much almost an outhouse, and so that's where he went.
Poseidon glared at the Romans, who tried their best not to look at him. It wasn't their fault!
The small token in hand, Naruto dropped the token into the small bowl of water set on the wooden bench. The water shone brightly before two leather wrist braces appeared where the token was. They had gold tridents imprinted on the back.
"Wonder what they do?" Percy wondered curiously. They seemed kinda cool.
"Whoa..." Naruto said, reaching into the water and pulling the two braces out. As soon as he pulled them out of water they opened and shot to either of his wrists, melding with them perfectly. The act made his eyes go wide as the information of how to use them entered his subconscious.
"A free instruction manual?" Percy asked his dad with a frown. "I would have loved one too."
"Chiron told you all about Riptide, Percy. Naruto lacks that, so we must do what we can," Poseidon said with a wave of his hand. He stroked his beard in thought. "They must be custom orders from my kingdom."
"Special gear…" Percy got a broody look on his face, he would so love some special gear.
Naruto stumbled back, falling out of the mockery of a temple onto his backside with a grunt. He stood up, rubbing his sore butt from where he landed as he looked at the temple.
"Thank you, Lord Neptune." Naruto said, getting up and closing the door.
"You can call me dad." Poseidon frowned, no need for formalities.
"I'll repay you somehow for this gift." Frowning, Naruto decided Neptune deserved a bit more dignity of a temple. A genius idea hit him and Naruto grinned.
"Oh, what's this?" Reyna said, curious about what the young boy was going to do.
"Don't go anywhere!" He said, running past the temple to the temple of Mercury where he quickly got on his knees as he came up to the likeness of the god.
"Well, it seems I'm the cousin's fave." Hermes grinned and the other gods scoffed at him. Big deal.
"Lord Mercury, god of the merchants, travelers and messengers, I ask for your help." The relatively human sized statue said nothing, simply staying in its position while Naruto continued. "In return, I shift my victory banquet to your honor and give you my crown."
"Sweet!" Hermes rubbed his hands together. "Now, let's see what you have planned, little man."
Jason woke up with a yawn, scratching his head as he got out of his cot. He was ready for a day of relaxation, the three victorious cohorts being let off for the day because of their victory and most of the punishment falling upon the First Cohort, while the Second focused on demolishing the fort.
"Major pain." Jason groaned, it really was.
Frank nodded, "You're telling me."
He walked over to the Fifth Cohort's breakfast table, where a bowl of oatmeal-like slop was set in front of him.
"Eat up, Jason and relax while you can."
"Thanks Edward." Jason said to the Centurion. He eagerly dug in and looked over to where Naruto's cot was. He swallowed a bite and blinked at the lack of his sleeping blond pack-brother. "Did Naruto already eat?"
"He never came back?" Hazel asked, slightly concerned.
"Maybe he's still doing his idea." Annabeth stated to the girl, who nodded. That was the most likely scenario.
"He was gone when I woke up." Edward said, shrugging as he scooped another slop out into a bowl and handed it to the bleary Zack. "Michelle said she'd go look for him after her shift."
"Oh, okay." Jason said, digging back in.
Zack woke up after a few bites and grinned at Jason. "So how many did you get?"
"Three." The son of Jupiter said proudly. He got a ruffle of the hair, making him groan while Zack and Edward laughed.
"I beat up three guys Thalia, happy?" Jason jokingly asked.
"Meh, you could have done better."
"…Seriously?"
"Yep." The hunter nodded, making Jason pout a bit.
"Alright, Jay!" Edward said with a clap on the shoulder. "Look at you, already taking out three men."
After a few more jokes at his expense, Jason set out to find his friend. As soon as he stepped out of the cohort, though, he saw that girl that got into a tiff with Naruto before the Siege began trying to hide behind the side of the Fourth Cohort's barracks.
"Stalker?" Piper giggled.
"She fails at stealth." Artemis noted, but Aphrodite huffed.
"She's merely checking up on her interest."
Arching a brow, because he knew she was supposed to be helping take down the fort, he decided to investigate her presence instead. Jason doubled around the other way of the Fifth's barracks and snuck up behind the girl.
"Not smart." Piper smirked to her beau, who arched a brow.
"Why not?" Jason asked.
"Think about it."
Jason did and groaned. Great.
"Boo!" he said, making the blonde girl turn around and throw a fist at his face. "Hey, watch it."
"…Good reflexes." Artemis mumbled, she felt strange admitting that.
"Oh, it's you. Jay-Jay, right?" she asked as she took her fist back.
"Jay-Jay?!" The demigods started to laugh aloud as Jason turned red. That was the dumbest name ever!
"Jason." He said, scowling at the massacre of his name. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be taking down the fort?"
"Oh I would, but I gave that to someone far more suited with dismantling the fort than myself." She said.
"Poor dude." Leo said with a shake of his head.
"You see, I'm not too keen on physical labor. Fighting, oh I can do that if I have to, but physical labor. Ick. I'll pass."
"I stand corrected." Artemis said dryly. "Aphrodite, two-point-oh."
"Yes," Athena nodded. "She can fight."
"I can fight as well, thank you very much!" Aphrodite sniffed. "I just choose not to most of the time."
"Uh-huh. Who's your parent?" Jason asked, already having a feeling.
"Isn't that hard." Hazel deadpanned.
"Venus, of course. Couldn't you tell, Jay-Jay?" the girl said with a smile on her face and a flutter of her eyes.
"Hey," Piper frowned, easy with the eyes golden girl. That was her future boyfriend.
"My name is Jason." Jason said with a frown.
"And I'm Misaki." Misaki said, smirking as she held her hand out. "Misaki Shokuhou. Pleased to meet you, Jay-Jay."
"She does not look Asian, at all." Frank pointed out.
"Most have gotten all the looks from me." The lady of doves beamed with a pleased smile.
"...Stop calling me that." Jason said dryly as he shook her hand.
"Hm...No, I like it now. I'm going to keep calling you that." Misaki said, smirking at him as she took her hand back.
"Definitely a cutie little tease." Aphrodite smiled. "Oh, she's so cute!"
"I don't like her," Jason said with a frown.
"Too bad, she seems to want Naruto. Meaning you have to get used to her." Piper deduced.
"…Darn."
She looked around for something.
"Can I help you?" Jason asked.
"Yes, actually. Where's your friend, Jay-Jay?" Misaki asked slyly.
"Yes, where's the future boy toy?"
"Aphrodite." Poseidon frowned, along with Percy, at the love goddess.
"Oh, I kid, I kid…kind of...Maybe…"
"I don't know." He said, making her frown in disappointment.
"How can you not know?" she asked. "Are you not all that good of friends? I could've sworn you two were closer than that."
"Oh, stinger on this little bee." Apollo whistled as Jason frowned at that.
Jason glared at the girl. "We are. He's my best friend. I just don't know where he is right now."
"So defensive." Annabeth teased, Jason pouted.
"Really? So are we going to go find you're not best friend?" Misaki asked, smirking at the glare she got.
"Seems to love pushing buttons," Artemis said dryly.
Oh this was so entertaining.
"Yep, just keep pushing them."
She giggled lightly. "I'm only teasing, Jay-Jay, no need to be so mean."
"It's not funny."
"It really isn't." Jason frowned.
"It is to me." Misaki said. "In fact, I find it very entertaining. I may have to do it more often."
"Joy." Jason said dryly.
"Joy." Jason said dryly,
"Shut up." Jason grumbled when the demigods around him smirked or snickered.
once more making her giggle. They walked around the camp, searching for Naruto and all the while Misaki would ask questions about them.
"Smart thing dear!"
Jason answered as best he could, but after a few too many questions about Naruto's favorite things, he asked. "Why are you looking for Naruto?"
"Seems Icarus got a little too close." Hermes pointed, getting the lady of doves to pout.
"Why? Do I really need a reason?" Misaki asked in return.
"Deny, deny, deny." Aphrodite nodded.
"Yes." Jason said as they turned towards Temple Hill. Maybe Naruto was asking Neptune for guidance. As unlikely it would be, it was still possible.
Poseidon frowned, why wouldn't he?
"Well...I just want to get to know him a bit more." Misaki said with a smile. "I like having friends, too."
"Friends," Percy nodded in disbelief, "Riiight."
"Right..." Jason said in disbelief.
Percy and Jason grinned at one another. They were so on the same page.
"So why were you stalking him?"
"Little creeper, isn't she?" Apollo snickered as the love goddess glared at him.
"So is that troll you had for an Augur."
"…Low blow."
"I wasn't stalking him." Misaki said in mock outrage before smirking. "I was...surveying him, is all."
"Stalking." Artemis smirked at her rival, who rolled her eyes.
"My cute daughter was not stalking," Aphrodite scoffed. "It was like she said, clearly surveying."
"Sure you were." Jason said, giving her a wary glance. He was going to have to keep his eyes on this one. She was dangerous.
"Treat assessment?" Leo asked Jason.
"With who she is and how she acts, I'd say Seven out of Ten. Possible Nine in the future."
They finished their climb up Temple Hill and went to the temple of Neptune...which was now gone. In the outhouse's place was a small marble building, a golden Trident hung above the doorway.
"I think your kid has a career with housing." Hephaestus told his uncle with a blink. He could see his kid doing that, but someone else's? Wow.
"Pretty swanky." Poseidon smirked, finally! Now if he could only get that in this dimension…
Jason moved his mouth several times before he found his voice. "He couldn't have...not in a night..."
"He does do the impossible." Annabeth shrugged, but she was very impressed. Small and simple, but still very good for a rush job.
"They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I think we found one boy who could've helped do so." Jason and Misaki turned to look at the speaker, finding the amused Abigail kneeling nearby under an ash tree,
"And my cutie daughter is awesomely mysterious~" Apollo grinned.
"But she has a point." Annabeth and looked at Percy, "Can you do that?"
"…No."
Annabeth clicked her tongue, they could do their own business if he could…maybe she should get him into some of Cabin Nine's lessons.
Naruto sleeping with his head on her lap.
"Aw, he looks tuckered out." Hazel cooed and Frank rolled his eyes. His girlfriend was such a sucker for little kids.
Abigail ran her fingers through Naruto's hair, smiling lightly at the softness.
"How soft is it?" Annabeth asked curious, Percy's was soft.
"He was called to speak with the gods after his victory. Gifted unto him by Neptune were two bracers, the abilities unknown or unseen by land dwellers since the sinking of the Greek isle Atlantis, and in return, Naruto sacrificed his crown and feast to Mercury for some supplies."
"Bracers?" Percy asked, that's it?
"Percy," Annabeth said. "With his strength, bracers alone might be all he needs."
"Yeah." Leo nodded. "He could grab swords and stuff and just punch things. Kinda cool. Wonder what they look like?"
"Abby...did Naruto build this on his own?" Jason asked softly. Abigail looked up with a smile.
"Yes he did." She said. She carefully moved Naruto's head back to the ground and stood. "Well, now that you two are here, I believe I can go inform Michelle not to worry about finding Naruto."
"Such a nice girl," Hestia said. "She reminds me of Calypso in a way. So well-tempered."
"Might be why Naruto has a crush on her." Annabeth said and glanced at Percy, who looked the other way while whistling innocently.
She walked away, leaving Jason to go wake his friend up while Misaki watched the Augur go.
"Yes, competition, the sweetest spice of all!"
"Aphrodite, shut up. Please." Athena groaned, she did not want to hear this.
Misaki frowned a bit, crossing her arms at the closeness between the older girl and the boy that snagged her interest.
"The jealous type, huh?" Hazel teased.
"Piper wasn't much better when Drew was flirting with Jason."
"Annabeth!" Piper hissed.
They were probably just friends, but still.
"She might arrange an accident." Ares grinned. Apollo glared at him.
"Ares, shut the hell up."
"Don't wanna."
"Stupid troll."
"I call him that all the time." Athena smirked.
"Wake up, Nar." Jason said, nudging Naruto with his foot. Naruto blinked his eyes and yawned, sitting up and rubbing the sleep away.
"Jay...? What're you doing out here? You come to help me?" He asked.
"No, you did it all on your own." Jason nodded.
"No. You slept out here all night." Jason said with a smirk.
Naruto frowned, falling on his back. "That explains a lot." He noticed Misaki's presence and frowned. "What do you want?"
"Well," Aphrodite frowned. "That's quite rude."
"Have you forgotten their first meeting?" Athena asked.
"…Still!"
"I just wanted to see you again, Superboy." Misaki said, kneeling down and poking him in the arm with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, got some competition for the Super title, Jason." Leo snickered. Jason merely grunted.
"Guess I was wrong about you. I don't like being wrong, you know."
"Neither does Annabeth." Percy nodded as his girlfriend pouted at him.
"Meh, get used to it, Sparkles." Naruto said with a smirk.
"For her eyes, I'm sure," Aphrodite said in a pleased tone.
"Oh pet names already? This is moving a bit too fast for me.
"Not really. Pet names are always good." The love goddess nodded firmly.
We just met after all." Misaki said, holding her cheeks as she closed her eyes in thought.
"…I think she's getting a bit ahead of herself." Piper said dryly.
"Nonsense! Full throttle, Misaki!" the lady of love cheered her Roman daughter on.
Naruto and Jason shared a confused glance before Misaki regained their attention by tapping Naruto in the nose. "I can't wait to see you in action some more, Superboy."
"Carry me in your big strong arms," Leo said in a girly voice and making smooch faces as his friends snickered.
"I'd watch out for her, Jason." Thalia suggested, this girl was definitely something different from the usual love daughters. And not good like Piper different, like something else.
"Hopefully my other does."
Before Naruto or Jason could say anything more, Misaki got to her feet and skipped away down the Hill back towards the barracks.
"Oh, god, she even girly skips!" Piper groaned.
"You could too, Piper."
"Sorry Mom, but I will never skip."
"Hey Jay?"
"Yeah Nar?"
"Girls are weird."
"Yes they are."
"So true." Every male nodded in agreement.
"Of course." They all retorted.
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