There was no lying to Artemis. He already knew that much. The second he opened he eyes, he had just as swiftly shut them, but he had already caught a good glimpse of Artemis' bare pussy and curvy ass. He could hear footsteps headed his way.

"You opened your eyes, didn't you? Wow, you are terrible at listening to directions, aren't you? Of course you are. Open your eyes." Artemis kicked him lightly, but he still grunted. She was a goddess, her 'light' felt like a sledgehammer. He forced his eyes open, revealing Artemis in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.

"I swear I didn't see.. much." She glared down at him. "Alright I saw a lot, but I swear I won't tell anyone!" She sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"You're lucky that if you were to die, I would fall in to an unstable depression. That's not something I'm willing to deal with for millenia. Get up." She walked toward the entrance of her tent. "Otherwise, I'll tell the girls that you tried something" Percy basically threw himself off the ground, adjusting his shirt to cover his torso.

Walking out of the tent, he was met with a bow to his face. "Who is this, lady Artemis?" This huntress was one he hadn't met before. Likely a new recruit.

"Put your bow down, Amy. This is Percy. I will explain why he is here tonight, before we eat." Amy recoiled in disgust.

"He is going to be eating with us?!" Percy rolled his eyes. Amy put the bow back in his face, something which didn't phase him heavily.

"I can assure you, I don't plan to eat with you." Artemis raised an eyebrow at him. "What? I don't feel like dying to a bunch of girls because I look the wrong way. Besides..." He leaned in close. "Don't need you to be incapacitated by sadness." Artemis shrugged, looking back at Amy.

"Go let the other Hunters know that he is under my protection while he stays here. He is a part of this family, and he will not be harmed. If I am informed of him being targeted, you will all be spending a week sleeping in the wolves den." Amy gulped and nodded, sprinting off in the other direction.

"Would you actually make them stay in-" Percy was cut off by Artemis.

"I have, and I will do the same to somebody who asks too many questions." Artemis started walking again. Percy gulped and continued following her. Better to keep her happy until he had a steady ground in the hunt. "Stay away from the girls for a while. It's going to be an adjustment for everybody, especially them. If I learn you flirted with them, I will find some way to break this bond between us, and I will tear your head from your shoulders."

"Figured you would say that, still not any less terrifying." He thought about it for a second, before a grin spread across his face. "Is flirting with you fine?" Artemis looked back at him.

"Flirt with me, I'll tear off your other head." She smirked and continued walking. "If you don't believe me, I'll happily show you how-"

"No no no, I'll be okay. Understood, no flirting. Where are we going though? I mean, we're out in the middle of the forest at this point." Percy turned around to look back at the camp. It was nowhere in sight. When he turned back, neither was Artemis.

"If you think you'll be right for me, truly, then you had best learn to track your prey. Otherwise, I would have to get rid of you. We wouldn't want that, now would we? "You have an hour, find me."

"Yeah. Perfectly normal to disappear and force me to hunt you down. That makes sense." Percy pulled Riptide from his pocket, uncapping the pen. Finally, there was something remind him of the old days.

"Complaining already, Perseus? Maybe you are just like every other male." Artemis' voice rang out once more. She was taunting him, something he wasn't surprised by. She wouldn't get the better of him.

After only a few minutes, it was obvious that he was completely lost. He was wandering aimlessly, like he had forgotten where he was. Her amusement grew as he tripped over a hidden root. Wether she hid it or not, she would never tell.

Percys head whipped back around at the crack of a twig. "Artemis? That better have been you." Rather than making the stupid move, he moved away from the sound. Looking up, he saw a glimpse of something auburn. Artemis' hair.

She knew she fucked up the second she touched the twig. Of course he would look up. Then again, had she really wanted to make it chellenging, she would have climbed to the top of the trees.

"Well.. I see you. What do I win?" Artemis dropped down in front of him.

"Freedom from any responsibilities any of the hunters have to do for a week, or don't get shot in the ass by every huntress. Choose wisely, Perseus." As she turned from Perseus, she could feel some presence crawling in to her head. It would be more akin to a pestilence, really.

'Is that really your idea of teasing?' Aphrodite, go figure she would butt in. It was romance, so Artemis supposed she should have guessed.

'I don't need you to tell me how to act with Perseus. I can do fine on my own!'

'That's the thing, you can't. First of all, you haven't ever dated. Second, your idea of teasing is threatening. Going through with that idea would cause you to lose that little bond you got there. You would, quite literally, be too sad to move." As much as she felt disgusted by the wench, Aphrodite had a point.

"Well then, Miss Good Will, what do you suggest I do for him? Ride him until he impregnates me?"

"Gods no, you idiot! Do you really think everything I think about involves sex?" A pause before she continued. "Alright, don't you answer that. I suggest you start with sleeping in the same bed eventually. Not sexually, just let yourself get used to his heat and vice versa. Hug him, cuddle him, act a little cutesie with him."

"Alright, fine." She turned back to Percy. "Perseus?" He turned to her with a questioning eyebrow. "You're off the hook from chores. Lunch is in an hour, dinner at five. Between that, you do whatever you please. We sleep at seven."

"Do I have my own tent?"

"We, meaning together. You're sleeping in my bed. No buts, nothing."

"I didn't say already! Let him wait a little.. you know what, you already told him he would."

Artemis just groaned internally as Percy walked away. This was going to be a pain in the ass relationship.