Humiliating defeat

An: hey guys, did you like that nice little cliffhanger case I did. I know the whole cutting the character's hair makes them mad is kind of cliche ,but I wanted to give Shima a reason to fight back.

Just in case you didn't know I currently have a poll for Jason's pairing so feel free to vote.

I don't own PJO or HoO that belongs to Rick Riordian

'Thoughts'

Previously

I finally managed to find an opening in his defense and went for it. He still managed to get away but I cut off some of his hair. His smirk vanished into frown as he froze.

"Alright I was going to just talk it out but I see that isn't going to work. In that case I'll just beat the living shit out of you!"

Shima blurred out of sight before I went flying off my feet when I felt a foot hit my face.

"Want to play kid I'll play, but a word of warning this Fox fights dirty."

~ Jason's POV~

I've made huge mistake. Who ever this Shima guy is, when he gets serious his attacks are almost unstoppable. All I could do was try to desperately block his attacks with my sword. Even then the force behind each blow knocked me back.

'Maybe if I...' I used my power over the winds to force him away from me and sigh with relief. ' At least he is not completely unstoppable. I need backup, Percy should have made it to the Wolf House by now with Maggie. Time to signal him.

I gathered my energy and called down a lightning bolt to hopefully strike Shima and call Percy in case I miss.

" Ha if you think that was going to take down a Myobu like me you're seriously mistaken!" Shima snarled.

"Worth a shot." I said warily as he stepped out of the smoke cloud where the lightning bolt struck. 'What the Pluto is a Myobu?' Damnit I was kinda banking on that actually hurting him a bit. I took an immediate defensive stance and flipped my coin into spear form for better protection.

Shima rose an eyebrow at the transformation but remained undeterred. "Don't know how that is going to help if I get close but hey the easier for me the better." I just replied with a swing of my spear across his mid section. He leap out of reach but then charged at me, I brought my spear in front of me and spun it in my hands. This blocked a few blows but not all, Shima actually seems impressed by this. After a few seconds he stopped for a short second but that was all I wanted as I brought my spear down for an overhead strike. He dodged as expected and I thrust out my spear to catch him, then completely miss as he bent backwards into a bridge and kicked up his feet.

This surprised me as my spear was sent flying out of my hands." That was an impressive counter to my fighting style earlier so I can't have you using it again now can I?" He explained suddenly rushing at me. Instead of letting the loss of my weapon throw me into panic I called on my power over the winds to take me into the air. "Another godly trick son of Jupiter? I thought I told you that will not save you from a true myobu." He said before disappearing. My eyes widen as I flew a few feet higher for a better view of my surroundings. Just what the Pluto is a Myobu?"Where the h-"

"behind you little demigod." I gasped and turned my head just in time to see his fists slam into my back. "GYAHH!" I yelled out and discharged some lightning on instinct. This got a satisfying wince from the man before I crashed into the ground. Before I blacked out from the pain of the blows I received throughout the fight I heard someone I was both relieved and terrified to hear.

"Jason!"

"Per-cy.. watch out ... this guy is unreal." I managed to get out before darkness consumed my vision.

~ Percy's POV ~

I stared in shock as I arrived at the place where left Jason just into time to see him get slammed into the unforgiving ground. "Jason!" I shouted, and ran at top speed to get to him. The guy who had been following us earlier patiently walked towards my knocked out comrade. I panicked and picked up Jason's coin from the ground as I ran flipping it without caring which weapon it landed on and threw it just as the enemy was reaching for Jason for what I assumed as the final blow.

Seeing the weapon flying at him, the man dodged as the golden sword stuck into the ground where he was standing moments before. By that time I had reached Jason and stood protectively in front of him shielding him from further harm. The man just smiled amused by this. I gritted my teeth and brought out Riptide.

"Oh if it isn't the infamous god annoyance Percy Jackson. You know I would say your friend there put up fight but that would be lying, care to see if you are any better?" I growled and drew Jason's sword uncapped Riptide settling into a duel sword stance. "Well that's something new, where did you learn that boy?" I didn't answer him out loud, this was one of the many combinations Jason and I made for battle.

Usually one of us would attack using just their own godly powers while the other used both of our weapons at the same time. It was a great exercise as it allowed us to increase the amount of time we could use our powers without getting too tired. The duel sword style was just a bonus and a very much appreciated one.

Especially now. If this person was able to beat Jason in combat in such a short time before I got here then he is a real threat. I took a chance to glance at Jason's wounds to see bruises forming on his face and arms. He probably had a good sized bruise on his back from that last attack too.

"Not one for conversation in battle now huh? Well that is fine with me like I told your friend my name is Shima and no godly trick will save you from me." Shima charged at me snapping my attention back to him as I swung with Riptide while I kept Jason's blade in front of me for defense. Shima avoided the swing but his punch slammed against my defense like a hammer. We continue like this for at least seven minutes before he gets agitated and blurs out of sight.

"Wha-" a fist plants itself in my stomach and breaks my focus as I double over in pain and shock. How did he move so fast? I didn't like how it reminded of another battle where I was too slow. Strange I don't remember a time when I was pessimistic.

Shima grinned at the look on my face. "What's that look for, did I remind you of a bad time? Well I'm not Kronos so I won't be dropping your friend from a building." This made me snap swords flying out to impale him. "How do you know about that? No one should have been there!" I went on full offensive twisting and slashing with both blades like a hurricane with a real one starting to form around me. Shima was also twisting around however he was on defense.

"Well while I'm glad you're finally talking I did not account for this reaction. There has been a rumor going around that camp of yours, want to know what their saying?" I halted temporarily giving him the chance to kick me in the chest and distance himself from me. My torso is definitely going to bruise.

"That you let the daughter of Athena die so you could beat Kronos. That you never even thought of her as a ticket to getting on the gods good side." He said coldly. I slowly picked myself up off the ground once again with a pained expression but deep sorrow was there as well.

"Is this true demigod? Was that girl nothing to-"

"Of course she wasn't she was everything to me! I loved her more than I could ever love the gods or myself! I would never have used her or let her fall ... but I was just too slow. Too slow to stop Kronos too late to save Annabeth. But I will make up for that by saving all demigods I come across before it's too late. I won't let there be another sacrifice like Luke and Annabeth for the pleasure of immortals who sit on their there thrones and call their deaths their victory. I won't listen to anyone that tells me otherwise either." I slashed and managed to cut his cheek in the process of my rage throwing all caution to the wind for more speed.

'I won't be too late.' 'I won't be too late.' 'I won't be too late.' 'I refuse to be too late.' I chanted in my head while going for an overhead strike.

Shima blurs away again and I hear a voice behind me.

"Then I am sorry for your loss, both then and now son of Poseidon. Maybe when you wake up you can find the strength you need to fulfill your claims. Both you and the son of Jupiter." A well placed hit to my temple saw my world turn black.

~ Shima's POV ~

The blades in Percy's hands fell out of his now limp hands as he collapsed onto the ground. I looked around to if there were any spectators who saw the fight. There wasn't any but I noticed that I was now over twenty feet from where I left the still unconscious Jason.

"Impressive I never would have thought that while we were fighting he was pushing me back and away from his knocked out teammate. He truly wanted to believe his own words. If he were any match for me his plan to allow Jason to live another day might have worked." I said to myself bending down to pick up the boys' swords and return them to their original forms.

Once that was done I picked up Percy draping him over my shoulder, then walking back to Jason to do the same. Walking out of the small creator, I winced looking at it. "Okay maybe I went a bit over board, jeez kid just how are you alive?" I found myself asking the unconscious boy.

Now before anybody ask, no I'm not going to wait for a bus to pick me up with unconscious and very hurt teenagers. That would be difficult to explain. So instead I have a car on the side of the road waiting for me.

It was black with a Fox with nine tails running along the side.

The only reason why I was on the bus earlier was to keep an eye on these recruits. Letting Percy rest against the side of the car while opening the back door and setting Jason inside buckling his seat belt. Picking up Percy once again I walked to other side and repeated the process. Hopping in the front seat I started the car.

"Now for the long drive home. Not." Pushing a small summoning circle on the underside of the steering wheel a portal opened up in front of me and I drove in with no hesitation. I would have a good report for the boss when I arrived.

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