CHAPTER 4: Waterbeds and Sisters
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or Percy Jackson and The Olympians all right belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Rick Riordan respectively. I also don't own any of the lyrics or songs that appear here.
"There is nothing like a free gift Percy" Annabeth said to the black haired boy.
Percy simply walked away "They were free, my dad sent them to me" and gestured the two blonds to follow him "We have to plan how to get in the Underworld."
Annabeth sighed and followed her chuckling crush and the Son of Poseidon to the road.
Percy was nervous, he couldn't figure out the streets. He started to think that L.A. was like Ares, no sense whatsoever. Back in New York the streets made sense and if you were smart enough and kept your eyes open nothing bad would happen and you would get safely to your destination.
Night had fallen and Percy saw the wrong kind of crowd come out of back alleys. He knew this type of thugs, he had seen them in Yancy, kids with a lot of money to throw around and wanting to play the bad guy, bullies. He hated this type.
When the thugs started coming out Naruto pulled Annabeth a bit behind him and pulled a kunai out hoping not to use it but expecting stupidity from the thugs.
"Hey" Naruto heard from behind him, and saw that Percy stopped when they shouted. "This is out street, if you want to go through it you have to pay up" they saw 'the Leader' walking towards them and a switch Knife in his hand and a smirk on his face.
Percy pulled out Riptide in hopes of scaring away the thugs, it worked… kind of, the thugs took a step back but then they went back, in his desperation he swung his sword at the leader, and everybody stared at him, saw the blade pass through cleanly and leaving no wounds.
"RUN!" Naruto shouted and pushed both Annabeth and Percy out of the circle and turned in time to parry the thrust of the leaders' knife.
Percy grabbed Annabeth's hand and pulled her away from the circle, not knowing where to run he dove into a store not even trying to understand what it sold.
Naruto seeing his friends get away, relaxed his stand and put his kunai away. The enraged leader swung his switchblade trying to stab Naruto who kept on dodging.
"Don't just stand there get him!" the leader shouted to his gang that tried to rush Naruto.
Naruto just laughed and couldn't help but remember how bad this tactic went when the used it against Kakashi.
And just as Kakashi decimated his army of clones, Naruto did with the thugs. The leader was pissing his pants at seeing one guy beat bare-handed his entire gang.
He was about to run away when he heard something that made him piss his pants.
"You should never let your enemy get behind you" he turned his head and saw the blond guy crouching and a hand-sign near his ass. The last thing he heard before his head collided with the trashcan in the alley was "Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi"
Naruto got up and saw the moaning bodies of the thugs, he chuckled a bit at the memories of his genin exam.
He left to go look for his friends before they got in more trouble. He found them in a store, when he walked in he saw Annabeth strapped to one of the many waterbeds. Percy standing next to a giant of a man looking over another bed, and in the last two beds he saw someone that made his eyes go wide.
"Ino-chan is that you?" he asked when he saw the other blond. He got his answer by ways of a colorful greeting.
"About fucking time you got here you damn Whiskers! What took you so fucking much huh?" Ino shouted while struggling against her binds and failing at it, he saw the same was for his other sister and his crush.
He was about to answer when he heard 'Ergo' and saw Percy standing over the salesman.
"Uh… Percy who is the guy and why are you holding a huge-ass axe over his legs mate?" he asked and his answer came from the other hunter.
"That is Procrustes you gods damn idiot! Cut his head so we can get the fuck out of here!"
Percy blinked at the two other girls in the store and just nodded dumbly, picked the axe and swung down to the screaming giant that kept offering him deals on the waterbeds.
He turned around when he heard ropes snapping and walked to his friend.
Annabeth got off the bed a bit shakily and tried to walk but stumbled a bit and was about to fall when a pair of arms grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. She blushed when she saw that it was Naruto but said nothing and snuggled a bit.
"Ok Whiskers stop cuddling with your girlfriend and explain what took you so long to get here" Ino said with a smirk seeing the blushes the two blonds sported and made her and her sister Phoebe laugh when they started to splutter that they weren't boy/girlfriend.
"I was beating up some thugs that got in our way and weren't scared when Percy swung his sword at the leader." Naruto started to explain to his sisters and friends what he did.
"Can somebody explain to me who they are and what is their relationship to Naruto?" Percy asked before anybody could say something else.
"Percy those are the Hunters of Artemis, Narutos' sisters, well two of them anyways." Annabeth answered making Percy go wide eye.
"The blond one is one of the girls that also has stygian iron that is Ino, she is an interrogator, and the brunette is Phoebe a trap mistress" Naruto said while pointing out each girl.
"Wait she is from your world?" Percy asked, staring incredulous at the blond hunter that gave a rather menacing aura.
"Yeah, and she has been training the same amount of time as me, and she is already one hell of an interrogator if I remember well" Naruto answered while hugging Ino with one arm.
"Is this him? The One?" Phoebe asked while nudging her head towards Percy.
"Yeah he could be… or Thalia could be freed from her prison." Annabeth answered to one of the few hunters that wanted Thalia to join them before it was too late, but didn't despised men like some of the older hunters.
"Well Whiskers you still have the luck that made your grandfather famous back in the casinos in the Elemental Nations" Ino said while laughing "First your very own prophecy thanks to the geezer toad and now you find him!" she kept on laughing while Phoebe chuckled.
"Yeah anyways we have to get going, we still have to reach the Underworld and talk to my grandfather, and we'll talk later" Naruto said while hugging both hunters and started to walk out of the store, while dragging a gapping Percy and a smiling Annabeth.
"We'll talk later Anna! There are some issues we need to clear up" Ino shouted and emphasized the 'we' by pointing at herself and Phoebe, and smirked when she saw the blush the younger blond sported while she ran out of the shop to catch up to her friend and crush.
The trio of heroes kept on walking down the streets tired and nervous they were on their way to the Underworld to get the Master Bolt back from Hades, they knew where the entrance was and they had a plan to get by Cerberus, all thanks to the Son of Poseidon who tried to be a good leader and came up with it to save his friends.
Annabeth was fidgeting a bit and turning her head everywhere she heard a sound, she was a bit skeptical about the plan but since she neither knew that well about Cerberus and Naruto denied the same they were going with Percy's plan.
They arrived at what looked like a record studio with a sign above the glass door. 'DOA Record Studio' and in the door a smaller sign 'No Solicitors, No Loitering, No Living' Annabeth and Percy swallowed a bit of saliva and breathed a bit trying to compose their nerves, Naruto chuckled a bit at this and pushed the doors open before either changed their mind and tried to back away.
They saw a bunch of people in the lobby or that is what would have looked from the outside, but Percy saw through the mist quickly and saw that they were shades, some moaning others just wandering aimlessly around, he followed his blond friend to the front desk that had a person behind it.
Percy came forward and tried to read what the tag said. "Your name is Chiron?" he asked after squinting a bit, when he spoke he got the attention of the man who turned to him and his friends with an annoyed look.
"Are you blind or are you simply stupid it says Charon not Chiron say it with me CARE-ON" the man said while pointing at his tag making both Annabeth and Percy squint and get near it to read it.
"I hate when they confuse me with the Old Centaur do I look like a Half-Man Half-Horse to you kid?" after he got a small 'No sir' he took a breath and turned to address the youngsters.
"Now what do you want?" he asked while going over their faces.
"We want to go to the Underworld?" Percy answered… well answered and asked at the same time, making Charon nod and pull a piece of paper and a pen.
"Ok how did you die?" He asked and prepared the pen.
"Drowned in the tub?" Annabeth answered trying to stick to the plan.
"Both of you?" he asked while raising an eyebrow he started to imagine what the two youngsters were doing but dismissed the idea pretty quick.
"It was a big bath tub and we fell asleep and never noticed when we drowned…" Percy tried to bullshit his way like he saw Naruto do back in the Arch before finding that they would be fighting at the top.
"Alright then, well do you have money to pay?" at the incredulous looks he elaborated "Normally when one dies we make the passage charge to their phone receipt or their credit cards but with kids and teenagers is a bit more difficult, they either keep on screaming that they can't be death or that is a mistake but I'm getting sidetracked so how do you plan on paying?"
Percy pulled the sack with the golden coins he had been collecting since they first confronted Medusa back in New Jersey, and took out several coins putting them in front of Charon who looked wide eye.
"Real golden drachmas… how… hey wait a minute you two aren't dead, and you must be dyslexic since you had trouble reading my name and confused me with him, turn around young demigods and don't come back I will take this coins and forget I ever saw you two." Charon said with realization in his voice and started to reach for the coins when he heard a voice that made him pale a bit.
"Charon what did I told you about getting greedy with the money, I know that Italian suits are expensive but that is why the wait is better trust me." Naruto said with a smirk towards Charon who grumbled and put his hand down and away from the coins.
"Lord Naruto what can I do for you today, I thought you were back in that Heroes camp training." Charon said while bowing his head down to the grandson of his boss. And one of the few that would talk to him from time to time.
"I am but we were sent on a quest this two here are my companions and we need to go see my grandfather, think we can hitch a ride?" Naruto said and pulled a small sack that made Charon smirk a bit at the sound, he knew that sound and he loved it.
"Hmm well I think we have a few seats left… alright let's go" Charon said after he checked a list and went to the elevator with the trio of Demigod trailing behind.
After getting in the elevator, and Charon having to push back several spirits and threatening them if they changed his radio station they started to descend Annabeth grabbed Naruto's hand on instinct when she felt they started to move forwards and she turned down to see a river.
Annabeth gasped when she saw the River Styx. "The River Styx, it's so… so…" she tried to finish her sentence when Charon finished it for her.
"Polluted? Yeah for centuries you humans have crossed this river leaving behind dreams and hopes that never came true making it this polluted." He said and turned to let Annabeth and Percy see his eyes, Percy felt that by simply staring his soul was falling down an empty void.
They heard a guitar being strummed and turned to see Naruto strumming his guitar. He took a deep breath and started to play.
(PLAY: Dragula by Rob Zombie)
Dead I am the one, exterminating son
Slipping through the trees, strangling the breeze
Dead I am the sky, watching angels cry
While they slowly turn, conquering the worm
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Dead I am the pool, spreading from the fool
Weak and what you need, nowhere as you bleed
Dead I am the rat, feast upon the cat
Tender is the fur, dying as you purr
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
Burn like an animal
Dead I am the life, dig into the skin
Knuckle crack the bone, twenty one to win
Dead I am the dog, hound of hell you cry
Devil on your back, I can never die
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
Burn like an animal
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my
Dragula!
At the end of the song Charon was smirking while Annabeth just face palmed when her crush chose that moment to play that kind of song, while Percy was shaking he swore that every chorus a ghost was singing along with Naruto
They heard a growl in the distance and Percy shivered, he heard Charon say 'Ol' three faces is hungry unfortunately for you, he loves Demigod flesh.' And that made him twice as nervous as he was before he hoped that the plan he devised worked.
Before Percy knew it they had hit shore and the spirits got off the boat followed by Naruto who held Annabeth's hand in his, he followed them and got off the boat.
Naruto turned and grinned at Charon with a pouch full of coins and tossed it to him, "Thanks again Charon, there is enough there for you to buy at least two suits, the second one is on me." He said and walked away towards the lines of the dead.
Percy saw one spirit be brutalized by the guards and when he saw the face of the spirit he recognized as the preacher that went to his school once to do something he never paid attention, he heard he had died when he crashed his 'Lambo of the Lord' when the authorities found out all the money he had gathered for donations were spent on a mansion and several other expensive things.
"What will happen to him?" Percy asked Naruto while pointing at the preacher that was dragged to another booth.
"My Grandfather will decide a special punishment for all eternity" he answered and saw that Percy was about to ask another question.
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't believe in this pantheon he will see his version of hell but will be punished by Alecto." He answered the question without glancing towards Percy.
They heard another growl and turned to see a three headed dog, and the fastest lane going right under him. Percy took that as his signal and reached to his bag where he pulled a stick and waved it in front of the dog.
"Why is it that we can see him more now?" He asked, and his only answer was 'because he is about to attack and you are about to die if you don't do something Seaweed-Brain' and sweat dropped.
Naruto stood back chuckling and shaking his head at Percy's attempt to get Cerberus attention with a stick, and when he saw Percy throw the stick towards the river he laughed.
Annabeth was thinking what had gone through Percy's mind when he thought this plan would work, she face-palmed again when he threw the stick thinking that would make the huge-ass dog follow it.
"Umm guys… my plan failed, badly another idea" Percy asked while backing away from the dog with fear evident in his voice.
Naruto chuckled yet again and whistled. "Heel Cerberus! Down Boy!" and just like that the dog turned his three heads to the blond and gave what equaled of a happy greeting. Naruto got closer to him and gave him another command "Move boy we have to see Grandpa, I will leave some clones to play with you aight?"
And with those simple words Cerberus nodded his three heads as best as he could and moved aside, Naruto turned to his friends and told them to go ahead while he created several clones.
They started to walk through the lines when half of the plan went to shit when the alarms were triggered by the celestial bronze that Annabeth and Percy were carrying making Naruto shout for them to run and lead them to the fields of Asphodel.
After a few minutes running and seeing that the security wouldn't catch them they slowed down a bit. "Well that was… interesting ne?" Naruto said while panting a bit, all the answer he got was a glare from Annabeth and a yelp from Percy who was having troubles controlling his shoes that seemed to want to fly away and dragging both Percy and the duffle bag that Ares had given to them.
"Percy stop fooling around with those shoes!" Annabeth shouted when she saw Percy start moving away from them, they could hear Percy shouting 'Maia! MAIA! Gods Damn it Stop already!' they ran after him, all the way into a cave, where Percy was able to get a hold of a stalactite and one of his shoes got loose enough that he was able to kick it away just in time before he was drag of the chasm.
"Quick Percy kick your other shoe off!" Naruto shouted while he near him and helped him get up, while Percy got his feet out of the magic shoe and Naruto kicked it to the chasm, he grabbed Percy's shoulder and lead him to the entrance where Annabeth was waiting for them.
When again everything went to shit when Percy and Naruto felt something trying to grab them from the bottom of the chasm, Naruto reacted and chucked Percy to the entrance of the cave where Annabeth grabbed him and they got a hold of another stalactite while he stuck to the ground with chakra and made his way towards them.
When Naruto was able to reach them they made a break for it and ran out of the cave.
"What the hell was that?! Another of your grandpa's pet?!" Percy shouted when they made it back to the fields.
"No… something worse, far worse than any monster and even far older and stronger Percy, that was the entrance to Tartarus." Naruto said with a somber look. "Come on my grandpa's castle is near we will have to go through Persephone's garden so be mindful and don't even touch anything aight?" he said and without another word made his way to the garden they could see in the distance.
After walking through the garden and Naruto stopping Percy more than once of trying to grab and examine one of the fruits they made it to the castle.
Percy whistled at the huge-ass door and they drawings it had on it while Annabeth was astounded by the craftsmanship. Naruto chuckled at their reactions and just pushed it to walk towards the throne they could see at the end of the hall.
"So you have finally arrived Hm?" they heard someone say when they had walked half of the room, "Did you stopped by his house to say hi or something?" Percy and Annabeth turned around trying to find where the voice was coming.
Naruto just chuckled at his grandfathers antics he stepped forward and said "No but Someone tried to suck us in to his house, I was able to stop it but I think we have been tricked" he finished making both Annabeth and Percy to turn around and watch as Hades figure appeared sited on his throne.
Percy decided it was his turn to act and stepped forward and addressed Hades.
"Lord Hades, Uncle please I come to you with two propositions." He said making Hades turn his gaze towards him and narrowing his eyes.
"What are these demands Son of Poseidon, are you here to blackmail me in name of your father so that I support him in the war he caused by stealing the Master Bolt!" Hades roared making the room tremble a bit.
Annabeth leaned a bit on Naruto who wrapped his arm around her to try and comfort her. She snuggled a bit into his warm embrace.
"No that's not it, give back the Master Bolt to me, let me take it back to Olympus, and let me have my mother back." Percy replied getting a bit angry at how his father was being accused of something he never did.
Hades was getting angrier and angrier the more Percy talked about how he should give back the bolt and let his mother go.
He summoned a golden orb to his hand, and let it drop. When it touched the ground it exploded in a shower of light.
When the light faded Percy's eyes widened at the sight. His mother, frozen at the time the Minotaur crushed her throat.
"You want her don't you?" Percy heard Hades say, he couldn't speak he was so close, his mom was but an arms length away from him, he could grab her and make a break for it, hoping that Naruto and Annabeth were behind him
"Give me back my Helm, and I will let her go." Hades said while resting on his throne.
"Wow wait! What do you mean by 'Give me back my Helm' was it stolen too?" Naruto asked out of the blue drawing attention to himself.
"You could have told me, or mom, you know we would have helped you find it, I understand you don't trust the other Olympians but you can trust Mom and me." He finished with a sad look.
"I didn't want to burden your mom with this Naruto, she was already busy trying to find the damn Master Bolt, when it is finally here." Hades said while glancing towards Percy, more importantly to the duffle bag.
"Percy… give me the duffle bag right now." Naruto said and started walking towards Percy who took the bag from his shoulder like it was on fire.
When Naruto reached it and opened it he gasped and showed its contents to the rest of the occupants. The master Bolt was in the duffle bag, the duffle bag that Ares had given them.
"Percy, prepare the pearls, Annabeth take the duffle bag do not I repeat do NOT let go of it for an instant, Grandpa, get Alecto and her sister to Santa Monica right know, I will get the helm back." Naruto said while he tried to come up with both an explanation to why Ares acted the way he did, and a battle plan.
Percy pulled the pearls from his pocket and gave one to Annabeth and the other to Naruto, he turned towards the throne when he heard the flapping of wings, and turned to see Mrs. Dodds. He avoided her look till he heard she had flown away.
"I hope you return her grandpa, he is getting back your helm, well at least he is helping." Naruto said and pointed towards Percy's mom.
Hades just nodded and waved him away, they broke the pearls and saw how they were inside bubbles, and rising quite fast towards the cavernous ceiling.
"Well, the good news is that we made it out of the Underworld thanks to Poseidon's gift… the bad part is that WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING OCEAN!" Annabeth said while clinging to Naruto, enough to stay close to him but not drown him and in the process her. The fact that she could feel the muscles under his wet shirt was just a bonus.
"Easy Anny, we are close to the Santa Monica beach, and a police boat is coming this way." Naruto said with a reassuring smile, trying to not show his blush by holding Annabeth against his body.
When the Police finally dropped them by the beach and left grumbling about multiple distress calls and stupid kids trying to swim with all their clothes one Naruto unsealed Kubikiri and walked towards the hulking form they could see by the road.
"So… you tried to start a war?" Naruto said casually like he was talking about the weather.
Ares just smirked while twirling a Ski cap on one of his fingers.
"Family war… the best kind of war that can happen kid." Ares said with a smirk. "It was all perfectly planned, you guys go down to the underworld, and you get a present, the Master Bolt right in your lap. While Poseidon and Zeus are fighting Ol' Corpse Breath is looking for this little nifty thing." He said and tossed the ski cap, when he caught it again they saw the same logo Naruto carried on some of his shirts.
"Unfortunately you went and screwed it up, by getting out alive." He finished and pulled a bat from his back.
Percy exploded with rage, it was all Ares fault. He started shouting at the War God, making them start arguing, when Ares said that he wasn't being controlled by dreams, Percy smirked and said that he never mentioned the dreams.
Ares fumed and decided to end it all. "Ok enough of this, now I will have to kill you three, nothing personal, just business." And summoned a huge boar made out of sand. Said boar charged towards Percy that was close by the sea and when he dodge its charge he drowned it.
Percy brandished his sword towards Ares in challenge, making the god chuckle and transform his bat to a double-edge, double-bladed sword. "Old Style it is then Punk." And Percy charged recklessly.
"Keep an eye on Percy, I will go get the Helm back." Naruto said and before Annabeth could answer him he wrapped himself in darkness and walked towards the bike.
He was so focused on the helm that he never sensed the flying body that crashed in to him.
Naruto looked up and saw Percy, knocked out and cut pretty bad. He turned his sights towards Ares and saw the god in a bit better shape that his friend but enough to make a difference.
"Enough of this. Ares I challenge you to a duel. The winner takes both the Helm of Darkness and the Master Bolt." Naruto shouted towards Ares.
Annabeth widen her eyes at the words her crush was saying, was he insane, probably, would he be ok. She wasn't so sure, she just hoped that Kurama would help with any serious wounds.
"Hn so you did learn something from both your mom and grandpa, I, Ares God of War accept the terms of your challenge." Ares said while brandishing his sword and getting into a quick stance where he could both defend with ease and attack faster.
Naruto grabbed Kubikiri handle and brought it forth, the Stygian Iron shinning with malice.
"Let's Dance" was the only thing Naruto said before disappearing in a blur of speed.
Annabeth tried to follow his movements but she was unable, she decided to get Percy out of the line of fire and dragged him towards the pier she was standing, and lowered him to the water a bit.
Ares was focusing all his senses to find the blond demigod, he had sparred with him several times, and he was impressed by the progress and the forms the kid could pull off.
He raised his sword to stop a vertical swing, and smirked when he saw the determined look Naruto had, in that moment he swore on the Styx even if he lost to the blond he wouldn't curse him, he rather liked the way he fought. But he would still curse that damn Sea Spawn, not even challenging him to make it official. Disrespectful brats the lot.
Naruto brought his sword back and tried to bisect Ares by the waist, again his attack was parried by the more experienced god. He jumped back to catch some breath and think of another plan.
That plan was tossed to the trash when Ares decided to go on the offensive, with a thrust, the same thrust Clarisse always started her spear attacks. He deflected the tip and tried to do an upwards slash.
Successful attack… yet only cloth was cut from said counter.
Ares jumped back to examine the cut, he smirked at his shirt, a clean cut, would had cut through a mortal or any monster, but against a experienced warrior a simple step back and just his shirt was damaged.
"Congratulations, you finally damaged my clothes… in our other spars you barely ever came close to do something like that." Ares said with a smirk.
Naruto just smirked back and set himself in another stance.
They surged forwards with as much speed as they could muster, both with a cross-swing trying to cut from the shoulder to the hip. They passed by the other, and stood facing opposite from their opponent.
Annabeth, Percy, The Furies and the gods at Olympus that summoned an I.M. when they heard the challenge, and decided to let both the camp and the hunters, stared with wide eyes and baited breath.
Ares chuckled lowly, the kid was good, damn good. He turned slowly and let his chest exposed, a giant cut going from his right hip to his left shoulder was visible, dripping a bit of golden Ichor. He started laughing louder.
Naruto was panting the only thing that kept him going was Kurama and the adrenaline he had coursing through his veins, it took a lot of chakra to attack Ares. He turned and same with Ares his shirt was shredded by the fight and his chest was exposed, he had a deep cut from the left hip to his right shoulder. He saw Ares had a matching wound, and that he was laughing loudly.
"You finally did it kid… you finally cut me with your own power, impressive." Ares said and felt the cut heal slowly. "I concede defeat." He said and suddenly he stopped in his tracks, fell to his knees, while a dark mist swirled from his mouth out and dispersed in the wind.
Naruto and Kurama could feel the negative emotions the mist contained. Before he could do anything he fell to his knees to and saw Annabeth and Percy rush to his side.
"You did good Naruto, but you Percy Jackson… I curse you, when you need it the most your sword will fail you, and you will remember me, pray that Naruto is by your side to save your hide." Ares said at first with a laugh and when his eyes landed on Percy they turned to stone. After his curse was said he started glowing and disappeared in a flash.
After they gave the helm to Alecto who flew away after giving a warning to Percy to become a true hero or she would haunt him for all the afterlife, they saw that they had to get the Bolt to New York by that evening… Percy was a rather good actor using pity and saying that his step father Gabe Ugliano would reward any that helped them to get to New York by that time.
Naruto and Annabeth sat by either side of Percy to keep him relaxed. Every turbulence made the kid shiver.
After several hours of flight they finally landed, Naruto made some clones that looked like Percy and sent them to distract the media that was waiting for them at the airport.
When they finally made it outside Naruto created another clone, and told Annabeth to take a cab to camp, she wanted to protest but a look from Naruto made her calm down, he got close to her ear and whispered 'I have to go an deliver a report of what happened Anny, don't worry I will meet you at the foot of the tree… at our place.' Making Annabeth blush and nod, wishing them luck.
Percy and Naruto hopped in a different cab and drove towards the Empire State.
They arrived and walked towards the front desk.
"We would like to see Zeus… we have something that belongs to him." Naruto said while bringing forth the duffle bag and opening it enough to let the Master Bolt be visible.
The guard pale considerable and gave them the access key and told them to make sure that they were the only ones in the elevator.
When they made it to the elevator and made sure that there was no one else in it Naruto put the key in and pressed the button that had the number 300.
Percy was in awe, after a stressing elevator ride with horrible music, they finally made it to the top.
When he stepped out of the elevator with Naruto his breath hitched, it was a beautiful sight, nymphs and minor gods, the muses, satyrs selling things. It was beautiful.
He followed Naruto to the biggest building in sight, while they walked by several minor gods and nymphs pointed at them, the satyrs and more nymphs walked up to Naruto to greet him, and he did the same always with a smile.
They finally made it to the Throne Room, after Naruto made a pit stop with the muses to talk a bit to them before their concert. When they made it in Percy almost fell, the room made Grand Central Station look like a broom closet.
At the end of the throne room to beings were seated at their own unique thrones, one was made of Marble and looked regal, while the other one looked like a deep-sea fishing chair.
They walked towards them, Naruto bowed to the two gods, first the one in the Marble throne and then to the one in the deep-sea fishing chair.
Percy felt drawn to the god that had a Hawaiian shirt and smile wrinkles. He recognized the black hair and sea-green eyes… the same eyes and hair he saw every morning in the mirror. "Father" he said while bowing to him.
"Shouldn't you address the Lord of the House first boy?" he heard from his right.
"Peace brother, he defers to his father first." The one infront of him said.
Percy got up and bowed to the now identified Zeus.
They asked him what happened and if he thought that Ares was to blame for the thefts.
"I can answer the second part gramps." Naruto said while putting a hand on Percy's shoulder letting him know that he had his back.
"Well then, answer me kid." Zeus said while grumbling about disrespectful brats.
"I think he was being controlled… by him." Naruto said and got narrowed eyes for his trouble.
Poseidon and Zeus discussed in ancient Greek making Percy confused and Naruto to stop listening to the discussion.
After a few minutes Zeus left to purify his Master Bolt and Percy left to talk to his father, leaving Naruto to wander around for a bit.
A few minutes later of playing with the Muses, he saw Percy storm out of the Throne Room and towards the elevator, he rushed after him.
"So where to now?" Naruto asked while they rode the elevator down.
"We go to my apartment, my dad told me that my mom was finally home, that Hades made true to his word." Percy said and hopped into a cab followed by Naruto.
After a teary reunion with his mom, Percy and Naruto made their way towards camp.
They arrived to see Annabeth sitting at the base of the tree, along with Chiron and Grover. Naruto and Percy made their way towards them, when Annabeth spotted them she rushed to meet them.
When she was close to Naruto she launched herself to him, making Naruto stumble a bit to catch her, and embrace her.
Chiron and Grover chuckled at the sight while they trotted towards Percy. When they passed the border, they were greeted by cheers from the campers.
"Naruto!" was heard over the crowd, making everybody shut up, they saw Clarisse walk forwards to her best friend.
"The Ares Cabin would like to thank you for what you did for our father." Clarisse said and shook Naruto's hand.
"It was nothing, and I was finally able to cut him." Naruto said with a smirk and laughed at the cheers from the Ares Cabin.
"What concerns about you Jackson… we still don't like you." Clarisse said with a glare, making Percy back off a bit. He knew they would be pissed for a while, but Naruto assured him that by next summer they would forget about it.
"Congratulations to our first hero's to come back from a quest in three years" Chiron said making the rest of the camp cheer.
Their respective cabins hoisted them up and walked them towards the amphitheater where they would burn their shrouds. Percy was carried by the Hermes cabin while the Apollo cabin carried Naruto, in name of both Artemis and Apollo.
Annabeth's shroud was a beautiful silver with an owl emblazoned on it, and when Percy commented that it would be a shame that she wouldn't be able to burn with it he got a punch to the shoulder and a laugh for his troubles.
Percy's shroud was made by the Ares Cabin, it was a simply red cloth with smiley faces with crosses by eyes and the word 'LOSER' on it, Percy had a great time burning it.
Naruto's shroud was brought by Hermes himself saying that the Hunters had made it when they heard of his quest by Artemis. It was a onyx black color, with the symbols of both Artemis and Hades in silver and he saw the Konoha symbol he had in his hitai-iate. He saw the craftsmanship of Phoebe and Ino's design. He loved it and burned it with proud.
After a few hours of celebrating Naruto was pushed to the stage along with his cousins from the Apollo cabin. He saw the way the campers looked at him and he smiled and unsealed his guitar.
"Alright this is for those that have gone on a quest." Naruto said, and turned to tell his cousins which song.
(PLAY: Hero by Skillet)
I'm just a step away
I'm just a breath away
Losin' my faith today
(Fallin' off the edge today)
I am just a man
Not superhuman
(I'm not superhuman)
Someone save me from the hate
It's just another war
Just another family torn
(Falling from my faith today)
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live
[Chorus]
I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero (save me now)
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me (just in time)
I've gotta fight today
To live another day
Speakin' my mind today
(My voice will be heard today)
I've gotta make a stand
But I am just a man
(I'm not superhuman)
My voice will be heard today
It's just another war
Just another family torn
(My voice will be heard today)
It's just another kill
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves
[Chorus]
I need a hero to save my life
I need a hero just in time
Save me just in time
Save me just in time
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
We're in the fight of our lives
(And we're not ready to die)
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make 'em believe
I've got a hero (I've got a hero)
Livin' in me
I'm gonna fight for what's right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight
(I will be ready to die)
A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time
[Chorus]
I need a hero
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
I need a hero
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make 'em believe
I need a hero
I need a hero
A hero's gonna save me just in time
When they finished the rest of the campers cheered for another one.
(PLAY: Cosmic Castaway by Electrasy)
Lose my head to the chemical freeway
Comin' up on overload
In a mystic new dimension
Purify and sanctify me
What, so I'm in no end game
Move my piece right off the board
Losing sure is easy so I am no more
But I'm not broken, in my dream I win
In here I'm nothing, a Cosmic Castaway
In my head I'm a chemical dreamer
Speed up to burn out mode
Comin' up in the 5th dimension
Beautify don't crucify me, yeah
So I need no mind game poisoning my lonely soul
Losing sure is easy so I am no more
But I'm not broken, in my dream I win
And I take over, coz I'm no loser
And I'm in and you're not, bad dreams don't stop
But I'm all screwed up, a Cosmic Castaway
a Cosmic Castaway, a Cosmic Castaway
And I want but have not
Bad dreams, lust thoughts
In here with no pain, you hurt me again
And I want but have none
I should beat the alien
But here I'm no one, a Cosmic Castaway
a Cosmic Castaway, a Cosmic Castaway
a Cosmic Castaway
They finished the songs, and thanked them. They left the stage to let the rest of the Apollo cabin play.
Naruto walked through the campers till he saw the grey eyes of Annabeth talking to some of her siblings about the quest.
"Mind if I steal your sister for a while?" Naruto said while grabbing Annabeth's hand.
He walked to the center of the amphitheater and started to slow dance, Annabeth was blushing like a tomato, but had a huge smile on her face. She was dancing with her crush.
She knew that the next morning both her cabin and the Aphrodite cabin would hound her for details.
"How do you feel?" Naruto asked trying to hide his blush from Annabeth.
"Perfect now that we are back. And that you are completely healed. I hope that next summer is as great and interesting as this one." Annabeth answered and put her head on his chest. She could feel both the lighting scar he got from his friend back home, and the scar that Ares had left him.
"You still plan on trying to give them a shot don't you?" Naruto asked out of the blue.
Annabeth just nodded and kept her head down. She felt a finger under her chin and turned to see Naruto's Onyx and Silver eyes. Gods how she loved to see those eyes.
"You are doing the right thing, and if you are not feeling that well, just I.M. and I will be there in a flash." Naruto said and smiled. They stayed that way for a few minutes until Naruto was dragged to the stage for one final song.
He dragged Lee and Michael Yew another of his cousins to the stage and unsealed his acoustic guitar making Lee get his and Michael get near one of the mics.
(PLAY: This is How We Roll by Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan)
The mix tape's got a little Hank, little Drake
A little something bumping, thump, thumping on the wheel ride
The mix in our drink's a little stronger than you think
So get a grip, take a sip of that feel right
The truck's jacked up, flat bills flipped back
Yeah you can find us where the party's at
This is how we roll
We hanging round singing out everything on the radio
We light it up with our hands up
This is how we roll
And this is how we do
We're burning down the night shooting bullets at the moon baby
This is how we roll
Yeah baby this is how we roll
We rollin' into town
With nothing else to do we take another lap around
Yeah holla at your boy if you need a ride
If you roll with me yeah you know we rollin' high
Up on and thirty seven needles, windows tinted hard to see though
How fresh my baby is in the shotgun seat oh
Them kisses are for me though, automatic like a free throw
This life I live it might not be for you but it's for me though
Let's roll!
This is how we roll
We hanging round singing out everything on the radio
We light it up with our hands up
This is how we roll
And this is how we do
When the world turns ugly I just turn and look at you baby
This is how we roll
Yeah we're proud to be young
We stick to our guns
We love who we love and we wanna have fun
Yeah we cuss on them Mondays
And pray on them Sundays
Pass is around and we dream about one day
This is how we roll
We hanging round singing out everything on the radio
We light it up with our hands up
This is how we roll
And this is how we ride
We slingin' up the mud, cuttin' through the countryside baby
This is how we roll
Yeah this is how we roll
This is how we roll
Yeah this is how we roll
This is how we do
We're burning down the night shooting bullets at the moon baby
This is how we roll
Yeah this is how we roll
The camp cheered, and they grumbled when Mr. D told them to go to bed.
The last month of camp came and went so fast for Percy and Naruto that they were surprised by the notes left by their bed one morning asking if they would stay and if so to let Mr. D or Chiron know before the cleaning Harpies ate them.
Naruto was at the Big House playing with Chiron and Mr. D a game of Pinochle and Annabeth was talking to them.
Percy went to the woods with Luke, Naruto's suspicions grew over the last month with Luke distancing himself from the rest of the camp and his siblings. So Naruto had a clone trailing after them.
After winning another hand and Mr. D cursing about his luck he felt his clone dispel with the memories of the talk Luke had with Percy, the confession of siding with Kronos, and leaving after he poisoned Percy with a Pit Scorpion, he saw his clone break the line of the woods and rushing towards them.
"Chiron prepare the antidote for Pit Scorpion venom… Luke has betrayed us for Kronos." Naruto said with a grim face.
Chiron just nodded while Mr. D left to Olympus to inform of their discovery, while Annabeth clung to Naruto's shirt crying and trying to come to terms with Luke's treachery.
"Anny… relax, we will hunt him down and bring him in to question his motives." Naruto tried to comfort her.
"I knew something was wrong since his quest three years ago… I tried to talk to him and see what was wrong but he shut me out… and then you came, and you made me smile again… and after a few times of talking to him you warned me about this… I didn't want to believe you… I'm sorry Whiskers." Annabeth cried in his shirt, Naruto just rubbed her back and made soothing sounds… he knew about that.
"Come Percy must be awake now, and your father will be here soon." Naruto hugged her to his chest and got up and walked towards the infirmary with Annabeth drying her tears and calming down, letting her analytic mind take over.
After Percy woke and told them in detail what happened between him and Luke Naruto walked Annabeth towards Thalia's tree.
"Remember I.M. me if you want me to come pick you up ok?" Naruto said while grabbing Annabeth's hand and her luggage in the other.
Annabeth smiled and nodded.
"Come meet them, my dad wants to meet you." Annabeth said with a grin and dragging Naruto towards where her dad and stepmother were waiting with two younger sons.
"Dad, this is Naruto… Naruto meet my dad." Annabeth said with a grin at Naruto's nervousness.
"A pleasure sir." Naruto said while shaking Annabeth's dad's hand and swallowing a bit of saliva.
Annabeth's dad smiled and introduced the rest of Annabeth's stepfamily to Naruto. After the pleasantries he asked who were Naruto's parents.
"My dad was Minato Namikaze, my mom is Artemis." Naruto said with a grin at the gob smacked faces of the Chase family.
"Well we have to go to avoid traffic Whiskers, take care and say hi to your mom and your sisters for me ok?" Annabeth asked while hugging Naruto, when they separated and they started to load on the car Annabeth turned around and gave Naruto a kiss on his cheek making the blond hunter blush and wave with a hand while the other was holding his cheek with a goofy smile.
Naruto was walking in the woods near Colorado. He was finally going back to his mom's camp.
When he arrived he saw all the hunters pitching tents around a fire, while others were feeding the wolfs and falcons.
He walked to the largest tent in the center of the camp.
"I'm Home mom." He said to the auburn haired girl that was sitting around a table talking to her lieutenants.
"Welcome home honey. How is your new scar holding up."
Well... I finally finished this chapter and the first book. I want to thank to 'Have a Little Faith' for her/his suggestion of Cosmic Castaway, to 'Tom Darksider' for his suggestion of Dragula.
I know you will hate me for taking forever to get this chapter down... I am trully sorry. But I will try to get started on the next chapter soon.
Again if you have any critics or suggestions or questions don't be afraid to leave a review or a PM I answer both, and I would apreciate if you gave my other stories a shot, hopefully they are to your liking.
If you feel the fight with Ares was lame... well you might be right this would be my first fight I write... I really don't know if I blew it with it but if you guys have any suggestions for future fights and all that please send them to me.
Thanks for the support you guys have shown me. I really apreciate it