Chapter 8: It's Morning

CHAPTER START

A few mere minutes after the capture the flag game which turned into a one sided slaughter Percy had been claimed and by someone who was not supposed to have a demigod child Percy was a son of Poseidon.

So here Percy was sitting by himself as he waited near the hearth at the center of the camp right beside Naruto who was conversing with a young girl who Percy had not seen before.

So Percy decided to listen in to the conversation as it was a better alternative than watch others stare at him.

"So Naruto did you have fun?" Percy heard the girl ask wit mirth in her voice.

"Humph as if they offered much slightly entertaining I admit however the other camp gave me a better challenge" Naruto answered gruffly though he had a smile on his face.

"hehe well me and your other mothers just wanted to congratulate you and warn you not to let it go to your head." The girl said with a smile as she place a hand on Naruto's cheek.

'Mother's how the heck does a guy have more than one mother?' Percy thought to himself.

"Of course I know if I did both you and Lady Artemis would beat it out of me" Naruto said with a slight chuckle.

"And don't you forget it. Oh and before I forget my brother wants you to keep an eye on Percy for him" the girl said seriously.

"Sure" Naruto said to which the girl nodded.

"Well that's all for now see you later my dear boy" the girl said as she walked to wards the fire and vanished into it.

"See you too Mom" Naruto said as he stood up and turned to glare at Percy.

"You know it is quite rude to listen in on private conversations right?" Naruto said with a glare at Percy.

"S-sorry I couldn't help myself" Percy said shivering at Naruto's glare.

"Sigh fine but If I see you do it again I will make you wish you were dead are we clear?" Naruto threatened.

"Y-yes" Percy sputtered out.

"Good now good night" Naruto said as he turned to leave.

"Wait who was that?" Percy asked curious.

"My mother Hestia" Naruto said as he continued walking towards his cabin not looking back at Percy.

"Percy it's time to move to your new cabin" Chiron said bringing Percy out of his thoughts.

"Oh ok which is it" Percy asked as he followed Chiron.

"Cabin three" Chiron said as he pointed it out to Percy.

"Good night Percy" Chiron said as he left Percy to enter on his own.

"Home sweet home" Percy said as he went inside and fell asleep.

(The Next Day)

This morning when Naruto woke up he knew things would go wrong very quickly and felt as if Percy would be in the center of it.

So going about his morning routine as usual he found that his magic reserves had somehow increased overnight making his meditation longer than ususal.

Finally when he had finished he left his cabin finding a few campers awake and he spotted Grover dragging Percy out of his cabin towards the big house.

Quickly grabbing his jacket which can make him invisible he activated it's ability and moved towards the big house.

"What I haven't stolen anything Zeus is crazy" Naruto heard Percy say defensively.

Entering discretely he saw that Annabeth was there as well and she was invisible same as him.

For you see those invisible are invisible to all except magic users who cast sight clarity spells, those with enhanced sense, and other invisible people.

Seeing Annabeth notice him Naruto placed a finger to his lips signifying that they would watch the proceedings quietly. It was amusing the two children of Athena could be very stealthy just to acquire knowledge.

Loooking back at the occupants of the big house namely Chiron, Grover and Dionysus. Naruto could see that they were looking a bit fearful at Percy though Dionysus was looking at him in annoyance rather than fear.

"Um Percy buddy? We don't use the c word to describe the king of Olympus" Grover said to Percy.

"Anyway it has come to the belief of Lord Zeus that you have stolen his master bolt and have delivered it to you father Lord Poseidon to be mass produced to overthrow him." Chiron explained seeing as it was no use to tell Percy how to address the gods at the moment.

Naruto almost snorted at this it was known to him that Zeus was very paranoid and trusted very few people.

"What but I haven't done any of that" Percy insisted.

"I know but in order to prove your innocence what better than to have you deliver the master bolt back to Zeus" Chiron said.

"How will I do that?" Percy questioned.

"Consult the oracle she is upstairs" Chiron said as he let Percy move towards the attic.

And so Naruto moved towards Annabeth silently telling her to stay put as he followed Percy up the stairs.

Moving behind Percy he watched as a corpse came to life and green smoke exited the corpses mouth and formed into an illusion Naruto could see that it formed into Gabe and his three buddies.

You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,

You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,

You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend,

And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.

The son of many will join thee and aid thee,

And will come to face his sister's thief.

And with that the mist receded back leaving a dazed Percy who went down the stairs with Naruto following.

Naruto knew full well what the prophecy meant for him he would face that man who stole his most precious sister's gift.

Clencing his fist he went beside Annabeth who noticed this and placed a calming hand on his shoulder. Naruto gave her a gratefull nod at this.

Percy who had just finished explaining what the oracle had told him but left out the last four lines of the prophecy. Chiron had told im to find companions for his journey.

Hearing this Annabeth and Naruto went visible once more shocking Percy.

"I shall go I don't trust a son of Poseidon to accomplish this properly" Annabeth said seriously though Naruto could tell that she was yearning to leave the camp for an adventure.

"And I shall accompany my sister on this quest though I was also given an order from Lord Zeus to keep an eye on Percy" Naruto said getting a nod from Dionysus while Grover and Chiron looked slightly afraid.

"Relax I won't kill him unless he prove to be the thief" Naruto says calming Chiron and Grover somewhat.

And with that the team of four went to prepare for the quest.

Percy went to his cabin and got properly dressed.

Annabeth went and got her already prepared bag for when a quest would be issued as well as said her goodbyes to her cabin mates.

Grover went towards the woodlands for something.

Naruto simply went to his cabin and offered a few prayers for blessing from his mothers. When he was done he simply left the cabin with the clothes on his back after all Naruto had access to a pocket dimension for storage of all his things.

As he moved towards the hill where they would meet he was ambushed by a group of wood nymphs who wanted to wish him good luck on his quest which Naruto humbly accepted. If he had bothered to look around he could see looks of jealousy coming from the other campers who were awake and were watching the nymphs surround Naruto.

It was simple and plain jealousy and who could fault them by their very own nature nymphs were well endowed women who were often the subject of lust and affection from gods and men alike.

Though this was not the case for Naruto who was raised in the hunt and would occasionally be taken care of by nymphs when all of the hunt had to take care of a few monsters and due to the flighty nature of the nymphs some had traveled long and far. Which was why Naruto could see a few familiar faces from the nymphs who wished him good luck after accepting it he then proceeded towards the top of the hill.

When he reached the top of the hill he could sense a strong magical presence from the tree beside him.

'Is this an enchanted tree? Or is it something more than that? Somehow I feel a living presence from it.' Naruto thought as he analyzed his tree.

"Naruto I didn't know you were here already" Annabeth asked from behind him shocking him slightly at how he didn't notice her presence.

"Yea is there something with this tree I feel something from it" Naruto asked pointing at the tree behind him.

"Yeah it is the tree of Thalia when she died Zeus turned her into a tree that now protects the camp." Annabeth said sadly.

"Thalia? You mean the girl that traveled with you and Luke?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah" Annabeth answered.

Just then Percy, Grover and Chiron came along up the hill joining them.

"So Percy hold on to this it's a gift from your father just click and it will become a sword. Don't worry about losing it, it will always return to your pocket" Chiron said as he handed Percy a pen.

"Anaklusmos Rip Tide" Percy said in awe when he clicked the pen which transformed into a sword when he did.

"Indeed it has a long and sad history which we won't go into today." Chiron said sadly at which Naruto clenched his fist tightly remembering the particular history of that sword. Naruto would have at one point taken it as his own however he discovered it was best held by those with connections to the sea like Percy so he would leave it in his hands.

"Indeed Percy it is a good blade wield it well and treat it properly if you don't I might take it from you" Naruto said as he stared of into the distance even though his voice contained a threatening tone his face looked wistful in thought.

"I will" Percy said honestly he could hear the proud tone of how Naruto described the blade and this coming from the guy with many weapons it sounded like the highest form of praise for a weapon.

"Well shall we?" Annabeth said anxiously she was really itching to go on this quest.

"Wait!" they all heard Luke shout from behind them carrying a shoe box.

"Oh good you haven't left yet I have something for you" Luke said as he opened the box and handed it to Percy.

Looking inside they all saw that it held shoes.

"What's this do" Percy asked confused.

"Maia" Luke said and as he did the shoes grew wings and started to fly.

"These are shoes from my father and since I don't use them to often I thought I should leave them with you" Luke said thoughtfully.

"Hmm cool I guess I could fly with them right?" Percy said looking at his companions for the quest only to receive deadpan looks and a facepalm from Naruto.

"Percy how to put this lightly your wanted dead by Zeus and you want to fly in the sky which is his domain do you see where this is going" Naruto said slightly irritated at his cluelessness.

"Oh hehe sorry" Percy said embarrassed.

"Well how about you use them Grover" Percy asked handing the shoes to Grover.

"I guess I could." Grover said bashfully.

"Well that's all I came here for take care Naruto, Annabeth" Luke said before he walked off.

Looking at Annabeth Naruto saw a hint of pink on her cheeks.

'Must have a crush I guess' Naruto thought as he shrugged it was none of his business anyway.

"This is Argus and he's here to keep an eye on things" Chiron said as he introduced Percy to Argus making Annabeth and Naruto deadpan at the awful pun.

"Well let's go shall we" Naruto said as he walked with Annabeth towads the van that was at the bottom of the hill.

Percy and Grover followed with Argus after them.

During the car ride towards the bus station it was a tense atmosphere in the car and Percy couldn't stand it any longer so he tried to boost morale.

"We're making good time huh no monster attacks yet." Percy said out loud to which Annabeth turned to glare at him.

"Don't say that you'll only jinx us" Annabeth said blankly remembering Murphy's law.

"Hmm don't bother any monster coming after us would have a hard time after all only the higher tier monsters will come after us for now so don't worry about the small fries" Naruto said trying to calm Annabeth down.

"What that means only the stronger ones will come after us?" Annabeth said heading into a panic mode.

"Yes though with our team we should be fine" Naruto said placing a calming hand on Annabeth's shoulders.

"Oh that's right thanks" Annabeth said grateful he was here.

A few minutes later Argus stopped in front of the bus stand letting the quest members to exit before heading off.

Waiting for the bus Annabeth asked Naruto a few questions.

"So what was that ship thing you used in the game?" Annabeth asked getting the interest of Percy and Grover as they wanted to know as well.

"It is called Vimana an ancient craft made in ancient India don't ask how I'm not sure as well. I found it on my journeys as being the son of Hecate allowed me to travel far and wide across the globe." NAruto answered Annabeth earning a nod from her.

"And those golden mist things?" Annabeth asked once more.

"Oh those were simply mist manipulation to the highest level. It pales in comparison to my three main treasures though" Naruto answered

"Three main treasures?" Annabeth asked intrigued.

"You'll find out here's the bus now" Naruto said as he stood up helping Annabeth up as well.

The bus ride was uneventful for a few hours until it was late night and the bus had picked up three more riders which Percy recognized one as Ms. Dodds or rather the fury.

"What are they doing here?" Percy asked in a low voice a he watched the three take seats right next to each other.

"I don't know we have to be cautious about this" Annabeth said as she was formulating a plan in her head.

"Hold on to your thoughts first Annabeth let me try something first" Naruto said as he stood up when he saw Annabeth's thinking face.

Ignoring their weak protests Naruto sat down on the empty chair next to the three furies.

"Greeting Lady Alecto, Lady Tisiphone, Lady Megaera may I ask what you three Ladies are doing here" Naruto greeted as he sat down next to them earning shocked looks from the fury sisters.

"Why do you pay respect to us most half-bloods don't and they all fear us" Alecto said as she stared at Naruto.

"I was taught to respect women and so I do well most anyway." Naruto answered earning nods from the sisters. Some women were total bitches and held no respect for themselves or others.

"I see well we are here to retrieve the helm of Lord Hades from the son of Poseidon" Alecto said with a hiss.

"I am sorry to say but none of my companions or I possess the helm of Lord Hades I swear this on the river styx" Naruto said and as he did thunder could be heard in the distance.

"I see well you best retrieve it to appease Lord Hades" Alecto said in resignation as Naruto was not lying to her at all they possessed not the helm of Hades.

"We will find it for you and when we do I will return it myself" Naruto said earning nods from the sisters.

"You best get of here then you are meant to make journey on foot from here as decreed by the fates" Alecto said as they vanished in a flash of light.

Naruto made sure to manipulate the mist to make sure no one remembered them.

Moving back to the back where Annabeth and Grover had shocked faces as they saw him interact with the furies.

"We need to leave now" Naruto said as he grabbed his bag and pulled the emergency stop of the bus.

"What why?" Annabeth asked.

"No time I'll explain later come on" Naruto said as he exited the bus not before apologizing to the driver for the sudden stop in the middle of nowhere.

And so the four exited the bus and headed toward the forest where they would spend the night.

STORY END

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