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Chapter 12: On The Road Again

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It took them no time at all to break the lock on the trailer and enter through the truck doors making sure to secure the doors behind them when they entered the truck.

Looking at the inside of the truck they saw something that shocked them in the truck were several cages with animals in them and It looked like they were not even fed properly.

The antelope had burger steaks in its bowl and several wads of gum stuck on its fur.

The lion had vegetables on its bowl and it looked extremely starved out.

And in the back corner Naruto could swear he saw a pair of lion cubs who had no food in their cage at all.

"What the hell is this?" Grover was the first to recover from the shock and was the first to rant about the injustice of it all.

Seeing no point in adding to the stress already present Naruto decided to help the lion while Annabeth and Percy tended to the antelope while Grover checked the other crates to make sure there was no other animal in them.

When Annabeth and Percy had finished cleaning the antelope Naruto had handed them the vegetables found in the lion's cage and they exchanged the bowls so the animals could have a decent meal.

Though Naruto took one of the burger steaks and brought it with him to the back of the truck.

"Um Naruto I know we missed dinner but isn't that a bit much?" Percy said as NAruto passed by him only to be ignored.

Seeing Naruto's blank response both Percy and Annabeth followed Naruto to the back only to see him opening a cage letting out two lion cubs?

"Um Naruto what are you doing?" Annabeth asked.

"They looked hungry so I am letting them eat." Naruto answered as he placed the burger steak at the feet of the cubs and watched as the cubs ate the meat.

"I see that but why did you let them out?" Annabeth elaborated.

"Hmm cubs should always be free and besides I plan to keep them as my companions Saber and Nero" Naruto said as he pointed to the cubs.

Saber was a lioness cub with shiny yellow coat to it while Nero also a lioness cub had a slightly red tint to it.

"Wait you're keeping them?" Percy asked incredulously.

"Of course it's far better than leaving them here to starve or worse." Naruto answered resolutely.

Seeing that Naruto would not change his mind Annabeth just decided to go with it.

"So where will you keep them?" Annabeth asked out of curiosity.

"In the Artemis cabin for now though I may have to ask you guys in the Athena cabin to watch them from time to time when I leave them in camp" Naruto answered.

"Wait you're not staying in camp as a year rounder? With most of your blood being divine a lot of monsters will go after you" Annabeth protested.

"That's why I was raised in the hunt I can fight all the monsters and come out with a few injuries or I can just run away which is why after we finish this quest I'm headed off to London to pick up my traveling companion my birth mother told me to get" Naruto said.

"London why London?" Annabeth asked as far as she knew no god aside from Artemis and Apollo left the security of the west and even then they did not have any demi god children outside the west.

"It's because that's where the magus society is my mother bestowed her gift of magic to man and they all come to gather at the clock tower in London. Since the mist does not extend that far they have a huge grip on the government to cover up their existence" Naruto explained amazing Annabeth and Percy who were still listening. Who knew there was such a world outside the west where they were forced to stay.

"I wish I could go that far" Annabeth said sadly.

"You can my offer for you to accompany me is still open" Naruto said as he brought Annabeth into a one armed hug comforting her greatly.

"Thanks" Annabeth said closing her eyes feeling tired from all the events to the day and promptly falling asleep on Naruto's shoulder.

"Heh can I come with?" Percy said when he saw Annabeth fall asleep though he did feel a tad bit jealous when he saw Annabeth open up so easily with Naruto.

"Sorry I can only bring one" Naruto said plainly.

"Okay than" Percy said slightly disspointed.

'Mother Artemis can you please bring these cubs to Camp Half-Blood for now as they would only interfere in this quest or better yet can you bring them to the hunt for now I know my sisters will raise them right.' Naruto prayed to Artemis.

(Somewhere in America)

Artemis and her hunters had just set up camp on top of a cliff overlooking the vast wilderness. It was such a shame man no longer cared for such sights just the things he could make from destroying things like these.

Artemis had just ordered her hunters to set up camp when her son's prayer came through to her.

'Cubs?' Artemis thought as she focused her godly vision to see where Naruto was and saw that he had two lion cubs with him seeing this she simply snapped her fingers and the lion cubs appeared at her feet still asleep.

"Zoe! Phoebe! Come here" Artemis shouted out for her hunters.

Hearing their names called out the two huntresses kneeled in front of Artemis.

"What is it Milady?" Zoe asked being the second in command of the hunt for a long time now.

"My son Naruto sent us these lioness cubs to raise till he can meet with us once again" Artemis said as she pointed at the sleeping cubs at her feet.

At this point it took all the self-control they had not to squeal at how cute the cubs were.

"Please take care of them I leave them in your hands" Artemis said as she walked into her tent leaving the cubs with the two huntresses.

"I see well I better take this one and thou shouldst take the other." Zoe said as she picked up Saber in her arms while Phoebe took Nero.

Needless to say it was going to be fun raising them for a few months before Naruto came to get them.

(Back To Naruto)

Seeing the cubs vanish in a flash of light Naruto thanked his mother and promptly fell asleep his head leaning on Annabeth's headwhich was leaning on his shoulder.

Grover who was still awake was startled by the flash of light and went to investigate only to find his three companions fast asleep with Percy drooling on the antelope as he was using it as a pillow. While Annabeth and Naruto were sleeping against each other like a very close couple but Grover knew better and thought it was nice that the two siblings were close to each other.

Seeing nothing else to do Grover found his own sleeping spot on top of a few crates where he too fell asleep.

(The Next Day)

The four members of the quest were woken up abruptly when the truck stopped suddenly and they all banged their heads against something.

"Did we arrive yet?" Percy asked feeling a bit grumpy at the sudden awakening.

"Shh" Annabeth chided Percy as she and Naruto heard voices approaching the trailer of the truck.

"Hey whatcha gonna do with yer share Mike?" they heard a gruff man ask.

"I dunno maybe pay for a whole lotta hookers hehe" the man identified as Mike answered lecherously.

"He nice c'mon we gotta check them merchandise first" the first guy said as the demigods could hear them fumble around with the locks of the trailer.

Annabeth and NAruto instantly used their items to turn invisible while Percy and Grover hid as well as they could.

After a few seconds the trailer doors finally opened and the two men stepped inside looking at the lion and the antelope.

"Hey where's the cubs those fetch big bucks" the first guys exclaimed.

"How should I know you were the one who locked em up" Mike shouted back.

And just before they could attract any attention from people outside they fell down unconscious with both Naruto and Annabeth coming out of invisibility right behind them knocking them out at the same time.

"Come on I don't think we can ride here any longer." Naruto said as he got off the trailer helping Annabeth down.

"Yeah just wait I'll just set them free and mark them so they can find the wild again" Grover said as he let the antelope and lion go and watched as they ran past Percy, Annabeth and Naruto without turning to look at them.

"Well at least they'll be free" Naruto commented as they all got of the trailer and started walking who knows where.

May hours later they found out they were in Las Vegas and on the casino and hotel side no less.

"Hey guys why don't we check into a hotel just overnight for now" Percy said as he was feeling tired from all that walking today.

"Yeah Naruto we could use some rest for now" Annabeth said pitching in her two cents as well.

"Fine but not that one." Naruto said as he pointed out to the building that said Lotus Hotel and Casino.

"What why not I don't see anything else around here?" Percy whinned.

"Because that is the den of the Lotus eaters who will entrap you with their hospitality. Another is that you lose all sense of time there a few ours in there may already mean days out here." Naruto explained getting a socked look from Annabeth.

"How do you know this?" Annabeth asked.

"I got drawn in I didn't come out till a month later" Naruto answered.

"Oh so where should we go then?" Annabeth asked.

"Hop on" Naruto said as he formed the Vimana the same gold a nd green ship he made during the capture the flag game.

"Whoa that's awesome" Percy said never having seen it yet just hearing about it was cool seeing it was even better. Annabeth and Grover were in similar states as they had heard how it looked like from the other campers.

"Well come on don't worry about a thing I'll go slow so you won't fall off and the mist will cover it up so don't worry about mortal's seeing us." Naruto said as they noticed it only had one chair and Naruto was sitting on it.

Quickly moving over to the sip they came aboard finding a spot to sit while Naruto offered Annabeth to sit on Naruto's lap.

"Come on you can sit on my lap Annabeth it's a far better view from ere" Naruto offered as Annabeth moved towards him. it wasn't that she wasn't cautious but she trusted him not to do anything seeing as he was raised by the hunt he wouldn't be perverted like other men.

"Sure" Annabeth said as she sat on Naruto's lap ignoring the look of jealousy Percy had on his face.

'Does he like me?' Annabeth questioned when she saw Percy's face.

"You know Annabeth if he does prove himself worthy I'm sure mother would approve even if she will still hate his guts." Naruto said softly into Annabeth's ear. Was he reading her mind?

"H-how" Annabeth asked in bewilderment as the Vimana started to move slowly towards Santa Monica.

"The look of curiosity on your face as you looked at Percy" Naruto explained getting a blush from her.

"O-oh" Annabeth stuttered out.

"The view is quite nice. It must be lovely to see this a lot huh" Annabeth said as she looked at the night sky when they passed over a forested area where the stars was more visible like an innumerable amount of them staring and winking down at them.

"Yes it is a nice view…..I just hope I can show her some day" Naruto said the deathly quiet not even Annabeth who was near him couldn't hear him properly.

Naruto was then brought back to the thoughts of his sister or should he call her by her name now since he clearly was developing feelings for her more than that of an elder sibling.

Yes in his time with the hunt he had grown close to her and in time hoped that he would be able to express his feelings to her and hoped she would do the same.

Unfortunately Jerkules had broken her trust before and was unwilling to trust men easily again.

"Hey Naruto there's a hotel over there." Annabeth said bringing Naruto out of his reverie.

"Oh let me drop us of in a forested part first" Naruto said as he moved the Vimana toward a desolate area where the demigods could get off easily.

After getting off the three demi gods went and got a room at the nearby hotel where they would then rest their tired bones preparing to receive the gift of Poseidon that he had prepared for Percy tomorrow.

STORY END

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