Chapter 17: Servant and Athens

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Naruto and Annabeth's trip to the Clock tower was cut short as Bazett was sent on a mission by Zelretch to retrieve the seven servant cards from the Tohsaka and Edelfelt Heiresses. So all that was left for Naruto was to summon his servant than he and Annabeth were off to Athens.

So here they were standing in the middle of an empty room with a magical circle drawn onto the floor.

"So how does this work?" Annabeth asked.

"Simply by invoking upon the grail a wish for a servant normally people use catalysts however that is done for summoning a specific servant. I am simply calling upon the grail for a random servant my mother kept in its template normally this wouldn't be possible since the grail was destroyed but being the son of the goddess of magic I am allowed to summon at any time any servant in the grail." Naruto explained.

"Grail? You don't mean the Holy Grail do you? The holy grail from the King Arthur stories?" Annabeth asked not sure if she heard him wrong or what.

"Yes the one and the same that Grail however it became tainted some years past and had to be destroyed and as such it no longer has an effect on this world but me and my mother can still cal upon it to use its magic." Naruto elaborated further.

"Ah I see so do you have a choice in this selection thing or not?" Annabeth asked.

"I do it will summon a servant of my choosing if I wish but since I cannot decide it will merely summon a servant closest to me or similar to me" Naruto said as he began the invocation making the magic circle light up and flare in the middle of the room.

"An oath shall be sworn here! I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven. I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell! From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power, come forth from the ring of restraint, Protector of the Balance!" Naruto invoked as he poured out his prana into the magic circle causing it to activate at split into two parts one part lay on the floor while the other steadily rose to the ceiling and just as he finished his incantation invocation a burst of smoke filled the room blocking the vision of Annabeth and Naruto temporarily.

"I am servant Saber. I ask of the art thou my master?" Annabeth and Naruto heard a stoic voice ask stoic but definitely female in nature.

And as the smoke cloud clear they could see her visage clearly now she was adorned in a blue noble dress with a white under part. On her legs were greaves protecting her feet up to her shins with two plates to protect her legs on her chest was an iron plate to guard her chest and on her arms were arm guards her left arm guard had only three slots for her fingers her thumb her index finger and her last three fingers this was probably to help her wield her sword better. On her right arm guard was a more complex arm guard as it had slots for all her fingers and was most likely to allow for stance changes during battle.

Her face was an angelic one her green eyes which pierced the soul combined with her blond hair which was tied behind her head as not to hinder her movement and yet at the same time provided her an astounding beauty while some of her blond locks framed her face. All in all she was the embodiment of both beauty and warrior at the same time.

"I ask again art thou my master?" Saber asked as she still had her eyes closed and had yet to open them though when she did she came upon the visage of Naruto.

Naruto himself had styled his hair back and because of the Kyuubi no longer being in him his whisker marks had vanished and had left him red eyes. Adorned in dress pants and a button up shirt he was the spitting image of Gilgamesh.

"You! You dare summon me Eiyuu Ou?" Saber reacted violently as she drew out what appeared to be an invisible sword standing at her guard.

"No I apologize though I may look like him and possess all his abilities I assure you I am not Gilgamesh. Allow me to introduce myself Saber my name is Naruto Uzumaki Son of the goddess Hecate adopted by the Goddessess Athena, Artemis, and Hestia." Naruto introduced himself with a bow.

"I see so you are my master this time around. But how may I ask is this possible I believe I destroyed the grail fully the last time I was summoned?" Saber asked dropping her sword to her side but not dispelling it.

"No you did indeed destroy the grail but both me and my mother Hecate can summon servants still and it was on her request I summon I servant it was just by chance I summoned you instead." Naruto explained to Saber.

"I see well then since there is no war I shall serve you till such time my services are no longer needed." Saber pledged dispelling her invisible sword.

"I place my trust in you Saber." Naruto returned the gesture.

"Ok I feel left out here who are you?" Annabeth asked Saber.

"Does she not know master?" Saber asked Naruto ignoring Annabeth's question at the moment.

"She is unaware of your identity I will leave that to your discretion if you choose to reveal it. Oh and please call me Naruto none of this master thing ok?" Naruto answered.

"Very well Naruto so now what I am unused to being summoned without any goal in mind" Saber said.

"Hey excuse me who are you?" Annabeth asked once more irritated at being ignored.

"I have not yet deemed you worthy of my name for now you may call me Saber" Saber introduce her class name to Annabeth who looked a bit irked at not knowing who she was.

"Can I get a hint?" Annabeth pleaded with Naruto using a cute face only for Naruto to lightly chuckle.

"No Annabeth just wait and prove yourself to Saber then she will tell you. Oh right Saber this is Annabeth my adoptive half-sister a daughter of Athena." Naruto introduced Saber to Annabeth.

"Nice to meet you" Saber bowed curtly.

"Well then now that I summoned you let's get on with this trip" Naruto said motioning for the two women to follow him.

They ended up following him to the roof top of the Clock Tower.

"Um Naruto what are we doing here?" Annabeth asked while Saber looked at Naruto expecting an answer as well.

"Well you see before we went out here I promised Our mother Athena that I would show you Athens before heading back to the west and since we barely have enough time because of the restriction of the fates we will only be able to fly above it and enjoy it's scenery for a while before heading back to the west." Naruto said as he prepared to summon Vimana.

Just as Vimana came out he felt Annabeth hug him from behind.

"Thank you I always wanted to visit Athens." Annabeth said with some tears in her eyes.

"Its fine after all what kind of brother would I be if I didn't spoil my sister once in a while." Naruto said patting Annabeth on the back.

"Well thanks anyway let's go I'm itching for the view already." Annabeth said as she hopped aboard the Vimana with Saber following and then Naruto.

"Hey Saber you look like you've seen this before" Naruto commented when he saw that Saber was staring at the Vimana's design as the y took off for Greece.

"Indeed I have seen Gilgamesh use this craft during the fourth Grail war though it was destroyed by Berserker shortly afterwards." Saber noted out loud.

"I see well then can you tell me of some of your exploits during the wars Saber if you don't mind?" Naruto asked as they traveled to pass the time.

"I don't mind" saber said as she began telling her tale of the once and future king who had returned to the world to fight for the Grail. As well as the story of a broken girl who was crushed by her own ideals by the end of her tale Annabeth had figured out who she was and had felt sorry for her legend did her no justice at all.

Though this was fine with Saber as she was glad her legend still inspires people even if they got many facts wrong.

Naruto himself was angry at the people at her time for burdening such a young person with such ideals. It went against his own code of kingship after all in which the people should support the king as well not dump all their problems on them.

Needless to say she got his sympathy.

Before anyone knew it they had arrived over Athens and due to restrictions placed by the fates they could not enter just yet and may only view it from a bird's eye view.

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"Whoa this is an amazing sight" Annabeth said as she looked down below.

Below them was the city of Athens the city which was dedicated to Athena in the height of the Greek Empire.

You could clearly see that while the city was upgrading slowly with the advancements in technology you could not help but be drawn to the historical sites like the amphitheater's the old buildings that had yet to be torn down or were being used for Museum's or landmarks. It was a nice view even in Saber's opinion.

Circling around the city slowly so that Annabeth would be able to take a good look at her mother's long lost city Annabethh cherished the sight of it so did Naruto.

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After circling a few times over the place they had left for the west once more with Annabeth fast asleep on Naruto's lap tired from taking notes as well as enjoying he view of Athens.

"Naruto where are we headed now?" Saber asked.

"To the west saber you see when the Greek empire fell the gods did not fall with them rather they moved where the most influential force is and right now it's in the west so that is where they are at the moment. It also where their children us the demigods are also bound never to leave unless they to leave or area sent on quests beyond their reach so it is where we must eventually return to." Naruto explained.

"I see well then I assume we are heading back to this Camp your sister talked about?" Saber asked remembering Annabeth talking about a camp of some sort.

"Yes though only to drop off Annabeth you and I are headed towards my mother's hunt though not before acquiring you some more functional clothes to fit in with the times." Naruto said to which Saber nodded she indeed needed to find clothes suitable to fit in the area she would be staying in.

It only took a few more hours to reach Camp Half-Blood and drop off a still sleeping Annabeth in the Athena cabin.

Naruto left her a letter saying that he will return for the summer camp and bid farewell once more to Chiron and Dionysus before taking off towards New York.

Naruto landed in Central Park since it wasn't that late yet and made sure to manipulate the mist to ensure that Saber's armor was hidden until they could reach a clothing store.

They went through several shops before Saber picked out her outfit.

Saber had chosen a pair of black dress pants and shoes along with a white long sleeved button up shirt and a silver trench coat to go with it though she also get one in blue and black for which Naruto paid.

Now that Saber was appropriately dressed Naruto took her to a more secluded area to summon Vimana to continue their journey towards the Camp of Artemis the Hunt.

It didn't take them long at all to reach the Hunt as it was nearby. Saber could see that they were about to settle in for the night with the camp fire still burning and all the tents erected and the campers gathered around in groups some near the fire some near the tents Saber also took notice this was an all-female camp.

"Hey Guys it looks like Brother has arrived!" Saber heard a young girl shout as she saw the memorable golden craft of Naruto which was imprinted on their minds.

Landing a fair distance away from the camp to dispel safely Naruto and Saber walked towards the camp only to be greeted half way by the women who occupied the camp.

"Nice to see you brother I see you finally summoned your companion" Saber saw a tall woman say.

"Indeed its been a while huh Phoebe" Naruto said with a smile as he went to hug her which she returned.

"Naruto is that you?" Naruto heard someone call out after he had separated from Phoebe.

This woman had long silky black hair with a circlet on her head Saber could also sense she had some form of Charisma on her much less then hers and Naruto but it was there like as if she was descended from a noble family.

Her name was Zoe Nightshade one of Artemis's first hunters and the closest hunter to Naruto besides his mother.

"Zoe?" Naruto stuttered out.

"Yes it is I Naruto" Zoe said with a smile.

Seeing her for the first time in a long time Naruto rushed forward and brought her into a hug which she returned with the same force.

Unknown to the two everyone else knew that the two had repressed feelings for each other and had started a betting pool as to when Naruto or Zoe would express their feelings for one another it was quite a popular pool that even some of the gods and goddesses had joined in.

Releasing each other from the hug Zoe took this time to see how much Naruto had changed he was now around her height and his red eyes were still as entrancing as ever.

Naruto on the other hand was overjoyed to see Zoe once again and so here he was taking in her appearance only to see she was as beautiful if not more so when he saw her last.

A cough brought the two out of their reverie.

Standing there with a smirk on her face was Artemis.

"If you're quite done staring at each other I wish to great my son" Artemis said making Zoe and Naruto blush slightly and making Zoe turn away making the other hunters laugh at her situation.

"It is good to see you again my baby boy" Artemis said hugging Naruto making some tears of joy come out of his eyes.

"And it is good to see you too mother" Naruto said happily.

Saber stood watching this scene with a soft smile on her face there was nothing more beautiful for her than a mothers love for her child.

"Naruto you should know that I have been talking with your other mothers and they agree you should tell her how you feel now before things get worse with rumors of the awakening of Kronos things will only get worse so I suggest you find some time to tell her before you have to leave for the summer" Artemis said softly into Naruto's ear to which he nodded to.

"I know mom I just need time to find the right moment" Naruto said as he separated from the hug.

The last few months with the hunt before Summer was bound to be both stressful and fun for our new King of Heroes.

STORY END

I hope you enjoyed this chapter only one or two more filler chapters before we get to sea of monsters I hope you're looking forward to it!

Thanks for reading until next time.