Son of the Sorceress Chapter 18: The Woman, a Naruto + Percy Jackson and the Olympians Crossover fanfic

Chapter 18: The Woman

STORY START

It has been a few days since Naruto had arrived at the hunt and he was helping out along with Saber in the routines and tasks.

The hunters had known Naruto long enough to trust him fully and Saber was female so they trusted her right away.

Things went as normal as could be with Naruto often joining both Phoebe and Zoe on a hunting trip by themselves. Though somehow Phoebe would get separated from Naruto and Zoe leaving them in the woods alone with each other only for her to reappear much later.

Unknown to the two Phoebe had placed her bet during this winter half of the year and so here she was doing her best to ensure that the two get as much alone time together as possible.

She almost succeeded to if she wasn't distracted by watching the two that she didn't notice Saber trailing the group.

(Flashback)

Phoebe had managed to get herself separated from Naruto and Zoe once again leaving the two in the middle of the forest lugging behind them dinner in the form of a large grizzly bear.

"Where do you think she went?" Naruto asked Zoe.

"I have no idea I think thy sister has gone off to scout ahead" Zoe replied.

"Hey um d-do you think w-we can g-get t-t-together tonight?" Naruto managed to stammer out weakly.

"Hmm what was that I did not understand what thy has just said." Zoe said not understanding what Naruto had said due to the stutter and his weak voice in asking.

"U-um whoa!" Naruto exclaimed as he tripped over a root that suddenly appeared before him causing him to stumble and Zoe who was side by side with him fell along with him.

They fell into a rather precarious position with Naruto on the bottom and Zoe on the top with barely an inch between their faces.

Staring into each other's eyes both of them started to blush profusely at their closeness feeling a strange feeling they moved closer to each other their lips almost in contact only for them to be interrupted by a cough.

"If you are planning on doing what I think you're doing I suggest you change venue as the forest is not a place for such an act" Naruto and Zoe turned to see Saber there with a slight flush on her face glad she had managed to find the two after getting lost herself.

Unknown to the three Phoebe was mentally cursing in her mind at her ruined plan the two were already in a compromising position and were about to kiss then Saber just had to come out of nowhere and ruin the scene.

(Flashback End)

Though it was not just Phoebe who tried there were also the other hunters like Dakota for example she was one of the older hunters who joined after Zoe.

(Flashback)

It was their turn to cook dinner for the hunt and Naruto was known for his good cooking skills even without relying on his adoptive mother Hestia's skills.

In fact if he chose he could run a five star restaurant by himself if he wished.

But back to our story here was Naruto and Zoe along with Dakota preparing dinner near the camp fire.

They were preparing the bear meat they had gotten into a kind of barbeque for easier consumption and easier means of eating since it was hard for them to acquire proper utensils being in the wild and all that.

Not to say they didn't know how it was just they rarely went out to the real world to dine at a fine establishment.

Now here they were preparing dinner only for Dakota to suddenly realize they had forgotten something.

"Oh darn Naruto! Zoe! We ran out of marinade!" Dakota said to the two.

"That's not good well there is a town nearby I'll just buy some" Naruto said as he started his trip only for Zoe to go with him.

"I shall accompany thee" Zoe said as she walked alongside of him.

Both of them completely missing the smirk on Dakota's face as she was standing in front of the marinade which she hid from the two to get them to go somewhere together alone.

"You are crafty one" Phoebe commented as she saw what Dakota had just done.

"Well I had to be you know it is hard to get those two alone in a camp" Dakota said slightly defensive.

"Well I guess I'll help and keep Saber busy" Phoebe said as she went to look for Saber to try and distract her.

As Naruto and Zoe neared town they saw that there was actually a fair of some kind being held as they could see stalls of all kinds on the street all over the town.

"I guess we came at the right time huh Zoe?" Naruto asked his companion.

"Yeah I guess we did" Zoe said as she went with Naruto into town side by side.

As they passed by stalls they could see all sorts of things being sold by the vendors though one stand did catch Zoe's eye which seemed to be a photo booth stand which Naruto saw.

"Um Zoe did you want to try that it won't take too long after all?" Naruto asked Zoe who was now sporting a blush at being caught longing for something.

"Sure i-if you'll join me" Zoe stuttered out which Naruto heard.

"Sure I will be happy to join you" Naruto said as they went to the photo booth taking a few pictures together with the last one being a surprise on Naruto's part as Zoe leaned in to land a chaste kiss to his cheek just as the shutter went of capturing the moment forever on paper and their hearts making both of them blush at Zoe's sudden bold action.

Stepping out of the booth with a blush on their faces Naruto paid the owner and collected the photos and just then he saw that the stand also offered a locket to store photos so he decided to have their last photo framed which he then gave to Zoe who accepted with a smile on her face giving him a chaste hug before separating to go buy the marinade for their dinner.

Unknown to the two was that Artemis was watching the whole thing with a smile on her face along with her was Phoebe and Saber who they had just explained the situation to.

"Well at least it improved right?" Phoebe asked no one in particular.

"Yes it did they will eventually grow closer from this incident before he has to leave." Artemis said as they continued to watch the pair making sure nothing happened to them while they were in town.

And nothing happened after that all they did was buy some marinade and walked back to camp though they were holding hands up until they could see the camp fire.

(Flashback End)

It was also after that incident Artemis went and told Naruto's other mothers of the development and they too had a copy of the photo made for some teasing material later on.

Though the fun did not end there it also continued on to when Naruto and Saber had a spar to keep up their skills with a blade.

(Flashback)

Saber was dressed in her battle armor while Naruto was dressed in his golden armor.

Both of them were in a forest clearing with the hunters and Artemis watching from the sidelines observing how this would go later on during the match.

Both Servant and Master kicked off from the ground at the same time causing flashes of silver and gold to pit against each other both unyielding in their strikes.

Though it was clear Saber had the advantage as not even Naruto knew the true length of her blade not having seen it yet out of its sheath of wind while Naruto was using Durandal the very sword he used against Herakles.

Both of the two kings went at each other in a beautiful dance of blades slashing at each other as the other tried to counterattack or dodge. It was only a few minutes into battle before Saber managed to disarm Naruto of Durandal.

"Yield Naruto I have won" Saber said with a smirk on her face it had been a while since she had a battle this long.

"Yeah I guess I lost Saber" Naruto said with a smile on his face with Saber for a sparring partner he was bound to improve his swordsmanship.

"Nicely done Saber please help my son up I wish to have a word with him" Artemis said applauding the match as were all the hunters.

Helping Naruto up she immediately moved to talk to some of the hunters she had grown accustomed with while Naruto had a talk with his mother.

"Well Naruto I believe it is almost time for our annual game of hunting have you chosen a partner yet?" Artemis asked her son.

You see like other camps they too had fun when they could and they often had a hunting contest once a year where they would split into teams of two and hunted for the biggest game the winner of the contest would get a few days leave into the human world sponsored by Artemis herself to allow her hunters to at least keep up with the times.

"Not yet I was going to ask Zoe but I have yet to find the time." Naruto answered meekly.

"Well then get to it there's only a few days left so hop to it I believe in you" Artemis said as she left her son with a few words of encouragement.

(Flashback End)

It had been a few days since and Naruto had yet to bring it up to Zoe because he was nervous in trying to come up with a way to ask her. Little did he know that Zoe was facing the same predicament in wondering how to ask him the same question.

This all ended however when the two bumped into each other on the fourth morning after the announcement of the hunt's annual game.

'This is it I suppose' they both thought at the same time.

"U-um Zoe w-would you be my Partner?"

"Naruto would you be thine partner?"

Naruto and Zoe asked at the same time shocking each other.

"Um I would be glad to Zoe." Naruto said with a smile knowing that Zoe was having the same thoughts as he was.

"Ah thank goodness with you on thine team it is surely our win now." Zoe said rather proudly confident in Naruto's hunting skill combined with her years of experience they were bound to be the toughest competition in the game.

It took only a few hours to spread to the other hunters that Naruto and Zoe had now teamed up and some had dropped from the game opting to watch the chaos unfold before them.

(Game Day)

It was night as the game specified where all the teams would have to use theirs skills in hunting to track down any prey to bring back to the hunt which would serve as their food source for quite a while.

So here now was Naruto and Zoe looking throughout the forest for something to hunt and to their luck they found a rail of a rather huge bear.

Following it to a cave Naruto and Zoe creeped in stealthily and killed it in its sleep. The two then proceeded to drag it out only for them to see its massive size when they finally exit the cave seeing clearly for the first time in the moonlight.

"Naruto can thou seal it for now I doubt we will make it back in time if we have to drag its corpse?" Zoe asked Naruto who nodded in affirmation sealing it in the Gate of Babylon for now.

Seeing the deed done the two raced back towards camp where they saw a grinning Artemis waiting for them.

"Seeing as you're back already I think you've won yes?" Artemis said with a knowing smirk which was confirmed when Naruto took out the massive bear from the Gate of Babylon.

"All right just settle down while we wait for the others too return yes?" Artemis said as she motioned to a log on which they sat waiting for the other competitors.

As they waited they saw that other groups brought back a rather large snake, a few bears, some panthers, and a hawk.

"Ok girls settle down as most of you probably expected the victor of this year's annual game is Naruto and Zoe!" Artemis announced once all the hunters have returned causing the camp to cheer in happiness for the two. It wasn't they were expecting to lose or anything but when you're against the oldest hunter and the son of Artemis it was kind of expected for them to win.

"And as such the two of you may have tomorrow of to spend in the human world so for now let us all rest" Artemis said and at that all the hunters retired to their tents with Naruto and saber headed towards their own tent.

(The Next day)

Both Naruto and Zoe were confounded both had expected this but neither had any idea on what to do for the day.

"Say Zoe do you have any place you want to go to today?" Naruto asked.

"I have no plans for this sort of thing perhaps thou knows what to do?" Zoe said in response not having left the hunt even temporarily in the past.

"I guess we could go see what the stands have to offer us" Naruto said seeing that the stands from before were still up and open.

"I believe that best" Zoe said following Naruto into the crowd.

And so the two had begun to look around the town for something to do finding a few stalls that they found enjoyable. They tried their hand at a shooting game where the goal was to shoot a lineup of seven cans with the seven bullets found in the gun they gave you needless to say both Naruto and Zoe won the grand prize which was a consolation prize of a thousand dollars.

After which the two went to a noodle stand for lunch to which Naruto fell in love with the noodles as soon as he tried it much to Zoe's amusement.

For the evening the broadcaster announced that there was to be a firework display later that night so in preparation both Naruto and Zoe left the sight of the town to summon up Vimana to get a better view of the night sky eventually settling down on a portion of the side of the Vimana awaiting the firework display.

(Play "I See the Light")

All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been

"Hey Zoe I have something to tell you" Naruto said steeling his nerves for what he was about to say.

"Yes Naruto?" Zoe asked moving closer beside Naruto close enough that their fingers were almost touching.

"You see for a while now I have come to realize that my feelings and emotions for you were no longer what one has for a sibling. I have realized it has evolved Zoe my feelings for you are now one of love and affection for you the kind one man gives to a woman of his choice. And you Zoe I know it is wrong for such thing to occur but it has I have nothing but utter love and adoration in my heart for you now I hope you can accepting my feelings" Naruto said as he looked at his Zoe with his eyes which were now filled with a trembling emotion in fear of rejection as compared to his usual confident eyes. Even his body reflected his thoughts as his body shook at the thought of rejection.

Now I'm here blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here suddenly I see
Standing here it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be

Calmly Zoe put a hand on Naruto's cheek bringing back his attention on her.

"I know Naruto for I have felt the same for thou. At first I feared it for it is what had caused my fall many years long past. But now I realize you were the one I have always wanted the one who will never leave me" Zoe said to Naruto who gently took the hand she placed on his cheek into his own soft hand.

And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you

Gently moving closer to Zoe Naruto brought her into a warm hug one he had been waiting to do for so long now.

"Thank you. Thank you for accepting these feelings of mine Zoe I was afraid you would have rejected them" Naruto said in through tears as he cried lightly on Zoe's shoulder who placed a comforting hand on his back to calm him down.

All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things, the way they were
Now she's here shining in the starlight
Now she's here suddenly I know
If she's here it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go

"Shh Naruto I have been holding that fear to but you are a part of milady's hunt we have no fear of being removed from it. And even if we were I would stay by your side always Naruto" Zoe soothingly to Naruto.

And at her words the two backed off from the hug to stare at each other's eyes staring at the other with no care for the world before them.

And as if something between the two snapped they drew closer to each other eventually connecting their lips for a kiss. Both enjoying their kiss Zoe was feeling the warmth of Naruto's body pressing against hers while Naruto was enjoying the coolness of her body which was only contrasted further by the warmth of her mouth and tongue when they kissed into full force.

The couple stayed like that for a full minute before separating each with a light blush on their cheeks both happy at now being open with each other's feelings.

They were brought out of their musings when the fireworks began coating the skies with many colors and lights that the new couple was happy to watch side by side with Zoe leaning on Naruto who brought his arm across her shoulders drawing her closer to him.

All in all it was a beautiful sight to behold the new couple who were as if now celebrated by the town a lovely sight seen by the four goddesses the mothers of Naruto who looked down fondly at the scene.

STORY END
phew that was the longest I have written so far I hope you enjoyed it. The stunning conclusion of Naruto's confession to Zoe has arrived and as expected she will survive the titans curse.

Please don't expect other chapters to last as long as this it was a spur of the moment thing

Thanks for reading until next time