Chapter 23: Here We Go Again

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"Alright guys settle down I'm only going to repeat myself once. Now settle down and listen up yes this is Medusa and no she is no longer considered a monster. You see I encountered her once before and I noticed from her legend she was wrongfully punished so I broke the curse planted upon her and being the adoptive son of Athena I was allowed to do so however Athena instead changed her punishment but allowed her to keep her human form. Though that is not to say she is any less dangerous than before in fact I would say she is even stronger seeing as myself and the hunters of Artemis have trained her to hone her prowess in battle. Plus she still has her eyes of petrification which no longer turns you into stone but paralyzes you and only those with some level of magic can resist it. Right now Medusa is here because I have asked for her to help me in keeping an eye on you guys my mother's allowed it so no complaining oh and if any of you guys try to harm her you will be cursed by my mother's as well she is under the same if not more protection than Tamamo." Naruto said as he brought Medusa up to the front with him in the dining pavilion.

"OK I guess we can accept that if you vouch for her though what will she help us with if she is going to be an instructor here" a camper asked echoing the thoughts off everyone there.

"Oh I will be in charge of your arts and crafts class as well as the new course Naruto implemented we plan to call "Survival class" boy does that answer your question?" Medusa answered for Naruto with a slightly seductive tone to her voice making guys slightly insecure.

"What? What kind of class is that?" the same camper asked again.

"A special one where you fight against an instructor we will swap out once in a while to get you used to fighting different opponents" Naruto explained.

"Whoa can we even survive that class?" another camper asked.

"Yes if you train yourself it is only a once a week thing though" Naruto answered.

"Whoa if we get that class I guess we can catch up to the heroes of old pretty quickly huh." A camper commented.

"Yeah man this is great even though we will be beaten into the ground" another commented out.

"Yeah well enough of that your dismissed until dinner time so please head out" Naruto said with a wave of his hand dismissing everyone else.

"Well Medusa I hope your trip here wasn't too difficult" Naruto asked now that they were alone excluding Saber and Tamamo.

"It was a piece of cake all those monsters were nothing even Echidna was nothing all thanks to your training Naruto as well as that of your sisters I can take care of myself pretty well now" Medusa said with a bright smile on her face.

"That's nice to hear well have you finished what mom was asking you to do yet?" Naruto asked sadly.

"Don't worry about it you freed me from my curse this punishment is nothing compared to that so it's alright" Medusa said bringing Naruto into a hug.

"Huh so they let you out at last huh Medusa I really have missed you" Tamamo said greeting her old friend.

"Yeah it sure has been a while huh Tamamo" Medusa said returning the greeting.

"Though I have no idea who you are?" Medusa said looking at Saber.

"My name is Saber I am Naruto's servant that he has summoned." Saber introduced herself.

"Ahh I see so you're the servant he summoned well then please take care of him well he is bound to get into so many dangerous situations" Medusa said looking at Saber.

"Indeed I have noted such behavior in Naruto" Saber said in response.

"Oi guys I'm right here" Naruto commented getting slightly irritated they were talking about him when he was right there.

"Huh oh you were here?" Medusa said off handedly.

Hearing this Naruto got a tick mark on his head at being ignored.

"I was always here you know" Naruto said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Ahh ok then since you're here where will I be staying?" Medusa asked taking notice of that point.

"There is a spare bed in Tamamo's room I believe. You don't mind sharing right?" Naruto said pointing out that fact.

"No, no I don't mind sharing with Medusa, Naruto not at all" Tamamo said with a wave of her hand showing she was really fine with it.

"Ok then so why don't you get some rest first Medusa it will be some time until dinner." Naruto offered kindly.

"Oh well I guess I'll take that offer see you later Naruto" Medusa said as she entered Tamamo's room followed by Tamamo herself.

"Oh I guess it's just you and me huh Saber." Naruto said.

"Indeed" Saber said curtly.

"Well shall we go check on Percy's punishment?" Naruto asked with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"Of course it would be prudent to check on him to see if he is doing his punishment right anyway. Come to think about it why did you stop him from going on that quest in the first place?" saber agreed as she followed Naruto to the cleaning area.

"It was because the boy needed to learn some lessons after it would not be good to allow him on every single quest just because of who he is I want other campers who have trained to go on quests as well that way everyone has a chance to prove themselves" Naruto said with a soft smile on his face.

Though by the time he arrived at the washing area what he saw gave him a tick mark above his head. There was Percy slacking of talking with Annabeth and Tyson ignoring the whole bunch of dishes piling up behind him. Growling slightly at the sight of Percy slacking off at his punishment Naruto began to treck forward stomping as he went attracting the attention of the three demi gods.

"So it seems that not even a punishment can keep you disciplined huh? I will have to think of a better punishment for you then. Since you have not even cleaned a single dish since I have left you I will have you cleaning dishes for a week and I expect them cleaned after every meal. And after that I will give you another for being lazy at even your punishments." Naruto said sternly with a fixed glare at Percy which he returned in kind.

"What the hell man! I don't have to listen to you Chiron is the director not you! I'm just trying to help the camp." Percy yelled out his complaint finally reaching his breaking point he was not expecting Naruto to be picking on him at all.

"Sigh…You damn fool it matters not if Chiron is in charge or I fact of the matter is he left me in charge if you cannot accept that then leave the camp! And if I hear that you are trying to smuggle your way onto the quest without Clarisse actually accepting your aid I will give you a far harsher punishment then that of what I had already thought of. I will not tolerate your insubordination any further then this do not push your luck" Naruto said with a final glare at Percy which unnerved him to his soul making him step back in fear while Annabeth and Tyson felt as if they were paralyzed in fear that they could not say or move to defend Percy at all.

Moving away from the group to clear his mind Naruto left Percy, Annabeth and Tyson there standing as he left for his cabin.

Releasing a sigh of relief at his departure Percy felt relief wash over him.

'Damn him I will find a way to help Grover and rescue camp then when Chiron will help me once he returns' Percy thought bitterly as he began to clean the dishes as he didn't want to push his luck with Naruto as irritated as he was.

(Dinner Time)

All the demi gods were anxious by this point all eagerly awaiting, all eagerly waiting for Naruto's announcement.

"All right it's time for what you guys have been waiting for. Clarisse daughter of Ares rise! Go and get your quest from the Oracle." Naruto said with such a loud voice that carried such emotion and feeling leaving no room for complaints or arguments from the audience even Percy.

Once Clarisse has left for the Oracle Naruto turned and faced the demigods before him once again.

"Now for all of you please understand that not everyone is ready for a quest nor are all of you ready for one. So do understand it if you are not chosen to accompany someone on a quest or are chosen for a quest. Though even though you are not leaving the camp borders there are some things you can do for them to help you can guard their home there place to belong! You can ensure that they return back to you all! Finally your support your prayers for their safety is enough for them to carry on the will of you all shall carry them to victory! So do not despair if you are left behind even from here you can give your support!" Naruto said proudly and with such charisma that the whole camp listened to his speech even the Dryads and the Satyrs joined in to listen to him drawn in by the power of his words alone and by the time he finished his speech it left the whole camp speechless for a second before erupting in cheer which resounded throughout the whole camp even Dionysus cracked a grin at the speech given by Naruto.

However not all people were happy the only one who was hating the words said by Naruto was Percy himself thinking selfishly that he was the only one who was capable of doing quests. Most likely as an aftereffect of being the lucky guy able to finish the first quest given to him without training and much experience making him very proud of himself.

This however did not go unnoticed by Naruto and Saber who were well versed on giving speeches to large crowds they could see those people who felt out of place or disagreed with them. 'I really have to break you out of that high horse you have gotten yourself on there Percy it will lead ultimately to your downfall' Naruto thought shaking his head at Percy's attitude.

"Hey Naruto I got it the quest from the Oracle!" Clarisse said from behind breaking Naruto out of his thoughts.

"And so what did she say?" Naruto asked curious as to the lines of the Oracle this time.

"I will sail an iron ship with bones, I will find what I seek and get it that's all I can remember anyway." Clarisse said hiding the more sinister part of the prophecy given to her.

"Are you sure that's all?" Naruto said with a slightly heavy stare at Clarisse feeling that she was hiding something from him.

"Yeah that's all I can recall she was speaking a weird English after all" Clarisse replied lying through her teeth.

"Well if that's all then please choose your partners for the quest." Naruto said loudly grabbing everyones attention to the now present Clarisse. Bringing the whole camps attention to Clarisse to see who she will choose for her quest.

"Can I choose for both you and Saber to accompany me?" Clarisse said with a slight pause to her voice.

"Hmm while indeed strange yes you can that is what several people have failed to notice is the fact that you may ask anybody in the camp to join you on the quest as it takes precedence over everything else" Naruto said with a slight explanation.

"So will you accompany me?" Clarisse looked happy at this but still wanted to be sure that he really was going with her.

"Indeed. Now for the rest of you please look after yourselves and don't worry too much as Medusa will still remain with you as well as Tamamo until I return to relieve them unless Chiron comes back earlier than that." Naruto said calming them before they could complain about his absence from camp while he went on the quest.

"Hey first you ban me from going now you go instead what the hell are you doing you went on last year as well!" Percy shouted unable to hold himself back.

"Sigh first I didn't influence her decision at all and second if she chose you I wouldn't have stopped you from going. What I stopped you from doing was leading the quest particularly the way you are right now you aren't fit to lead a quest much less go on one." Naruto finished with a glare at Percy making him flinch back this time as Naruto's eyes were beginning to bleed red from his anger.

"Since you cannot even comprehend how much of a failure you seem to be making of yourself it seems I have no choice but to do this" Naruto said as he let his magic energy burst out.

"δέσμευση του άτλαντα(Binding of Atlas)" Naruto shouted out as a magical sigil erupted from him striking Percy.

"Hey what was that?" Percy asked in a somewhat calm voice.

"Oh that was just to bind you to the camp to keep you from having any bright ideas from sneaking out" Naruto explained ignoring the outraged look on Percy's face.

"Well that's enough drama for now everyone please go back to your cabins and you Clarisse please prepare for tomorrow we leave at sunrise" Naruto ordered out making everyone disperse from the dining pavilion.

'sigh this will be most troublesome especially if I have to make my detour to Circe's island but oh well family is family after all'

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