Lord Perseus: The god of Heroes

A/N: Hello and welcome one and all to "Chapter 5". Now before I begin to entertain you with what will surely be a "heartwarming" and "non- cliffhanger chapter", I must- HAHAHAHAHA! I couldn't get through that with a straight face! On a much more serious note, however, you have to read Olympian Hero's "Percy Jackson and the Final Adventure." That guy has been a big help and his story is awesomeness that he has somehow transferred to paper. Once again, THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS! IT IS AT 75! THAT IS MORE THAN ONE MAN CAN HOPE FOR (but that doesn't mean to stop reviewing)! Now on with the chappie!

Chapter 5:

Artemis' POV

I walked quickly out of Percy's bedroom and outside, ignoring my annoying brother who was giggling with a smirk on his face about what he had seen. I would deal with him later, but first I had to take care of a certain goddess of love. I stormed to Aphrodite's palace along the golden roads of Olympus. When I reached the dwelling in question, I stopped and stared at the building. It looked the same as always, the same annoying hearts and statues of her son Eros lining the pink granite path leading up to the same annoying palace, the same color as the path, covered with intricate carvings of people in general stages of being in love. The thing that caught my eye though, was the painting of Percy in his godly form with his armor on and standing on the edge of the ocean, hanging above the bright red doors with the heart shaped handles, and Aphrodite staring at it. I walked up behind her and tapped her shoulder.

She jumped into the air in theatrical surprise, then turned around and asked, "What is it? Can't you see I'm busy swooning?" I was taken aback by her fierce proclamation, then instantly became livid. 'How dare she swoon over my Percy! Wait… isn't she supposed to be making me fall in love with him?' I questioned myself. I suddenly pulled out my hunting knife and put it to her throat.

"Why are you pretending like you are not making me have feelings that I have not had in over two millennium, and even then they were not as strong as they are now?" I asked her in a steely voice, and to my surprise, she stared at me with questioning look.

"What are you talking about? I'm swooning because… just look at him!" she exclaimed, and so saying, gestured at his portrait and began to stare again. I couldn't resist looking and saw what I already knew to be true. When Percy had become a god, his body jumped to what he would have looked like at the age of twenty three, and he was ripped! His sparkling sea green eyes, were full of compassion and laughter, even though his corded muscles looked as though he could rip apart and monster from the deepest depths of Tartarus in the blink of an eye.

I shook my head, breaking the trance the painting had on me, and turned back to my sister (A/N: I figure that she is sort of like a sister to Artemis. I know she's not her actual sister) who had stopped looking at Percy and looked at me confused. "What was that part about you having feelings for a man and why do you have a knife at my…" Her gaze switched from Percy then back to me then back and so forth four times until her face broke into a large grin.

"Ohhhhhhhhh! You love him don't you?" she squealed and I dropped my blade in confusion. Didn't she know? Wasn't she making me feel this way?

Percy's POV

I spent a week at camp, staying in the Big House and teaching the campers about swordsmanship. The only note worthy event was when Annabeth came back to camp. I was teaching some extra lessons about fighting to some of my slower students, but I knew the second she walked in the boundary, since Camp Half-Blood was my domain, and prepared to put on my "confident and happy" face and went out from the arena. I called out to every girl camper was outside their cabins, trying to catch a glimpse of me. I had noticed them following me around and staring at my body every chance they got. I called out to them that Annabeth was back and they ran into their respective cabins and got their brothers and sisters. Every camper was outside to greet Annabeth when she arrived at the tables, but she ignored every one of them and marched right up to me.

"Hey, wise girl! Where have you been?" I said to her, trying to lighten the look on her face that exclaimed to the entire world that I was in trouble. She walked right up, stopped, stared, and then she raised her hand, brought it back, and slapped me with it!

"How dare you destroy the palace I worked so hard on designing! Do you know how hard it was to find all those pictures?" she seethed, surprising every one of the campers there. They didn't know about what I had done, and at this moment, I didn't really care.

"I'm sure it was really hard to find all those pictures of Luke! I'm sure it was very hard to hang every single one of them so you could rub it in my face that I was like a brother to you and you loved him!" I yelled, growing so angry that the ocean began to churn and the Earth shook.

She took a few steps away from me, scared of how angry I was, and weakly said, "What are you talking about?" After she said that, I began to laugh. It wasn't a joyous laugh or kind laugh, it was the kind of laugh that sent shivers up your spine when you heard it, because their was no warmth in it. You knew that whoever was laughing wasn't happy; they had just been pushed past their limit and decided to make an official visit to Crazy Ville.

"You have to be the dumbest child Athena has ever had!" I exclaimed, still laughing coldly. "Even Zeus figured it out and it took him two seconds!" Annabeth looked as though I had just slapped her in the face like she had done to me. She suddenly pulled out her knife and threw it at me! I unsheathed Riptide faster than the human eye can follow, and knocked the blade out of the air with ease. I was about to go all out on her, when I sensed that Hermes popped to camp.

"What is it Hermes?" I asked sheathing my sword. He looked like he wanted to ask what had happened, but then he saw my expression and thought better of it.

"Lord Zeus requests your presence at a council meeting to discuss your training," he informed me. I merely nodded my consent and signaled that I would join him there shortly. He popped away quickly, leaving me to deal with my current situation.

"I have to go, but before I do, just know that this conversation is over," I stonily told Annabeth. It looked like she wanted to argue, but she remembered what had happened before Hermes got here and kept her mouth shut.

I quickly teleported to the Olympus throne room and sat down in my space between Artemis and Ares. The other gods were already there and I secretly winked at Artemis. It brought a smile to her face and made her blush; I thought she would stop to glare at me, but to my surprise she smiled even wider and grabbed my hand.

I was shocked at first and asked her, "Are you okay?" She nodded, still smiling.

"I talked to Aphrodite and she told me she hadn't messed with either of us. Swore on the river Styx if you can believe it. She told me something, but... I want, no, need to hear it from you. Do... do you love me?" she whispered in my ear.

Every one else was arguing amongst themselves so they were completely oblivious to us as I whispered back, "I have always loved you from the moment I first saw you. I was enamored by your confidence, grace, and courage. You stand up for your self and always do what you think is right. I'm totally and completely in love with you."

She blushed and smiled even wider. "I love you too, Percy. I love your smile, your laugh, how you treat everyone fairly, and I loved you from the moment you saved me from holding up the sky."

Suddenly, everything melted away. I was focused entirely upon this beautiful, amazing, graceful, and kind goddess in front of me. We both leaned in closer and our lips met in a passionate kiss. We each put all our love and happiness at being together in that one act, and boy did we succeed. There was no one there but her, me, and our love. When we finally pulled away, we noticed that the throne room had gone silent.

A/N: Hiya folks! A special shout out to lightningkid333 "That is what we call a plot device. The name of said plot device is foreshadowing. It is a part of an intricate plot that took me decades of- who am I kidding? It took me like an hour to like up." To lightningkid333's new review, "You read my freaking mind dude!" Now I know what you're thinking 'Percy is OC' well, he's a god now and losing your temper comes with the territory. You're not an official god until you do. You're also thinking 'Artemis is OC', there is a back story to that so be patient!

I'm writing this in a trailer, miles from any internet access and with a battery that has a good 45 minutes left. Sounds fun right! Hahahahah, WRONG! I barely finished this chapter and I won't be able to post it because I has no in- tra- nets. When I post, this will be irrelevant, but I need to complain. Once again, thank you for the reviews! Lots of them, I have. Lots. I is happy (but keep reviewing, please).