Chapter 4
Naruto's Sword -
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Capturing Flags and we go Questing?
Walking around Naruto was walking with another hunter by the name of Zoe Nightshade, lieutenant of the Hunters.
"So what exactly are we doing later?" asked Naruto while looking around at everything boredly. The female just seemed to sigh as if repeating herself.
"Thine said, we all will be part-taking the traditional Hunter verse Campers, when we visit and since thy is Milady's husband you shall be with us." replied Zoe trying to not sound like a condescending tone. Naruto just brushed it off as if he dealt with this before.
'Ahh, when Arty was so cold, although that was only after getting beat' thought Naruto before looking towards the Archery range. Coming to a stop and drawing his main bow, as Zoe stood in the back a few feet while admiring the bows craftsmanship.
Having assembled his bow and testing the bowstring before slowly bringing back making an arrow appear before releasing that arrow immediately drawing and firing four arrows one after the other before letting out his breath. Looking towards the target he hit the bulls-eye with all five arrows each splitting the next before collapsing his bow and casually walking out. All eyes were on Naruto with shock and disbelief at that he seemed to do that so casually
Walking towards a random direction Naruto came in front of the climbing wall and it looked sorta ok, hes seen better things used to get trained to climb causing Naruto to shiver at the the times he was training when he got his memory back to get the strength to leave.
Deciding to see if the female that was his company was still with him he sees her coming his way. Making a gesture to follow he walks towards the dining hall, making the girl huff and quicken her pace.
"So is this all?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow and getting a nod in-return before sighing. "This place is so boring why would anyone come here." Naruto drawled in a bored tone, making the campers that were already in the dining room that got here early before the horn blew to look their way.
Sitting in the first seat where Zoe told him to sit before watching as Demigods from most of the gods to pile in while everyone was looking at him and whispering to each other about who he was and how he is sitting at this table.
After everyone settled in Chiron stomped his hoove getting everyone to quiet down and look towards him
"Campers, I am pleased to inform you we have a special guest, he may or may not be recognized quite easily but he is a God so treat him with respect." informed Chiron getting the campers to nod while sending side glances toward Naruto.
"He is Naruto Uzumaki, God of Fatherhood, The Hunt, and Loyalty, and he is the lost husband of Artemis." Chiron stated making the campers go through a series of emotions of shock, awe, or disbelief.
"Really Chiron, why not tell them im also competing on the Hunters side for Capture the Flag as well." Naruto said in an emotionless voice and a blank look on his face making Chiron sweat a little and start to shake a bit getting Naruto to erupt into laughter.
"HAHA.. Oh you should have. HAHA seen your face." Exclaimed Naruto getting a shocked look from Chiron before groaning and muttering about more Hermses cabin were looking him as if he was a God, [No Pun meant] and making most of the campers laugh before realizing that he will be against them.
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Naruto was just standing off to the side watching everyone get armored up and getting all types of weapons from swords to spears, and shields capped off with a rather comical helmet that he was not thinking twice about even considering to wear that ridiculous thing. Gearing up Naruto was wearing a long sleeve dark blue turtleneck, black pants with pouches sewn onto them, black steel-plated Hi-tops, and finishing the look with a white collared haori jacket with red flames licking the bottom with two symbols a Hearth, than above that a moon showing his connections two the two. While on his breast was a symbol of a wolf with his main bow wrapped around the neck and torso of the wolf.
"So, you girls ready to kick some ass?" asked Naruto with a smirk getting smirks in return with nods. "Good we all know what to do, don't underestimate them and most of all don't let your guard down." Naruto advised before making his way towards Zoe.
"So are you ready to go against them?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow getting Zoe to nod and recheck her armor. Walking over to their side of the forest and getting in positions with two hunters in the trees guarding the flag and traps set all around, two groups one lead by Zoe and the other lead by Naruto.
Hearing the conch horn blow Naruto twisted his ring and out came a celestial bronze and Stygian iron double-edged Falcata sword with the name έκλειψη - or - Eclipse, coming to a length of 26.5 inches with a blackish-red scabbard. Most of the hunters were looking at the sword in awe of a fantastic looking blade and also wanting to see Naruto wield it.
Dashing off into the forests with his group behind him he starts giving out commands.
"I want two to scout ahead and i want another two to set up near the creek in the trees with bows at the ready and the last of you with me we are going to straight shot right through the middle to the flag. The hunters following the orders and already getting in positions made their way through the creek and made it 10ft before campers surrounded them.
"Hunters stand ready and get back to back get ready to start lesson one for today, CQC." Naruto said while the last was with a smirk before disappearing and and reappearing with his fist buried in the leaders gut before grabbing the back of his head and bring it down and bringing his knee up and smashing his nose.
Crunch
Letting go the kid dropped to the ground all the while Naruto cracked his neck, while the other campers eyed him warily. Opening his eyes and looking around and already analyzing multiple ways to take them down.
Locking gazes with another camper he got into a stance and made a come motion with his hand. Getting the desired action of them charging he met the first camper head on blocking a jab and grabbing the extended arm and pulling him close and kneeing him in the gut before tossing him over his shoulder.
Turning and blocking the roundhouse kick with his forearm and drop-kicking the camper in the chest before jumping back up to his feet and landing a right hook, grabbing the sides of the kids armor and pulling him forward and headbutting him. Spinning into a low crouch and sweeping the feet of the kid before popping up into a front flip with the heel of his foot connecting to the jaw of the other camper as he flipped forwards.
Standing up and looking at his fallen opponents and looking around at the other campers laying on the ground meaning the hunters beat them.
"Come on girls we still got more to go through." Naruto informed 'I wonder how Zoe is doing.' though Naruto.
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Zoe was leading her group around and sneaking up on the side to get the flag before making the dash down the middle with the flag. She wasn't really expecting both of the children of the big three to be guarding the flag.
"Phoebe, You take thy boy, while i get Grace." Zoe whispered getting a nod in return and rushing into the clearing and taking after their targets.
Zoe was rushing into meeting head on against her opponent her hunting knives clashing with Thalia's spear. As they started exchange blow after blow on one another with Zoe dodging and weaving out of the spear strikes before rolling forward and into Thalia's guard. Knocking her shield away before starting her assault.
Raining down punches one after the other with left jabs followed by a right hook leading into a roundhouse kick than following up with mule kick. Thalia after getting over the daze of the hits started getting up.
"Heh, your not bad Nightshade." started Thalia before spitting out some blood "but, lets take this up another notch." she finished with a smirk before a lighting bolt crashed down where Zoe was before she rolled out of the way. Zoe didn't reply she merely stood up and tightened her hand around her knives.
Phoebe was having a blast against the boy she was suppose to be fighting. Countering his sword strike again before slashing his chest before following up with a spartan kick than striking with a double slash with her knives connecting with his forearm.
Percy getting up was gritting his teeth due to the pain of the slashes before standing upright and going on the offence. Swinging his sword overhead before continuing with a jab and a disarming technique connecting with the left knife. Percy decided to keep putting pressure on the hunter so she didn't get any breathing room.
Slashing downwards clashing against the blade of the knife before following up with a swipe to the abdomen, than finishing up right diagonal strike, connecting with Phoebe's shoulder. Coming to after the blows, Phoebe was thinking of ways to take down the boy before looking over towards Zoe and seeing her having some trouble. 'Time to make a distraction' Phoebe thought.
Dashing forward and connecting with a left hook and following up with a right hook, than drop-kicking him away before throwing down smoke bombs covering the whole clearing in smoke.
"Come on Kelp-Head their getting away with the flag!" shouted out Thalia getting Percy to nod and start running behind her to try to catch up.
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Dashing through the woods with the flag in hand weaving in and out of the trees coming into a clearing seeing Naruto ahead finishing off the last of the campers there. Naruto having looked and seen them entering the clearing while running got prepared for a fight while they kept going and he wasn't all that surprised to see the two from the school.
"Well look at this, seems you two just made things interesting." Naruto said with a smirk getting growls from both. As they ran towards Naruto with their respective weapons ready to strike him in the chest and bisect him from his waist. He jumped backwards before moving his head to the left letting the spear pass by while weaving between the sword strikes.
Deciding to fight back he started off with a right hook with some of his strength in the punch sending the boy Percy into a tree. Continuing with a front snap kick to Thalia's thigh getting her to trip forward before getting pulled into Naruto than getting shoulder tossed to the ground followed up with an elbow drop to the gut knocking the breath out of her.
Standing up Naruto turned and faced Percy who looked very wary of engaging the blonde God in combat before relenting and striking his sword against the Gods sword that he had to admit looked really badass.
Clang
Clash
Clang
Sounds that filled the clearing as Naruto and Percy exchanged blades with one another. Naruto wasn't really putting his all into the fight he was just testing the kids limit. Percy was tiring and when he looked at Naruto he saw he hasn't even broken a sweat making him grow annoyed that he isn't being taken for real. Striking with more aggression his strikes became more sloppy and his guard and stance kept having openings in them, this caused Naruto to frown and start to counter back a little forcefully.
Bringing his sword and hitting the hilt and rotating the blade and jerking the blade up made Percy's sword fly out of his hand and flip and land in the fround sticking up ten feet away. Percy stood there in shock that he was so easily disarmed when he was sure he had the upper hand before coming back to reality when he felt two feet hitting him with the force of a train making him drop painfully to his back groaning.
"That was for losing your temper in a fight, in a real life situation that could and would be exploited and get you killed" lectured Naruto to the fallen boy before looking towards the creek seeing Zoe was crossing the creek and had just made it to the other side getting the horn to blow and the hunters to come out and start celebrating while everyone gathered around before dropping silent when they all saw they oracle walk past all of them and stop in front of Zoe.
"By the gods, she never came out before." whispered Chiron in disbelief while the oracle came right up to Zoe and spit out a green mist warping into Artemis.
"Ask speaker and I shall tell." it rasped out like a snake while green mist flowed around in wisps. As Zoe took a few shaky steps forward and came to a stop in front of the oracle.
"Where is Lady Artemis" Zoe said a bit weakly getting the green mist to transform into a bound Artemis getting Zoe to pale and Naruto to tighten his fists.
Five shall go west to the goddess in chains,
One shall be lost in the land without rain,
The bane of Olympus shows the trail,
Campers and Hunters combined prevail,
The Titan's curse must one withstand,
And one shall perish by a parent's hand.
It rasped out before collapsing onto the ground as if it never moved at all. Percy and a Grover were given the task of getting the oracle back to the attic while the cabin leaders were gathering for a meeting.
While the campers stood on in shock at what happened while the hunters were shocked and upset that their mistress was captured, Zoe looked pale white, and Naruto was a storm of emotions from sadness to anger, and shock. Looking for his link to Artemis and locking on to the link and having gotten an estimated guess due to something jamming his link making him only get an estimated area of where she is located.
"Alright Chiron, Zoe lets go start working on the prophecy." started Naruto "and we will also get the cabin leaders so lets hurry" Naruto finished getting a round of nods from most as Naruto, Chiron, Zoe and the cabin leaders made their way to the big house.
Having gotten the cabin leaders seated as Naruto stood with his back against the wall with Zoe by his side.
"I Will take a group of hunter along with milady's husband Naruto as well and we will be off in the morning!" exclaimed Zoe getting Thalia to shout out "Nightshade didn't you listen it said Campers and Hunters combined and you can't take a god on a quest." she announced getting murmurs of agreement.
"Thou doesn't know, but Naruto isn't bound by ancient laws and since he is in camp i am allowed to pick anyone." Zoe countered making Thalia take a seat.
"I say that if this is going to work to get my wife back we are going to need the best, so Zoe suck it up i will help pick seeing as how i know the location she is near we just need to make it there and search the area around." Naruto said as Zoe looked a little relieved for the help and that they got a location to go by.
"Okay i want Phoebe, Thalia, and Jackson to get packed and ready, we will be leaving first thing dawn break, now that we know who is going we will be making are way west because i may know the location, but we need to find the trail of the bane of Olympus first." Naruto informed getting nods from the mentioned people.
Calling the meeting to an end the other cabin leaders left except for the two coming on the quest and the Athena cabin leader. They were all grouped together quietly whispering to one another. Naruto having just got done talking to Zoe decided to check over the other two members.
"Excuse me, sorry for interrupting I just wanted to make sure to be ready by 5am, we will wait till five after then we are leaving so make sure to be ready and if you need drachmas or cash just see Chiron i told him i would repay him after we finish the quest.." Naruto informed to the two getting the two to reply with an okay.
"Well that is all i'll be on my way." Naruto said over his shoulder as he walked away and waved bye to them. Putting hins hand in his pockets and lazily strolling through the camp grounds to the Artemis cabin. Coming a stop to the door and twisting the knob and walking in and heading toawrds the back where a door with his and Artemis' name on it.
Opening the door walking in and closing it behind him he took in the surroundings of the room. The room was furnished to give of the vibe of home and comfort, while some of the room didn't seem to be able to seeing as their were spoils from the countless hunts Artemis and some of Naruto's were held for display. The bed was a rather nice being able to fit two people but it wasn't overly dramatic like the ones on Olympus.
Heading to the rooms personal shower and running the water and undressing and stepping under the water he lets the water run over him as he starts letting his mind wander. At first his mind was just wandering on the topic of Artemis and her capture but, it seemed to wander towards the thought of his Father, the man didn't even want a kid so when he accidentally knocked up Nyx, and when he was informed he immediately called the baby not his, but the reason he even took him was to make a weapon for the war they want to start on the Olympian Gods.
Shaking his head from those thoughts he starts to clean himself and once done moves onto his hair. Turning off the water and stepping out and grabbing a towel and drying off and heading over to the dresser and dressing in a pair of pajama pants and hopping into bed and knocking out within a few seconds
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Leaning against a tree waiting for the others to come he was pondering where they should head to first. Thinking it quite amusing he almost forgot he could check to see where Artemis' trail is the strongest and go there to start off the search. Looking up over he sees the other three and Percy was not with them.
"Where is the Percy?" questioned Naruto getting shrugs from the three making him sigh. 'Why oh why, does these things happen at the worst of times' Naruto thought to himself.
Waiting their was an annoyance and when they were about to leave they see Percy running down the hill before he tripped on a root and started tumbling down the hill, than coming to a stop at the bottom after a tree stopped him. As Percy lay on the floor groaning in pain Naruto and the others were laughing up a storm due to that.
"HAHA, oh man that was amazing Jackson, you definitely make a good bowling ball." joked Naruto eliciting another round of laughs from the girls.
Walking down the hill and coming to a stop to where Percy lay and picking him up and throwing him over his shoulder walking over to the van and throwing him into the back getting another set of groaning. Hopping into the driver seat and starting the engine Naruto checked to see if the other were in the van. Nodding to himself he put the van into drive and took of down the road and heading to the highway he located that the trail was strongest somewhere near the Smithsonian museum.
Chapter End
Thank you again for reading and the next chapter will be soon
Ja ne,
MrJxS
