Yo, Coolness 121 back with a brand new chapter. I am well on my way into updating G.W.O.T.N. I just need to finalize it and finish writing the last few scenes for those of you curious folk. Yeah, so my bad for taking so long on this, but I have had virtually no free time for the past few weeks. I apologize for the lack of an update, but here it is. After this chapter is when the ball really starts rolling. There will be a few time skips, as I want to get on with the actual story of Son of Neptune. You will know, though, what happens in between years like: how Naruto's relationships developed, how the gods reacted to his presence, what the shinobi world has been doing, stuff like that.

Now about the pairing, I have one in mind, but I won't tell you. I will tell you the ones he won't be getting with though. He won't get with Reyna, any female gods, Rachel, Hazel, Annabeth, Calypso, or Clarisse. The ones that are left I'll leave you to figure out and try to guess who Naruto's going to end up with.


Maelstrom of the Nine- Thanks man, and I hope this does get a lot more attention.

DannyPhantom619- Now I'm not sure about the Truth-Seeking Balls and all that jazz, but the rest have a high possibility of him learning. You'll see as it plays out.

GuardianOfTheUniverse- Thanks man for checking it out and leaving a review

RabbitMaster- Ah, I was waiting for someone to speak up about it. I put Reyna in here earlier for a very special reason. Thanks for the compliment

LordGhostStriker- I know right, I feel bad for the guy that has to get that gate and put it back.

Son of Thanatos 64- Thanks for the compliment, and cliff hangers are a necessary evil. They keep you coming back for more don't they?

(To the people who reviewed CH. 4)

Ejammer- Here ya go, and like I said I have Reyna here earlier for a special reason.

Sceonn- Yeah, he can still use his chakra, it's just a choice on his part whether or not to use it. And in the case of shinobi taking on gods, which is something that is reserved for the S rank and S+ shinobi. Gods are just that, Gods. Their power is crazy high, and there are only a few shinobi capable of taking on a god when they're in the right state of mind and fighting to the best of their ability.

Guest- Yeah, you do that

LordXeenTheGreat- Thanks!

Guest- No, no he wouldn't. Not in this case.

KnowPein- Thanks man

Well that's that, so now onto the chapter. Have a blessed Thanksgiving to you all, and hope you have a nice week.


There was only silence. Expressions ranged from rage to curiosity to absolute befuddlement, but the most prevalent one of them all was disbelief. Disbelief in the fact that this young boy, demi-god or not, just ripped, tore, dissected, whatever word you would like to use, that cold, solid iron gate from its resting place with seeming ease. Eyes were wide as the doer of said action had the gall to smile sheepishly afterwards. Their brains had shorted out for a moment, and only silence was able to fill in the space. Naruto felt a small sweat drop roll down his neck, as he took their silence as his 'performance' was a little too much.

That only lasted for another half a second.

In the next moment a resounding bellow of tenacity and ferociousness erupted from the lungs of everyone that stood within the organized lines of the Fifth Cohort. With unstoppable fervor unleashed, the multitude of teens stampeded their way towards the now gaping hole in fort that was made for them by their newest edition. Naruto looked at the stone shocked teens inside the fort and slammed his knuckles together, more for effect than anything important. In a golden flash his once empty hands were now holding two tonfa of different colors.

Now most would see tonfa as something as an unconventional weapon that whose use should've died years ago, but Naruto thought they were awesome. Way better than some old sword anyways. He never really found out how his father knew what type of weapon he had wanted before he himself knew. Whenever he asked he was just laughed off and told," I'm not the smith of the gods for no reason."

The tonfa were a beautiful piece of work that looked more like a work of art than a dangerous weapon meant to inflict pain. The two tonfa handles shot up into his hand, and were wrapped in molded leather in the shape of finger holds for extra grip. There was a rather embarrassing story to that particular feature, but he'd rather not remember it at the moment. The grip handles was were the similarities of the two tonfa ended.

The tonfa in his left hand was colored a deep crimson red that made it look as if it was soaked in blood and that was where the color came from. The length of the shaft was about 20 in. Around the shaft was an-etched-in-black image of the Kyuubi. Its maw was pulled back into a vicious snarl, and its nine tails were shown thrashing wildly around. The tonfa itself was formed out of light-weight chakra conductive metal that his dad had pulled from the ruins of Uzushiogakure, his mom's birthplace, and imperial gold. He told him that he had never done such a combination before, and would never do one again. The two tonfa he now had were the only kind in existence. He smiled, that particular fact always brought a smile to his face. Anyways, with the tonfa being made of conductive metal, he was able to channel his chakra through it, and it had a really cool effect which brought a warm feeling to his stomach that Naruto guessed was the Kyuubi's pride overflowing out of his cage.

When he channeled chakra into the tonfa, the image of the Kyuubi came to life. Its maw began actually snarling, and the tail began to swing slowly. While this all happened, the tonfa itself lit up with a slight red coloration, and a miniscule genjutsu that affected two of the five sense, sight and hearing. Anybody who knew that it was a genjutsu could easily break out of it, so it was more for flare than anything else. What it did was make whoever was effected by to see the image of the Kyuubi in all of its nine-tailed glory snarling over them with flames licking at their ankles.

Now the other tonfa, the one in his right, was meant to symbolize the other part of him, his roots. The tonfa in his right hand was the same length as the one in his right, but the design was completely different. This one was colored royal blue with gold wrapped ends. All around it were etched swirls that never seemed to end. They fit perfectly and didn't touch one another in a way that messed up the other. This one, like the other, was made from light-weight chakra conductive metal and imperial gold too.

The special effect of this one was similar to its counterpart. When he channeled chakra, a miniscule genjutsu took effect and messed with the body's perception, mainly balance, coordination, etc. The whirlpools swirled in different directions, dizzying the brain, which in turn, makes the body not function straight. And it is the funniest thing messing with an empousa's already wonky equilibrium.

These two tonfa are were his weapons of choice. They might not be the most conventional or normal weapon, but don't let that fool you. These bad boy packed a punch, and his countless number of monster kills could attest to that.

He put his left arm up, with the tonfa going with, and channeled chakra through it, activating the genjutsu. Within seconds he saw it take effect, and saw some of the teens begin to breathe a little heavier or take a small step back. That was good for the first time against actual humans and not monsters. Granted there were still a good amount who had enough sense to shake it off or just didn't get effected by it in the slightest. They were the ones that, instead of staggering, drew up and hardened their stance, but he had got what he wanted out of it.

He heard the thundering of footsteps, and bellows of incomprehensible words come from behind him like a wind that wanted victory. He allowed his cohort members to be the first ones to attack, they deserved that glory, and attack they did.

The first line of the Fifth Cohort slammed into the semi-shaken defensive line of the mixed Second and First Cohorts with the force of a freight train. Shields clashed with each other, and the defending side crumpled like wet tissue paper. They smashed a dent into their lines like hammer against metal, and then the fight was on.

Swords clashed, shields clanged, and grunts, hollers, and bellows of either anger, pain, or triumph were let loose.

And he loved it.

He forgot when he decided to join in, but that hardly mattered. He was having a blast. His senses were at their peak and his motions were seamless. He encountered an enemy, distinguished by their different shields, almost every two feet, and it was exhilarating. He was so caught up in his own battle haze he did not see nor hear the arrow that whizzed by his face, and was too late to attempt a dodge.

"Aah!" He cried out as the arrow skimmed his cheek and left a small but stinging gash. The pain served two purposes. It got him out of the little haze he was in, and made him question just what that was.

Was that you?

His tenant stirred from his lax positioning inside of Naruto, and thought over what happened.

"No, you foolish fleshbag, that was not me," The Kyuubi answered in an irritated tone. It rolled its eyes. Honestly, if it was him, those idiotic teenagers wouldn't breathing much less groaning in pain on the ground or unconscious like they were.

Naruto blocked on overhead sword strike to the head from a rather burly teen with both arms. With his tonfa he locked the teen's sword in place, and felt the teen struggle against his own strength futilely.

Well then do you know what that was?

He asked internally before switching to the teen he had stuck. He let the teen go right when he yanked, causing him to stagger backwards at the sudden lack of resistance. Naruto took advantage of this and swung his right fist forward at the teen's exposed midsection. The end of his tonfa, which extended past his enclosed fists, smashed into the soft stomach, and the teen folded inwards over Naruto's fist. Spittle came flying out of the teen's mouth at the organ rattling impact, and his sword clanged against the ground as his hands lost the strength to hold it. Swiftly, Naruto spun 180 degrees and his other tonfa impacted the back of the boy's head, knocking him to the ground in a boneless heap.

The Kyuubi scoffed at the 'soft' act of knocking the boy out. Only if he wasn't suck in this damnable cage. All hopes and dreams aside for the moment, he addressed his containers question with a yawn.

"That was all you, brat," he told him. He felt the utter confusion come from his container, as he again was confronted with two more buffoons who thought they stood a chance against his container. He may belittle his container whenever he could, but he had a grudging respect for his growing combat prowess. His tails began to tingle, and he knew that when they did that something big was going to happen.

And soon.

The Kyuubi continued his train of thought as his container dealt with his new opponents," I mean that it was all you in the sense that it was your body's reaction to being in actual combat for the first time. Dangerous only if you don't realize it and control it," He told him.

Naruto ohhh'd in realization as the two teen's attacked him in unison from both sides. He had to focus this time, as these guys came in prepared. He was immediately put on the defense as the two boys attacked in tandem. He raised both forearms and deflected the first strikes outward. He was given to chance to attack as they recovered qucker than he estimated. The teen to his right swung his sword in a downward sweep aimed towards his legs, but Naruto responded accordingly and blocked the strike. His danger sense tingled, and he ducked his head on reflex. This was a good decision as a sword swung in the space his head had just left. Staying crouched, Naruto expertly spun the handle of his left tonfa in his hand, extending the longer side outward. He swung and his tonfa cut through the air, and impacted with the side of the teen's knee, staggering him. Naruto did not stop there, he stood up and kicked the sword out of the teen's hand leaving him without a weapon of attack and some bruised or broken fingers. He swung and the tonfa in his left hand struck the boy's jaw hard enough to knock him unconscious.

With one of them dealt with, Naruto found himself once again blocking a furious slice. A series of slices coming from, right, left, and up came his way and set Naruto on the defensive. He quickly got tired of being on the defensive, and decided to change it. He spun the handle of his right tonfa this time and sung it at the same time the teen swung his sword. The two weapons collided with a metallic clang, but Naruto did not let it end there. He brought up his other tonfa, expertly spun it around in his hand, and brought it down on the sword before the teen could bring it back to him. The teen's grip held resolute on to the sword, and was forced to his knee.

Naruto looked to take absolute advantage of the vulnerable position, but was forced to dodge the quick swipe at his ankles. He stepped back out of the range of the swipe, and stepped back up to swing his tonfa. His tonfa cut through the air, ready to send another victim to the realm of Somnus, the god of sleep, but was halted by the raised shield. The tonfa clanged against the shield with the force of a sledgehammer, and the teen's guard was torn to shreds. Due to Naruto's unreal strength, his strike blew the shield to the side, taking its holders body with it, leaving his back and sides exposed.

Naruto jabbed into the side of the teen with his right, then brought down his left onto the shoulder holding the shield. The fragile collarbone crumbled under Naruto's might and the teen cried out in pain. His cry went into one ear and out of the other, and was silenced as Naruto finished the teen off with a jab to his temple.

With another enemy down, another just took his place, this one though, was different. Naruto blocked the sword strike that came down diagonally, but finally felt a lick of pain as a kick connected with his chest, forcing his feet backward in an effort to restore balance. The impact jarred him for a second, but his foe took advantage of the small window nonetheless.

A swipe at the waist came next, but Naruto had enough sense to bring down his tonfa in time. The attack bounced off of his weapon, and Naruto punched forward with his other tonfa. To his surprise, and unlike the others he had taken down, this one was able to raise their shield in time. His attempt was harmlessly absorbed by the shield, and the attacker swiftly brought his gladius up and stabbed at him with its tip. Naruto swayed backwards, away from the stab, and quickly brought up a tonfa to block the follow up slash. His strong arms held steady against the impact, and adjusted timely to the slash coming from the opposite direction.

As the sword once again impacted aginst his guard, Naruto brought his free hand up, twirled the handle in his hand, and brought it down on the extended arm. He heard a grunt of surprise and pain come from his attacker, and punched through the air like a bullet toward the teen's head in an effort to finish this bout. He wanted to finish quickly, and begin to actually go after his objective, the flag at the top. So, he may or may not of channeled a little bit of chakra into his tonfa to increase its speed beyond what he expected capable for any of these teens to react to.

That's why when a shield was brought up in time to block his strike, he was so surprised he didn't catch the shield bash that caught him in the jaw. Once again, he staggered back and grimaced a little in pain. A bruise was quickly forming along his jawline, and Naruto spat out some of the accumulated blood that he tasted in his mouth.

"Hahaha!"

Naruto looked at the teen who was now standing up, with a smile on his face. Naruto watched him toss off his helmet and look at him with blue eyes. His sharp features pulled back into a cocky smile that Naruto instinctively wanted to wipe off his face.

Octavian smiled with no small amount of smugness. He swiped his bangs out of his face and asked," Oh, is the little baby going to cry after that little love tap, hmm?" He quirked is eyebrow in a way that Naruto just felt was for making people feel small and stupid. He tensed at the shrill laugh that came from Octavian once more, and tried to calm himself before he went off on the kid more than he wished to.

Octavian stopped laughing and looked at him with a pompous, he thought that was the best word to describe it, look and asked," I really do hope that is not all that you are capable of, little fish-cake?"

Naruto's anger rose at the misinterpretation of his name. How did he even know that that was one of its meanings?

"It means maelstrom, not fish-cake," Naruto corrected sharply. His grip tightened around his tonfa, and was sure that if they weren't specially made for him they would be more or less crumpled like a soda can right now.

Octavian shrugged his shoulders," I could care less what your name means, fish-cake," He emphasized," I'm just realizing that the Fifth Cohort is actually where you belong," He scoffed," You're nothing more than mediocre."

Before Naruto could form a rather irrational response, Octavian was forced to raise his shield in order to block the slash of a golden gladius.

Wait, golden gladius?

The one wielding the golden gladius gave Octavian no quarter. He brought his weapon back and thrust it forward in a series of attacks that differed in location, forcing Octavian to constantly keep his guard up. He attacked relentlessly, and Octavian was hard pressed to block all of the attempts at his person. The crease of concentration on his brow attested to that. The assault was relentless, and Octavian finally slipped up. Jason feigned with a slash to the right, and Octavian completely fell for it. His shield went in that direction, thinking that was where the next attack was meant to be, thus leaving his left wide open for Jason's shield bash, which left Octavian dazed a staggered.

The lull in action was enough time for two teens from the First and Second Cohorts, it didn't matter, to step up in an attempt to defeat Jason and Naruto. The two teens were systematically taken care of, one with a couple of blows to his jaw and ribs courtesy of Naruto, and other out groaning in pain on the floor due to a few well-placed blows from Jason. This distraction allowed Octavian to recover and find his footing. He raised his shield and had his sword at the ready for the attack that was sure to come.

Naruto exchanged a look with Jason, and he gave him a nod. The two turned their attention back to Octavian, ready to put him down and get what they came for. Jason twirled his gladius in his hand, and right when they were ready to blow past Octavian, a javelin with a symbol of a torch over a sword upon. The spear itself did not look any different from any others that Naruto had been able to catch a glance at, but this one set off his danger senses to the absolute max. It seemed to have an aura of power that just screamed battle and warfare.

This set him on edge. Whoever wielded this weapon must've been dangerous. They must've been some crazy, war-loving meat-head who…

"Two on one hardly seems fair Grace, don'tcha think?" A light but strong feminine voice rhetorically asked.

…was actually not some crazy, war-loving meat-head, but actually that girl, Reyna. The scary one who threatened too…

The person dropped down from higher up and landed next to, Naruto was guessing, her spear.

Naruto saw the leery look on Jason's face at the tone of voice Reyna had used when addressing him.

She ripped her spear out of the ground, and pointed it at Jason. Due to the uneven lighting of the torches that littered the ground, a menacing shadow was cast across her tanned features.

The almost murderous look she wore also helped a lot.

"You do remember my promise earlier today, Grace?" A mocking smile bloomed onto her lips," Or did the memory get lost in that giant head of yours?"

All traces of caution left his friend as the insult registered in his ears. He grit his teeth at the jab at his features. His head wasn't that big…His body was just too small for it at the moment.

"I haven't forgotten Ramirez," He replied. Jason took a ready stance, shield and sword at the ready, and spoke up again," We can settle this right here and now on whose better Ramirez."

The girl scoffed, but got into a ready stance of her own, shield up protecting her body, and spear pointing out from behind it.

The two began circling each other and Reyna commanded aloud," Octavian! Deal with his friend with the unusual weapons while I show Grace over here what it means to be outclassed."

With her piece spoken, she lunged at Jason with thrust of her long spear. Jason lowered himself behind his shield even more and deflected the blow with his shield. He thrust his sword towards her midsection, but the blow was danced away from.

Their fight was now on.

Naruto turned his attention back to Octavian who scoffed at being commanded, but ultimately decided to try and "deal with" him. Naruto readied his Tonfas, and Octavian readied his sword and shield.

Naruto attacked first, punching with his left as bait, and Octavian raised his shield to block the blow. As he wanted, his punch was deflected, but Naruto already had his follow up strike primed to unleash. He spun his tonfa around in his other hand, gaining that extra reach, and swung at Octavian's head.

Octavian ducked the swing and reciprocated with a thrust from his sword. Naruto flipped his tonfa downwards and hit the sword away from his body. He turned his body and focused his attention on the vulnerable limb that was now in the open. He spun the opposite tonfa handle in his hand and swung down onto Octavian's forearm twice. The two strikes landed with dual THUDS and caused Octavian to let go of the sword.

Octavian threw his shield forward once more, leaning his body weight into it, but Naruto was ready this time and crossed his tonfa in front of him, absorbing the impact and only sliding back a little. Now at a severe disadvantage, Octavian was only able to play the defensive side of things. He tried to make a pathway towards his sword, but Naruto's assault was relentless.

Strikes came from left and right, up and down, and the strength behind them was causing Octavian's arm holding the shield to go numb. Naruto's brow creased as he prepared for his next maneuver he was sure would end this.

Once more his forearm muscles flexed and his veins became much more pronounced. His knuckled cracked and popped, and his biceps became acutely bigger. Instead of a burning sensation and red coloring, this time a cool feeling and a dark blue outline began to be excreted from Naruto's arms.

This was his chakra

Unlike his other two energy sources, his chakra is what he had the most mastery of, but it was the least powerful. His dad had told him that until he finished going through his puberty, his chakra levels wouldn't be potent enough to combat with some of the Gods' higher tier enemies. Still though, now was a time to use his chakra as he had the best control over this one, and he didn't want to accidentally crush all of Octavian's ribs…

…on second thought.

Nah, he wasn't worth the backlash that would more than likely come his way afterwards. Getting back to business, Naruto tenses his legs in preparation, channeling an acute amount through his thighs and calves, and then rocketed towards Octavian. The force he had blasted off with broke through the hard upper layer of dirt and forced an imprint of his feet into the second layer. A trail of light blue was left in his wake, which dissipated into blue flecks afterwards.

Octavian tried to keep up, and was barely successful for a moment due to being trained to see fast flying arrows through the air, but his reflexes weren't. His eyes widened, and he tried to raise his shield in time to block the blow that he predicted would come from his front side.

WHOOSH

All he felt was wind.

Naruto had anticipated his basic block and one upped him. He stepped forward, planted his feet and burst around to Octavian's unprotected hind side. It was time to try that technique his father had told him about.

Flashback

A robot stood in front of a ten year old Naruto and had a screen on his chest. On the screen was his dad, Vulcan, and he was currently explaining a technique to his son.

"…eated that technique to humiliate the people who thought they were the stuff," His gravel like voice explained.

Naruto sat there with wide eyes, amazed that such a technique existed. It was the single most humiliating technique he had ever heard of. And to know his old man knew it!

Naruto hopped to his feet in an instant and grabbed the sides of screen," Teach me it. Teach me it. Teach me it!" He pleaded to his father.

Vulcan rubbed his bald head and an amused smile form onto his face. His son had always been easy to excite, much like his mother, and that's what made it so nostalgic.

"Okay Naruto," He replied and Naruto stopped hopping, but grew a grin so wide it threatened to split his face in half," Sit down and let go of my robot, and I'll begin explaining it to you."

Vulcan was half amazed and half amused at the speed his progeny used. He'd have to see one day how mercury stacked up against him in race. Maybe some special shoes to amplify hi-

"Daaaaadd!"

Vulcan snapped back to reality and saw the unamused face his son wore.

Now if he was Minato, he would've sheepishly admitted to his mistake of wandering off into day dream land, but he was now Vulcan, and he didn't make mistakes. Plus his son's head was already big enough, and if it got any bigger it would pop. So he spoke on as if he didn't momentarily forget his son was right in front of him.

"The technique is very basic, but it needs a very high amount of chakra control to get the desired results," He began. He saw the shift in posture form his son go from over excited to attentive, and a barely noticeable smile grew on his face as he continued.

"Now, you have to get behind them and have the tiger seal formed ready. You channel your chakra into your fingertips or whatever you're holding an-"

Flashback End

And thrust.

"Konohagakure Hidden Secret Taijutsu Technique: One Thousand Years of Death!"

Naruto's tonfa made contact with Octavian's hind quarters, and for a second it seemed all was silent. A red embarrassed blush bloomed across Octavian's face before all he knew was pain from his behind.

Almost like a rocket, Octavian blasted off into the air, and everyone stopped fighting for a second to watch the spectacle of one of their own wailing as he flew through the air with as much grace as that cow they heard jumped over the moon. Head and eyes fooled his ascent and then descent through the air, and the unavoidable impact with Hannibal's butt. Octavian slowly slid off of the elephant's rear end and landed onto the ground with a dull Thud. He groaned in pitifully in pain, as smoke slowly rose from his bottom.

Everybody, was ready to laugh until their guts hurt, but a sudden war cry from behind them halted all thoughts.

The Third Cohort had successfully snuck around the back uncontested.

Oh how the tides turn. Now, with their unprotected flank under attack, The First and Second Cohorts, despite their skill, started to fall. This was the opportunity Naruto was hoping for.

He glued his tonfa onto his back with a little chakra, and began running towards the nearest wall. In one incredible leap he grabbed onto the second level platform and hauled himself up. An archer seemed to notice his climb and ran at him with an unsheathed dagger. Naruto decided he did not need his tonfa to take care of any opposition he met up here.

The teen slashed at him, but Naruto swayed the other way. He grabbed the teen's forearm with his right hand and launched a straight left into his face. The punch connected with the teen's nose and he staggered back, but due to Naruto's grip, he did not move an inch. Another punch rebounded off of the poor boy's face, more than likely making him see entire planets let alone stars. Naruto turned, putting the teen's arm over his shoulder, and monkey flipped the boy onto his back. He landed with a painful wheeze and did not try to get up.

Naruto raised his head and saw the banner waving, only being defended by a few guards. He started running towards them, ungluing his tonfa from his back as he went. Another archer noticed him running towards her and drew back and arrow. She raised her bow towards him and fired the blunt arrow. Like something out of a movie, Naruto bent backwards and slid under the arrow. It flew over his head harmlessly, and didn't do a thing to stop his movement.

Before the girl could draw another arrow, Naruto was in her face with his tonfa. She tried to raise it in a pitiful attempt to block, but Naruto aimed towards her stomach. A jab met her midsection, then an extended tonfa strike cracked her across the jaw. He brought up the tonfa he jabbed into her stomach, twirled its handle, and brought it down onto the crown of her helmeted head. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and she crumbled to the floor in a heap.

By now the three teens, two males and one female noticed his intentions, and stepped up in an attempt to stop him. The first teen met him with a sword slash, but Naruto hit it down with his tonfa, spun the other one in his hand and swung it down onto his head much like the archer-girl before him. He hit the boy with a quick strike across the jaw, one to his shoulder, and finally a double hit to both sides of his jaw. Naruto finished him with a sweep of the legs, and that was one defender down.

From his crouched position, Naruto rolled forward, past the girl who stepped up to take her fallen comrades place. Out of his roll he hit the teen behind with a straight kick to the chest, pushing him back and stunning him. He immediately raised a tonfa in defense the thrust the girl gave him, and batted it aside. Partially recovered, the teen who took the foot to the chest, came right back and tried thrust of his own. Naruto deflected this one to the side, and felt his danger sense tingle once more.

Without looking, he blocked the swing that was coming for his head, and tried to swing at her with his free hand. Once more his senses tingled, and he was forced to block a strike coming from the other direction. He spun and slapped the swipe away with his two tonfa. He continued his spin, and lashed out with an extended tonfa towards thrust that came from the girl. This was how it went on for a few seconds. He was on the defensive for the moment, ducking under, swaying away, or deflecting blows that came from the two combatants he, and he admits to it, foolishly rolled between.

They were good. Teamwork was almost flawless, and Naruto was given no breathing room. They must've seen him take out several of their friends, and decided to go all out against him. He needed to end this.

He got his opportunity when the boy went for an overhead slash. Naruto blocked it with his tonfa, and swung his other one at the boy's knee faster than he could raise his shield against. The blow brought him to one knee, but Naruto had to defend against the girl once more. She thrust at him, but overextended this time. He caught her arm under his arm pit and struck her forearm twice. The blows rained down on her arm and caused her to let go of her sword in pain. Naruto monkey flipped her over his shoulder and onto her kneeling friend.

The two were sent into a tangle of limbs and equipment, allowing Naruto to jump over the two and reach his goal. He glued the tonfa back onto his back, gripped the pole of the banner, and hoisted it into the air. He hollered at the top of his lungs in exhilaration and excitement. The banner waved back and forth in the air as he swung it.

He smiled widely. They had won

Swords dropped to the ground and head dropped in either disbelief or defeat. The others though, yelled and laughed in their own disbelief and elation. Naruto hopped down onto the first floor and was immediately surrounded by bodies and congratulations. To his own surprise he was lifted into the air, as teens cheered and jeered at the defeated First and Second Cohorts.

An idea struck Naruto while he was atop two pairs of shoulders. He started chanting," Fifth, fifth, fifth, fifth, fifth!"

Like a domino effect, others caught on and soon the night air was filled with the reciting of "Fifth". Times were changing, and the Fifth Cohort's reputation was on the rise.

Deep within the earth, in one of his many blacksmiths, stood Vulcan. He watched on through one of his flying camera robots at the victory, and his son being hoisted into the air. Being alone, he let a smile bloom across his red face. Yes, his child would do great things at Camp Jupiter. He was close to deciding to send him to the other camp, but something told him that Camp Jupiter was where he belonged.

He did not expect his son's first friend there to be the son of Jupiter, and was almost furious about the fact Jupiter had sired yet another child. He wondered what made this one different from his sister in the case of him not running his son into a tree. Curious indeed, but he reasoned that Jupiter's Greek part was less rational when it came to making decisions like that when compared to his Roman side. He set his upgraded iPad down, he was slightly disappointed in its simplicity so he tinkered with it, and grabbed at his head. In a flash of gold, gone was his Roman aspect. He was now lame Hephaestus. Cosmetically, nothing really changed except for a minor shade change of his beard and skin color to a now more olive tone than a volcanic red.

He wondered what caused this unexpected switch, but realized the reasoning when he felt the godly signature of his brother enter his lonely abode once more.

"What do you want brother?" He asked as he turned around to address his brother, Hermes.

Hermes smiled, flashing his pearly white teeth," Now, I would've went on about how I just wanted to visit you Heph, but I actually have someone requesting your presence at the moment and she threatened to cut of my you-know-whats of I didn't bring you there with no delays," He said.

Hephaestus raised a brow," Who is she?"

Hermes smiled again, that dastardly smile that he smile when he knew something about the situation that you didn't.

"Oh you'll see," He said mysteriously.

"Wait, Herm-, "Hephaestus tried.

In a blur and a few flashes, Hephaestus didn't know how Hermes travelled like this in the first place, they had made it to their destination. Hermes deposited a groaning Hephaestus onto the cold marble floor and raced back out without a word.

Hephaestus dusted his blacksmiths apron off and stood up with slight difficulty. He looked around, and took in the chambers Hermes had deposited him into. He knew these chambers, he had personally customized all of them to their owner's desires. This one in particular was one he wanted to never ever come back to.

"Hello, son," He heard behind him.

Hephaestus turned around and looked at the speaker with an emotionless look and replied," Hello, mother."

He was in the chambers of Hera.

Like his wife so eloquently put it sometimes, shit. Oh shit indeed.

Ch.6 End