"This actually feels really cool." Naruto commented to himself as he let his legs rest in the flames he had in his room. He could guess that to anyone else but a child of Hestia, placing your legs in a fire might seem idiotic, but to Naruto this felt amazing. The warmth travelling over his legs, and his immunity to fire he had never noticed before made this a wonderful thing for him. Now that he thought about it, when Sasuke had used fire jutsus on him when they were younger, they didn't even touch him.
Naruto felt something lick the side of his face, and he turned to see his new pet donkey that was a gift from his mother. He guessed the animal was important to her for some reason, but who was he to judge. He thought toads were awesome. He scratched the donkey's side for a few minutes before the creature tiredly walked over to it's bed. Deciding he would go explore the camp some Naruto stood up fromt the fire, but his legs were still surprisingly on fire. Naruto blinked before using his mind to ask the fire to go back to the flame. He was actually somewhat surprised when that worked.
'Control over fire... awesome!' Naruto thought as he moved to the wardrobe to get some clothes, and he had to smile at the camp's ORANGE T-shirt with 'Camp Half-Blood' written on it. Then he frowned when he realized what this shirt also meant. It showed that he just had another thing that made him different, that he would never be the same as other kids here. Heck, he was the result of a freakish amount of mother/son incest! If that was not strange than he did not want to know what was.
Naruto sighed and started to get dressed, and once that was done he looked at himself in the mirror and had to grin at how he looked, he had forgone the camp shirt seeing as he loathed uniformity and instead opted for an outfit consisting of a skintight orange-red zip-up long sleeved shirt, black pants, a black trench coat over his shirt with a design on the back of a fireball inscribed between the horns of a crescent moon (Naruto suspected that either his mother or the one he was apparently engaged to had custom-made the jacket because of that), and some leather combat boots.
Without his headband on his golden locks framed his amber eyes that continued to change colors like a flame perfectly...wait, weren't his eyes suppose to be sapphire blue? Because from what this mirror was telling him, they had been replaced with eyes that were colored to look like shifting fire.
Just another thing that was weird.
"See you in a little bit." Naruto said to his pet as he left the room and ended up in the normal sleeping quarters for Artemis' hunters, or whatever they were called. Naruto was not born in this place, so he had no understanding of any of this greek stuff. All he knew was that he had so much godly blood in him that he himself was nearly a god.
Nearly one, that was.
"You seem well rested."
Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a voice speaking to him from behind him, and when he turned around he was met with a young girl in her early teens looking at him with a very light smile, in fact that he wasn't sure if she was really smiling, or that if it was just her face. The girl had long auburn hair that was kept up behind her in a high ponytail, and her eyes were as silvery-yellow as the moon, and Naruto found them incredibly beautiful and they shined just like the moon in the sky. If it weren't for the pupils in her eyes, Naruto would have sworn that somebody plucked the moon from the sky just to duplicate it and use both of the moons to make her eyes.
Strapped to her back was a silver bow, with a quiver filled to the brim with arrows. She also wore a pale green vest somewhat similar to a flak jacket with a silvery parka over it, and camouflage pattered pants, all in all, she was dressed in a way that he could say was more suited for hunting than actual battle. The girl also had an air of superiority about her that Naruto had gotten used to when you knew people from the Hyuga and Uchiha clans back home.
"Yeah, best night of sleep I ever had." he said, then frowned and studied her face. Something about this girl...he felt like she was someone he should know. "You seem... familiar. Do I know you from somewhere or something?" Naruto asked the teen in front of him. She laughed in an airy way, and he had to admit the tone was melodious. It simply could not belong to any human, simply because the sound was too...otherworldly and beautiful.
"You could say you have knowledge OF who I am, but not of my face." The girl said in a mysterious tone as she took a few steps towards him and placed a hand on his chest. Right where his heart was, and she smiled when she could feel his heartbeat quicken. Naruto couldn't help it, because for some reason, this girl was making him react in ways Sakura never had before.
"... Are you my mother?" Naruto asked with a strange look, and the girl chuckled quietly at his assumption. It was a good guess if you were going by her hint, but still wrong in it's nature. Actually, it was not totally wrong since Naruto would not have been born without her presence for his conception.
"No, but my place in your heart shall be just as unique and special as hers. The bond you and I shall share had been forged before you were born, and is both as unavoidable as it is joyful." The girl nearly preached, and Naruto was starting to clue in on her identity after awhile. The only other person he might have such a bond with her was that "Artemis" goddess that he was suppose to marry.
"Artemis?" Naruto asked more than stated as the girl took her hand off of his chest and turned around so that he could not see her face. The smile she had on her lips showed just what she was feeling when he guessed her name correctly. Like Hestia, Artemis had been watching Naruto for most of his life.
She liked what she had seen... except the Sexy Jutsu, but Naruto did not mean it as an insult to women when he had made it so even that could be forgiven. He had made it as a distraction for perverse men. And even in ancient times, using one's beauty as a weapon could be respected, that was the ONLY thing she and Aphrodite could agree on.
Naruto had always shown unwavering determination, courage beyond belief, creativity to use even the most unusual tactics in the heat of battle. He was friendly and treated women nicely, and most men with some form of disrespect. He was handsome with the looks he had gotten from his parents. He may not be the most intellectual, but he was without a doubt one of the strongest.
"Correct Naruto, now look in your pocket.", Artemis ordered semi-kindly, tuning back around to face him again and Naruto blinked before he pulled a folded piece of paper out of his pocket. When he opened it, he saw that it was a map of whatever country he was in, but it also seemed to be pretty old at the same time. The map had a few locations on it, but that was not want had him impressed. It had Camp Half-Blood marked on it, and under it were both a silver and orange dot. On another part of the map was a green dot and a blue dot.
"Why are you giving this to me?" Naruto asked, since this kind of map was strange to him.
"If you are ever lost or need to find me that map will lead you to me without any trouble. The orange dot is yourself, the silver one is myself, that green dot will move to whatever location my Hunter's Camp is currently located at, and the blue one is my Second-In-Command if you ever need her as well. Unlike many of my other hunters she had been informed of my deal with your mother when I made it. You will find an comrade in her. If that map is ever lost of destroyed it will reappear in your hand if you say 'I Wish To See My Beloved' and it will come to as good a new." Artemis said with a silent smirk on her face that Naruto was unable to see with her back turned to him. Naruto smiled at the gift, since it could actually prove to be very useful.
"When will I be able to see you again?" Naruto asked and Artemis pointed to his map.
"Like I previously stated, you shall always be welcome with my hunters. You have proven to be capable of taking care of yourself Naruto, so if you make it to my camp you will be allowed to hunt with us. Though be warned, do not come to my camp unless you are ready to be wed to me. Coming to my camp will show to me that you are ready to become my husband, but before I go I will grant you one last gift." Artemis stated warningly, but her gaze softened when she grabbed his left hand and moved it slowly to her lips. She placed a gentle kiss on his ring finger before stepping away as a silver ring materialized on the finger she kissed. It was just a pure silver band with no markings or anything, but Naruto did notice that it had the exact same aura as she did.
Her hair hide her face as she abruptly turned around, but for a flash of a second, Naruto could have sworn her cheeks went from lightly tanned to flushed.
Artemis had to take a breath to calm herself, and her blush started to fade from her face.
"I don't mean to sound rude, but what does the ring do?" Naruto asked, confused, and he could hear Artemis chuckling slightly.
"Think of it as an engagement present. As long you wear that band around your finger you shall be gifted with great bow and arrow skills, and like myself you may learn to speak to beings of nature, but not only that...as long as you wear that ring no other woman other than myself will ever 'excite' you again." Artemis explained with a smile.
She could not have her future husband be bad at shooting arrows, and she was a hundred percent sure that Aphrodite was going to try and tempt Naruto with either herself, or she was going to try and play a hand in his romantic life.
Naruto would one day be a God.
It was unavoidable, since if Naruto died then he would be reborn as a full God. Heck, all he needed was the blessing of one or two more gods or goddesses and he would become a God without having to die.
"Cool! Thanks Artemis!" Naruto said with a small smile. He knew he should be angry, but he could tell this gift was truly for his benefit more than hers
"... You are welcome, Naruto." Artemis stated after a moment of surprise. It had been a long time since a man had thanked her for something, and all of this was just as new for her as it was for Naruto. Turning around again she started to walk passed Naruto, and the second she did Naruto turned around to see she was no longer there. Like she had vanished into thin air. Naruto shook his head and took out the map again, and to his surprise the silver dot was now with the blue and green dots.
"Now that is pretty cool." Naruto said out loud at the thought of teleporting.
He was going to HAVE to learn how to do that!
[With Artemis]
Artemis was now sitting in her tent with a small smile on her face, and her in hands was a photo album with various pictures of Naruto from his toddler years to what he was currently. She had a very long time to think on her decision with choosing to marry the flame eyes blond boy, and she knew that she was correct in her choice. Now all she had to do was wait for him to show up, either on purpose or by accident. She was the goddess of both Virginity and Childbirth after all.
Being the goddess of virginity meant that she was going to have to experience everything that has to do with virginity. That also meant losing it eventually, but that mattered not since her maiden barrier would always reappear right back in place like she had never lost it.
She was also going to have to experience childbirth for herself one day, and who better to experience that with than a boy that she did not hate?
