Naruto looked into the room that he had been staying in the last few days before he started to pack up some supplies for the road. This camp, while a great place to make friends, was just not very good for his type of person. He couldn't push himself here, and he couldn't fight to his fullest everyday. He was a ninja, and boring days like this made him paranoid and restless. A lot of people also seemed to naturally seem nervous around and avoid him because of his status.

Near-God, instead of the normal demigod.

Funny, because most of Naruto's DNA was from a Goddess, which had earned him another nickname that people spoke behind his back. Everytime he was going to attack, though, he remembered that all the people here were related to him in some way. Hurting them was like hurting family, and he was NOT a person that liked to do that. Some nicknames Naruto liked better than others.

Child of Flame, Near-God, the Fire's Shadow (he especially liked that one, since the word Hokage ment "Fire Shadow", but it also made him homesick for Konoha), and the Flame-Eyed Prince.

Some names he really hated though, and that name he spoke of earlier was the worst one:

Male Goddess.

"Lets see. Got my map, my ring, and my clothes.' Naruto thought as he started to head away from the border separating demigods from the outside world. The sooner Naruto left, the sooner he could start going on adventures and maybe one days find a way back home. He was about to exit the barrier before he heard a voice call out to him.

"Wait for meeee!"

Naruto didn't even get that much of a chance to turn around before a smaller figure came rushing right into his back and fell to the ground. Looking down at the ground, Naruto saw a young girl, about twelve years old, standing up and rubbing her forehead and bum from the collision with him. The girl wore the camp shirt like everyone else, and she had a mocha tan skin. A very flat chest. Her hair was a platinum blond, and she had shimmering blue eyes and over all, from where he came from she would be considered to look like she was from the Land of Lightning. Then there was the fact that she was wearing strange shoes with wings on the sides.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked with a small smile at the younger girl as she took up a strange pose that he remembered Konohamaru doing when he was younger.

"Soaring through the skies of Florida, and surfing on the waves of justice my name with one day be known throughout the galaxy as the girl that will travel the roads of freedom and bring about the chaos of pranks! My name is the cute and powerful Desma!" the girl announced as she took a new pose that gave Naruto a minor flashback of when he first met Jiraiya, and his staring at the girl turned into an expressionless deadpan.

"Well Desma, WHY were you following me?" Naruto asked, before she got up in his face with a grin that spoke of mischief and decided to have some fun with him.

"You're leaving camp, and I want along." Desma said with a grin that reminded Naruto of his own.

"How would you know I am leaving camp?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow, and the girl shifted under the gaze of his amber, godly flaming eyes.

"I saw you walking towards the barrier, and figured it out." Desma said as she looked away from Naruto, and he snorted at her sudden shyness. Technically Naruto was her uncle, because of his connection to Hestia.

"Smart, if you want to come you have to pull your weight." Naruto stated as he started to walk passed the borders of the camp. Desma nodded and followed after Naruto with a skip to her step.

"So... where are you going?" Desma asked and Naruto pulled his map from Artemis out of his pocket and started to unfold it and pointed at where they were. Words starts to write on the spot where Naruto pointed and Desma looked amazed by the map.

Camp Half-Blood, Half-Blood Hill, Farm Road 3.141
Long Island, New York 11954

"Right now, we're right here." Naruto said, before he moved his finger and the name of the camp vanished. Moving his finger to a new spot that had a yellow dot on it, meaning the location of a spot connected to the Gods and Goddesses. Unlike the dots for him, Artemis, the Hunters, and that lieutenant of hers that Artemis had mentioned when she'd visited him, these dots would always stay in he same place. This map was perhaps the best gift that could be given to him, not to say he was ungrateful for the ring.

He had tested himself out with a bow and arrow, and found that he just had an unnatural talent with it. Then when he took the ring off for a moment and tried again he was only a little above average thanks to his own Shinobi training to use different weapons.

The new spot Naruto was pointing two formed words next to it, and Desma looked at him curiously.

Gila Claw, Arizona - Junkyard for Gods

"There has to be some cool stuff at a junkyard the gods use, so why not turn their trash into our treasure?" Naruto explained as he folded the map up and put it back into his pocket. Desma looked at Naruto for a second, before shrugging. His logic made a little sense, and even trash to a god would be worth something.

"Sounds hot to me." Desma commented as the two of them watched out of the strawberry fields and onto the nearest street.

"Hey, who's your parent anyway?" Naruto asked out of curiosity, and Desma blinked at the random question before she grinned in a cocky way.

"The awesome Apolo is my dad, and that is why I'm so rad." Desma attempted to rhyme, and ended up with a corny rap. Naruto figured that may either be a personal thing for her, or something she got from her parent.

He hoped he never had to meet anyone who was like that by their own choice...

Meanwhile in Kumogakure, Bee sneezed.

"If you're going to be coming with me... please never do that again." Naruto commented dryly, and Desma blushed lightly and chuckled over her epic fail. Naruto turned to the road.

"If only we had a ride or something..." Desma commented to herself. No sooner had she spoken than the road cracked open and fire shot from the ground, making Desma yelp in surprise. Out of the fire, something came out of the ground before the crack closed back up. Once the flames cleared Naruto and Desma saw a... mountain bike? It wasn't like any bike she had seen before.

The whole thing was painted in the color of flames, and on the front was a larger-than-average black metal basket that could carry a bit of stuff in it. Unlike most bikes, this one also had the seat of the bike extended to be able to carry two people, and from what she could see the wheels of the bike were made of some really high quality stuff. She was kind of disappointed that they weren't given something that would actually be useful, but who was she to complain?

Looking into the basket, Naruto found a note addressed to him from his mother.

To my Baby,

I figured you wouldn't want to stay in the camp for to long, so I called in a favor to a friend of mine and he agree'd to make this bike for you. Just know though that even though you are leaving the camp, you are welcome to go back anytime you wish to go. Your Donkey will be well looked after until you come back.

Artemis has already told me of your encounter with her, and has told me that if you wish to join her early that you will still be married the second that you step foot in her camp. Apolo also requests that you look after his daughter for him, and show her the fun side of living life on the open road and true camping. He also has placed a weapon for her in the basket, and I have placed one in there for you as well. This bike was made to handle Shinobi leg speeds, so don't be afraid to really give it your all.

Oh, and if you want to have a good adventure, I suggest going to as many Magical Places as you can, and just know that no matter what you do I will be proud of you.

From Hestia, your mother

"This is so awesome!" Desma nearly shouted as she pulled a golden bow, and quiver full of arrows out of the basket. She strapped them to her back, before she blinked when she felt them vanish and the quiver turn into a backpack, while the bow turned into a golden hairclip that kept her bangs out of her right eye. Naruto chuckled at her enjoyment, before he reached into the basket and pulled out a seventeen-and-a-half inch long bronze hunting knife. That would be helpful to him, because he had learned from another camper that normal weapons didn't really affect monsters.

He wanted to test if his chakra could hurt monsters, but it was always good to have a back up plan. The knife was about the size and weight of a kunai, yet he could tell the metal wasn't going to be easily broken like a normal dagger. Naruto himself blinked and stared in shock when the dagger glowed for a moment before it turned into a ring around his right middle finger, mirroring his ring from Artemis with the exception of the color.

"Thanks Mom." Naruto muttered a small word of thanks, and he promised himself that he was going to pay his mother back by slaying as many monsters ap possible in her name while he tried to find his way back home. Getting on the seat of the bike, he lifted up Desma by the back of her new backpack and put her behind him. Looking into the basket one last time, Naruto saw a small bag, so picking up the bag he opened it and did a quick count of what was inside it. The side of the bag said "Golden Drachmas" on it, and doing a quick count he found there to be twenty of the golden coins exactly.

"Lets get going already!" Desma yelled with new excitement, and with a grin Naruto started to petal the bike as fast as he could, and the two of them shot off at easily eighty miles per hour as their starting speed.

Desma's screams of terror could be heard, along with Naruto's barks of laughter as the two of them set off on a journey that would hopefully one day become legendary in nature. Once the two of them were gone, a small girl with brown hair and flame-colored eyes formed in a burst of fire and looked at Naruto started to leave on the road.

It was Hestia in her child form, and as she watched her own child she was filled with the sensation of pride.

The Ancient Laws stated that she could not raise him, or help him during quests. Right now though, Naruto wasn't on a quest so she could give him as many gifts as she wanted to... to try and make up for how little she had been in his life. She was happy that the child of Apollo was going with Naruto, mostly because she didn't want him to be lonely, and children of Apollo had the ability to heal others. He may be a regenerator thanks to the fox within him, but a a mother, it made her feel better that Naruto had someone to take care of him if he were hurt.

"... Good luck, my dearest son, and may my flames of love keep you warm during your sleep." Hestia whispered with a tiny smile on her face, and with that said she flashed red and teleported back to her own home on Olympus.

She had work to do after all.