Hello and welcome to the next chapter, I know that some people noticed some parts copied from other stories, it is true and I am using book and other stories to follow and write my own, so sorry if I don't have my own parts.
The group tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against the Camaro. Rain lashed the windshield. The boys honestly didn't know how Percy's mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas.
Naruto looked at Grover oddly and when the lightning flashed, he saw those goat legs. He sighed, already knowing what he was and knew that Grover was on their side….hopefully.
"So, you and my mom... know each other?" Percy asked, not able to stay silent
Grover's eyes flitted to the rearview mirror, though there were no cars behind them. "Not exactly," he said. "I mean, we've never met in person. But she knew I was watching you."
"Watching me?"
"Keeping tabs on you. Making sure you were okay. But I wasn't faking being your friend," he added hastily. "I am your friend."
"Um ... what are you, exactly?" Percy asked.
"That doesn't matter right now."
"It doesn't matter? From the waist down, my best friend is a donkey—"
Grover let out a sharp, throaty "Blaa-ha-ha!" Naruto could tell that Grover a bit ticked but he gaffed, that was really funny to him.
"Goat!" Grover cried.
"What?"
Once getting hisself under control, Naruto helped the poor guy out. "Percy, he is a Satyr….a being that is Half human and Half goat."
"Huh? But….you would mean Mr. Brunner's myths?"
"You paid attention to that?" Naruto smirked. "It's the end of the world people, run for the cover!" Percy just glared at him. "Ok ok. Anyway, with the way Grover reacted, I am assuming that other Satyr would trample you for that donkey remark."
"I thought it didn't matter." Percy shot back while Grover bleeted again.
"Obviously it does." Naruto replied with a smirk.
"Wait, so all that Mr. Brunner taught us was actually preparing us for this stuff?"
"Pretty much." Grover said.
"Great…" Naruto replied sarcastically. "Just what we need. Freaky monsters coming after us."
"Not only that, but those three old ladies were the Fates and not myths and neither was Mrs. Dodds." Grover told them.
"So you admit there was a Mrs. Dodds!" Percy exclaimed.
"Of course."
"Ok, so what was the point of hiding the fact that she was real?" Naruto asked.
"The less you knew, the fewer monsters you'd attract," Grover said, like that should be perfectly obvious. "We put Mist over the humans' eyes. We hoped you'd think the Kindly One was a hallucination. But it was no good. You both started to realize who you are."
"Who I—wait a minute, what do you mean?" Percy asked.
"Yeah, you lost me as well." Naruto deadpanned.
The weird bellowing noise rose up again somewhere behind us, closer than before. Whatever was chasing us was still on our trail.
"Percy," his mom said, "there's too much to explain and not enough time. We have to get you two to safety."
"Safety from what? Who's after us?" Percy asked while Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, nobody much," Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of the Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions."
"Grover!"
"Sorry, Mrs. Jackson. Could you drive faster, please?" Grover replied.
"What, you mean Hades?" Naruto replied and the ground shook a bit and Grover nodded a little panicked.
While the boys were trying to wrap their heads around all this madness, Percy's mom made a hard left. They swerved onto a narrower road, racing past darkened farmhouses and wooded hills and 'Pick your own Strawberries' signs on white picket fences.
"Where are we going?" Percy asked.
"The summer camp I told you about." His mother's voice was tight; she was trying for Percy's sake not to be scared. "The place your father wanted to send you."
"The place you didn't want me to go."
"Please, dear," his mother begged. "This is hard enough. Try to understand. You're in danger."
"Because some old ladies cut yarn?" Percy asked and Naruto sighed.
"Percy those old ladies where not ladies at all, they were the fates." Naruto said. "And if you paid attention in class is that when they cut the yarn…that means someone is going to die!"
"Exactly." Grover said, "the fact they appeared in front of you two, they only do that when you're about to ... when someone's about to die."
"Whoa-you said 'you'!" Percy freaked.
"No I didn't. I said 'someone.'" Grover replied.
"Still not very helpful." Naruto said.
"Yeah, you meant me!" Percy said.
"I meant you, like 'someone.' Not you, you."
"Grover, you are not making sense, is it me or Percy is going to die." Naruto replied
"Boys!" Percy's mom said. She pulled the wheel hard to the right, and they got a glimpse of a figure she'd swerved to avoid—a dark fluttering shape now lost behind us in the storm.
"The hell was that!" Naruto freaked.
"We're almost there," Mrs. Jackson said, ignoring Naruto's question. "Another mile. Please. Please. Please."
They didn't know what 'there' was but it had to be safe from whatever the hell was chasing them. It is not Mrs. Dodd,s that is for sure. Whatever it is, its bigger and stronger than last time. This is reminding me of the Wave Mission only we are fleeing for our lives!
While Naruto was thinking that, Percy was thinking about the blades Mr. Brunner had thrown to him. Before he could ask Grover about that, the hair rose on the back of mine and Percy's neck. There was a blinding flash, a jaw-rattling boom, and the car exploded. It was an odd feeling being blown up, like you were, weightless, crushed, burned, and being hosed down all at the sometime.
Percy pried his forehand off the driver's seat in front him as his mom called out to him. "Ugh…I am fine" He said.
He heard Naruto mutter out a "Super" as they noticed the car was still intact because it was in a ditch. They sighed in relief that they were not dead….not yet anyway. While Naruto was trying to regain his bearings, Percy noticed that Grover looked unconscious. "Grover!"
"Food…" He groaned.
Naruto sweatdropped at that, yeah, he was going to be fine.
"Percy," his mother said, "we have to ..." Her voice faltered, because when the lightning flashed, they saw a huge figure through the mud splashed window.
"Oh shit." Naruto said surprised.
"Boys," Percy's mother said, deadly serious. "Get out of the car." She tried the driver's said but all the mud was blocking their way out. "Passenger's side. Get out now and run to the big tree!" She yelled pointing to a large tree in the distance as they got out.
"What?" Percy replied, confused until the lightning flashed and a large pine tree in the distance appeared and that thing was huge!
"That's the property line," his mom said. "Get over that hill and you'll see a big farmhouse down in the valley. Run and don't look back. Yell for help. Don't stop until you reach the door."
"Mom, you're coming too."
Her face was pale, her eyes as sad as when she looked at the ocean.
"No!" Percy shouted. "You are coming with us. Help me carry Grover."
"Food!" Grover moaned, a little louder.
Naruto growled and yelled above the rain. "Give him to me! We will get there faster that way!" Percy nodded and gave Grover to Naruto and turned back to mom to see the creature coming towards them. It was huge! That and it seemed that it had fur on it!"
Naruto turned to look at it and yelled, "Holy cow!"
"There is nothing Holy about that creature and it is not a cow." Mrs. Jackson was able to shout out.
Naruto looked at her with a deadpanned expression that said, 'Duh!' and looked at it again and he saw horns jutting out its head. Yeah, not a cow but a bull! Still it was not good!
"He doesn't want us," Mrs Jackson called out. "He just wants you two. Besides, I can't cross the property line."
"But..." Percy and Naruto started to say.
"We don't have time. Go. Please."
This just mad Percy mad and he went over to his mother and helped t out all the way. "We're going together. Come on, Mom." Naruto just smirked at Percy's stubbornness, just like him in some aspects.
"I told you-"
"Mom! I am not leaving you. Come on!"
They got a portion of the way but the monster was gaining on them and quick! Naruto looked at it again and his eyes widened. "Holy jesus, that is one motherfucking bull on steroids who never stopped taking them!" he said, commenting on all the bulging and rippling muscles on that thing.
Percy blinked owlishly, recognizing this creature from Mr. Brunner's class, "That's-"
"Pasiphae's son," his mother said. "I wish I'd known how badly they want to kill you."
"But he's the Min—"
"Don't say his name," she warned. "Names have power."
"Terrific….this really is like the wave mission!" Naruto replied, getting odd looks as they ran. "I'll tell ya later!" Naruto replied as they ran. He too knew what this creature was and growled. It was a big brute called the Minotaur. It my strong but it was dumb if the books were right. They only thing that it could rely on was its sense of smell out in this whether and it was only a matter of time before it found them.
As if on cue, the bull-man bellowed in rage. He picked up Gabe's Camaro by the torn roof, the chassis creaking and groaning. He raised the car over his head and threw it down the road. It slammed into the wet asphalt and skidded in a shower of sparks for about half a mile before coming to a stop. The gas tank exploded.
"Oops." Percy said.
"Yeah, so much for not a scratch!" Naruto laughed a little freaked out. That thing has Granny Tsunade's strength!
"Boy," Percy's mom said. "When he sees us, he'll charge. Wait until the last second, then jump out of the way— directly sideways. He can't change directions very well once he's charging. Do you understand?"
"Thanks for the warning and it is good know." Naruto said.
"How do you know all this?" Percy asked
"I've been worried about an attack for a long time. I should have expected this. I was selfish, keeping you near me." Mrs. Jackson said sadly.
"What's done is done. Besides, you're a mom, it is natural!" Naruto replied while Percy nodded to that statement. But, there was another bellow of rage, and the bull-man started tromping uphill. "Fuck it is charging at us, dodge!" Naruto panicked.
The bull man on steroids had smelled them and was charging in fast. To Naruto, everything was happening in slow motion. He readied himself for what he had to do. Gathering some chakra to his legs and tightening his hold on goat boy, he patiently waited for the right moment. Twenty feet. Ten feet. Five feet. He saw Mrs. Jackson roll out of the way but it seemed Pecy was waiting too long. So he used his free had and pushed him out of harm's way and jumped him into the air, heading for the tree.
The monster seemed miffed by this as it blinked in confusion until he vaguely saw Naruto land near the tree. Snorting, he faced Percy. It was sent for a purpose after all. To abduct Percy's mother.
Naruto growled. He would not let his friend die! So he laid Grover down near the tree and jumped back to Percy. He landed Percy as he mom got to him. They looked at him oddly again and he said, "It is a ninja thing! Come on!" Then they ran for their lives to the tree. Naruto wondered why Mrs. Jackson said that she was not able to get to where they were going.
Reaching the hill with the tree, the boy's took notice that a valley was below them and it had a farmhouse that had yellow lights glowing in the window. Scowling, Naruto growled. With the way things were going, they would never make it!
"Run, Percy!" Naruto heard Mrs. Jackson call out. "I can't go any farther. Run!"
They froze in shock and fear as the Minotuar came rushing up to them and she tried to get out of the way like last time but it had learn its lesson last time. It brought out an arm and caught her by the neck while she struggled to get away.
"MOM/MRS. JACKSON!" The boys screamed.
She caught Percy's eyes, managed to choke out one last word: "Go!"
Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around his mother's neck, and she dissolved before their eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. A blinding flash and she was simply ... gone.
"No!" Percy yelled.
"WHAT IN THE GODS NAME IS GOING ON!" Naruto yelled, irritated about what was going on.
Anger over came Percy and the boys nodded. They would have to try and take this thing down like Mrs. Dodds.
It caught sight of Grover and charged after him, intent to stuff him out.
"Agh! Let's make this thing holy!" Naruto yelled while Percy took off his red jacket. "HEY STEROID FREAK! OVER HERE!"
That got the beast's attention back on them. Percy flung his red jacket around like matador would do as it charged after them. However, he could not jump out of the way like before, he imitated Naruto and jumped upward and went farther than usual somehow. Wonder how he did that as he couldn't chakra like Naruto, he turned his attention back to the bull because it had impacted the tree, one of its horns stuck on it.
Naruto smirked as he created a swirling ball of energy in his hands and shouted, "There was a reason I never showed you this before! RASENGAN!" He slammed the ball into the side of the creature. It flew a few feet away at an odd angle because when it did, its horn broke off. Percy quickly ripped it out, hoping to use it as a makeshift weapon. Naruto was about to tell him not to bother with until he saw the Minotaur getting back up.
Looking in horror, they saw the huge hole in the gut of the beast but it seemed to be healing up quickly. Before they do anything however, it charged at them again. It swung at Percy and sent him a few feet away, knocking the air out of him. It did the same to Naruto but he rolled with the blow so it would not do as much damage. Jumping back at it, he activated the seal on his pants, took out a kunai, channeled chakra to it, and sliced the remaining horn off, making it cry out in rage.
Seeing that Percy was getting back up, he thought quickly. Normal attacks don't do a lot of damage but it does have a nasty scar from my Rasengan. Maybe it doesn't heal all the way…what if using its horns will work. He then stabbed the horn into the old wound and a twisted harshly. It cried out in agony when he did that and it seemed that it was not healing at all! He quickly jumped over it and on its back, stabbing it in the neck. "Percy! Stab for the heart! The heart!" he yelled out, struggling to stay on.
Percy seemed to get the idea and quickly ran up to it, avoiding the massive flailing arm that were trying to get Naruto off of it. He stabbed it hard and it cried out before it burst into the same crap Mrs. Dodds did. Collapsing to his knees, he felt the rush of adrenaline ware off and the feeling of losing his mother was starting to crash down on him.
Naruto picked up Percy they supposed each other until they got to Grover. "Come on, we gotta get to that house, we won't be out of the woods until we do." Naruto said as he threw Grover over his shoulder while the two demi gods supported each other as the rained has suddenly stopped.
When they got to the pouch, Naruto fell to his knees and it seemed that Percy was barely conscious. The weight of the two and the battle was just now getting to him.Ugh….i am weak. I have not fought in a long time.Looking up, he saw the familiar face of Mr. Brunner, who was giving them a serious look. He also a very pretty blond haired girl, whose hair looked curled like a princesses. "One of them has to be it….they just have to." The girl said.
"Silence, Annabeth," Mr. Brunner said. "They're still conscious. Bring them inside."
"Yes…they would be very helpful if you don't mind." Naruto replied weakly, catching them off guard. Going inside, Naruto helped the girl named Annabeth put Percy and Grover on different cots in the room.
"Um…my name is Annabeth Chase by the way." The girl said with a small smile.
"Naruto cracked his back and said with a weak smile, "Naruto Uzumaki, and if you don't mind, I am about to lose consciousness." Annabeth had wide eyes as she watched him put his back to the cot and say, "Goodnight." Before falling down, out like a light.
"Still never ceases to amaze me." Mr. Brunner suddenly said, making the girl jump.
"Which one?"
"All three. They protected each other in that school I went to. Naruto seems to be a natural fighter though." He replied. "But considering where he from, I am not surprised."
"Where?"
"Oh, I am sure he will tell you and the rest of the camp later. Come and get me when one of them wakes." Mr. Brunner said as he left. Now Annabeth was even more curious.
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Naruto woke up with a start as he bolted up in the bed he was in. That scared the crap out of Annabeth, who had just walked in. "Ah! Don't do that!"
"Heh, sorry." Naruto said while scratching the back of his head. He looked at the horn he was still holding and then to Percy, who was still out of it. He brought a hand up to his chin and said, "So all of that crap did happen."
"Yep," sighed Annabeth. "I still can't believe you two were able to kill that monster."
Naruto smirked and said, "Believe it! Anyway, knowing that nameshave power around here, I will just call it the Oversized hamburger with a lot of fat or steroid bull freak."
Annabeth stared at Naruto for a long time, making him a bit uncomfortable, until she let out a laugh, which was followed by another laugh from Mr. Brunner.
"Good to see you again old man." Naruto commented.
Before Annebeth could correct him, Mr. Brunner chuckled and said, "Naruto, here I am called Chiron."
The look on Naruto was priceless. He was still smiling but he had the 'oh shit' smile. "Oh, so where is your horse half?"
"This is a magical wheelchair to when I want to go out, I use this to hide my true self." The now dubbed Chiron replied.
"Oh, that makes sense. So, how long was I out?"
"You just got here last night! That is why I said you shouldn't even be up!" Annabeth said.
"Oh…well, I have always been a really fast healer. I thought it was because of the fox, but…" He trailed off as he saw Annabeth gave him a look of confusion while Chiron had a serious look on his face.
"I take it you have no clue what I am talking about."
"No." the blond girl said.
"I have an idea. Fox is known as the Kyuubi, correct?" Chiron asked.
"Y-yeah, How do you know about that in this world?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes while Annabeth looked even more confused.
"I hear things when I got to the annual meets of the Gods. Some speak about going to a world that the Lord of the Dead banished the beast known as the Kraken to. Though it may be long gone thanks to a man called the Six Paths Sage, its remained. They were known as the Tailed Beasts and the Kyuubi was the strongest of them all." Chiron explained. "They even spoke of people who were forced at birth to hold these beasts in their bodies via a seal and you were one of them."
"Yeah. So what of it" Naruto asked.
"Only a demi god can handle the power of the Kyuubi within their body but not any old demi god, no a child of the Big Three….or ones descendents. You are in the same boat as Percy. If you are indeed a child of the Big Three, then one of you has to decide the fate of the world at a later time as said in a Prophecy of the Oracle."
Naruto held up a hand for him to stop. "I am not interest nor do I want to decide the fate of the world. If what you say is true then, I will leave it to Percy, he is a good kid, I am sure he will do the right thing. As for me deciding that, well, as an old friend says, it is way too troublesome. Oh and also I don't have fox anymore, I have the Juubi, the ten tailed demon in me and I am child of gods, I don't have mortal parents, both of my parents are gods"
"I see, just know that the Prophecy says the time will come when the demi god is sixteen, so we have time." Chiron replied.
Naruto's eyes widened and he inwardly groaned before saying, "Well, nothing is set in stone." He then tried to get up but felt kind of weak. "Great….one major fight and I am out. I need to get back in shape." He then thought back to what Chiron said. "I highly doubt I am child of big three, because I have met my parents and they are not of the big three"
"I see, then you must have more powerful parents then big three." Chiron stated.
"Yes, they are. I met them; they told me they are both gods, but never their names"
"Annabeth, will you please get some ambrosia and nectar. It should help him recover faster." As she left, he noticed Naruto looking at him oddly. "It is the food of the gods. Normal human can't eat it or they will die. Demi gods or gods eat it because if helps the recover and it is good for them."
"Ah." Naruto smart reply was.
Annabeth came in with the bowl of some golden liquid. Shrugging as it was better than nothing he took and bite and tasted an all too familiar taste. Could it be, was he right about it after all? 'I-it….IT TASTES JUST LIKE ICHIRAKU'S RAMEN!' He yelled in his mind with anime years
"So how do you feel?" Chiron asked.
"Hmm…like I could fight the shinobi war over again and not lose!" Naruto said as he got up.
"Now I will have a camper show you the cabin for later. Then you come back here. When Percy wakes up I will tell more about this as I don't want to say this twice." Chiron said
"Fair enough." Naruto as he follow him out the door.
"Annabeth, please continue to watch Percy please." Chiron ordered while the girl nodded, still wondering about those seals.
Once outside, Naruto raised an eyebrow. This place was pretty big. He looked around to see that the hill with the pine tree was not far from them. He felt odd looking at it, like he was being pulled towards it. He shook the feeling off for the moment and looked ahead to see a bunch of cabins in a U shaped arc.
Chiron, not noticing Naruto small distraction, called out to a he saw a girl walking by, "Clarisee! Come here please!"
The girl turned her head and saw Chiron and one of the new guys everyone was talking about. She smirked and walked over. Naruto noticed that she was pretty tall, strong looking, and probably a year or 2 older than him. She was not totally ugly, she looked gruff and had the look of a fighter. "What?" came her response when she arrived.
"I would like for you to show Naruto here around the cabins for the moment. I will probably have Annabeth show Naruto and Percy around camp later when the latter wakes up." Chiron stated.
"Fine, gotta welcome the newbie anyway." She said with an evil smirk.
Naruto raise an eyebrow as that. He knew that smirk, he used it when he did a prank. He guessed the she was 'welcoming committee.'
"Well come on brat!" She called out, already walking away. He followed her all the way to the middle of the arc of cabins. "Ok, listen closely cause I am only going to say this once! There are 12 cabins in all. Each one represents the Greek Good it was made for. Their kids are the one who live in there. Since you and the runt are new and have not been claim yet, you two will go to Cabin 11, the Hermes Cabin."
Naruto nodded, Hermes did shelter a lot of people, so it made sense. "And the one you're in?" he asked nonchalantly.
"The God of War's cabin!" She proclaimed while point to a red cabin.
"Awesome." Naruto replied.
"Right, now we have the other cabins. We got Demeter, Dionysus, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Artemis and Poseidon." She said pointing to each. He looked at Zeus and Hera's and quirked an eyebrow. They got some pretty fancy cabins for nobody to use. He noticed that a Hades cabin was not there…odd since he was part of the Big Three. He also noticed a big space between Poseiden and Zeus's cabins. Maybe they planned on making one and forgot since they never got any kids from Hades.
"Now….it is not to 'officially' welcome you!" Clarisse called out, making a lot of people look toward them and they grimaced. Clarisse was breaking in another newbie. Even though Naruto helped in killing the Minotaur, they felt sorry for him. She quickly reacted out and tried to grab him by the collar. Key word here is tried. She along with everyone else gasped as she grabbed a log of wood, stumbled, fell to one knee.
What the hell? She screamed in her head. Before she could get up, she felt cold metal against her neck. She glanced to the right to see Naruto was facing the other way she was and looked at her from his side and with a smirk on his face, similar to her evil one earlier.
"For someone born from War….you have slow reflexes." Naruto said releasing a small bit of killer intent while still smirking. They heard a lot of people asking others how he did that and to Clarisse of all people. Some noticed that he had his sword in his hand, sealed it away, earning a few gasps of shock as it just disappeared. He shocked them even more as he stepped back and offered a hand to help Clarisse up.
Awhile that was happening Clarisse was in deep shock. The hell, I have never been bested like that!"She then noticed the hand a quickly took it. She nodded her head and they walked back to the big house where Naruto came out of. Along the way, she was thinking deeply. He could be an Ares kid…if he is not I am not sure what else he could be! He beat me and could have killed me with me knowing it! What is this odd ass feeling?
Arriving at the Big House, Chiron saw that Naruto looked bored and Classire looked a little lost. He had a feeling something went wrong with her 'welcome' plan and wait, could see that she was developing a crush for the blond? Gods…I feel so sorry for him. At any rate, he was probably going to be hearing what happened from the other campers. "Back already I see." He started, "Since Percy won't be fully awake until tomorrow, I would like for you to stay near here."
"Alright then. I am going to take a nap next to the big pine tree. Seya later Chiron, Clarisse." And before Chiron could say anything, Naruto had ninja jumped up to the tree. Neither noticed that Clarisse had quickly walked away with a small pink tint to her cheeks.
Naruto arrived at the tree and sat down with his back to it. This tree had been pulling at him the whole time. He idly wondered if it was cursed or something like that. Slowly falling asleep, he laid his head against the tree and was out.
Whenever he slept, he had dreams but this was the most vivid dream he had ever had. He was in a large white room and he was not alone. A girl stood across from him, staring at him with shocked eyes. She has shoulder length spiky black hair, and blue eyes, with freckles under her eyes, mostly on the left, and she is wearing some punk style clothes. To him she looked beautiful. "Um….hey. My name is Naruto Uzuamki. Who are you and where are we as I know this can't be a dream."
The girl gulped and said, "Thalia and we are in Limbo."
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