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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion"
-Albert Camus
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Naruto
Insanity meet thy maker.
The drinks flowed readily, their contents dragging all those who partook one step closer to euphoria, the music steadily coming to its zenith; a collection of bass and vocals acting as a catalyst to the already potent atmosphere, the party goers a frenzied collection of drunk, sexually high and crossfaded.
In short, the party was going great.
Naruto watched from his position on a terrace as a water nymph grinded intensely against a demigod, her buxom bottom bouncing rhythmically to the beat, the boy clung to her as though already in the throes of ecstasy. A small chuckle escaped the blonde's mouth, lightly summoning the wind he tried to give the sex saturated atmosphere a small amount of breath. A high pitched giggle caught his attention and caused him to turn his mirth to a beautiful blonde demigod who was busy sucking off what seemed like a minor god.
Oh Ho!
"This isn't what I expected" The blonde turned around to see Thalia sitting next to him on the couch, still nursing her first drink. He smiled; she really was an innocent girl.
"What did you expect?" Thalia turned her attention to Alice who was laying down with her head on the blonde's lap. While parties like these were her scene, she wasn't about to leave the womanizing floater for more than a minute. She knew exactly what happened when he got loose.
Thalia looked at the drink, a shimmering concoction that seemed to fizz at different intervals. She was told it was amazing by the blonde who had brought it to her; a cocktail of nectar, sprite, and whiskey with just a hint of the mystical.
She paused.
"No, all this" She said, motioning to the raging party around them. "Aren't we a bit too young for it?"
Naruto looked at Alice who smiled and answered, "We're demigods, beings who live their entire lives in fear of dying in battle. Is age really the biggest problem?"
Thalia turned to her drink and looked thoughtful.
"You said this was a Bé Cávé party, what is that?" Luke asked, setting down his drink, a Ghost Vodka on the rocks. He unlike his friends had mingled with the party goers coming back to sit beside Thalia.
Alice laughed and sat up, nodding to a teen who sat on roman sofa surrounded by scantily clad women and passionate men. Bé Cávé lay in the center of his entourage, his hands sensually playing with vine grapes while laughing. His long hair thrown haphazardly around him -a vision of a fallen angel- he turned to them and winked before returning his attention to the people around him.
"Bé Cávé is a son of Bacchus and he loves to throw bacchanals to honor his father. His parties tend to get a little bit...wild."
She then turned whispered conspiratorially, "Between me and you, I think he's trying to resurrect the Bacchanalia."
Naruto snorted at Alice's words going back to watching the party, eying a wind nymph wearing a light chiton that blew with a constant breeze. Her ample ass called to him as her bust did nothing to negate the call, the alluring smile she sent doing wonderful things to his body.
"Bacchus?" Annabeth asked, the word not slipping her attention."Who's that?"
Naruto's head snapped back almost giving him whiplash, He subtly leveled Alice with a cold glance before turning to Annabeth a light smile carved on his face.
"It's the roman form of Dionysus. You can call them either doesn't really mean anything."
Annabeth looked at him for a moment before nodding, going back to watching Bé Cávé.
Naruto suddenly got up, Alice toppled from his lap unto the adjoining sofa, "I'm going to dance"
"Would you like me to join, Love?"
The blonde paused, and with an easy smile that didn't reach his eyes replied.
"No, Enjoy your night."
And with that he jumped off the balcony landing in the fray softly with a gust of wind. The wind nymph walked up to him and began dancing, The windy blonde placed his hands on her sides, the magnetism felt by the two of them represented in an climatic display of movement.
Alice watched from the balcony above a frown on her face. Ignoring that Luke had dragged Thallia to go dance, or that Annabeth had finally grown brave enough to speak to Bé Cávé.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Luke
Luke sat back in the couch enjoying the bass of the music softly rattling his head. Watching the people below him, he could feel the energy bubbling giving him a happy buzz of power.
He took note of the dancing couples each grinding against the other; caressing, grabbing desperately trying to reach their own individual height of ecstasy, turning his attention left he watched the bartender- a satyr with purple dreadlocks and silver piercings -pour out his ware with a flourish channeling the music around him to charge the ordered drinks with power.
He turned his head around curiously attempting to find where the music was coming from, drawing a tad bit more power he saw the lines of energy that traced the entire party, as a group of teens fed the line, with pulsing of their own natural power, bathing them in a glow of purple..
Pale skinned, pierced and tattooed; He remembered Naruto telling him that these were the children of Hecate, The magicians of the mystical. He also remembered that they were intensely dangerous, channeling the natural mana of the universe to do their bidding.
Finally, Luke turned his attention back to the group and looked at Thalia. Still saturated with power he could see the soft glow that always accompanied her, this time however Luke was under the influence of both the party and Alcohol.
"Let's dance!" He said to her, moving close to her and putting an arm around her shoulder. He watched with as she blushed and seemed to preen, Luke then got up and grabbed her hand. Without much of a resistance, he dragged her down the stairs and into the dance floor.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Thalia
Thalia was in a world of her own, her mind a million miles away: She watched as Naruto jumped off the terrace joining the dancers and Alice turned with a sad frown looking something below, something she couldn't see from her position on the couch.
Again, Thalia let her mind wander, Alice Mclean was a really nice girl; caramel skinned and bright eyed, she hadn't batted an eyelash when Thalia had shown up instead of Naruto at the driver's seat she had simply gotten in introduced herself and smiled.
She was always smiling.
Thalia was also sure that from the way she acted she was also in love with Naruto- Those were three things she knew about her, she was extremely beautiful, always smiling and was in love with Naruto.
"Let's dance!" In her musing, she hadn't noticed Luke walk up to her, a wide grin on his face, his blue eyes glimmering lightly. Thalia took a moment to breath, she really liked Luke. He was her rock, her sanity, hell she was pretty sure she was going to marry him someday. Now, if only he would hurry up and do something about it.
He put his arm over her shoulder and moved closer. Thalia could hear her heart beating in her head, she was keenly aware of the curvature of his arm and how it nestled cleanly in the crook of her neck. Thalai didn't say anything for fear of sounding stupid. He smiled lightly and took her hand into his.
Thalia gulped.
Luke pulled her down the staircase, His arm on her waist; he took her to the dance floor.
Thalia wasn't sure what to do, and as was her habit when she was nervous, she spoke.
"So Casanova, do you intend to have your naughty way with me on the dance floor?"
Luke turned a brilliant shade of pink, Thalia dipped into her power feeling it calm her down and release her tension.
She took control.
Putting her arms on his shoulder she let fly her hair, a hopefully attractive movement, and looked him in the eye. Thalia began to sway with the music and Luke realized that it was his best friend relaxed and joined her.
Of course, this didn't stop a small part, the much "buried" part from hoping that he would in fact have his way with her.
But he didn't need to know that.
Yet
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Annabeth
"Bé Cávé" Annabeth said, as though both tasting the word and giving a subtle challenge.
The dark haired demigod looked at her with both amusement and bated hunger. "Girl"
Annabeth smiled, her blonde hair shimmered elegantly in the strobing lights of the club, giving her angelic visage a glimpse of something demonic. She felt a certain desire toward this man, she wanted to run her hands through his silky luscious hair, his hardened shining chest, she wanted to sit in his lap and let him play with her the same way he played with those grapes.
She wanted this madness to consume her and throw her as far into pleasure as it would.
"Dance with me"
Bé Cávé raised an eyebrow, his dark blue eye shimmering with the mirth that bubbled with something else.
He stood up, easily dwarfing her petite from. Wisdom's daughter could see the muscles that outlines his stomach and appreciated how his angular features seemed to glow in the light.
Oh dear.
His entourage watched him watched with interested expressions but ignored the situation before going back to their sensual frenzied caressing of each other.
When they arrived downstairs, Annabeth idly noted that Luke and Thalia were in each other arms, a slower more modest dance when compared to the rest of the atmosphere. When compared to what she would do?
Annabeth turned around to face away from the blue eyed boy,a furious blush on her face slowly felt the music seep into her and like a marionette in a midnights play made her dace. She could feel him behind her, holding her sides and moving along with her. As the beat increased so too did their dancing until it became a movement of crazed and more eroticism as he hit her bottom repeatedly and she returned with equal vigor.
The music hit its climax and with a crescendo of bass and vocals and cymbals, they separated with shuddering breaths. Both exhausted from the affair. both older from the encounter.
Annabeth turned back to Bé Cávé, sheen of sweat covering his chest and dripping sensual beads of sweat into his bermuda shorts and causing her to involuntary wet her mysteriously dry lips.
"Thank you"
The Son of Madness smiled, and walked away.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Naruto
Naruto felt her ass.
A soft fleshy mound of muscle and fat, it jiggled with a sense of precision and dexterity. He felt it rub over his unit repeatedly in accordance with the rhythm. He laughed loudly but was quickly drowned out by the music. The wind nymph was beautiful in a not at all classic fashion; she possessed a large bottom that she used well, and an equally large bosom that bounced and pressed to his chest. He especially loved the way her cleavage dipped low and gave him an opportunity to see what she endless teased him with.
"So, do you always do this with the guys or am I special?" Naruto asked as he swayed with the now slowed tempted music, holding her close to him and resting his chin on her neck.
She laughed and turned back to him, her eyes lidded and she smiled simpled. "Do you really want to know?"
it was Naruto's turn to laugh. Part of him was fascinated by this buxom beauty and wanted to know everything about her. But another; the older and wiser part, the one that kept him alive, demanded he threat carefully. He even considered listening to this part of him.
But then again, He never was one to listen to advice.
"I do. I like to think I'm special."
"Aww, How about this, you're not my first. But, you could be my last."
Naruto grinned
"I bet you say that to all the guys you're grinding against."
"Oh? Would it make you feel better if I said, you're the best I've ever had?"
"Do you mean it?"
The girl paused.
"No, But you didn't need to know that."
Touché
"What's your name?"
"Aurora"
"That's a pretty name, for a pretty girl"
"Your pathetic attempt at flirting is noted and thanked"
The beat picked up and Naruto taking this girl to be a challenge pulled her closer to him and softly caressing her breast while kissing her neck.
With a startled gasp she moaned.
"Are you always this forward with your ladies?"
"Just the ones, I want"
"I'm not that easy."
Then the battle for dominance began, neither side seeing loss as an option.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Luke
"Oi, Pipsqueak! Watch where you're going!"
So lost in each other, they hadn't noticed anyone else and while most of the other party goers were doing their private rendition of the horizontal tango on feet. Luke and Thalia were more conservative, their dance starting off as simple dance of sways had evolved into wide arches and convoluted loops that cared nothing for personal space.
So it in one of this show of skill that Luke's hand, in an attempt to show off to Thalia slammed in the face of a girl.
Luke tried to mutter apologies, but he seemed to lose his outstanding speaking ability.
"It was an umm accident, Sorry!" He managed to squeak out, coming down from the adrenaline filled high that was dancing with Thalia, Luke was a bit disoriented and the girl took it for weakness.
"You better be. Fag!" The Pale faced girl snarled at him and made to turn around leaving the annoying couple to do whatever it is they were doing. You definitely couldn't call it dancing.
Thalia was a reasonable girl, really she way. Sure she she could get a bit angry.
Sure when she was angry she didn't really stop to think about what she was doing and just sorta did it and sure she was a dangerous combination of prideful and hotheaded.
But really, she was reasonable. Absolutely reasonable.
"Who you calling fag? You pale face excuse for a flat chested dick sucking street whore"
So thalia wasn't completely, all around reasonable. But she did try and that's what counts.
The pale faced girl stepped back; her face an angry red, eyes narrowed she really didn't look happy. In fact her face was one of those moments one would consider furious.
The pale faced girl's fingers glowed with a blue tint, arcane symbols dancing around, unwilling to let the insult stand.
"You look better as a gervílos" and sent the spell as her. Without warning Luke jumped in front of Thalia and took the spell in her instead.
"Luke!" She managed to cry out, her voice a mixture of anger, surprise and fear as she watched her friend transform into a gerbil and scamper off. In a flash, her sword was out and she dived into her Battle State. The energy pouring into her with such alacrity that she blazed a heated silver, lighting bathing her.
"You bitch!"
The girls face gained one of both surprise and that outstanding Oh shit look that always preceded some unfortunate incident. "You're a daughter of -"
Whatever would have come out of the pale girl's mouth was quickly cut off with a bolt of lightning that arched from the point her sword. When calm Thalia would have controlled the charge but she had just watched her best friend turn into a gerbil. Calm wasn't exactly going to be in her MO.
The charge fried the poor girl.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Naruto
He caressed her bosom harder, grinding intensely against her ass, as she returned his ministrations. Thier breaths growing ragged from their activities as they slowly felt the pressure pent up begging for release.
"You Bitch!"
Followed by a flash of lightning
Aurora turned her head to the source, the wind billowing wildly around her. She felt the change in her air and the passion that it inspired only added to the frenzy she had ascended to, giving her an almost painful need for release.
"A bit more, A bit more!" She moaned to the boy grind against her. Only for her disappointment to culminate when he suddenly stopped. Followed by a whispered "call me" He was gone.
Naruto was already in the air by the time the Wind Nymph turned around, racing toward Thalia who was tossing around intense amounts of energy into the already mystically saturated environment.
Fun Fact: When compared to regular energy; Mystical Energy is denser and more compact. more physical. So when a young angry teen starts tossing ultra-charged energy in an already mystically charged enclosed area. It acts like a catalyst, charging the atoms in the air and making them vibrate.
In short, it can go boom!
But the blonde wind rider didn't stop the think of that. His main goal was to stop Thalia from blowing up a place that had a good portion of California's mystical population.
"Wind Style: Enclosing Sphere" The winds picked up and closed themselves around Thalia. Doing a fantastic job of both stopping her from unleashing the arcane energy and curtailing the situation.
Well, he tried to.
The horde of Demigods felt the energy spike and the ensuing stampede was the result of their dedication to staying alive.
In an instant Naruto was at Thalia's side. Letting the wind die down and grabbing her.
"Where's Luke and Annabeth?" He yelled over the pandemonium, scanning the crown for a glimpse of his young charges.
"The bitch turned him into a fucking gerbil!"
Naruto turned to her. "She did what?"
"Are you deaf, or is stupidity just something you do for fun?"
He shot her a deadpanned look.
"Go find him, I'll get Annabeth."
Thalia frowned. "How? You incessant and pathologically annoying wind brained buffoon. Tell me, how do I get my best friend back? Who by the way is a gerbil?! "
Said blonde gained a sage like expression and with an air of utmost grandiose and solemnity responded. "Trust yourself and him. You two have a strong connection."
Thalia really wanted to punch the riddled blonde.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Hylla
Hylla Cassandra Maria Ramirez-Arellano loved to party. She was the type of girl who mothers warned their sons about and fathers sent surreptitious gazes at, and she knew it. She wasn't afraid to show some skin or move in a certain way to get what she wanted, so it was with an attitude of arrogance and disdain that she saw life.
So her being told what to do wasn't something she was comfortable with.
Ever.
The Sage of Samsara scared her.
He had an aura of both power and wisdom that seemed to surpass even the gods at times. As a Roman demigod she was hardwired to follow the laws of the society and in a way, she was on a self-imposed mission to flaunt herself in the way of her heritage and her customs. However, being around him demanded that she both have respect and awe.
However, standing outside the heated club with the rain beating down and the sounds of both partying and barely veiled ecstasy made her curse the name of the Sage of Samsara. Oh how she wished to take his stingy neck and wring it with all passion.
She felt something bite her feet.
She jumped.
It jumped.
She looked closer at it.
It quirked.
Luke the gerbil wasn't happy being a gerbil and for the last 30 minutes he had been on a one gerbil mission to find someone who had the ability to change him back into a two footed, one headed, five fingered human.
With all parts in working order.
He was a man dammit!
Hylla picked up the small rodent, making small cooing noises at him with a large grin on her face. The rodent was not amused. It gave her a heated glare - well as much as a rodent could give a human- attempting to communicate to this black haired bimbo that he was a illustrious member of the human race.
"Aww, you're so cute! What's your name?"
"*Squeak"
"Your name is Pedro?"
"*Squeak, Squeak"
"You're a girl?!" Hylla proceeded to turn the gerbil around and check. Luke felt violated.
"*SQUEAK!"
"Well you're not a girl…"
"Oi, You! Have you seen a blonde gerbil?" A blonde girl walked up to her, a bronze knife glistening savagely in the hypnotizing ambience of the pulsing club lights.
Hylla looked at the gerbil in her own arm...Who brings a gerbil to a club?
"Is this your gerbil?"
"Luke?" The blonde asked. As though there were a horde of gerbils walking around. Hylla blinked. It wouldn't have been the weirdest things she had seen…
"*SqueaK!" The now named gerbil Luke jumped out of her hands with all the energy his small hind legs could muster. Ungrateful pests...
The blonde girl ran back into the club, completely ignoring the hulking security guard who didn't do so much as to ask for an id.
Hylla felt the wind stir and a presence press in on her. "You can go now."
…Immortals truly angered her.
Hylla huffed and went off to catch a taxi, Friends still better be on.
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Beverly Hills, California
Summer
Naruto
"Epistrofí̱ sti̱n af̱to" Luke the gerbil twitched as the haze of mystical energy simmered into his body, a radiance that both enveloped and saturated him.
With a loud squeak and a chirp; Luke the gerbil reassumed his standing as a member of the human species.
"I fucking hate gerbils."
Annabeth did her best not a let out a smile, Thalia didn't bother to hide her loud guffaws, Alice was still simmering in the emotions of the past hours and she didn't feel all too comfortable sharing a laugh.
Naruto however smiled as he finished the spell and closed the blinds tossing the room into darkness. The automatic lights snapped on and a luminance filled the room.
The children made themselves comfortable on the large couch, the adventures of the evening coming to a close.
"Are you all ok?" The blonde asked, sitting down with a Long Island Iced Tea that the home had provided for him. The triad of children all gave him answers of different feelings.
"Luke, remember that feeling of being powerless. Remember what it feels like to be confused, scared and angry. That is what all that have faced tyranny, persecution and injustice must face. Will you protect them?"
Luke gained a resolute look, holding his magical sword in a firm grasp. He could feel the energy drowning the room forcing all the occupying demigods into their own selective battle states. The blonde stood up.
"Luke Castellan: Son of Hermes and Child of Destiny. Will you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the dammed? Can you defeat your demons, all the non-believers and the plans which they have made?"
Luke nodded, "Yes, I will and I can."
He turned to Thalia and Annabeth.
"No matter what happens, No matter how bad it gets, and no matter who you two may meet. Never forget each other and the bond you have."
Annabeth grabbed Thalia's hand and stood straighter, each accepting the challenge.
He then turned to the two of them.
"There is a safe haven for Demigod's on the other side of the country. Called Camp Half-Blood located on Long Island. It will be both a place of refuge and your prison."
"Prison?"
"Yes, once you enter. You are a property of the gods: a hero to fight and die for them, a foot soldier in everything but name."
"What do you propose we do? Thalia asked angry at the prospect of being chained and controlled.
Naruto smiled and began glowing a golden sheen.
"Become Heroes of the Modern Era. Whose names shall never be forgotten."
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**Hello again reader,
Apologies for my lateness, the amount of research needed for this chapter had been phenomenal. I'm so excited with where this is going.
*We are going into the Lightning Thief Arc next and the pairings are needed. The challenge is still up but the pairings are needed. If you want to contribute them you can. Please send me a PM or a review.
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