Chapter three:
Jason's catching up.
AN: Hey guys, sorry for being gone for so long but a ton of shit came up. Let me sum it up for you. Huge promotion, bought another house, girlfriend unexpectedly pregnant, proposed to said girlfriend, wedding's two months after she's due, honey moon in Jade mountain St. Lucia, and cousin got married two weeks ago. So, unless you can't tell I have had and do have a ton on my plate. I've been chipping away at this over the past month or two every once in a while a thousand words here or there and a few hundred here or there until it became this. Because of that it's probably rather shitty but... it's all I could get out for now.
Right where we left off, with Reyna, Jason and Percy. Percy POV:
'Oh my gods she's beautiful.' I said to myself. I saw Jason walking off towards Cassidy's villa but paid him little attention.
"So Reyna, I have to take you to the Praetoria. It's where the leaders of the camp are, they're called praetors but I think Lupa already told you all about that right?" I asked her as I began walking her towards the big building at the outskirts of New Rome.
"Yeah, and she said that since I just turned twelve when I showed up there I am qualified for the legion once I'm out of Pratoria. Is that right?" She asked with a blush as she noticed me stretching.
'Score!' I thought. "Oh, yeah, yeah. Um, yeah you'll get in don't worry." I said after realizing I barely heard her question. "Awesome, also she said that I can get out of Praetoria tomorrow as well?" She asked again. "Yeah, you'll have to fight a centurion Third Cohort or higher." I said with a bit of worry. "yeah, I know. Lupa said she thinks I'll do fine." She replied, surprising me a bit. "Oh good. Here's the Praetoria, the girl is named Cassidy, she's my adoptive mother and the boy is Jeremy. He can be annoying but he's grown to like me over the years." I stated honestly. I really never thought Jeremy would warm up to me but when I didn't instantly go for his position he seemed to like me.
"Okay, thank you." She said as she entered. "I'll, ah, I'll talk to you later?" She asked. She seemed pretty vulnerable then, obviously she wasn't used to being assertive with boys. 'God she's so fucking hot.' I thought. "Yeah, definitely." I replied. She went from vulnerable to beaming with happiness pretty quick. She tried to play it off with a small smile and a nod before she walked away. I may or may not have spent a good 15 solid seconds staring at her bubble-butt. 'Okay, so two scores early on for Percy. I got her blush when I stretched so she's attracted to my physique that's for sure, and she I got her to like my personality too. Judging from her attitude at least. I've showed her to the Praetoria and am a friend now. Hopefully she'll end up in the First Cohort so I can get her to like me even more.' I thought to myself as I walked back to the First's barracks.
Next Morning: Percy POV:
After I got my weapons AUGUSTUS and AUXILIA in their appropriate pockets I went out for my morning jog. While I jogged I thought over the latest happenings. 'So Jason is gonna join a cohort today, hopefully he gets in the second and he is their Centurion, I mean if he's in the first he'd have to fight me for it and I don't want to have to beat my little bro up. He's gonna have to fight that daughter of Mercury Gwen whose arm I roasted, however I did heal it back up last year when I was eleven so... we're on cool terms. She'll be tough. You see, they've changed up the way that you have to get into a Cohort. This way the senate makes more money, and you don't get put into the Fifth just because you were unlucky and had to fight Percy Grace. It's much more fair, you fight each Centurion from fifth to first and whichever Centurion beats you then you get to choose any cohort up to that one. Like if he loses at the third, then he'll have to choose either the Fourth of Fifth. I know he won't beat me so this way he'll be in the second for sure. This is perfect, we'll be in control of the two greatest forces in all of Camp Jupiter. Fortunately though if someone gets beat by me I get to decide if they join. If it wasn't like that no one would be in the first since no one here can beat me. Also this makes the First like the special forces Cohort. We have all the best because I special hand pick one or two people from like every twenty demigods that come through. Now, onto Reyna. She's very fit and the perfect girl. She's strong willed, strong physically and very Roman. Also she likes me already just like all the other girls. This is perfect, finally a girl that I like back.' I thought to myself as I finished my fortieth mile and opened the door to my Cohort's gym.
3rd Person POV:
Little did Percy know, he's turning into his father. Calm, kind and a good warrior however a little arrogant. (AN:In this story Jupiter/Zeus is awesome. Not quite as selfless as Poseidon but not a dick like in Canon and most fics, Percy is beginning to just take his power for granted however he's not turning into a dick like Hercules or Heracles. He's gonna be somewhere between Canon Zeus, and Canon Percy.) As Percy entered the gym he nodded to all his friends and walked into the separate room labeled "Percy's gym" as he entered he looked at his workout calendar. "Okay, today's Monday. Yes! My favorite, chest and back with a bit of biceps at the end." He said after he looked at his calendar.
The son of Jupiter went over to his bench-press, put my forty five pound plates on making the weight 135 pounds, then I put another forty five on each end, putting the weight up to 225 pounds, then I put on a twenty five on each end putting it up to 275 pounds, then I put on a 12.5 on each end making it 305 pounds, and I finally put on a 2.5 on each end to appease myself for three hundred ten pounds. I did fifteen reps and did five drop sets, dropped by two reps each set, before moving on to the next exercise.
Time skip: AN: Sorry, for the mid-chapter Author's note but I just wanted to put in the weights of the bench just to show you guys how strong he is. That's how much I benched when I was twenty two, I'm up about fifty pounds higher now but that's not important other than putting his strength into perspective. I just want to point out that at twelve years old Percy's about five foot nine, one hundred ninety pounds of muscle and really strong. Just to show you guys what the Hercules level strength thing does. If you guys want me to include more workout stuff I can. So yeah, 12 years old and as strong as a very fit 22 year old... he's a fucking tank. Also don't forget the poll.
Three hours later I was done. My chest was burning, my traps and lats were exhausted and my lower back was burning. I had done extra work on my traps and lats as they are very important for holding up your shield and thrusting. My biceps were lightly burning as I went light on them and am going to go hard on them Wednesday after the dreaded, evil, and just plain terrifying... leg day, which is on tuesday. 'In two hours the placement begins. So I guess I should go help Reyna train for it.' I thought.
As I walked over to the Training grounds for the junior legionnaires. I found her tearing apart some dummies.
"Hey Reyna, I could help you out before you go to the placement matches." I said. All the other kids turned and glared at her with jealousy. She looked shocked.
"But you're the Son of Jupiter, you're Percy Jackson, the greatest legionnaire this camp's ever seen. You don't train anyone but the people in the First!" She shouted with confusion. It's true though I'm the ultimate teacher. I train the best of the best to become the best of the best of the best. I even have a little group of twenty legionnaires that I train personally and extensively. They're what everyone calls, Percy's Centuriae. They're really the best of the best of the best.
"Yeah, I know. And I expect you to make it to the First Cohort and hopefully I'll be able to get you into my Centuriae. I mean the other Centurion, Carrie is like thirty now, she's gonna retire soon as she's amassed a large wealth, you might even make it to the Centurion spot." I said with a grin.
At this point Reyna was extremely flustered. Her face bright red, and looking like she had won the lottery.
"Really!?" She half asked half screamed. 'Apparently over night she has learned all about Camp Jupiter huh?' I asked myself.
"Yeah, really. Now let's get working on your form." I finished.
I flipped AUGUST forming my gladius.
"Okay, I want you to attack me. I'll defend only and I will correct your form as we go. I'll go faster and harder as the time progresses until you've progressed enough as I see fit. Then we'll do the same but with your defense." I said. The tan beauty nodded.
"Okay, begin." As I said that she thrust for my chest. I blocked it with a flick of my wrist. "Always go for an opening." I corrected. This time she went for a half stab half slash kind of move at my waist. I sidestepped and slapped her wrist with the flat of my blade, her blade fell. She picked it back up. "Always hold tight, but not too tight, and don't over extend your back leg or you'll lose too much power." I advised causing her to nod and continue.
This went on for about an hour before we switched to teaching defense. That took about fifty minutes before I walked her to the Coliseum.
I saw Jason walking there and I nodded to him. He grinned back however when he saw me talking to Reyna and her smiling fondly at me I swear I saw a scowl on his face.
When we entered she took the hall to the left and went to the chamber where the contestants stay.
"Okay, ladies and gentlemen. Today we have Reyna, Dakota, Octavian, Michael Kahale and Jason for the placement matches!" Jeremy shouted. First up is Octavian, he is a legacy of Apollo and the son of Zachary, and will be the Augur." Jeremy declared.
The skinny blonde kid that's always been an annoyance to my brother walked out of the tunnel. Out of the next came Gwen, she had her gladius and the shield I had given her as an apology. It has the power of electricity infused with it so it will shock you lightly. However the main thing about it is just the craftsmanship, it won't be dented.
"Hmm, as the augur he will be gifted free choice over whatever cohort so this doesn't really matter." I muttered from my front row seat.
As the match began I slowly grew to realize that the Augur is not completely useless. As Gwen came at with her hereditary quickness he was able to take a step to the right and slam his shield into her arm, which knocked her back a few inches. Not much but definitely enough to stop her strike. He then followed with a thrust of his gladius however he was deflected by her own. As the two got into a close quarters match I saw that Octavian is not the idiot I thought he is. He knows that he's thin and not very strong however he uses his height and lankiness to form a sort of strategy. The legacy will use his shield as a sort of safety guard while he uses his sword in a way that extenuates his long arm even further. Always striking from above as to keep his opponent's weapons raised higher which in turn strains their shoulder muscles even more. He is a smart fighter not a strong one. Fighting many monsters or large ones he'd be demolished. He ended up winning the match with a slap with the flat of his blade to her Temple while she was on the ground.
"Octavian has defeated Gwen, Centurion of the fifth Cohort, he may move up to fight the fourth cohort Centurion, do you wish to continue?" Jeremy asked. "Yes." Came the proud reply of Octavian.
Time Skip:
Octavian should have lost in the third and second Cohort matches. However against Dominic he taunted him saying that he had a vision from Apollo that he would be the victor and kept spouting false prophesies making the Centurion fight incredibly recklessly due to anger which lead to Octavian being able to thrust into the son of Hercules' back making him drop to the ground and yield. Against the third Cohort Centurion he threw dirt in Elizabeth's eyes before thrusting his shield into her head and slamming the pommel into her temple while she had her blade against his neck. When she asked him if he yielded he said "I pealed." Real quick and quiet and when she backed up he shoved her down slapped her with the side of his blade before kneeing her in the groin and making her yield. That is technically not illegal.
So now he is challenging me.
"Percy Grace. You must leave the stands and enter the arena as you are the strongest of your cohorts' two Centurions." The Praetor Jeremy stated as I nodded boredly (just invented that word myself... don't question it) 'This'll be fun.' I said to myself.
I leapt over the six foot incline and the eight foot gap that separates me with the thirty foot drop to the Coliseum floor. My armor already on I landed on the sandy ground I've come to know and love. "I'll be the next Centurion of the First Cohort Percy Grace. I do not question your skills however I doubt you will be able to stand up to my style, I'm sure it's the first time you've ever fought it before." The Augur said politely.
"Well, I thank you for your politeness even though you didn't show it to the others before me. Also I am only three inches shorter than you, your style won't work that well. Also I can shoulder press over two hundred pounds so I'm plenty strong enough to keep my weapons raised all fight. I have the same strength Hercules had at my age times two. He was born when Jupiter was at fifty Percent power, where as I was born at one hundred Percent. There's something else too but I have yet to learn it that gives us our strength, however you will soon know it to be your downfall, Legacy." I stated loudly and truthfully. There was lots of murmuring in the croud as they realized I had just finally told them the secret as to how I am such a powerful demigod. Which I had told no one other than Jason, Cassidy, and Adam.
"Begin!" Jerome yelled from the stands. The battle started out quite usually. Octavian went into defense and when Percy came at him he attacked Percy from above which Percy defended against easily making Octavian a little worried. Finally I decided to end the match.
I flipped backwards until I was twenty feet away. Octavian rushed forward. However I willed AUGUST back into a denarii and in my pocket and flipped AUXILIA forming my Hasta.
I lifted it up and called down a bolt the width of a large bowl. Then I shot it right back out the tip of my spear directly into Octavian's chest.
He was unconscious before he hit the floor.
"His fighting style is useless if the opponent is tall at all or has very well developed shoulders! Basically it's not useful against monsters! Also his playing dirty tactic only works against those who fight with honor like a Roman, so those too are useless against monsters! We are heroes, we fight monsters! So don't try to use that if you're tall! It will only get you so far!" I yelled to the stands as I saw a few of the taller kids contemplating trying to fight like him.
They quickly realized the truth in my words however.
So I grabbed the Augur and threw him to the medics before flying back to my seat with my Hasta still in my hands as I realized that many of these demigods are good enough to make it far enough to fight me.
Time Skip... again: Percy POV/3rd person POV? I guess?
The next one was Michael Kahale who was taken into my Cohort, then came Dakota the son of Bacchus who was placed in the fifth Cohort, he caught a shield to his neck thrown Frisbee style from Gwen, now it's Reyna.
"Reyna, daughter of Bellona will be fighting Gwen, the Centurion of the Fifth!" Jeremy stated for the croud.
As Reyna came out and nearly immediately after the "go!" was shouted she was charging straight for Gwen.
The battle kicked off quick. When Reyna came close she watched Gwen's Quadriceps and calves for extra tension just as I had told her to. The moment she saw the first head of the Quads to flex extra and the calves begin to tense she ducked, lifted her shield and twisted. Just as I had instructed her. The result was disastrous for Gwen. As she did what she always does with the quick unexpected burst of speed followed by a thrust it was countered real quick. The thrust went over her head and her shield caught Gwen's wrist knocking the Gladius from her grip and followed up with a front kick to the breast plate which sent Gwen back three feet. Before the Centurion could get up Reyna was upon her with her gladius to the girl's throat, Gwen yielded.
She defeated the second Cohort Centurion with little to no problem at all.
She cut through Elizabeth's vines and struck her with a shield bash to the skull knocking her unconscious.
Now she is fighting Dominic who is the Second Cohort Centurion.
The battle started off with Reyna trying to keep the brute away from her while keeping her shield to her far left side as to keep his bone shattering round house kicks to a minimum. As he began to back up to reiterate his style to fight the small girl in front of him she put Percy's advice to good use.
Flipping forward and landing in a double kick which was blocked by his shield allowed her to flip once again landing behind him with the edge of her Gladius to his coratid artery.
"I yield." He muttered.
Now she's fighting me.
When I landed on the sand I grinned at her making her blush before Jeremy yelled "Go!" 'Yes! Another point for Percy.' I thought to myself.
The fight started off smooth. I had AUGUST out in Xipthos form and my shield at my side. I blocked all of her attacks with my sword as I used my shield as a counter weight and a little root so to speak whenever she came at me with a powerful slash of something. Once I was done toying I decided to actually fight back.
I spun after a right slash and slammed her ribs with my shield while charging it with voltage. This dazed her greatly so I put my foot under her and kicked her up four feet before round house kicking her twenty feet into the wall as she came back down.
When she slammed into the concrete she fell unconscious making me the winner. The reason I was able to win so easily is because I made her think I'm only gonna be playing defense and wasn't ready for a counter attack.
Next up was Jason.
He made little work of Cohorts five through three before defeating Dominic after a short struggle with a nice big lightning bolt.
"Finally the fight we've all been waiting for, Jason Grace Son of Jupiter Optimus Maximus VS. Percy Grace Son of Jupiter Optimus Maximus!" Jeremy yelled and the entire croud roared with applause.
I summoned AUXILIA in Hasta form and activated my shield before leaping down onto the Coliseum ground once more.
I grinned at Jason just as Jeremy shouted "Begin!"
The match started off slow. Jason activated IVLIS in spear form before launching it at me and activating his shield.
I used the winds to turn the spear around and sent it right back at him twice as hard and just as he jumped up to catch it I summoned a large bolt and dropped it onto my Hasta before sending it from the tip right into Jason.
My little brother caught his spear and raised his palm absorbing the lightning into himself as a Son of Jupiter can however he couldn't take it all so he had to duck as the rest of the bolt hit him.
As he rolled forward and shook his head to clear the dizziness I was already upon him. Just as I was about to launch a kick to his shin he launched all the lightning that he had absorbed at me from his fingertips causing me to catch it on AUXILIA and shoot it back towards the sky also halting my attack.
He used this to his advantage and as I discharged the lightning he stabbed IVLIS into the ground and spun on the spear like a poll to gain momentum before launching a double kick to my chest plate.
I noticed it at the last second and did a limbo sort of movement leaning back and redirecting most of the energy and forcing Jason to use the winds to keep himself from hitting his balls on my Hasta.
I used the fact that I have more control over the winds than him to take them away from him which caused him to fall. He stopped this by summoning more to cushion his fall before throwing his shield like a Frisbee. I ducked under it and when I came up a spear was flying towards me followed by a blonde kid sprinting with the wind propelling him and his spear to go even faster. I caught said spear and threw it back at him which ended in Jason catching it and pole vaulting feet first into my chest knocking me into the ground.
Then he drew his Pugio and held it to my throat and said. "Do you yield." The crowds were silent as the thought that Percy is done for and almost all the money was on Percy so many people were pissed and the few who betted on Jason were grinning like wild cats.
"No." I said simple before kneeing my little brother in the gut and twisting his left wrist which held the Pugio breaking it.
Then I activated AUGUST and spun then swiped at his legs with it in Xipthos form. The son of Jupiter had already leapt up though and had his Spear back in his hands.
As he came down he sent a gust of wind at me sending me back before trying to stab me in the gut. I swung my Xipthos blocking it before summoning my shield back and smacking his shoulder with it.
Jason's armor absorbed most of the impact however it still knocked his feint a bit more to the left leaving his chest open for a kick which I took and sent him flying with my extra strength.
Then I brought AUXILIA back out but in bow form and sent six groups of three Imperial gold arrows directly at my brother's chest plate. Each one landed right where I wanted it and he only didn't get severely wounded or die because he swept his spear across the arrows before they contacted him lowering their velocity drastically.
"What the fuck Percy!? You could have killed me!" He screamed as he got up. Then he summoned a bolt and caught it on his left wrist which was broken however instead of shooting the lightning at me he converted it's power that it gives us children of the sky god to heal his wrist and he summoned his shield back again just in time to block another barrage of arrows.
"But I know you'd do that and you wouldn't die, so I did it. Now shut up and fight me!" I answered then yelled.
Jason sent a gust at my next barrage of arrows before sending a bolt my way before rushing me. I instantly switched my bow out for AUXILIA'S Hasta form and caught the bolt with the Dory on the back end of the spear. (instead of having a leaf shaped tip and a flat back he has a leaf shaped tip and a pointed rear back as to have a doubly dangerous Hasta) And launched it out of the main head. This stopped Jason's bull rush as he didn't know that we could do that before bringing up his shield to absorb the bolt.
When we collided he shield bashed me and I had forgotten that he had absorbed the bolt therefore I got shocked with massive amounts of volts. Instead of falling back I took it like a man and sent my heel into the side of my little brother's right cheek before doing a spin and while in the air I put away my shield and AUXILIA while taking out AUGUST and sending a swipe right for my brother's head. It left deep cut from his right eye to the right side of his mouth.
I then used the momentum to punch him straight in the jaw with my left hand and sent the ball of my right foot to the bottom of his chin sending him into the air. I flew up and sent a double hammer fist into his chest sending him into the ground at over 95 MPH. Causing him to go unconscious likely or the next week or so and breaking multiple of his bones.
The crowds went silent as they stared at the scene. The medics came rushing out. "What the Pluto?! How could he do that to his brother. What a dick!" One of the Fourth Cohort legionnaires said. The rest of the Fifth and the fourth started roaring in approval of that comment and shouting at me. While they did this Gwen glared at me however the third, Second, and First Cohorts started yelling at the Fifth and Fourth Cohorts about me just showing my little brother his place and soon it was an all out brawl in the stands between the First, Second and Third vs. the Fourth and the Fifth.
"STOP FIGHTING!" Cassidy and Jeremy yelled.
Everyone stopped in a few seconds after that as they didn't want to have stable duty for the next three years.
"Now, Percy did not break any rules and he won. Percy previously requested that if Jason makes it to him and when loses he shall not be placed in the First as Percy said that he wants his brother to be a Centurion and as he knows that his little brother can't beat him so he doesn't want him to be a simple Legionnaire. Also as you all know Percy gets to choose who he will allow into his Cohort since the rule established seven months ago that since no one can beat Percy Grace it is not fair to not make it so that you have to beat Perseus to get into his Cohort and that he gets to choose who enters. Now who is it?" Cassidy stated then asked.
"Yes, thank you Mom." I said. "I accept Michael Kahale, And Reyna into the First Cohort." I said as I flew back to my seat. Reyna came looking for a seat and she chose to sit at my right.
Then Octavian chose to be in the First and tried to sit on my left but I grabbed him by the chest plate and flung him back three rows right into a seat next to some other First Cohort kids who glared at him. 'Ahhhh, it's great he chose this Cohort. We can make the douchebag's life a living hell.' I thought to myself.
"Reyna, you have a month to get into my Centuriae. So train hard and I'll let you in." I said to her causing her to blush before answering.
"Yes, of course. Thank you sooooo much by the way." She said with a smile on her face.
"Of course, no problem." I said before spinning on my back heel and walking off towards the healers to help them move Jason's surprisingly heavy body to the infirmary.
Two years later, Percy is Fourteen, Reyna is 13 and a few months, Jason is Twelve, Thalia is Thirteen and the mysterious unintroduced son of Poseidon is Thirteen: 3rd Person POV:
It was about midnight when both Jason and Percy were flashed away by two gods.
For Jason he woke up in an underwater Palace. "Jason Grace, son of my Brother Jupiter I have a quest for you. Just you, no one else. It's a test and if you succeed I'll let another god give you their quest. I don't want some random Son of Jupiter getting anything without proving themselves first. Now close your mouth you look like a gaping fish. I am Neptune Lord of the Seas and Oceans, storms and all that good stuff but for now just pay attention." Poseidon said calmly yet seriously at the same time. He refused to be in his Roman form so he just called himself Neptune for the Romans but stayed in his Greek form.
"Uhh, what's going on Lord Neptune?" Jason asked as he bowed low.
"Ugh, don't bow it's annoying. Just refer to me as Neptune or Uncle Neptune, no Lord title I'm not your father. Now he might do that but eh I don't know he's been changing... anyways back on track I'm giving you the quest of going to kill the Trojan Sea Monster. If you come back you may have one wish granted from me if I find it to be worthy of that quest. So no I won't bless you or anything like that but if you want a sand dollar, or a pearl that can teleport you here if you smash it stuff like that. Now go!" Poseidon said as he teleported Jason off onto an island in the Caribbean it's name is St. John of the U.S.V.I. (AN: Where I am right now by the way, as of two months ago when I wrote this part anyway... now I'm "editing it" I don't actually edit it, I just read it over and make sure it sounds good. Too lazy to edit it) (...shit, I was pretty dickish a year ago when I wrote this, good thing I'm editing it now. 3/14/17)
When he got there the first thing he noticed is that he's on a little sand bar about half a mile off shore. He also had a paper in his hand saying.
"It's behind you." Before it disappeared.
He flipped IVLIS and span around summoning a bolt and shooting it right behind him hitting a disgusting sea monster about two hundred feet long. It merely screeched and dove back under.
'Well, this ought to take a while.' The son of Jupiter thought to himself.
Back with Percy Grace.
The eldest brother woke up in a forge.
"Perseus Grace. I must say that is a very Greek name isn't it?" Said a booming voice from behind him. Percy immediately had a bolt of lightning ready to shoot straight from his right fingers and his left hand ready to flip AUGUST however when he span around there was a twelve foot forge god laughing boomingly at the Demigod.
"You won't need to do that young Perseus, it's okay. I merely have a request for you. However the reward will be great. You have already proved yourself to be a very competent son of my father and you also seem to be having a bit of trouble in the love life department. Here is my request. I want you to retrieve my maul from Mars. He's somewhere on Miami beach, so I want you to go there, fight him, beat him good, take back my maul, deliver it here and you'll be rewarded. Now unless you haven't guessed it yet I'm Vulcan." The god said with a grin at the battle hardened demigod.
"Okay, I can't really deny a god's request so I accept however will you please tell my Cohort, also what is the reward?" Percy requested and asked.
"Well, you're wrong you can go right back to camp if you want. However the reward is I'll help you master the power over weather that you got hidden in there somewhere, also I'll help you with your Hasta, it has something special in there that father wants you to unlock later however I know that you need to get it sooner than that. That's something I'll do either way however as I don't want to be destroyed by Grandpa Kronos and you having that weapon at full power will help us immensely. Now, for a reward I'll make you a specific armor that will be made of Plaited Imperial gold and Mortal steel however it will look only Plaited Imperial gold, and it will be able to turn into any clothes. You can will it to be only a chest plate or only vambrances anything. It's very good however it's a bit weaker than your current armor when it comes to stopping objects from piercing it however it will do the same really because if you're facing any competent monster or demigod they can pierce it with Plaited Imperial gold. Also my wife will give you her blessing of beauty. While you already have the good looks hereditary to a Son of Jupiter she can make it so your body can be in amazing shape looks wise no matter what and you'll get your features a bit more defined than before. All you have to do is defeat the god of War aka, the Father of War in combat on a beach full of mortals and it's all yours. I's called South Beach in Florida, that's where he is now." Vulcan said without taking a breath.
Percy just stood there stunned. "What about my brother, I don't want to be completely overshadowing him." He said finally.
"Oh don't worry about that, he's getting a similar quest and he'll be up there with you. Not quite your power but he'll be closer than he was before today." Vulcan said with certainty.
"Okay, I accept." Percy said finally.
"Good, now go." He said as he flashed Percy to South Beach.
'Okay, I gotta find a huge and really tall guy who's probably flirting. To me he'll probably have a spear laying next to him and he'll probably have some scars.' I thought to myself as I scanned the beach from Two hundred feet up.
'THERE!' I shouted in my head. Percy flipped AUXILIA and activated his shield as I sped down towards him at about two hundred fifty miles per hour.
"Okay ladies, time to go away." Mars said as he manipulated the mist to teleport them about a mile down the beach.
He snapped his huge fingers and he donned full battle regalia.
"Come on bro, I really like you and you're doing a quest for that Forge god!?" Mars shouted to the sky as Percy came flying down.
"Sorry Lord Mars, I like you too but he's paying me a lot. Don't worry if I win I'll call Apollo to help you will you do the same?" percy shouted as he was about three seconds from the ground.
"Ha! You have no chance in defeating me! However if I let you die your father would kill me..." The war god said the last part to himself as he braced for impact.
When Percy collided shield first with Mars he had the bolt that he had tracing behind him the whole time slam through him and get even more powerful through his spear before slamming that into Mars's shield as well. That launched the god about ten feet back while Percy fought with 100% for the first time since he fought Jason.
He seemed to sprint faster than a jet as he came running across the sand and slammed into Mars once again. His hasta met a shield before he span his front foot to the right, braced himself and flexed his left arm as he blocked a front kick and pushing said kick to the left effectively spinning mars to the left and he took that as an opening to baseball swing his shield towards the god's head. This was blocked by a spear before the demigod got shield bashed and thrown back about forty feet before the wind caught him. This angered the half-blood as he did three front flips and launched his spear towards Mars over two hundred miles per hour by the time it reached Mars with the wind pushing it faster with every foot. The war god's eyes widened as he raised his shield however he got flung about six feet back as he didn't have enough time to ground his feet in.
Percy realized that like this they'll just keep getting flung back over and over due to the other's strength. Seemingly they both realized this as Mars switched out his spear for a huge broadsword and changed his shield into another huge broadsword.
This resulted in Percy summoning AUXILIA back and pocketing it before bringing out AUGUST. He flipped it for his Xipthos and positioned his shield at an angle to redirect the javelin thrown at him up into the air. Then they both charged again.
This time they met with loud clangs.
Percy raised his shield over his head to block a wild downward swipe. The battle continued with divine speed. Mars was picking up speed with every strike as Percy was getting weaker and weaker with every strike. Sadly for Percy Sons of Jupiter's powers are mainly useful for completely and utter infallible offense and quick escapes. Sadly when facing an opponent that is just straight up more powerful than you those won't work. Sons of Neptune can't escape as easy and generally don't have as powerful of an offense other than their hurricanes however those drain too fast. While that is true they can get an amazing power and healing from liquid. They're more defense driven. Percy was losing this fight.
Perseus backed up and took a few breaths as Mars bound after him. As he got ready for the collision he noticed Mars's shield was right in front of him.
Once in range Percy delivered an extremely powerful front kick to Mars's shield.
Mars began to get angry from the fact that he hasn't won yet. He began taunting the boy as the demigod tried to regain his breath.
"Ha, you're nothing but another upstart weakling. I guess I was wrong about you, you aren't a warrior you're a pussy. Speaking of Pussy that Reyna girl's got a nice one. When you die by my hand I think I'll go back to that little camp of yours and make her scream. She's quite hot eh? Yeah, I'll fuck the girl senseless and have her begging for more, she'll forget all about you and there's nothing you can do about it!" Mars mocked as he looked off into the distance as if imagining the aforementioned sex. This enraged the boy and he felt a burst of power he's never felt before in his life. Percy launched brutal attacks with his sword and shield.
The meeting shook the sand and created a little crater in the sand on the beach when the winds that propel Percy's attacks and rushes came full force and made his strikes stronger than Hercules's even as a god. Then as Percy's sword met Mars's it just turned into a blur for the next twelve minutes of slashes, jabs, stabs, cuts, slices, jukes, parries, dodges, blocks and such before finally Percy knocked away Mars's sword before kicking his legs out from beneath him and holding his sword to the god's throat.
For some reason the god merely chuckled before summon the maul and drop it to the sand and flashing away with a grin and something said in Percy's head that sounded like Mars, "Good job kid, you passed the test." In an excited voice.
Percy picked up the Maul and just stared at it for a few seconds.
'What the hell was that? Test, what test. And why did he just flash away... that's not like Mars. He would want to prove himself superior and fight on. Also he clearly could have just assumed his divine form and killed me. Wait, Vulcan did say that I had to prove myself. Maybe that's it, but those two would never work together. I don't know, I'll just give this thing back to the forge god and get my reward.' Percy thought to himself.
Little did he know Mars was trying to find out what Percy's true power was by riling him up. Testing his strength. He wasn't actually gonna do anything with Reyna... though she was pretty hot, "Nah! It's the 21st Century, no more pedo shit. I swore I'd leave all that back in the ancient world... but when they're small it's so easy to- Damn it Mars!" The ancient god yelled at himself as he tried to get away from his ancient tendencies. Though, to be fair the average child bearing age back then was like 13, being a what we now call "pedo" was basically the norm back then. The poor War God was just trying to escape millennia of that being the norm... didn't change the creepiness of it though haha.
As Percy landed finally landed on Olympus he fell to the floor in exhaustion before popping some ambrosia into his mouth and getting back up. 'Damn, never ever fly that far that fast ever again. Hell, I was past two hundred miles an hour. I mean damn.' Percy thought to himself as he walked to Vulcan's palace with the maul in his hand.
When he opened the door and walked into the forge he saw the huge god standing there grinning as he raised his hand summoning back his maul.
"That was some great flying kid. And that fight is going to be some amazing blackmail for my brother." He said with a booming laugh at the end.
"Now, listen you gotta hand me your hasta and in about an hour I'll give it back to you with that little bothersome power seal gone. Next, well just pick up that T-Shirt over there" He said pointing to a purple Under Armor shirt "and put it on. Then will it to turn into your armor and you got it. Finally for your weather control you merely have to reach a certain level of power before Jupiter releases the seal since if you are not that powerful it would incinerate you, and finally for the blessing thing." He said and once I handed Vulcan my AUXILIA in Hasta form he laid it next to his fire.
"Now, I'll just touch your forehead and you'll feel a little lighter. You'll gain a quick little power boost and you'll get the abilities that my other children get for being a son of Vulcan, at a slighter level though... obviously. You'll be heat resistant and better with forging and such." Then he pointed at a room to Percy's left. "Go in there and clean up. You're quite sweaty after fighting with Mars." He said with a slight smirk.
Percy laughed a bit then took a nice long cold shower. When he was done he put on his armor and it turned into a purple and black sleeveless shirt made out of that fabric in the Under Armor shirts, The shorts were just below the knees when he sat down and were black with a single purple line on the outsides and the insides of the pockets. It all matched his purple and black Jordans that were charmed to stay clean no matter what. (Every sneaker head's dream.)
When Percy came out of the room and back into the forge room it took another fifteen minutes until his Hasta was all fixed. Vulcan turned it back into coin form before flicking it back to Percy.
The Son of the Sky caught AUXILIA with his right hand before turning it back into it's Hasta form. It looked the same except for the sky blue streak down both sides and on the tip of the head.
"Envision it turning into a lightning bolt." Vulcan said with obvious excitement.
When Percy did so it suddenly became a lightning bolt surrounding the Hasta.
"Holy fuck! That's awesome!" Percy yelled with glee as he looked at his miniature Master Bolt.
"Now, listen here" Vulcan said catching Percy's attention. "use this as a sort of AOE attack. If you see a big squad of monsters or something just fly up and launch this at them and summon it back. It's not unlimited by the way. You can use it a total of three times before it draws from your power to be used again. It charges over time so if you use it three times give it about six hours and it'll charge back up." Now, I'm gonna give you some insight I shouldn't be. See, once your brother gets back his powers will not eclipse your own but he will be much closer to you than before when it comes to powers, however not fighting of course. Anyway, while you may be the #1 right now your brother is going to gain a lot of political power and while he does love you he is very jealous. That Reyna girl really likes you, I mean shit she'd let you sleep with her, and so would most of the other girls in your camp. But this is causing your brother to feel like he is living in your shadow and for a Son of Jupiter that is not something they are supposed to feel."
At Percy's doubting look he continued. "Just think on it. While I know you aren't obsessed with popularity just look out. Alright?" He asked.
"Sure. Thank you Lord Vulcan, for everything." Percy said with complete honesty.
"You're welcome Percy. Now, go back you your camp. Tonight, Venus will show up and you'll get your blessing." And with a snap of his fingers Percy was sent back to his camp with all the stuff he had gained in his short but very eventful quest. Percy couldn't help but imaging Venus ah, blessing him.
After regaling the Camp with the happenings of his quest something he had been expecting the entire time happened.
"That's clearly bullshit! You dare attempt to mock Rome by claiming to defeat Mars!? You should be kicked out now! Go kick him out Cassie! What are you waiting for!? He's lying and trying to make Rome weaker!" Octavian yelled so loud and angrily that his face turned purple.
"Father, if what I said was a lie strike with lightning twice and if I'm telling the truth strike once please." Percy said to the sky.
BOOM!
Two huge bolts landed right on either side of Octavian.
"See, I'm not lying unless you believe Lord Jupiter to be lying as well." However he got no answer as Octavian had fainted after wetting himself.
"Okay then. I can't believe that thing is really a Roman... anyways and that's what happened. Ooh, also Jason should be getting back pretty soon." He added on as an afterthought.
Back with Jason:
Jason took to flying around the monster's head and hitting it with bolts of lightning on its eyes, nose, and ears. After about an hour of that the thing finally slowed down enough so he could hit it in a vital area with his spear.
He threw IVLIS as hard as he could directly into the sea monster's eye, however it merely screeched and submerged. It didn't die.
He summoned IVLIS but just flew higher as he gathered his wits and thought of a way to fight the thing.
'Alright, spear to the eye somehow doesn't kill it. Can't throw anywhere near as hard as Percy so I can't just sent my spear right through the thing's skull.' He thought the last bit with no small amount of bitterness. 'I can try to stab it's heart but I'd have to get underwater to reach that.' He thought about the appearance of the monster and how its heart would be rather close to the skin considering you can see the skin rise and fall with the heartbeat. 'Oh! I could use the wind to bring the monster into the air a bit! Finally.'
As it broke the surface rather slowly due to its obvious brain trauma due to the constant bolts and Jason took advantage of the fact it's blind in one eye.
As the Son of Jupiter dove down using the winds to propel himself he forced the wind currents to catch the beast a bit as it rose out of the water to try and snap at him to bring it just a little higher so just when the monster was about to go back under he launched his Imperial gold Spearhead into the monster's heart causing it to disintegrate into golden dust. Then he fell unconscious.
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Jason awoke in a recliner in the middle of Neptune's throne room.
"Oh, good you're awake." Neptune boomed happily from his throne where he was writing out reports for something or another.
"What happened?" Jason asked.
"Well, unfortunately you are not your brother," At this Jason frowned a bit, "so you can not just use lightning bolts continuously for two hours. So after all that and your over exertion of your wind abilities your body was very over taxed, therefore you... well you fainted." Neptune said with no small amount of amusement.
"Anyways, for not leveling half the island like I thought you would your request can be a bit bigger if you want I guess. Go on, give me your request and I'll send you back to your camp and you might just get another quest sometime this week." Neptune grinned a bit near the end as though he was withholding something.
"Alright, Lord Poseidon I know what I want. I want the best Cyclopes forged armor for me and I want it enchanted by you to be even strongest and form fit me so as I grow it grows with me. Also I want you to make all my trips faster whenever I travel by sea." Jason said with a grin.
"Alright, I guess that'll work. I was thinking sand dollar for the monster and then have you berated by my wife for a month for destroying her favorite winter spot as punishment but you didn't destroy it so I guess you can just have a nice reward. I must say though, your brother's is a good bit nicer I must say. Well then again, he did fight Mars and arguably had a pretty damn good chance of winning before Mars fled. Anyways, expect your armor tomorrow afternoon. Now have a nice night, it's ten P.M. and you're getting sent back to camp." And Neptune snapped his fingers flashing Jason back to camp.
Percy lay in his bed in his private bedroom at the end of his private hall in the First Cohort Barracks. He stared up at the ceiling, thinking about the happenings of the day. Just when he finished going over everything and was about to go to sleep he saw a golden flash and a beautiful girl appeared. She looked to be about a year younger than him but had a figure that was far too voluptuous for a 13 year old. 'Shit, Reyna's probably the bustiest girl for her age and this girl's got her beat by at least a cup.' Percy thought to himself. 'Gods dammit, why am I such a perv, it's definitely Venus. Wait, I know why, fucking testosterone, fucking puberty.' Percy mentally cursed Puberty as he stood up from his bed and bowed to the Goddess.
Unfortunately... of fortunately, depending on the way you look at it. He was wearing nothing but a pair of boxer briefs, his incredibly built body and significant bulge were shown, quite clearly in fact.
"Well, well, well. I certainly am impressed, fourteen and already bigger than most adults." Venus said, her blonde hair bouncing as she walked towards him, her dress changing into a low cut crop top that showed off her slim stomach and yoga pants... 'Why do all teenage girls own those anyways, like, are they trying to make guys stare at them who legally shouldn't?' Percy thought to himself, with a little humor.
"I think it's because of the blessings and my Heritage Lady Venus. I mean, I'd only be about 5'8" without them." Percy said after standing back up from his bow at the beautiful goddess in a teen's body's nod.
Venus giggled behind her hand. "I wasn't talking about your height Percy." She said with a slightly red tint to her cheeks, her eyes were a little too low for Percy's liking.
'Wait, hold up. Could I actually lose my virginity to Venus!' Percy thought to himself excitedly. Unfortunately for our young hero he was not that lucky, however there were some sounds coming from that room that resembled someone slurping on a popsicle... and Percy had never been so relaxed when he went to sleep that night. Who knows what happened. All we know for sure is that he was a little taller and more even more attractive after that day.
That night as Percy slept he awoke with a gasp sweating after a very vivid dream.
Dream Percy watched as the muted scene unrolled before him.
A Thalia about the age she would be now if she hadn't died ran from a rather large group of monsters headed by the furies. Thalia was wearing a torn garb of black everything. Her black hair was matted and her eyes were red and baggy from minimal sleep. She had clearly trained muscles but minimal mass showing that she clearly exercises but doesn't eat nearly enough. A boy is ahead of her and the rest of the group by a good bit. He wields a rather supernaturally sharp bronze xipthos and had sandy blonde hair with a height trumping all the others by a large gap. Clearly a son of Mercury. The third was a young blonde girl who was held in the left arm of the boy as he ran as she cried. The forth was a clearly stupid and pathetic fawn that kept tripping over itself as it tried to get up the hill.
Percy was rather disappointed in the fake imaginary Thalia for running when it wouldn't have been much trouble for himself to defeat that group of monsters with the help of a son of Mercury as assistance. A few bolts to take care of the furies, one to disorient and deafen the Cyclopes then use the Aegis shield to make the monsters back up a bit to get a breath before attacking the dangerous ones first.
Instead however he saw them yell at each other before the fake Thalia tried to solo the monsters so the others could get away.
Percy expected to see her at least kill all but a few however instead she lasted about thirty seconds and only took down one cyclopes, three dracaena, two hellhounds, and severely wounded a fury, very disappointing.
However before she could die a lightning bolt struck her driving off the monsters and turning her into a tree.
That's what caused Percy to wake with a gasp sweating in the middle of the night.
"Thalia, why the hell would I dream about Thalia. And it didn't seem like a dream it seemed like it really happened. However that's not possible no one just came into the Camp and no one just came into Camp Jupiter. Plus there isn't a hill like that in front of the Camp. Plus dead people can't just pop into camp. Also where would the Son of Mercury acquire a Greek sword of Bronze that could kill monsters. After all the only Xipthos Percy ever saw was his own given to him by Jupiter.
Percy just shook his head and went back to bed thinking about a certain very well proportioned daughter of Bellona.
AN: Yeah, I did have Venus enjoy a Percy popsicle that night. For those of you who don't get the innuendo that's great. My intention was for only people mature enough to actually be able to infer what happened that night to know what Venus did. For those of you who didn't get it I'll let you in on a secret, Venus really likes popsicles and when Percy got his blessing from her they talked and when he found out how much she liked that specific dessert he gave her one of his that he kept in a secret stash under his bed. Nice guy right?
Also come on, Venus has a crush on a hot, powerful demigod. She's definitely gonna get what she wants, there's no question. Unless said demigod is gay... which no one is in this story so yeah. lol
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