Author's Note: Hello everyone. This is your Elvengoddess. I have a few things to bring to attention before the story starts.

Disclaimer: This story is set the same universe as Percy Jackson and the Olympians created by Rick Riordan. All characters from the series belong to him.

Setting: Chapter 1 takes place before the final battle with Kronus' forces in the Big Apple in The Last Olympian. All other chapters take place afterwards.

Keep in mind that this story is a yuri fic if you don't like lesbian stories,then don't read

And with that may the story continue…

Chapter 4

Journey

I wake up and see Victorialyn holding me tightly. I am glad she is here because after last night's nightmare, sleep would have been impossible without her right next to me. Just being near her eases the pain of not having Yamizaki around. I need to become stronger so I can protect her from the bad people who want me dead. Leaving her side may be a bad idea, but Artemis is right, if I want to have a future, then I need to be able to protect myself and my family. I manage to wriggle my way out of Victorialyn's grasp without waking her up, which was somewhat of a miracle.

I drag myself out of bed and down to the kitchen so I could get some breakfast. I was tired and Kuri could see it as I entered the kitchen, "Sakura," Kuri says as he catches me, "are you going to be okay to leave today?"

"To be honest, Kuri," I answer, "I am not sure. I had a really scary dream last night about my brother."

"Dreams are mysterious things that work in mysterious ways, Sakura," Kuri replies, "they come to you when you least expect it and can be anywhere from pleasant and enjoyable to absolutely terrifying and horrendous, but not all dreams are true. Sometimes dreams foretell the future. However, the future is not fixed so some dreams can be either prevented from happening or allowed to come true depending on what the person who has the dream wants."

"What should I do, Kuri?" I ask.

"Talk to Saphira and Artemis when they wake up," Kuri answers, "dreams involving your twin function differently than ordinary dreams. Both Artemis and Saphira have a twin and would understand your dream better than I would. Now how about some pancakes." Kuri fires up the grill and starts making pancakes. Kuri's cooking doesn't go unnoticed. I wanna say that within 5 minutes, everyone was up and running around.

"Sakura," Saphira notices, "I thought you would still be asleep."

"I had a rough night," I answer, "I had a very scary dream about my brother last night."

"Will you be okay to travel today?" Saphira asks, "or do you wish to rest one more day."

"I appreciate the offer, Saphira," I answer, "but the sooner I leave the better. I have this bad feeling that I have ticked off Chronos and I do not want you or family to get hurt, especially Victorialyn." I may not know what I have done to tick off this Chronos, but I am not about to let him destroy another family the way he destroyed mine.

Artemis walks in and sees me looking like I want to kill someone, "Sakura," she asks, "are you going to be okay?"

"yes," I answer, "I just had a very scary dream last night involving Yamizaki, but it made me realize that if I stay here, then I would be placing Saphira and her family in considerable amount of danger and that is something I will not do."

"Oh," Artemis says, "and where was he in this dream?"

"Why does it matter?" I say somewhat uncaringly, "it is not like I will be able to find my brother with a dream."

"not necessarily, Sakura," Artemis says, "Dreamsight is an ability that is often gifted to the clairvoyant; however, twins often get this ability to find their other half. I have used this ability to find Apollo countless times."

"I bet he wasn't pleased with you finding him either," Saphira says, "on some occasions."

"Not really," Artemis answers, "but most of the time Lord Zeus asked me to find him or vice versa."

"Lady Artemis," I ask, "can we leave after Victorialyn wakes up. I have something important I need to tell her."

"I understand, Sakura," Artemis answers as Victorialyn walks into the room, "go to her and take as long as you need." Artemis turns to Saphira and Kuri, "I need you two to help me make sure that we have suitable means of travel with minimal amount of luggage." Kuri got the hint and helped Artemis drag Saphira into another room so I can be alone with Victorialyn.

"Why do you have to leave, Sakura?" Victorialyn asks me as she is about to cry, "I want you to stay here with me."

"I would love to stay here until I fully recovered," I answer as I wipe the tears from her eyes, "but I have a big target on my back and I cannot protect you and your family from whatever is hunting me." Victorialyn grabs me and starts crying in my shoulder begging me not to leave. I don't like seeing a girl cry, but I didn't know what to do. Words are no longer able to reach her. It was annoying me to no end, so I acted on impulse and did something I was hesitant to do but I wasn't going to get anywhere by talking at this point. I kissed her. I managed to get her to calm down by kissing her but I wanted to save my first kiss for the love of my life. "I have something for you, Victorialyn." I say as I let go of her so I can remove my necklace.

I place the necklace in her hand. "Sakura," Victorialyn says to me, "I can't accept this necklace. It belongs to your mom. I can't take this from you."

I shake my head, "I made that necklace four years ago," I explain, "Miki helped me put it together, but I gathered all of the shells the used in the necklace." I take the necklace and put it around her neck. It looked really beautiful on her. "I will be back so I can adjust the necklace to fit you better. However, the necklace is yours to keep."

"I will treasure it now and for always," Victorialyn says enthusiastically.

I leave the house quickly and find Saphira and Kuri chatting with Artemis outside. I see the bikes and cringe, "Is something wrong, Sakura?" Saphira asks.

"Well," I answer, "the last time I rode a bike, the trip ended with me losing two people who were very important to me."

"Sakura," Artemis says calmly, "I understand the pain you are feeling. I have also lost people who are like family to me and recently too

"How can you understand my pain," I say sadly.

Artemis smiles at me and says, "the hunters are like my children, Sakura. When one of them dies, it is painful. I swore an oath to never have children of my own, but I know the pain of losing a child all." Artemis said something else but I couldn't hear what it was because she said it so quietly.

Artemis and I climbed on our bikes and left the house. We followed the beach for as long as we could. We moved to the main road when the beach ended. We weren't in any huge hurry so we took our time riding up the beach. By the time we reached the end of the beach, I started to get extremely hungry. "Hey Artemis," I ask, "do you mind if we have lunch before we continue onwards?"

"Sure thing," Artemis answers. We spread out a blanket over the sand. It started to get extremely hot, so I started to remove the top half of my dress when Artemis yelled, "Sakura! Cover your eyes! NOW!" I cover my eyes just as a blinding light arrives on the beach. I lay there topless with my eyes closed and covered by the blanket Artemis and I spread out, "it is safe to open your eyes, Sakura." Artemis says giving me the all clear.

"Artemis," I ask, "why did I have to close my eyes?" I still have no idea what caused me to fix my dress but I did before I turned around to see who was here.

"Dad's mad at you, Artemis," I hear a male voice call out.

"Whatever for, Apollo," Artemis says sarcastically.

"Helping a half blood directly reach camp," Apollo says.

"This is not the first time I helped a half blood reach camp," Artemis points out, "in fact, you helped us out the last time I did."

"You are referring to the incident with the di angelo siblings," Apollo recalls. He looks over at me and smiled, "I sense something very special about her. Let's have dad give his opinion on this matter; however, dad needs to stay on Mount Olympus to make sure repairs go smoothly. Dad also said to oversee the repairs for areas that help empower you. Dad stupidly hired all men for this task."

"Good news," Artemis says, "Sakura and I need to stop at Mount Olympus before proceeding to Camp Half-Blood. You can let Lord Zeus know that I will bring Sakura to him, personally. I cannot leave her alone because she thinks Chronos is trying to kill her. I will be meeting up with some half-bloods at Dover, but I will not leave her unprotected."

Apollo sighs, "Dad isn't going to be happy about this. I wish I had brought my car with me. Go ahead and travel to New York together, but don't expect dad to be very happy when get there."

"Oh," Artemis says being a smart ass, "I imagine that he'll be absolutely furious." I instinctively closed my eyes and turned away just as Apollo left.

I pulled my top down again and opened my eyes because it was still way too hot. "Is it against the rules for you to be helping me, Artemis?" I ask, "I don't want you to get in trouble."

"It'll be fine, Sakura," Artemis says, "but yes I am breaking the rules; however, my hunters and I often do get involved if we feel that it is necessary. I make it a point to only help girls reach the camp."

"Do you ever help boys?" I ask.

"I do," Artemis answers, "but not very often as men are hopeless fools who only think of themselves. What is your opinion of men, Sakura?"

"To be honest, Lady Artemis," I respond to her question, "I haven't formed an opinion on them yet as I am only 9 years old. I am not attracted to men though. Gross. Besides I recently met someone who makes my heart feel at ease." I blush as I say this.

Artemis smiles and says, "I see. You have a crush on young Victorialyn, don't you." My blush deepens as I slowly nod. "You didn't want to leave her side, but knowing someone was trying to kill you, you chose to go to Camp half-blood to train so you can protect her from whatever is chasing you."

"Why are we stopping in Dover, Artemis?" I ask changing the subject.

"We're going to be meeting up with my hunters and a few half-bloods that were instrumental in saving Mount Olympus from Kronus and the Titans," Artemis explains, "Two boys will be joining us. My Lieutenant says that one is carrying a message for you and the other, after much deliberation and arguing, was allowed to join us. I am not thrilled with the idea of having Poseidon's reckless half-blood son, but Thalia, my lieutenant, has seen him in combat and Percy has dodged death countless times."

"We need a skilled warrior to keep Chronos from killing me," I say, "but I am not sure what Chronos' abilities are or how he plans to use them."

"Sakura," Artemis starts, "I…" she doesn't get the chance to finish her response as the sky changed to purple. I fixed my dress so I looked somewhat decent. Artemis and I climbed onto the bikes and made our way to the coastal highway.

"Where is everybody?" I ask noticing the severe lack of people.

"It is a special time barrier, Sakura," Artemis answers, "Saphira told me that its function is to prevent the humans from seeing our battle and wrecking their buildings. There aren't very many people who have that ability."

"I'm pretty sure that Chronos has the ability," I say as the sky grows dark. I get a bad feeling about that cloudy sky. The closer we got to New York, the darker it got. However, it never started raining which had me think that I was right on the money with the bad hunch. Thunder roars and lightning strikes as Artemis and I race to Alantic City. Lucky for us, we didn't have to lightning while we crossed the Lewes - Cape May bridge. I wanted to ask Artemis some about her dad, but the lightning strikes were becoming more frequent and we needed to focus on the road. Artemis and I somehow managed to reach Atlantic City's city limits without getting struck once. We decided to go in separate directions to elude whoever is firing lightning bolts at us. Well, that was big mistake.

As I zigzagged my way through the streets of Atlantic City, dodging lightning strikes as I looked for a place to make it more difficult for me to be struck by lightning. I came across a bus terminal on Atlantic Ave. The moment I got off the bike, it was struck by a lightning bolt. Fortunately, I didn't have to salvage anything from the bike wreck, nor did I have the time to do so because I almost got struck, something shielded me, "You alright?" a voice asked. Iooked up to see a 15 year old girl blocking the lightning with a metal shield which she held with a rubber glove so she didn't get electrocuted, "if you can move, miss, I would get inside the building now."

I nod and quickly move into the bus terminal. The girl quickly follows me and closes the door behind me, "Well, now I am stuck here," I comment.

"Are you okay?" The girl with the shield asks.

"I think so," I answer, "but who are you?"

"Thalia," she answers, "Thalia Grace. May I ask for your name as well?"

"Sakura," I answer Thalia, "my name is Sakura Yoshimada."

"Sakura," Thalia asks, "who or what is chasing you? "

"I am not sure myself," I answer, "when I left Oregon, I was being chased by Prometheus, but there was something off about him..."

"Lady Artemis said that you left Oregon one week ago," Thalia says, "but Prometheus was in New York at that time helping Kronus destroy our parents."

"I agree," I hear a man's voice voice say agreeing with Thalia, "I actually bartered with him during that battle."

"Percy!" Thalia shouts, "how many times has Annabeth told you to not butt into other peoples business! Especially business involving the hunters of Artemis!"

"Thalia," I chime in, "could you please not start a fight. I have enough problems as it is and do not want friends fighting with each other." Now was definitely not the time to be fighting amongst ourselves. Both of them looked at me and nodded.

"You are Sakura Yoshimada, correct?" The boy says as he apologizes for his butting in and introduces himself, I am sorry for my intrusion, but I couldn't stay on the side lines with the direction the conversation was. My name is Percy Jackson, but you can call me Percy. Are you sure that you saw Prometheus?"

"Not anymore," I answer, "When I first saw him, I truly believed that I was speaking to Prometheus, but as he got up to leave, his presence changed and it scared me to no end. I didn't know who or what it is that I saw. The only thing I was certain of, was that he wasn't human."

"What did he actually look like?" Thalia asks me.

"He had three heads," I answer, "each one of them was different. I believe that it was Chronos who attacked me and my family."

"But that is impossible," Percy speaks up, "Kronus is dead and has no way of coming back to life."

Another girl comes up and gives Percy a smack on the back of the head, "Hey Seaweed Brain," she says, "how about you use your ears for once. She was not talking about the Titan Lord that we defeated last week, but the Time Deity that governs the flow of time."

"So," Thalia asks, "how do we kill someone like that, Annabeth?"

"I don't know, Thalia," Annabeth answers, "my mother may have the answers, but she also may not have the answers we seek; however, we just need to find a way to scare him off for the time being. Any ideas?"

"I have one," I speak up, "but I need a bow and arrow for it to work."

"How will that help?" Annabeth asks somewhat skeptical of my plan.

"Well," I answer, "Chronos will most likely be disguised and I am betting that he will have a very easy to see but extremely hard to hit weak spot. I think it I know where it is and can hit that spot." Before anyone else could speak up to argue with me, the door burst open and Artemis comes flying through and lands on her back. There aren't very many things that can harm a goddess, especially a goddess who is as skilled as Artemis, so I knew something was wrong if she was struggling to get back up.

Everyone was speechless, except me. Chronos had chosen to be Zeus. However, I was pissed and ready to kill someone, "Why do all of you look so scared?" Zeus spoke up, "I have a lot to do back on Mount Olympus, so I would like to make this quick."

"Who said that we are scared, father," Thalia says, "Though I am wondering what you are doing here?"

"Do you honestly think that Zeus would leave Mount Olympus after a major attack has happened," I respond in a serious tone. I wasn't fooled by his disguise. I wondered how I was able to see through his disguise, but time enough to figure that out after Chronos has the been dealt with. "Why am I such a big threat that I must be killed?" I ask no one in particular.

Zeus fires a lightning bolt straight at me. I was shielded from the strike by Artemis, "I don't know who you are," Artemis manages to say, "nor do I care. Sakura is under the protection of me and my hunters. I will not allow her to be harmed by anyone!" The hunters of Artemis circle around me and form defensive stances.

Zeus smiles, "what defiant children you all are." Zeus's look turned serious, "I guess I will have to teach you a lesson for your defiance."

"Thalia," I say quickly, "your shield!" Thalia quickly activates her I looked down at the weakened Artemis. I knew Artemis was out of commission for this fight. Seeing her like this only made me angrier.

Artemis hands me a bow and a single arrow and smiles, "Make your shot count, Sakura," she says weakly. I nod understanding what needs to be done.

"So you have come to your own death," Zeus says to me as I stepped up, "that makes things easier. I don't have to kill any of the hunters. I can just kill you and help nurse Artemis back to health…"

"Do you honestly think that they will let you help after striking Lady Artemis down," I interrupt, "I honestly don't think that they will." I position myself to fire my weapon.

"Do you really think you can defeat me without any proper training," he smiled and chuckled softly, "very well then. Go ahead and give it your best shot." Then he fires a lightning bolt.

I rolled to side and out of the way. "I heard that you were really powerful," I say as I dodge two more lightning bolts, "an old friend once told me what good is all the power in world if you can't hit your target."

"Sakura," Annabeth warns, "don't make him mad, he is a gets crazy strong the angrier he is."

"He still suffers from the same weakness," I answer as I jump on top of one of the parked buses, "and that is…" As I run from bus roof to bus roof while keeping my eyes on my opponent.

"Hold still!" Zeus yelled as I leaped between each bus. I could see that Annabeth and the others were getting nervous about the entire battle.

"Thalia," I yell as I dive under another lightning bolt, "Get everybody outside. Chronos is much larger than Zeus is. Once I hit him, Chronos will revert back to true form." At that time I had an idea, but will Percy and Annabeth get the hint. I would have the hunters help, but they need to protect Artemis.

The fake Zeus chuckled, "do you honestly think I am going to let them leave." He turns to the entrance and turns it into a pile of rubble, "They will not…," I fired my arrow the moment he turned his back to me. "Gaahh. YOU LITTLE BITCH! YOU ARE GONNA PAY FOR THAT!"

"EVERYBODY!" I yell as I jump off the bus, "RUN!" We managed to get the entrance that got blown to pieces.

"Percy," Annabeth says as we run, "fountain ahead! Fire it at the window!" Percy had the same idea apparently. Before I could ask, the water from the fountain shot towards the window and shattered the glass,which created an exit for us.

After the water subsided, we climbed out of the window and get to safety just as the building collapsed, "SAKURA YOSHIMADA!" Chronos bellows, "I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU SAW THROUGH MY DISGUISE NOR DO I CARE. HOWEVER, THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, YOUR HEAD WILL BE MINE!"

Chronos disappears and we all breathe a collective sigh of relief. As the barrier vanished, everything was restored to how it was when it was created, "Sakura," Annabeth asked, "how did you know how to defeat him?"

"I have to agree with Annabeth, Sakura," Percy states bluntly, "I have heard tales from Tyson and the other Cyclops working for my dad about the great deities of our world. They're supposed to be among the most important and most powerful beings in the universe. Defeating one is supposed to be…"

"Hey, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth interrupted, "let her speak."

"There was a little jewel on the back of his neck that I thought looked out of place," I answer, "and wondered if it served as some sort of weak point because I saw the same jewel on Prometheus's forehead when I saw him in Oregon."

"That seems like a huge oversight for someone like Chronos to miss," Percy mentions.

"I have to agree with a boy for once," one of the hunters adds, "as disgusting as it sounds, but Chronos would not have let a weakness that important go unnoticed."

"I doubt that he did," I reply, "the jewel was about the same size as a grain of sand."

"Wow," Thalia says, "now, that is what I call a precise shot. You would make an excellent hunter,Sakura. If you join us, I will gladly step down as Lieutenant so you can be the Lieutenant."

"She is not able to join the hunters at this time, Thalia," Artemis says, "when my oath is taken, you swearing to never fall in love with anyone. Sakura had already fallen in love with someone by the time I found her; otherwise, I would've already asked to join the hunters and take my oath."

"Damn," Thalia says sadly, "she has already found a boy that her heart race. That is too and I really wanted her to join the hunters."

"Ew," I answer while sounding like a little girl who just got asked who the cutest boy in her class was, "boys are icky." Everyone just started laughing at my response.

"Sakura," Annabeth asks, "are you always this funny and cute?"

"No," I answer, "but Thalia opened the door that lead to me saying that. Jokes aside, I really don't find boys attractive. I have no idea it is because I am so young or what. However, a lot of them act immaturely or are complete and utter jerks. There are only a handful of boys that are actually decent people at my age."

"How old are you, Sakura?" Annabeth asked.

"9 years old," I answer simply.

"Let's get back to New York before someone else comes to take Sakura's life," a boy's voice spoke up. This boy sounded like he much younger, closer to my age. He turns to me, "I am sure that Yamizaki doesn't want his sacrifice to be wasted." This kid was right. We needed to leave before something else decided to drop in unannounced. However, how does this kid know Yamizaki, but, more importantly, he is saying that Yamizaki is dead, that he died saving me. I knew that some broke a week ago, despite my brain pleading that it wasn't true, but my heart was telling me that this boy was telling the truth. Yamizaki was dead...

Author's Note: Well Sakura just kicked Chronos' butt; however, Artemis was hurt pretty bad, and Zeus isn't happy with her. Also what does Hades want with Yamizaki? By the way, Chronos will be back and will not be as easy to do with when he does. What trials await Sakura at Camp Half-Blood? A new prophecy will be told.