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Chapter 6: The Furies of Vengeance
~Limbo~
"Wait wait wait!" Thalia cut in, stopping Naruto's explanation. "You are telling me that you, Annabeth, Grover, and Percy are going a quest to get my father's lightning bolt before the winter solsitice?"
"Pretty much yes and if it isn't return to Zeus, then Percy going to be smite by Zeus and world war with Zeus and Poseidon beating the crap out of each other," replied Naruto.
"You know…I am not surprised." Thalia deadpanned.
"Ah well, looks like we're going to hell, I always wanted to go there," Naruto shrugged.
"Why?"
"That's where I'm going or is Yomi since I'm also Shinto."
Thalia wanted to say something about that but let it slide for now.
"And let's hope you and the others would make it out in one piece," said a concerned Thalia.
"Yeah let's hope. Well anyway, I better get going…I will see you later Thalia." Naruto said as he start fading way from Limbo.
Thalia had an unsure face at first, but just waked forward and planted a kiss on Naruto's fading cheek, shocking the boy greatly. "Good luck….Naruto." She said as he disappeared. She then sighed. "He probably won't get it. And it's even harder if you don't feel love."
~Camp Half-Blood Boulder~
As they waited Naruto at the camp's boulder, they saw him body flickered here surprising everyone except Chrion since he got use to Minato and other nin teleporting around him.
"OK guys let's go," said Naruto and all nodded and was about to go until Chrion stop Naruto.
"Naruto I know this is Percy's quest but your the only one with much experience, can you look after them please," asked Chrion and Naruto nodded which got him to smile
"Thanks Naruto, I know I can count on you," Chiron said. "This is Argus. He will drive you into the city, and, err, well, keep an eye on things."
They heard footsteps behind them. They saw Luke came running up the hill, carrying basketball shoes.
"Hey!" Luke said. "Glad I caught you." Annabeth blushed, the way she always did when Luke was around. "Just wanted to say good luck," He said to Percy. "And I thought ... Um, maybe you could use these." He handed Percy the sneakers, which looked pretty normal.
Luke said, "Maia!" White bird's wings sprouted out of the heels, startling Percy so much, He dropped them. The shoes flapped around on the ground until the wings folded up and disappeared.
"Awesome!" Grover said.
Luke smiled. "Those served me well when I was on my quest. Gift from Dad. Of course, I don't use them much these days..." He said with a sad expression.
Percy didn't know what to say. "Hey, man," He said. "Thanks."
"Listen, Percy, Naruto..." Luke looked uncomfortable. "A lot of hopes are riding on both of you, so just ... Kill some monsters for me, okay?"
"Don't worry with Percy's luck, we might just run into a few," Naruto said calmly.
"Hey!" Percy shouted.
Naruto just ignored him and walked away. "Don't waste more time, I see you by the van" He said and disappeared.
Percy and Luke shook hands. Luke patted the Grover's head between his horns, and then gave a goodbye hug to Annabeth, who looked like she might pass out.
After Luke was gone, Percy said to her, "You're hyperventilating "
"Am not."
"You let him capture the flag instead of you, didn't you?"
"Oh ... Why do I want to go anywhere with you Percy?"
Annabeth stomped down the other side of the hill, where a white SUV waited on the shoulder of the road. Naruto and Argus were already there.
Percy picked up the flying shoes and he had a sudden bad feeling. He looked at Chiron. "I won't be able to use these, will I?"
Chiron shook his head. "Luke meant well, Percy. But taking to the air ... That would not be wise for you."
Percy nodded, disappointed, but then he got an idea. "Hey, Grover. You want a magic item?"
Grover eyes lit up. "Me?" Pretty laced the sneakers over his fake feet. "Maia!" He shouted.
He got off the ground okay, but then fell over sideways so his backpack dragged through the grass. The winged shoes kept bucking up and down like tiny broncos.
"Practice," Chiron called after him. "You just need practice!"
"Aaaaa!" Grover went flying sideways down the hill like a possessed lawn mower, heading toward the van.
Before Percy could follow, Chiron caught his arm. "I should have trained you better, Percy," he said. "If only I had more time. Hercules, Jason—they all got more training."
"That's okay. I just wish—" Percy said but stopped himself, not wanting to sound selfish and not getting a magical item to help him on his quest.
"What am I thinking?" Chiron cried. "I can't let you get away without this." He pulled a pen from his coat pocket and handed it to Percy. It was an ordinary disposable ballpoint, black ink, removable cap. Probably cost thirty cents.
"Gee," Percy said. "Thanks."
"Percy, that's a gift from your father. I've kept it for years, not knowing you were who I was waiting for. But the prophecy is clear to me now. You are the one."
Percy remembered the field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chiron had thrown him a pen that turned into a sword. He took off the cap, and the pen grew longer and heavier in his hand. In half a second, he held a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip, and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs.
It was the first weapon that actually felt balanced in his hand.
"The sword has a long and tragic history that we need not go into," Chiron told me. "Its name is Anaklusmos."
"Riptide," Percy translated, surprised the Ancient Greek came so easily.
"Use it only for emergencies," Chiron said, "and only against monsters. No hero should harm mortals unless absolutely necessary, of course, but this sword wouldn't harm them in any case."
Percy looked at the wickedly sharp blade. "What do you mean it wouldn't harm mortals? How could it not?"
"The sword is celestial bronze. Forged by the Cyclopes, tempered in the heart of Mount Etna, cooled in the River Lethe. It's deadly to monsters, to any creäture from the Underworld, provided they don't kill you first. But the blade will pass through mortals like an illusion. They simply are not important enough for the blade to kill. And I should warn you: as a demigod, you can be killed by either celestial or normal weapons. You are twice as vulnerable."
"Good to know."
"Now recap the pen."
Percy touched the pen cap to the sword tip and instantly Riptide shrank to a ballpoint pen again. He tucked it in his pocket, a little nervous, because he was famous for losing pens at school.
"You can't," Chiron said.
"Can't what?" Percy asked.
"Lose the pen," Chiron said. "It is enchanted. It will always reappear in your pocket. Try it."
Percy was wary, but he threw the pen as far as he could down the hill and watched it disappear in the grass.
"It may take a few moments," Chiron said. "Now check your pocket."
Percy noticed pen was there.
"Okay, that's extremely cool," Percy admitted. "But what if a mortal sees me pulling out a sword?"
Chiron smiled. "Mist is a powerful thing, Percy."
"Mist?"
"Yes. Read The Iliad. It's full of references to the stuff. Whenever divine or monstrous elements mix with the mortal world, they generate Mist, which obscures the vision of humans. You will see things just as they are, being a half-blood, but humans will interpret things quite differently. Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality."
Percy placed Riptide back in his pocket.
"Chiron ..." Percy said. "When you say the Gods are immortal... I mean, there was a time before them, right?"
"Four ages before them, actually. The Time of the Titans was the Fourth Age, sometimes called the Golden Age, which is definitely a misnomer. This, the time of Western civilization and the rule of Zeus, is the Fifth Age."
"So what was it like ... Before the Gods?"
Chiron pursed his lips. "Even I am not old enough to remember that, child, but I know it was a time of darkness and savagery for mortals. Kronos, the lord of the Titans, called his reign the Golden Age because men lived innocent and free of all knowledge. But that was mere propaganda. The Titan king cared nothing for your kind except as appetizers or a source of cheap entertainment. It was only in the early reign of Lord Zeus, when Prometheus the good Titan brought fire to humanity, that your species began to progress, and even then Prometheus was branded a radical thinker. Zeus punished him severely, as you may recall. Of course, eventually the Gods warmed to humans, and Western civilization was born."
"But the Gods can't die now, right? I mean, as long as Western civilization is alive, they're alive. So ... Even if we failed, nothing could happen so bad it would mess up everything, right?"
Chiron gave him a melancholy smile. "No one knows how long the Age of the West will last, Percy. The Gods are immortal, yes. But then, so were the Titans. They still exist, locked away in their various prisons, forced to endure endless pain and punishment, reduced in power, but still very much alive. May the Fates forbid that the Gods should ever suffer such a doom, or that we should ever return to the darkness and chaos of the past. All we can do, child, is follow our destiny."
"Good luck in your quest Percy and humanities is now in your hand and good luck," with that Chrion left and Percy headed towards the van.
~Van~
Argus drove them out of the countryside and into western Long Island. Percy felt weird to be on a highway again. Annabeth and Grover sitting next to him, and Naruto was sitting on the front sit, as if they were normal Carpoolers. After two weeks at Half-Blood Hill, the real world seemed like a fantasy. Naruto noticed Percy was staring at every McDonald's, every kid in the back of his parents' car, every billboard and shopping mall.
"So far so good," Percy said. "Ten miles and not a single monster."
Annabeth gave him an irritated look. "It's bad luck to talk that way, seaweed brain."
"Remind me again—why do you hate me so much?"
"I don't hate you."
"Could've fooled me."
Annabeth folded her cap of invisibility. "Look ... We're just not supposed to get along, okay? Our parents are rivals."
"Why?"
She sighed. "How many reasons do you want? One time my mom caught Poseidon with his girlfriend in Athena's temple, which is hugely disrespectful. Another time, Athena and Poseidon competed to be the patron God for the city of Athens. Your dad created some stupid saltwater spring for his gift. My mom created the olive tree. The people saw that her gift was better, so they named the city after her."
"They must really like olives."
"Oh, forget it."
"Now, if she'd invented pizza—that I could understand."
"I said, forget it!"
As Percy and Annabeth continue to agrue, Naruto told Grover to wake him up when they got to their destination and he nodded, and with that Naruto fell asleep.
~Greyhound Station~
Traffic slowed them down in Queens. By the time they got into Manhattan it was sunset and starting to rain.
Argus dropped them at the Greyhound Station on the Upper East Side, not far from Percy's mom and Gabe's apartment. Percy saw typed to a mailbox was a soggy flyer with his picture on it: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY? He ripped it down before Annabeth and Grover could notice, but Naruto already saw it.
Argus unloaded their bags, made sure they got bus tickets, and then drove away, the eye on the back of his hand opening to watch them as he pulled out of the parking lot. Naruto noticed that Percy was looking off into the distance, probably thinking about his home.
Grover shouldered Percy's backpack. "You want to know why she married him, Percy." He said.
Percy stared at him. "Were you reading my mind or something?"
"Just your emotions." Grover shrugged.
"Guess I forgot to tell you satyrs can do that. You were thinking about your mom and your step-dad, right?"
Percy nodded, wondering what else Grover might've forgotten to tell him.
"Your mom married Gabe for you," Grover told me. "You call him 'Smelly,' but you've got no idea. The guy has this aura...Yuck. I can smell him from here. I can smell traces of him on you, and you haven't been near him for a week."
"Thanks," Percy said. "Where's the nearest shower?"
"You should be grateful, Percy. Your stepfather smells so repulsively human he could mask the presence of any demigod. As soon as I took a whiff inside his Camaro, I knew: Gabe has been covering your scent for years. If you hadn't lived with him every summer, you probably would've been found by monsters a long time ago. Your mom stayed with him to protect you. She was a smart lady. She must've loved you a lot to put up with that guy—if that makes you feel any better."
It didn't, but Percy forced himself not to show it. 'I'll see her again,' He thought. 'She isn't gone.'
Percy stared a little more into the distance until they had to move on.
"Hey the bus is here, c'mon lets go," said Naruto and nodded.
As they got one the bus that is heading to New Jersey and got on and find a spot to sit in. The bus was filled and their trip to New Jeresy has started and since it might take awhile to get there, he decided to rest up a bit.
"Hey guys, I going to take a nap so when we get there, wake me up will," asked Naruto and all nodded.
"Thanks."
And with that Naruto went darkness take over him and falls asleep.
~Flashback~
A man with spiky, light-brown hair, prominent jaw-lines and green eyes. He is wearing the standard Iwagakure flak jacket and single-sleeved shirt underneath, leaving the entirety of his right arm exposed except for the presence of his forehead protector, wrapped around the upper portion of the arm.
This is Gari of the Explosion Release, he process the Explosion Kekkei Genkai where it utilize explosive chakra in combat, allowing them to cause explosions in objects they come into contact with.
He is currently in valley and trying to get away from the enemy that is chasing him. He was given a simple mission to take down some Konoha nin with 4 other Iwa nin but was ambushed by Konoha's ANBU, about 5 or 6 of them and has managed to take down all 4 of his comrade. He managed to take two of them but knew he doesn't have a chance and decided to escape.
As he look back and saw no one behind him and sigh and thought that he lost them but was only later look in front only to see a knee to his face as the knee strike him in the face and knocked him down to the floor laying face down.
As he looked up, he saw a ANBU of a fox like mask and realize this was the Kitsune of Konoha, the shinobi who managed to kill three of Kiri's greatest Seven Swordsmen of the current generation and The Fox Anbu looked down at him and simply said, "Any last words?"
"You may kill me tree hugger, but Iwa and Onoki will have your head for this. I may die today but I will not be given pity from my enemy, including you Konoha scum!"
"Very well then, may you find peace."
As Naruto picked Gari up and hold him in a guillotine choke while standing, he then applied pressure to his neck and proceeded to twist his neck, snapping his neck with a sicking snap sound and dropped his body on the floor.
Naruto then walked away heading back to his team and head back to Konoha to report to Lord Danzo.
~Flashback End~
Naruto suddenly heard a commotion going on that disrupted his sleep and peak an eye open to see what was going on, what he saw was the bus pretty much empty except Annabet and Grover were there with what to be three women that have leathery wings like bats, claws, a mouth full of yellow fangs and glowing eyes speaking to the two but there was no sign of Percy, probably wearing Annabeth's cap.
'Are these the three Furies mom told me about?' thought Naruto as he still continue to look without anyone noticing he's awake. 'So these are the goddesses of vengeance. Alecto the Angry, Megaera, the Grudging and Tisiphon the Avenger. Seem's they are trying to stop us with this quest. Might as well play possum for awhile,' and with that Naruto pretended to go back to sleep.
As Alecto continue to interrogate Annabeth and Grover on the whereabouts of Percy and then she notice Naruto sleeping in the corner.
"Megaera, keep an eye on these brats. Tisiphon take care of the Son of Artemis before he wakes up and I look for sea spawn," commended Alecto and all nodded as Alecto began to go outside the bus to look for Percy and Tisiphon headed towards Naruto, hoping to strike him down while vulnerable. As she arrived, she looked down at the sleeping form of Naruto.
"So pathetic for a shinobi, letting himself be defenseless and vulnerable," smirk Tisphon with arrogance as she grabbed Naruto and suddenly he proofed out of existence surprising her but then felt are presence behind her.
"Who said I left myself vulnerable, but you just easily made this easy for me. Good-bye," whispered Naruto to her as he formed a Rasengan in his hand and shoved it through her, leaving in pain until she dissolved to gold dust.
"TISIPHON!" screamed Megaera. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT BOY!"
As she flew towards Naruto in rage and failed to notice Naruto already finished performing a handsign.
"Suiton (Water Release): Water Dragon Bullet"
As Naruto blew water out of his mouth forming a chinese dragon figure out of water as it went towards Megaera opened it's mouth and bite Megaera and rams her outside the bus, leaving her soak in water laying down.
As Naruto headed towards, she quickly got back up and went straight to Naruto but he just moved out of the way. As Megaera turned back to him, he just simply Enzuigiri Kick her to the side of the head knocking her down face down and slowly tired to get up.
As Naruto gathered chakra to his left foot to straighten it and running towards her and Blackout Stomp her to the head splatting her head everywhere with golden blood everywhere as well and soon later dissolved into gold dust.
As Annabeth and Grover looked on in shock and fear. Not only did Naruto bet two of the furies, but he made it look easy. But what scared them was how he killed them, he did it so ruthlessly and shown no mercy.
'So this is what Chrion meant by Root Anbu being ruthless and emotionless,' thought Annabeth with fear.
But Naruto didn't notice their expression but was looking around for Alecto until he saw her and Percy fighting and Annabeth and Grover notice as well and headed towards Percy.
"Perseus Jackson," Alecto said, in an accent that was definitely from somewhere further south than Georgia. "You have offended the Gods. You shall die."
"I liked you better as a math teacher," Percy said to her. She growled.
Annabeth and Grover moved up behind the Furies cautiously, looking for an opening.
Percy took the ballpoint pen out of his pocket and uncapped it. Riptide elongated into a shimmering double-edged sword.
She growled. "Submit now," she hissed. "And you will not suffer eternal torment."
"Nice try," Percy said to her.
"Percy, look out!" Annabeth cried.
Mrs. Dodds lashed her whip around Percy sword hand while the Furies on the either side lunged at him.
Percy felt like his hand wrapped in molten lead, but he managed not to drop Riptide. He stuck the Fury on the left with its hilt, sending her toppling backward into a seat. As he managed to slash her on her shoulder, she was about to rush towards Percy again but Annabeth got Mrs. Dodds in a wrestler's hold and yanked her backward while Grover ripped the whip out of her hands.
"Ow!" He yelled. "Ow! Hot! Hot!"
The Fury Percy had hilt-slammed came at him again, talons ready, but he swung Riptide and she broke open like a piñata.
Mrs. Dodds was trying to get Annabeth off her back. She kicked, clawed, hissed and bit, but Annabeth held on while Grover got Mrs. Dodds's legs tied up in her own whip. Finally they both shoved her backward into the aisle.
Mrs. Dodds tried to get up, but she didn't have room to flap her bat wings, so she kept falling down. "Zeus will destroy you!" She promised. "Hades will have your soul!"
"Braccas meas vescimini!" Percy yelled, which oddly meant, 'eat my pants.'
Alecto somehow managed to get free herself, but before she could attack him. She suddenly heard 'Suiton(Water Release): Severing Wave' as Alecto was pierced Alecto in the chest and looked to see Naruto pouring out the water of his mouth and he moved his vertically , resulting to her to be split in half and later turned to gold dust.
Suddenly, thunder shook the bus.
"Get away from the bus!" Annabeth yelled. "Now!"
They rushed outside and found the other passengers wandering around in a daze, arguing with the driver, or running around in circles yelling, "We're going to die!" A Hawaiian-shirted tourist with a camera snapped Percy's photograph before he could recap his sword.
"Our bags!" Grover realized. "We left our—"
'BOOOOOM!'
The windows of the bus exploded as the passengers ran for cover. Lightning shredded a huge crater in the roof.
"Let's go," Naruto said. "We don't need more proplems."
Then he disappeared with Annabeth, Percy and Grover from there.
Omake: Icha-Icha Discover
As the Strolls were wondering around the mass hall thinking of a prank to do, but they then notice on the spot where Naruto usually sit was a bright Orange Book titled 'Icha Icha: Paradise' By Jirarya the Toad Sage on it.
"Must be Naruto's, think we should return this to him?" asked Conner.
"Yeah we should but I think he wouldn't mind us if we read whats this novel is about," replied Travis and Connor nodded.
As they both opened the book and began to read each page, their face began grew a dark blush after reading the first few chapters.
"Damn," mutter Connor.
"You got that right, let's show this with the other guys."
And with that they left the mass hall and to spread the wonder of Icha Icha to their fellow men. And soon they found Charles, Luke, Lee and Michael talking to one another and headed to them.
"Hey guys guess what Naruto had with him all this time," said Connor
"What?" asked all four guys.
"This," Travis revealing the Icha Icha book which confused them but then said, "C'mon, come here and read with us and you will find out."
As the four got around Connor and Travis and started reading the book. As they read each chapter, they slowly began to grow a dark blush and even darker later until they turned to the next page and slowly read it until they all had nosebleed launched out of their nose and hit hit they ground behind them, knockout with perverted grin on their faces.
~20 minutes~
As Chrion and Mr D were walking around camp, they notice six boys were passed out with perverted grins on there faces with blood dripping out of their nose.
"My God! What the hell happened!" said a shocked Chrion.
"I think I know," said Mr D as he walked towards Travis and took the orange book out of his hand. "This, it seem's Artemis son is a fan of this Jirarya's series,"
"Can't wait for her to find out about this."
As they both laughed and walked away with the book in hand leaving behind the six perverted boys.
OK Chapter 6 is done.