Welcome to the Sea of Monsters
Chapter 8
On the Road Again
Aw you know what, screw it. It will be a three girl harem. Naruto/Thalia/Clarisse/Zoe. However, Clarisse will try and get him in this story, but he will turn her down because it would be conflicting with his crush for Thalia. It will probably happen in the Third or Fourth Book because Thalia will see that Clarisse likes Naruto as well and relent in sharing the boy. It will make some drama, but she will reluctantly accept Zoe as well. As for Bianca, WHY? They are kinda brother and sister….well half siblings. GIVE ME A GOOD REASON! Plus, I have a way to save her and keep to the story line of the books! Also, Clarisse is hotter in my story then in the books.
Naruto had woken up early to work in his work shop again. Mostly on his Hell Bike as he like to call it. He did not know when Clarisse wanted to leave, so it was the perfect time to do some work. Selina was also nice enough to help him pack for the trip as well and she seemed rather happy that he was going on the quest with the daughter of Ares.
Odd, must be a girl thing. Of course, he was still oblivious when it came to girls liking him. Sure he could see it for other people, but him, no way. Well, that is not entirely true. He had strong feelings for Thalia and he could tell she liked him as well.
His head snapped up at that thought and banged his head against the engine of the Hell Bike. "SON OF A BITCH!" He screamed in pain.
"You ok Naruto?" Beckendorf asked as he popped his head in the room. He too was working early.
"Yeah, just banged my head against the engine." Naruto growled through the pain as he held his head.
"Ouch." Beckendorf winced.
"Well, I guess this will be only work I can get done for a bit." Naruto said as he stood and wiped his hands….and head free of grease.
"Heh, you ready for a quest with War Girl?"
"As I'll ever be. Besides, she not all that bad." Naruto said with a smile. "Not sure when she wants to leave, but I might as well go and see Thalia before I go."
"Oh that reminds me, she did come to me and said to tell you that you guys are leaving at 10." Beckendorf stated.
Naruto looked at the clock and saw that it was now 9 o clock. Well he still had an hour. With a nod of his head, he left, leaving Beckendorf at that shop alone. Said teen sigh when he heard the door close. "That guy is going to drive himself insane if he can't get that girl out of the tree. Hope Clarisse can knock some sense into him."
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Clarisse sighed as she gazed out onto the lake. This was her first quest and she going on in with her crush. Odd thing to have in her opinion. Still, she liked him a lot and could not figure out why he would prefer tree girl, but she hoped she could catch his attention. However, this crush was conflicting with her aggressive nature.
A few wood nymphs watched the girl with knowing smirks on their faces.
"How the hell would this even work!" Clarisse growled. She was not good with relationships, even watching them on TV had confused her about what to do! However, she felt on odd urge hit her and she began to sing. And she was pretty good. 'If there's a prize for rotten judgment, I guess I've already won that! No man is worth the aggravation, that's ancient history, been there, done that!"
Somehow, music began to play from the trees and five wood nymphs danced out, singing as well, "Who'd'ya think you're kiddin',He's the Earth and heaven to you. Try to keep it hidden, Honey, we can see right through you, Girl, ya can't conceal it, We know how ya feel and Who you're thinking of."
Clarisse seemed to get angry as her mixed emotions ran through her. "No chance, no way. I won't say it, no, no!"
Somewhere up above, Aphrodite was giving off a shit eating grin as she watched the girl that was in love with her grandson. Oh he was such good entertainment, just like that Percy boy. Hell, she just set this girl up with the music as well. It was too funny! The wood nymphs smiled and sang, "You swoon, you sigh, why deny it, uh-oh"
"It's too cliché, I won't say I'm in love." Clarisse sang before she looked out on the lake once more and thought about this one boy she had a crush on when she thought she was a normal person. "I thought my heart had learned its lesson, It feels so good when you start out. My head is screaming get a grip, girl. Unless you're dying to cry your heart out. Oh!"
The nymphs sang again, "You keep on denying, Who you are and how you're feeling. Baby, we're not buying. Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling, Face it like a grown-up. When ya gonna own up, That ya got, got, got it bad.
"No chance, now way. I won't say it, no, no." The girl sang again before she thought about the blond again and grinned.
"Give up, give in. Check the grin you're in love"
Clarisse head the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "This won't play, I won't say I am in love."
"You're doin flips read our lips, You're in love!"
"You're way off base, I won't say it. Get off my case, I won't say it!"
"Girl, don't be proud. It's O.K. you're in love" The wood nymphs sang as they made their way back into the forest.
Clarisse smiled as she picked up a nearby flower and sang, "Oh. At least out loud, I won't say I'm in love." That is when she finally noticed that she was singing and accidently crushed the flower. "HOLY CRAP! The singing is contagious!" She screamed before she glared at the forest. "If anyone of you tell anybody about this, I will burn you all to the ground!"
With that said, she left to get to the spot where she would meet her partner/crush.
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Naruto looked around as he heard noise or was it singing in the distance. "Anyone else hear singing?" He asked aloud. Some of his Aphrodite cabin mates smacked their heads. They knew, but they were not going to tell the oblivious blond.
Shrugging, the blond made his way up Half Blood Hill and made it to the sickly looking tree. He looked at it sadly before put a hand to it and he immersed himself in the now chaotic limbo world. Instead of the usual white background, it was purple and stormy. Not a good place to be in.
Looking around, he spit Thalia holding herself and crying in pain. However, it was not as loud as before, but it still hurt him to see her like this. Quickly walking up to her, he enveloped her in a hug and said, "Hey."
"Hey yourself." She said in a strained, but happy voice. "It is good to see you. Any news?"
"I have some good news. We found a way to get the poison out." Naruto said as he held her.
"W-what's the way?"
"The Golden Fleece. We just have to go the Sea of Monsters in the Bermuda Triangle." Naruto informed her.
Thalia seemed to wince at that. She had heard stories about that place and none of them were good. "Are you going by yourself?"
"No, Clarisse, daughter of Ares actually go the quest after we won a chariot race. She agreed to let me tag along." Naruto said.
Thalia rolled her eyes at that. He had told her along about his friend from the Ares cabin and even she could tell that the girl liked Naruto. She could not blame her though, Naruto was one of a kind. She had even fallen for him. "That's great!"
"Well before I go, I should at least take out some more of the poison." Naruto said as he begun to do that, but was stopped by her voice.
"No! You are going to need your strength for this quest." Thalia said with a weak smile. "I'll be fine as long as you get what you are looking for. Don't worry about me."
Naruto rose an eyebrow at that. "It is hard not to." He said softly.
Thalia smiled, "I know. You are very caring person, that's why…" She trailed off.
"What's wa-" Naruto tried to say but was cut off by Thalia leaning up and weakly kissing him on the lips.
"You are always there for me." Thalia replied as she broke the kiss. "I can hear what is going outside the tree and Luke, one of my oldest friends never came by just to talk and cheer me up. You did and more. And even though we have only known each other for a year…..i think I am in love with you."
Naruto blushed at that before. "I could say that I am too. You are a strong girl with a great personality." He said before he turned the kiss.
Thalia smiled and somehow, while kissing him the pain the poison was causing her lessened greatly. She wanted to continue this forever, but Naruto need to go or else she might not make it. She reluctantly broke the kiss and said, "Thanks for letting me know, but you should go before it is too late."
Naruto smiled at the girl and said, 'Right." He gave her a hug before he disappeared from Limbo.
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Taking his hand of Thalia Tree, he said, "Don't worry, I get that Fleece so it can cure that annoying poison and then I'll a way to break you out of there. I promise." Naruto said aloud since he knew she could hear him.
After that, he made his way back into camp with a smile on his face. In the middle of the U of cabins, he saw Clarisse waiting there with an annoyed look on her face. "So, how we getting there?" He asked with a smile.
"About time you got here!" Clarisse said.
"What? I am on time." Naruto said, oblivious as to why she was angry.
"Finished saying goodbye?" Clarisse asked, but also didn't care.
"Yep and I found out something interesting. Thalia can hear everything that goes on outside her tree." Naruto said thoughtfully.
Clarisse's eyes widened at that. She had some words to say then, but she would wait until after the quest. "Well good to know." She said before she pointed in the direction of the beach. "We are going by sea."
"Oh? Should be fun, but how did you get a vessel?" Naruto asked.
"My father has an agreement with yours. That all the spoils of the losing side of war goes to him. They basically own him a debt for losing. He is calling on that debt now because I prayed for his help while you said your goodbyes to Tree Girl." Clarisse explain.
"Huh, well this should be interesting. A vessel from some losing side of a war. I bet you anything that it will be run by zombies" Naruto said with a smirk.
"Whatever, anything is possible." Clarisse said while rolling her eyes before they made their way to the beach.
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Once there, they didn't see anything at first, but that soon changed when a large Ironclade Warship suddenly rose from the bottom of the water. "Ok, didn't expect that." Naruto said with blinking stupidly.
"Hmm, the CSS Birmingham." Clarisse read aloud the name of the ship that was on its side. "Oh, it must be from the civil war, what a piece of junk!"
"Just be grateful your dad didn't give you something from the old days…those old ships the Greeks used didn't look any safer. Plus, I thought he would be pissed at me for the last time we met." Naruto said.
"Oh right, your fight with him." She drawled out. "Well, at least we got something."
"Yep!"
"Madam Clarisse and Naruto SIR! We shall be your crew!" An undead conderate soldier said as he came out of the ship.
"Heh, told you." Naruto smirked, talking about his earlier talk about zombies.
"Just get in." Clarisse said while rolling her eyes.
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"Oh and would be your child lady?" Sasuke asked the snake like woman rudely.
Echidna simply glare at the young Uchiha. "Certainly not a brat such as you, Child of Retribution."
Sasuke simply arched an eyebrow at that but said nothing.
Orochimaru eyed this strange woman with interest. She was not after his prized Uchiha. So who? "Who are you?"
"I am known as Echidna, Mother of all Monsters."
"I see." Orochimaru replied evenly. This woman was obliviously insane to believe that she is someone from old stories he grew up on as a child.
"Tell me, why do you seek immortality when you already have it?" Echidan asked the man.
"What? I am not immortal….not yet."
"Oh but you are. You were the moment you were born, you just had to age a bit to be take seriously." Echidna replied. "Your 'parents' died because of you. You took their life force…but they were not your true parents. I am your true mother. You are my last and strongest son!"
"You must be joking." Orochimaru hissed. He remembered his parents to this day and he did feel that their death was odd. "How would I be someone else's child?"
"Simple, that man you called father, had a one night stand with me and I sent my power, along with my husband's power with in you. He is Typhon." Echidna said with a smile.
"No…this is impossible!" Orochimaru shouted. He felt like he was losing his mind.
"My children do not age after a certain point, you must have noticed that by now. They can be reborn when they are killed, but only after a few years. You are Orochimaru, the TRUE Snake."
The snake like man was now on his knees, clothing his head. "THIS CAN'T BE!"
"Accept the truth my son." Echidna said as she put a hand on his shoulder and theough that touch, information crawled its way to his mind's eye. Everything about his life was for this moment.
"I see. Thank you mother for finding me." Orochimaru muttered in a dead tone of voice.
"Come, I have a mission for you. It is to kill a certain blond hero that you know of." Echida ordered.
"Yes Mother."
"Hold on, the hell is going on?" Sasuke asked. Sure he was done training with the man but this shit came out of nowhere and it was confusing the hell out of him.
"You will know in time, Child of Retribution. The Eclipse that will be upon you will tell you what you need to know. Stay alive until then." Echidna said cryptically before she had her son disappeared.
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"So bored!" Naruto complained as he was topside, looking out onto the ocean at night. Of course they had to be mindful of the ship because it could not go in deep waters, they had to stay by the shore most of them time. They got to see a few good sights, but not much else.
Clarisse's eyebrow twitched. The idiot blond could be as bad as a child sometime! "Well, and I can't believe I am suggesting this, why don't you sing to ease your boredom."
Naruto blinked stupidly before he smacked his head. "Why didn't I think of that?" He said before he smirked evilly, thinking of a song that could get interrupted at anytime. He wanted to see how far he could get. "Hmm, how about this one? It's a small world after all!"
"NO! Anything but that!" Clarisse raged.
Down below, the zombie soldiers, who were intelligent, were wondering if their commanders were married or something. They bickered at lot…..well Clarisse did, Naruto just annoyed her. Suddenly they felt themselves moving on their own to topside. The suspected it was the blond's doing.
"Alright then, but I am borrowing the crew for a moment then." Naruto said with a smirk.
"Wait what?" Clarisse got out before the crew came on the deck and positioned themselves behind the blond. Suddenly two poofs were heard. Naruto looked undead now and the other poof was a shadow clone, transformed into a boombox. When the music began,she had a twitching eyebrow. "Ok seriously, Micheal Jackson?"
Naruto nodded before he began to sing.
"It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
{ From: . }
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!
(I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller!"
Clarisse's mood lifted during the song. Sure she was annoyed with the blond, but he always put a smile on her face. It put her in such a good mood that she laughed before she joined in dancing the odd dance that Naruto and the Zombies were performing.
When it was all over, the confederate zombies all went up in a poof smoke as they returned to their jobs below, confused and disoriented. It also had the effect of tripping up Clarisse and making her plow into Naruto, making them both fall, before they laughed.
Getting up, they made their way over to the edge of the boat and sat down. "Well that was fun." Clarisse chuckled.
"Yep. You seemed annoyed before and now that my Thriller song is over, you are happy." Naruto said, "I am glad, I don't like it when my friends are in a bad mood."
Clarisse smiled at that. Naruto always tried to make everyone smile and she admired that. She really liked him. Hey she was a girl, even if a battle hardened one. After all she is a daughter of Ares. So she liked to fight a lot and all that training did make her body well-toned with a good bit of muscle. Her face was not bad, but what kept the boy away was her attitude , but Naruto didn't mind it at all. She was happy to be his friend.
After some time, like Thalia, she fell for him too. Yet, she was very awkward in the love field and wondered how her father went about it. Deciding to wing it, seeing the mood was right since it was a full moon, she leaned over and kissed him on the lips.
Naruto, who had his eyes closed as he laughed, widened them to epic proportions when he felt the kiss from his traveling partner. He was just too shocked to do anything. He had always figured that he was just be best friends with the girl. Now he had two girls after his heart and he had no clue how to act. When Clarisse broke the kiss, he blushed and asked, "W-what w-was that f-for?"
"Um…oh hell, I'll just come out and say it! I really like you ok!" Clarisse said with a blush of her own. "I…was hoping you would accept me for…you know. Most guy stay away from me because of my personality, you, however, don't care."
Naruto sighed with a small, but confused smile on his face. "Damn, am an idiot not to see that you like me."
"More like oblivious." She commented.
"Yeah, but I…don't know if this could work." Naruto said sadly. "I mean, Thalia kissed me as well in Limbo. So….i am just confused."
DAMN THAT GIRL! Clarisse raged in her thoughts before sighing. "Naruto, I know you like her, but IF you can't get her out of the tree, I will be here, but I won't wait forever." She said as she got up.
"And if I get her out, will you still be my friend?"
"Of course!" Clarisse shot back, shocked that he would think that she wouldn't. "However, I won't be too happy that you are with her…..but I would not mind sharing." She offered, making the boy widen his eyes before he blushed again.
"That would be an experience." He said, "Thanks for understanding."
"No problem." Clarisse said softly, although she was sad that she could not be with him now.
Suddenly, they heard a noise in the air and they looked up. They, at first, thought it was a comet, as it got closer, they saw that it was a chariot and on it was Ares, God of War.
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Alright, tell me what you all think. I know I am not good with romance, tell him how I can improve on that so when I get to Zoe, I can make it believable.
Also, I might do a sequel to this series, but I don't really want to go with the second series that is own. Hell, I have not even read the Last Olympian yet! So, if I do a sequel to this series, I plan to cross this with Norse Mythology! Why not right? The second series focus on Roman Mythology, so mine will be on Norse…..just need some ideas. Also, Naruto would gain another girl…..Thor's daughter. Either canon or Marvel daughter I am not sure. HELP ME OUT!
Review!