Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Before I begin, I would like to tell everybody that didn't read chapter 8 (Or at least the author's note on it), I suggest you read it. It will explain why I decided to change the pairings. And I know it was a sudden change, but authors do make changes as they keep writing. They don't stick with every decision they make if they don't like it as time passes. And I had a lot of time thinking about the pairings, so I'm know what I'm doing.

So, in this one, Athena will give Naruto a message about what's happening at the Leaf and the three groups will begin their quest. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Percy Jackson.

Chapter 10: Going Underground or on the Road

"Think you can handle another mission Bianca?" Naruto asked the girl, the two of them were talking in front of Hades' cabin. After the meeting was over, Naruto went to tell Piper, Leo, and Luke about the quest they are given. Piper was nervous about it, but is determined to prove herself. Leo is excited to be out and fighting. And Luke had that familiar thief gleam all shinobi and son of Hermes have.

Now, Naruto went to check on Bianca, to see if she can handle doing this after the incident with that criminal demigod. Bianca nodded. "I am. I may still get nervous around other boys, but I know Luke. I can trust him." During the year, Bianca has gotten to know Luke a little during the early stage of her training. While some still distrust him, Bianca knows he's a pretty nice guy when you don't mention the Olympians, especially Hermes, in front of him.

"Good." Naruto nodded to her. "I would have to find another person to take your place." Naruto got off the steps, giving Bianca a playful salute. "Night Bianca. Make sure you get good sleep for the mission tomorrow. I'm counting on you, Luke, and Silena to find what we need." Bianca blushed slight, a small smile on her face and a determined look in her eye.

"I'll do my best." Bianca said, grabbing the doorknob. She uttered a goodbye before closing the door. Naruto was about to go to his cabin before he notice a white owl on top of Hades' cabin, making him arch an eyebrow.

'So Athena needs to see me huh? I wonder this is about.' Naruto thought. Whenever there is a white owl, it means Athena has a message for you. You follow it until you get to her location, so she can speak to you. 'Hehehe, Athena and her obsession with Harry Potter.'

Chuckling under the breath, he followed the owl to the forest as it flies away. He continued following until he finally spotted the goddess, who was wearing a white blouse and a large braided brown skirt, which went to her ankles.

Athena smiled when she spotted Naruto, who smiled back at her. "Do you really need to send a snowy white owl every time you want to send a message?" Naruto asked in amusement, making her pout.

"Shut up." Athena muttered before getting serious. "I got information from one of my owls, about your village." Naruto frown. What are they planning now?

Athena continued, knowing Naruto's silent question. "It seems that one of the shinobi or advisors, Danzo, suggested to guilt you back there. Have your closest people come here and convince you to go. He forced Lady Tsunade to use that plan under the threat that he will replace her in her spot as Hokage."

By the end of it, Naruto was shaking in rage, his eyes turning fiery red. Fire slowly started forming around him, creating fire-like wisps around him. How dare that war hawk use his precious people against him?! How dare try to manipulate him in order bring him back to the village?!

"Naruto, calm down!" Athena ordered, seeing that Naruto's fire abilities starting to go out of control. "I know you're angry, and you every right to be, but you need a calm mind. If you don't calm down, you'll burn this entire forest!"

Naruto shut his eyes, breathing in deeply before slowly calming down. That caused the fire to slowly dissipate before it completely disappeared. When he opened his eyes, it changed back to his multi-color red, gray, and blue kaleidoscope eyes. "Sorry M'lady." Naruto said to her. "Just having a stressful week."

"I can imagine." Athena said with a nod, knowing what happened this week. "Be prepared for them to come at any time Naruto." Naruto nodded to her, saying thanks before walking back to camp. "One more thing Naruto." The boy stopped, turning his head towards. "I know my daughter is capable, but please watch out for her. Few survived going into the Labyrinth."

Naruto smile and nodded. "You don't even need to ask me Athena. Annabeth is like a little sister to me. If she gets into something she can't handle, I'll be there in a flash." Before he knew it, Athena wrapped him in a tight hug.

"Thank you Naruto." Athena whispered to her. "I may not show it much in the past, but I do love all my children, especially Annabeth." She pulled away from him, and then kissed him right on the cheek, surprising the boy. "Good night Naruto."

With that, Athena disappeared, and Naruto had enough sense to turn away as she teleported. As he walked, he thought about what he heard from his siblings once again.

So there may be some truths to the rumors. While he made Athena more relaxed more over the years, he never imagined Athena hugging him. Let alone a kiss on the cheek.

Naruto groaned, rubbing his face. What on earth is he going to do about this?

(Dream/Flashback)

It's been a few months since he got kicked out of the orphanage, since he got tortured by that group of villagers. When the opportunity opened up to him, he managed to ran to the Forest of Death. No one would think of looking for him in there, and he'd rather face any dangerous wildlife in this forest than the bloodthirsty villagers.

He managed to make his own miniature house, as well as learn how to hunt. He doesn't have to worry about being poisoned about the plants or animals he tried out, seeing as his body can get destroy the poison. And any supplies he needed to get, he can just steal from the villagers.

Right now, the boy was tracking down a deer, up on the trees and with a kunai in his hand. He's been tracking it for a while, but now, he's finally got it on his sight. 'Hello dinner.' Naruto thought with a smirk, before flicking the kunai he stole straight to the head. The deer was dead before it knew it.

'Yes!' Naruto exclaimed in his mind, before jumping down to get his meal. Before he could carry it though, he heard a female voice from behind him. "Wow that was some good aim there."

Quickly, Naruto turn around, a kunai in hand and tense for a fight. In front of him is a woman with purple hair, wrapped in a spiky ponytail, and light brown eyes. She is wearing a light brown trench coat, a fishnet shirt under it, and black shorts. She cocked an eyebrow at him. "That's not the response I usually get from people. They either run away from me, or drool over me, right before I beat them to the ground."

"Who are you?" Naruto growled at her, not trusting her at all. If their one thing he learn from the village is to not trust anyone.

"Oh. So that explains why you aren't cowering in fear." Anko said before doing a pose. "In the Leaf Village, I am known as the Great Sexy Anko Mitarashi."

Few years later

"Are you sure this is a good idea Anko-sensei?" Naruto asked nervously, as the two stood in front of bar. It's one of the places Anko goes to whenever she wanted to hang out with friends or get some sake, plus some dangos. "You know how people treat me whenever they see me. And what if your friends act like the others and glare at me?"

The eight years old boy felt his hair getting ruffled and look up to see his sensei giving him her usual carefree grin. "Don't worry too much gaki. Unlike most villagers, these girls won't automatically hate you. And if any of them glares at you, I'll set my snakes on them." Naruto shivered a little, almost feeling sympathy for nearly everyone in there. Almost.

With that, the two of them went inside of the bar. Almost immediately, when people spotted the two, glares were aimed at him and whispers were made around him, making him tense a little. Anko countered that with her own snake like glare and grin, making everyone pale and turn away from them.

Everyone who met Anko knows to look away or run away when her glares are aimed at you.

"Come on Gaki, let's go meet my girls." Anko told him, the two of them walking to counters and stools. As they walk, Naruto noticed three women on there.

One of them has long black hair, with red eyes with rings in them. The second one has purple long hair, with warm brown eyes. And the last one has brown hair strapped into a ponytail, with two locks in front of her black eyes, and the signature Inuzuka tattoos on her cheeks. All of them smiled when they saw Anko, but their eyes turned curious when they saw Naruto at their side. "Glad to see you're on time Anko. Who's the kid you brought with you?" The Inuzuka asked, looking at Naruto.

Anko grin. "Hey girls. This is the gaki I've been training for years, Naruto Uzumaki."

(Dream/Flashback End)

Naruto slowly open his eyes, smiling a little. He remembered meeting Anko for the first time, as well as meeting Kurenai, Hana, and Yugao years after that. At first, he was a bit apprehensive and distrustful around them, but in time, he grew close to him, Anko the most. He also discovered that Yugao was one of the people that were assigned to protect him, and one of the few that actually did her job.

Thinking about them made him think about what Athena told him once again. He frowned a bit. Is it possible that Danzo will send those four in order to guilt him back? Maybe Hinata as well? After all, Naruto viewew the girl as the sister he never had.

He groaned once again. He wished he took a smoke before going to bed. Maybe he might have some time to do so now before the mission is over. When he got back from the rescue mission months ago, all of his friends took most of his smoke. Most of them. Luckily, like the ninja he is, he managed to hide a pack from them. He started to get up in order to check the time when he felt a weight on his chest and body.

Realizing what the weight was, Naruto chuckled. He sometimes forgets that Medalis is with him, snuggling up to him like a little kid. He carefully got her off of him before putting back into his bed and going to check the time.

"Six o'clock." Naruto murmured to himself. If he use his time wisely, he can find a secluded spot where he can take a quick smoke without anyone knowing. Before he could go out though, he heard his sister yawning before slowly getting up.

"Naruto…." Medalis said sleepily, rubbing one of her eyes. "What are you doing up so early?"

Naruto smile at her as he gathered up his weapons and armor. "Wanted to get ready for my mission a little early, as well as a few other things before it's time to go." Medalis nodded sleepily before going back to sleep.

Naruto gave his sleepy sister another fond smile before walking out of the room, preparing himself for the day and going to get a breath of smoke.

(Half-Blood Hill)

After breakfast, the three groups of demigods went up to Half-blood hills, as well as few others. Annabeth's team, the info team, and Naruto's team got their equipment ready for traveling, with Naruto wearing his ANBU black armor this time instead of his Champion's outfit.

"So, all of you know your missions." Naruto said, summarizing everything. "Annabeth's group will go to the Labyrinth of prevent one of Kronos's followers from navigating the Labyrinth, while the information group will gather info on what Kronos is playing, as well as the army he plans to gather."

All of them nodded. "Don't worry Naruto, if there is a pro of being a demigod of Hermes, it's gathering information." Luke said, giving Naruto a fist bump. Then he turned to Annabeth and Percy. "And Annabeth, Percy, Grover, be careful. I hate if any of you get lost in there."

Annabeth and Grover nodded to him, the former smiling at her friend, while Percy stayed silent. He didn't completely forgiven Luke for knocking him out with poison, as well as the times Luke attacked him in the Sea of Monsters.

With the three groups were Medalis, Nico, and Lacy, all wanting to say goodbye to the three groups. Currently, Nico had a big pout on his face. "It's so unfair. You and my big sister go on a big important mission while I have to stay here."

"Sorry Nico, but life isn't really fair, especially for demigods." Naruto said with a chuckle, ruffling the boy's hair. "On the bright side, you won't be alone. You made a few friends, including Lacy over there." At that, Nico smile a bit, with a light blush on his face.

"Yeah, there's that." Nico admitted, with Naruto chuckling at the boy. It seems that the son of Hades got a crush on daughter of Aphrodite. Nico ran over to his sister before giving her a big hug. "Be careful Bianca."

"Don't worry Nico. I'll be okay." Bianca said to him, hugging him back. The boy was worried about her going on the quest, due to her shaken up state those months ago. Bianca is feeling better, but the boy still worries for his sister.

Lacy hugged her sister while Medalis hugged Naruto, with the two elder siblings returning them. As they ended the hugs, Lacy quickly gave one to Naruto. "Good luck you guys." Medalis said, before bringing the two children back to camp.

"So is everybody ready for this?" Naruto asked everyone, getting nods all around. "Good. Good luck to all of you." With that, the three groups went to their separate quests. Naruto's group to Camp Jupiter, Bianca's group to gather info, and Annabeth's group to the Labyrinth.

None of them noticed several eyes watching them.

(In the forest)

"So you all know your task." Kakashi said, looking at the group before him. In the group is his own team, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato. The next team is Kurenai, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba. The third team is Asuma, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino. The fourth is Gai, Lee, Neji, and Tenten. And the last Anko, Hana, and Yugao. "Team Kurenai will follow Naruto and his team, but not engage until they are at a non-public spot. Yugao, Anko, and Hana will be backup if they need it." Team Kurenai, along with the kunoichi mentioned nodded to his words, though those that were close to Naruto look reluctant to do this.

"Team Asuma and Team Gai will spy on the camp, looking for any opportunity to capture one of Naruto's friends, incase Team Kurenai fails to bring him here." The two teams nodded to this as well; though Lee and Gai grimace of unyouthful it was to lower to kidnapping. "My team, meanwhile, will follow one of the other teams, and wait for the best chance to capture them. Any questions?"

"Y-Yes." Hinata said with a slight stutter, raising her hand. "Is this really a good idea Kakashi-sensei? N-Naruto expressed several times that he doesn't want to go back, and we should focus on protecting our village from threats." Hinata wanted for Naruto to return to the Leaf real badly. But she also wanted Naruto to be happy as well, and if he's happy here, then she will accept that.

No matter how hard it is to be without him, after ten whole years.

Kakashi closed his eyes with a sigh, sympathizing with the girl. "I understand what you mean Hinata, and I agree with you on them. But we have our orders. We need to get Naruto back to the village no matter what." Hinata nodded, looking down. "Now, go." With that, the four teams scattered, all going to do their separate missions.

And that's the end. It looks like rookie twelve is gonna be confronting Naruto, as well as his friends. Wonder how that is going to turn out. Review, favorite, and follow this and I will see you later.