Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Here, we're gonna be showing Annabeth's group again, as well as Naruto's group. Now, before we begin, I want to warn people not to accuse me of copying somebody else. Some scenes from this series will be inspired by Bonesboy15 series, Sun's Heir Death's Guardian, but I am not copying him. There will be noticeable differences in those scenes. So, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Percy Jackson.

Chapter 14: Making Up For Past Sins

(With Annabeth's Group)

'Is leading a quest that hard?!' Annabeth screamed mentally. They've been trying to navigate the Labyrinth for who knows how long, and they ended up meeting a minor god named Janus. And then ending up in Alcatraz, where a hundred-hand one was hold prisoner by Kampe.

They had just left the prison, after failing to convince the monster to come with them after he slayed his torturer. There was also one more the thing that happened, that would be either really good or really bad.

(Flashback)

Annabeth, Percy, Grover and Tyson are sitting with the Queen of Olympus at a lunch table once covered with dust. The queen manage to stop Annabeth from making a choice that the minor god, Janus, gave her, and then brought the teens to a room in the Labyrinth to talk.

"Queen Hera." Annabeth began, remaining respectful. Hera is known for her hatred of demigods. "What are you doing here?"

Hera looked at the daughter of Athena with her violet eyes, before cleaning up Annabeth, along with her companions, with a snap of a finger. "I'm here to help you, of course."

That made Annabeth nervous. The gods and goddesses don't help out of the kindness of their heats, and whenever they offer help, they want something. But Annabeth is having a hard time figuring out what Hera want.

"But why help us?" Annabeth asked her. "I thought you hated demigods."

Hera sighed, taking a sip of lemonade before speaking. "It's true, that I hold a dislike towards most demigods, and probably every bastard in the world, in the literal sense." Hera began, drawing a glare from Percy. "You demigods go against my domain, which is faithful marriage. Also Zeus's continued flings made me hate demigods."

"But it's not our fault we were born to the Olympians." Percy protested, ignoring the warning look from Grover. "We didn't choose to be born demigods. In fact, a majority of us hates it. If you should blame anyone, blame the gods for not keeping it in their pants."

Hera look at Percy for a moment, making Annabeth wonder if she's deciding on destroying her best friend, before the goddess laughed lightly. Percy, along with the others, were confused as to why she was laughing, but before could ask, Hera spoke. "You spoke similar words to what Naruto has told me." Hera said to him. "He said it's the Olympians' fault for having the affairs. And that demigods are only victims of their affairs. Though it's a hard thing to admit to, I can't really argue with him."

Hera smile sadly. "That's why I want to help you. Because of Naruto."

Annabeth look up in surprise. "I assume he didn't tell that we have talked at the Hoover dam?" Hera guessed. Her question was answered at the group's shock looks. "Well, we did and he has opened my eyes to a lot of things. That is why I'm trying to erase my hatred for demigods, though it's a working process."

Annabeth had a feeling there is more to that. But she doesn't want upset the goddess, so instead, she asked, "Why help me? Why not help Naruto on his own mission?"

"It's not obvious?" Hera asked Annabeth. "It's because you're his first family here. A daughter of Athena, whom he saved from danger, and then adopted as his little sister figure. You're the first, and debatably, the main reason he doesn't return to his land. Because of one girl's bond with him, and the bonds that led to it."

"The reason I'm helping is because for Naruto, it's no other choice." Hera said to her. "It isn't because I prefer you over him, or because he and his other companions doesn't need it, it's because he would want me to. He would want me to help his precious people."

The group sat in silence, taking in those words, with Tyson's peanut sandwich falling of out of his hands. Grover and Percy smile at that, though Annabeth could see that the Seaweed Brain was thinking about something.

As much as Annabeth wanted to refute Hera's words, she couldn't. Naruto would definitely put her safety, or even anyone's safety, over his any time of the day, week, month, or year. That's his fatal flaw: Selflessness. And probably the most dangerous out of all of them, but only to the one who has it.

"To get back on track, here is I will help you." Hera told her, getting Annabeth out of her thought process. "I will give a wish and some advice for your quest."

(Flashback Ends)

Hera advice to seek her son, Hephaestus, and told them to give this letter from her. Annabeth wish was the way to navigate the Labyrinth, but Hera told her that she already has it. That frustrates her. What is it that they have? And how does Percy know?

She was about to voice that thought when he heard Percy speak to Tyson. "Tyson, what's wrong? Why did you stop?"

"Not alone." The Cyclops murmured, looking behind them. "Something coming here."

Grover sniffed the air and tensed up. "He's right. It's coming right behind us."

Annabeth and Percy took out their weapons, wondering that something is. They all tensed when they shadow rapidly coming towards them, and they were about to think the worst when the shadow suddenly turn into people. Two people that Percy and Annabeth recognize.

"Nico? Lacy?" Percy asked in shock, the shock that Annabeth and the others were feeling. The two children groaned before slowly getting up.

"I think we're safe. I went far enough that those ninja guys won't find us." Nico told Lacy before looking around. "But I don't know where we are." He then turned to his front, and his eyes' widen when he spotted Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson. "But I have a guess."

Percy sighed. "If you're thinking the Labyrinth, you guess correctly."

(With Naruto)

After getting their seats, and ordering what they wanted, Naruto went to see Aphrodite. He told his friends that he spotted an acquaintance of his before he went. Technically, he isn't lying. Aphrodite really is an acquaintance, but not a friendly one.

As soon as Naruto sat in front, Aphrodite look up from the salad she ordered and smiled at him, albeit it was smaller than her usual bright smiles. "Hello Naruto." Aphrodite said to him. "Nice to see you again."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "How can you say that with a straight face? Last time we meet, it ended up with me slapping you." He half expected the goddess to get angry at him and try to ruin his love life.

Aphrodite wince, rubbing her face. "Oh yes, I remember that." Aphrodite said to him. "But for once in my life, I'm not really that angry about it."

"If so, then why are you here?" Naruto asked with narrow eyes. "Cause if try to mess with team or try to seduce me, I will slap you again."

Aphrodite shook her head. "No, nothing like that. I'm just here to offer you my help. With the tailed beast, I mean." Naruto raised an eyebrow at that. That's new.

From he's heard from Aphrodite, she don't help with those kinds of things. The things she helps with is clothing styles and romance, though her kind of help with the latter ends up with somebody heartbroken sooner or later. And he doesn't sense any deceit in her voice. It sounds pretty genuine. But still….

"What's the catch?" Naruto asked her. There's always a catch. Especially with the Olympians.

Aphrodite looked down, picking on her Caesar salad. Naruto wondered what was on her mind before she spoke in a determined voice. "I want a chance."

That caught his interest. "A chance? For wha-?" It suddenly clicked into his mind and he narrowed his eyes at Aphrodite. "What are up to Aphrodite?"

"Nothing." The Love goddess told him. "I have been thinking about your words. While they were harsh, they held truth, and you're probably the only male that said those things to me. It's one of the reasons why I was thinking about them."

Aphrodite gripped her fist a little. "After the first meeting, I've been feeling guilty. I felt regret for what I did, and question myself if I really knew what love really is." She continued. "And I want to make it up to Hephaestus. For using him, for rejecting how he felt. While it was a forced marriage, he treated me better than Zeus did Hera. And I only saw the negative, rather than try to work it out with him."

While she spoke, Naruto sat there listening. He listened in for any deceit in her words, but surprisingly, he didn't hear any. It shocked him, but not so much. He helped Athena change, as well as Artemis. So who's to say that Aphrodite couldn't? 'That doesn't make me like her, but she's getting there.' Naruto thought to himself. 'Still, I need to know….'

"Do you love my dad?" Naruto asked her seriously. "And I mean, actually love him. You're not just doing this to make it up to him or to prove me wrong?" He saw in Aphrodite's eyes that she is thinking about that question. Finally, she looked up and nodded.

"Yes, I do love him." Aphrodite said to him. "At least a little bit. But if we have time, then maybe…." She took a sip of the water that she ordered. "All I ask for is time. While I am the embodiment of love and beauty, I also embody lust as well. So it will be hard for to not lust for men. Even then, I will still fall for mortal men."

Naruto thought about it long and hard. On one hand, if he gives the Aphrodite this chance, she might end up breaking his dad heart again. But if she's truly sincere about this, then his father won't be so miserable with the marriage. And Aphrodite sounds sincere, and he's usually a good judge of character. 'She better not make me regret this.'

"Okay." Naruto said to her, causing the goddess to look in surprise. "I'll talk to dad about giving you a chance, but I can't promise he'll listen. As for the lust you embody, I think I can do something about it. Just give me a few days after the quest." She was further shock at the last part, but she nodded eagerly.

Naruto then got up. "By the way, I admit, my dad was a bit hypocritical whenever he sleeps with women." Naruto admitted with a shrug. "But at the very least, he loves each of the woman he does it with, like Poseidon and Hades does. I hope you two can come to an agreement involving sleeping with humans."

The love goddess smile. "Don't worry, we will if we make up." Naruto nodded before walking to his group. He was a few steps away from Aphrodite when he stopped. 'Still,' Naruto thought with a mental smirk. 'I should make sure that Aphrodite knows not to hurt him.'

"Oh, and Dite." Naruto called out, using a nickname for her in case any regular people hears. "If you end up breaking my dad's heart…." He slowly turn to her, his eyes turning grey and a blank mask put on. This was Yamato's creepy stare. "You'll be wishing you were in Tartarus."

Aphrodite's back straightened and she nodded rapidly, her face pale. When he turned awa, he dropped the mask and smirked. Ah, Yamato's creepy stare never fail to put a chill in someone's spine. He even saw a few people around him shiver in fear.

(With Hera)

The Queen of Olympus never thought she could feel this nervous. She never thought she could feel nervous, period, for a long time. She never she would feel that ever since Zeus hung her above the Void of Chaos.

Clearly, she was wrong.

She's near Hephaestus' workshop, where she guessed that he'll be at. After a while, she decided to try and ask for Hephaestus forgiveness. Even though he helped several times before, she has never been kind to him. She never couldn't get past his looks until now, seeing him as a bitter disappointment like Ares.

'But now, I'm thinking differently.' Hera thought to herself. Seeing Hephaestus marry a woman in his human form, instead of just sleeping with her. Seeing him treat Naruto like a parent should treat his child. Seeing all of that change her views on him, and cause her to see him as her son, instead of a disappointment. 'But can he forgive for what I did? Does he still hold that anger at me?'

Hera sighed. She can't have those questions answered if she doesn't do this. So, steeling herself, she walked into his workshop.

(With Naruto)

"So, do you want to tell us who you were talking to?" Thalia asked as Naruto join the group. Thalia was having a hamburger with fries, Piper got a Caesar salad, Leo got himself chicken tenders, and Naruto ordered a steak and mash potatoes.

Naruto sighed, taking a bit out of his potatoes before speaking. "I was speaking to Aphrodite." Everyone's eyes widen at that.

"You spoke to my mom?" Piper asked in a bit of surprise. "What did she want?" Naruto can tell that she's very curious about her mother. Despite complaining that the goddess of love and beauty is her mother, like any other demigod, she is curious about her godly parent.

"She offered me help with something important. Something I need." Naruto told them all. "In return, I help her with a….personal matter." He can see that the others are curious about that matter, but he wasn't going to say anything. Like he said, it's a personal matter.

So with that, the group finished eating their food. Piper attempted to get Thalia and Leo to ditch their food and try her salad, but they refused, especially Thalia. Naruto chuckled. Ever since Piper went to that meat processing plant, she was always ill whenever she thought of a cow. Which is why Piper is trying to look away from Thalia eating her hamburger.

After the group finished eating, Naruto set up a camp for the group after getting out of the city. They all are outside, with each of them having their own sleeping bag and a fire in front of them, thanks to Naruto and Leo.

"Heh, I always wanted to go camping." Leo said as he laid on his back and look up at the stars. "Never thought I would do it on a super important mission."

"You get used to it Valdez." Thalia said as she clean her spear. It got a few scratches from that Yugito girl. "I did so several times before, with Kelp Head and Whiskers."

"You willing to tell us some of those stories?" Piper asked, her knees up to her chest and her arms wrapped around said knees. Naruto is currently outside the camp, keeping watch while the others were near the fire.

Thalia grin and nodded. "Let see, there was the time Naruto had us sleep inside a sewer…." As she told the stories to Piper and Leo, Naruto was looking at a scroll he kept with him.

The scroll currently had eight of the tailed beasts within them. Naruto sighed, wondering if it will be possible to do what he plans on doing. He's got most of the tailed beast right now, but he still doesn't have the Shukaku.

'But I don't know why B and Yugito were with the cloud ninjas.' Naruto thought to himself. 'They were supposed to be in hiding.' After the tailed beast got scattered, Naruto manage to help the other jinchuuriki escaped their village. How on earth did the Raikage find B and Yugito?

After debating in his mind whether he should do this or not, he finally thought 'fuck it' and started doing the hand seals in order to do the jutsu. It took a while, but after making the hand seals, he did the jutsu.

'Ninja Art: Tailed Beast Mind Connection.'

(Naruto's Mind)

When Naruto open his mind, he grinned. He saw not only the tailed beast he manage to find, but most of the former jinchuurikis as well.

The tailed beasts were Matabi, the two-tailed cat. Isobu, the three-tailed turtle. Son Goku, the four-tailed monkey. Kokuo, the five-tailed dolphin-horse. Saiken, the six-tailed slug. Chomei, the seven-tailed beetle. Gyuki, the eight-tailed ox. And finally, his partner Kurama, the nine-tailed fox.

"About time you summon us here kit." Said the kitsune of the group. Naruto grin up at him.

"Glad to see you too Kurama."

"I'm guessing you summon all of us is because of B and I?" Naruto turn to where Yugito spoke. In front of the tailed beast are the other jinchuurikis, but not all of them were here.

Gaara, Yugito, and Killer B were here. The other four is a green haired girl with tan skin and orange eyes, a short man with a red hair, moustache, and beard, a brown haired man with a blue kimono on, and a tall heavily armored man. Their names were Fu, Roshi, Utakata, and Han, respectively.

Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I did." He told them before looking at all of them. "But first let catch up on how all of us been doing these past years."

And that's the end. I hope you guys liked this chapter, as well as the moment with Aphrodite and Hera. Next time, we'll continue the conversation with Naruto, the tailed beasts, and the other jinchuurikis. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you guys later.