Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Sorry for taking a while in updating. I was focused on another story, Class 78th Watches the Future. I'm gonna continue focusing on on that watching/reading fic, but I'm also gonna put some more focus on this one and Team PHNK, just to let you know. So hopefully, I'll update a bit more sooner.

Before we start, I would like to address something. The pairings for Naruto. Originally, I was going to pair Calypso with Naruto as well. But now, I'm thinking about pairing her up with Percy, alongside Rachel and Annabeth. Have all three of Percy's love interest in the canon book pair up with the son of Poseidon. And the more I think about it, the more idea appeals to me. So, more than likely, it will be that way.

I thought about this for multiple reason. One, I was originally planning to have both Percy and Naruto go to Ogygia, with Naruto being the first one to get there. That would make it where Calypso falls in love with Naruto. But, the idea doesn't really settle well with me. Two, I have another idea with Naruto and it would be extremely hard to do if he's at Ogygia. So if I want to do that idea, I'll need to scrap Naruto/Calypso pairing. And third, I thought of good development for Percy when he gets to Ogygia, to show how Naruto affected him in his life.

So, those are my reasons. I hope all of you are okay with that, and aren't miff about that change. Like I said before, authors do make changes as they keep writing. They won't stick to their original ideas if they don't like it. Besides, Calypso hasn't met either of them yet, so it isn't a major change. So, with that out of the way, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Percy Jackson.

Chapter 26: Fighting the Zombie Duo

Octavian was quickly placed in the barracks, and an execution date for him was quickly established. A part of Naruto wanted to stay at camp until the day that scarecrow meet his end, but he knows that he has to go back to Camp Half-Blood soon. The camp need every able body, and he won't risk any greek demigods becoming in danger, just so he could see the pathetic augur execution.

So now, his team are ready to go. The group is walking to the entrance of Camp Jupiter, with Reyna and Jason with them. "Are you sure we can't stay a little longer?" Leo whined. "I want to see the blonde scarecrow wet his pants."

"Right before his head get chopped off." Anko grinned wickedly. Piper couldn't help but shiver at the vicious grinned on the snake user's face.

"Um, can we not?" Piper pleaded. "I rather not have nightmares."

"You do remember seeing three people dying, didn't you?" Thalia reminded the daughter of Aphrodite.

"The first one, it was so sudden that I couldn't process everything." Piper defended. "And I was far away from the other deaths where I couldn't see them dying clearly. I don't want to witness decapitation."

"Well, you don't have to." Naruto reassured Piper. "We need to leave now. Don't know when Kronos will strike, and the two of you need as much training as possible for the fight to come."

Piper felt herself nervous at this. Before going to this quest, she and Leo found out the situation with the camp. They know that there might possibility be a fight in the near future, unless Annabeth, Percy, and the others find Arachne's string first. And if Kronos' army manage to find the string first, the camp might get destroyed.

The thought still scares her a bit.

"Speaking of training, do you want me to test out the gakis a bit?" Anko asked him. "Send a few of my snake friends at them?"

Naruto sighed. "No maiming the demigods, okay Anko?" Thalia, Leo, and Piper felt themselves pale a little while Anko grinned.

"I make no promises."

Jason and Reyna held back a shiver. That grin reminds them of Naruto and Lupa, and it made them feel pity for the greek demigods. That grin tells you that you in for pain.

"By the way, make sure the legionnaires doesn't slack off. I don't want any more dying." Naruto advised the praetors. "If they start getting rust, I'll introduce Anko to Lupa."

The two praetors paled. Seeing the snake user's scary grin, along with the knowledge that she's Naruto's surrogated mother and teacher, it gave them to one conclusion. If the two women met each other, and talked about training methods for the legionnaires….

"We'll make sure they don't slack off, don't worry." Jason said quickly. They pray to the gods that Anko and Lupa never meet. He'll make sure it doesn't happen! The possibility is too scary to think about.

Naruto grinned. "Good."

Soon, the group are at the entrance of the camp. Naruto and his team faced Reyna and Jason, with Naruto at the front. "I hope you visit us again Naruto." Reyna said, giving him a salute. Jason followed her footstep. "And that it will be a more peaceful and pleasant visit."

"Yes. Hopefully." Naruto agreed with a laugh, giving a salute back.

When they went at ease, Reyna looked hesitant for a moment, before suddenly, she stepped forward and gave Naruto a hug.

That cause Jason's and Leo's eyes widen while Piper raised her eyebrows in surprise. Naruto was taken off guard a bit at the sudden contact while Thalia? Well, her eyes are brimming with jealousy.

When her's and Reyna's eyes met, the latter sent a smirk at her. That got some thunder rolling around the area.

"I hope to see you soon, Naruto." Reyna said to him.

After getting out of his surprise, Naruto hug back. "I'll try my best to come back soon, Rey-chan." With that, the two of them ended the hug.

Thalia quickly walk over, going in front of Reyna. "See ya Belladonna. Hopefully, we can finish our match and see who's stronger."

"I agree. It will be interesting to finish our match." Reyna agreed. While there words are casual and polite, their eyes are saying something else. 'This isn't over.' Is what their eyes say. It's clear that their rivalry isn't over yet.

Meanwhile, the others are watching the exchange. "Something tells me that their rivalry will not cool down for a while." Piper commented.

"Same." Jason agreed. While he only known his sister for a little while, he can tell she's fierce. Reyna is also one that doesn't back down from any fight, so this isn't going to end anytime soon. "Well, I hope to get to see you again Piper."

Piper smiled at the praetor. "Same to you Jason. Hopefully, it will be frequent visits." While they haven't known each other for long, she and Jason got along quite nicely. The fact that saved each other during the fight against the ninjas started up the friendship.

Leo stood back and sighed. He really feels like a third wheel here. When he turned his head to the back absentmindedly, he saw something. Two people walking up to them, where some kind of strange robes.

"Um, guys?" Leo called out to everyone, drawing their attention. "Who are these guys in black robes with red clouds?"

At the 'black robes with red clouds' part, Naruto's and Thalia's eyes widen before going to Leo's side to get a better. Naruto narrowed his eyes, his eyes going stormy grey, while Thalia growled.

"Can't we catch a break?" Thalia said in frustration. "These shinobi pop up as much as monsters does!"

"What the matter Naruto?" Reyna asked, as she and the rest join their side. "Are they enemies as well? Shinobi from another village?"

"Enemies? Yes. Other village? No." Naruto answered her. "Those two are from a group known as the akatsuki. Their goal is to get the tailed beasts, something I have knowledge."

"Tailed beasts? What are they?" Jason questioned.

"Demons of mass chakra that could rival titans, or even primordials." Naruto answered. Jason and Reyna paled a bit at this.

The two akatsuki soon got close enough to see what they look like. The first one have short gray hair, a scythe in his hand, and a sadistic killer gleam in his eyes. The other has darker skin, green pupiless eyes, and a mask on.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, slowly taking out his weapon. He recognize the two. Hidan and Kakuzu, two S-rank nins from the bingo book. One is a crazy killer while the other is a bounty hunter.

The former grinned at the site of the demigods and Anko. "Well, look like we found Uzumaki and a few more lives for Jashin."

"This will make our mission easier." Kakuzu stated.

Naruto stood forward, glaring at them. But before he could say anything, Leo spoke up. "Um, who the heck is Jashin?" The pyro questioned.

A gleam entered Hidan's eyes while Kakuzu sighed in dismay. "Oh no…."

"Jashin is my god!" Hidan declared. "Our god expect us to bring death and destruction to the entire world, and we worshippers of Jashin does it for him!"

Kakuzu rubbed his forehead in annoyance and directed his eyes to others. He was about to tell Hidan to knock it off when he spotted Piper in the group. "You!" He shouted.

She looked startled. "M-Me?" Piper squeaked.

"Yes you!" Kakuzu shouted again. "You're that Tristan McLean's daughter correct?! His secretary paid me a great deal of money to find you!" That sort of pissed Piper off.

"Why would she care about me?!" she shouted.

"Hell if I know, and to hell if I care!" the shinobi told her. "But before I kill the Uzumaki and take you back to her, I have an important question: Just how much does the movie make?"

"H-Huh?" That was...That was a very random question, so much so that Piper was having trouble responding.

Naruto, Thalia, Anko, and the praetors stared blankly at the two conversations between the young demigods and the akatsukis. This is….the most bizarre thing they've ever seen. And considering they've fight mythical monsters to survive, that's something.

"Um, what the heck is going on?" Anko questioned blankly.

Naruto sighed. "Your guess is as good as mine." The blonde responded back. But then, a small smirk came. "Well, there's one thing good about this."

"Something good is coming from this bizarre situation?" Reyna questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Naruto smirked even wider. "This." Without warning, he threw a kunai at Kakuzu, causing him to stop questioning Piper and dodge the kunai.

"What the-?" Before he could finish, he was suddenly stabbed through the heart. The person behind him was none other than Naruto Uzumaki. Everyone's was shock at seeing this.

"What the-, Naruto?" Jason turned to where the blonde was standing, only to see that spot empty. "Man, that hiraishin spell is fast."

"Definitely." Thalia agreed, just as shock. A part of her is a bit jealous at the speed.

Kakuzu slowly turn his head towards Naruto. "You bastard." Kakuzu wheezed.

The blonde didn't let up his smirk. "Never let your guard down with the enemy." With that, he pulled his naginata out of Kakuza's, causing the man to fall down.

"Kakuzu!" Hidan shouted in shock. He then turned to Naruto in anger. "You son of a bitch! You attacked us while we were talking!"

"We're shinobi, remember? It's our status quo to do surprise attack against the enemy." Naruto retorted. He turned to Hidan, swinging his naginata around. "Now, you're next Hidan. Let see if you can handle all of us in battle."

The immortal grinned. "Oh, I'm not against fighting all of you. More sacrifices for Jashin." He declared. "But what makes you think Kakuzu down for the count?"

"Huh?" Leo spoke in confusion. The others looked confused as well, including Naruto. "But he's dead, isn't he? He got stabbed right in the heart."

"One of his hearts." Hidan corrected. Several eyes widen at this and they all turn back to the dead body. To their surprise, Kakuzu started slowly getting up.

"Okay, I admit, it was pretty arrogant and stupid of me to let my guard down like that." Kakuzu strained. "Guess I got too excited about the new possible bounties all over this country." To he group's shock, hundreds of grey tendrils suddenly bursted out of his back and cloak.

The tendrils kept coming out until those tendrils formed four giant monsters, all of them having a different type of mask. Kakuzu push the damaged cloak off of him, revealing the stitches on his body.

"What. The. Hell?!" Leo exclaimed loudly, his eyes popping out of his head. Piper held her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide in horror at what she just saw. Jason and Reyna tensed and ready themselves to fight, though they couldn't help but shake a little at what they saw.

"Okaaaay, that's a bit freaky." Was Naruto response, looking a bit nauseous. He had clear view of those tendrils coming out. "So you have multiple hearts?"

Kakuzu turned his sides towards Uzumaki and the rest of the group with him, in order to make sure to keep an eye on both. "Five in total. Each heart holds a different chakra nature, lightning, wind, earth, water, and fire." Suddenly, the lightning mask started cracking before breaking completely. The tendrils then crumbled and sunk into the earth. "Unfortunately, your surprise attack took out my lightning one."

"I'll have to find a replacement." The bounty hunter continued. His eyes turned to Thalia and Jason. "And what replacement is better, than one of the children of Zeus?"

Thalia grabbed onto her spear, gripping onto it tightly. "No way in hell am I going to let you get my heart! Or Jason's!" Thalia growled.

"I agree." Naruto said coldly, his eyes getting even stormier. "If you want an organ, go to an organ donor. I'm sure they can help you replace that heart." He then charged at Kakuzu, ready to fight him, but then his demigods reflexes caused him to jump back. Just in time to dodge a swipe from Hidan's scythe.

The immortal grinned. "Never let your guard down with the enemy, right?" Hidan mocked. He then charged at Naruto, ready to slice and dice him.

"Whiskers!"

"Naruto!"

The demigods and Anko ran down, ready to help the blonde son of Hephaestus, when Kakuzu and his masks blocked their paths. "I'm going to let Hidan handle the former jinchuuriki." Kakuzu stated. "While he do that, I'll defeat all of you and take that bounty."

The group tensed, ready to fight. The demigods took out their own weapons, with Jason taking out a coin. He flipped the coin and when it got into the air, it change into a double edge imperial gold sword.

Leon's eyes widen in amazement. "Okay, that was cool." Leo stated.

"I'm gonna go back up Naruto." Jason told the others. "You guys will fight this ninja, right?"

"You got it gaki." Anko said seriously. "I know he's strong, but make sure Naruto don't die for me."

Jason nodded. "I won't." With that, he shot off to the sky and went to the fight between Naruto and Hidan.

"Oh no you don't." One of Kakuzu's mask shot a stream of water at the male praetor, but a streak of lightning countered that water. Kakuzu turned his head to where the source was at, to see Thalia holding out one of her hands. She glared at him.

"Oh no you don't." Thalia mocked. "Your fight is with us you rag doll."

(Naruto vs Hidan)

If one unpredictable fighter meets another unpredictable fighter, it would be like an unstoppable wall meeting an unstoppable force. And that's what it looks like between the two fighters.

Like Naruto, Hidan's style of fighting is wild, yet deadly. The two got into a stalemate, swinging their weapons around, dodging attacks, and blocking them. Their movements are random, no pattern in it. It was a deadly battle.

Naruto made sure not to let himself get hit. While he doesn't mind getting a few scratches or two, his instincts are screaming at him not to get hit by this guy. And a demigod's instinct are usually right.

At the next swipe from Hidan, Naruto blocked it and pushed both of their weapons downward. He then held out his hand and shot a stream of fire, pushing Hidan back. 'This should hold him back! Maybe even fry him!'

But it didn't neither. Rather, got back his footing and charge through the fire, scythe at the ready. Naruto's eyes widen at this, and was forced to stop the attack and jump back, dodging a wide swipe from Hidan. 'He charged through a stream of fire like it was nothing?! This guy is more unpredictable than I am!'

Hidan grinned at him. "Damn, that fire was hot!" Hidan grinned. "But you have to do better than that to stop me!"

"Then how about this?" Hidan turned his head to the source of the voice, only to be met with a sword in his chest. Jason stood floating in the air, his grip on the handle of his imperial gold sword.

Naruto smirked. "Nice timing Fly Boy. Got him by surprise."

"Learning a thing or two from you." Jason grinned.

Before more banter could be spoke, Hidan spoke. "Hey, this hurt! Get this damn sword out of me!" The two blonde's eyes widen before directing their eyes at Hidan. The akatsuki stood firm, not at all looking like he was wounded badly or on the verge in fact.

It stunned and horrified Jason. "B-But, you're suppose be dead, or dying! I stabbed Julius right through your heart!"

"And it hurts! A lot! Get this thing out of me!" Without warning, Hidan attempted a swipe at Jason. Luckily, the flying son of Jupiter got his demigod instincts kicking in and dodge the attack.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at him. "Okay, what the hell are you?" Naruto bluntly questioned. "You're no monster. If you were, you would've evaporated right then and there."

"Oh, an immortal." Hidan grinned. "This is the blessing Jashin gave me! With it, I can kill as much as I want to, and no one can kill me!"

'...I'm surprise Zeus isn't trying to strike down this guy.' Naruto deadpanned. 'I know he's obsessed with his rules, but seriously, I would think that he wouldn't tolerate a psycho immortal killer running around, killing people for the sake of a fake god.'

He sighed and shook his head. Guess Zeus is going to let the demigods deal with him.

(Thalia, Anko, Leo, Piper, and Reyna vs Kakuzu)

Kakuzu is much more harder to hit than Hidan. Even with five people facing against him, he's still creaming them. Then again, he has three mask fighting with him.

The fight split into four fights. Leo is facing against the fire mask, Piper is going to against the water mask, Anko is facing wind, and finally, Thalia and Reyna are against Kakuzu himself, who's using the element of earth.

"Just! Stay! Still! You! Stupid! Thing!" Leon shouted, trying to smash that mask with his hammer. But the giant thing is surprisingly agile and is dodging each attack.

When it dodge another attack, it then jump back and sent a stream of fire at Leo. Fortunately for the pyro, being a son of Hephaestus, the fire doesn't have any effect on him. So he charged through the fire and tried to get it by surprise, but the thing dodged again. "Oh come on!"

Piper, meanwhile, is dodging several water attacks from the mask she's fighting. Unlike the mask Leo is facing, this one isn't letting it's opponent attack, and Piper only manage to get in a few attacks. When she dodged another attack, she landed on her butt. She breathed a bit heavily from exertion.

"Alright Piper, what should you do?" She talked to herself. She then yelped and dodge another water jutsu from the mask. "Geez, at least me think for a bit!"

Anko is doing somewhat better than the other two against her opponent. Due to be an experienced Jonin, she's able to land more than a few hits against the wind mask. It tried several wind jutsu against the snake mistress, but she countered or dodged each of them.

The mask tried another great breakthrough, but Anko jumped up in the air. "Come on, you can do better than that!" She then held out one of her arms and snakes suddenly came out, aimed at the mask.

The snakes got their mark, but the mask easily pulled away, due to being made of tendrils. Anko jumped down and stared down the mask. "Well, this will a bit tricky to win." Anko remarked.

And finally, Thalia's and Reyna's fight against Kakuzu. You would think two against would be easier odds compared to the other fights. But unfortunately, the numbers don't matter.

The two girls are fighting with their spears, trying to get a good stab. But Kakuzu is surprisingly agile, dodging every strike. At the next strike, he grabbed the spear and threw Reyna over him. The warrior quickly got her balance and landed on her knee.

Thalia, a bit frustrated, surrounded her spear with electricity and attempted another stab quickly. Kakuzu had to grab the spear with both of his hands, causing the electricity to hit him. The daughter was shock when she saw that it barely had any effect on him. He merely groan in discomfort.

"Surprise?" Kakuzu rhetorically asked. "My main chakra may be earth, but I can endure this attack." Suddenly, move to the side and dodge a spear attack from Reyna. He grabbed that spear, using one hand to keep a hold on Thalia's spear. And before the girls could react, Kakuzu twisted the spear arounds, causing the two fly and collided with one another.

The two girls rolled away when they landed on the ground before stopping and laying on their stomach. Slowly, the two of them got up, using their spears as support.

"I'm going to have a headache." Thalia groaned, holding her head. "You got a pretty quick skull their Belladonna."

"Grace, as much as I hate to admit this, we need to work together." Reyna said firmly. "If we have any chance of defeating this man, we'll need to work as a team."

Thalia stared at Reyna for a moment. She can't really disagreed. On the last major quest she was in, she had to work with Zoe, and she had more problems with the hunter than she does with Reyna. So, she reluctantly nodded. "Fine. But that doesn't we'll be friends at the end."

"Never said we would." Reyna retorted. Slowly, the two got on their feet, ignoring the throbbing from their foreheads. Kakuzu slowly walked two them.

"I should finish you off quickly." Kakuzu stated. "I need to complete this mission, and get my bounty."

Once again, Thalia's spear crackled with electricity while Reyna merely tightened her grip on her spear and shield."Any plans Belladonna?"

"I have one." Reyna replied. "One I'm sure will work."

Thalia smirked. "Let's hear it then."

And that's the end. I hope you liked the chapter, and I hope the battle was good. Couldn't think of how to write the battle without making it too long. Again, sorry for taking so long, but I hope this chapter makes up for it. Next up will be the continuation of this battle. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.