Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Before we start, I would like to tell you guys something. I don't know if I mentioned this before or not, but I'm considering doing a rewrite for Naruto SFCW series.
There's a couple of reasons why for this, the main one being the writing in Naruto SFCW 1. When looking at my writing from then to now, I want to bury my face inside a hole. Another is the harem. I have too many girls paired up with Naruto, and that has given me writer's block, since I can't just ignore that part of the plot. If I do the rewrite, I'll be lessen the numbers to three or four, or change it into a single pairing.
Lastly, there are things on the fic that I admit I could've improved on, left out, have less of, etc. One of those things are the bashing I did to certain characters. I was a beginning writer back when I started the fic, and when I saw other writers doing bashing, I thought I should do the same. Now, I want to write a story without resorting to dehumanizing a character for petty reasons.
Any other reasons, it haven't come up to mind yet or are small nitpicks. Still, I'm only just thinking about it. I'm not jumping on it now because I'm on the the 2nd volume of the series, and because DragonKingDragneel25 is doing a reading for this, though I discussed solutions for both of those things with Dragon. So, I'm asking you readers, do you think I should a rewrite for the fic? Let me know on the reviews, and give me your reasons why (Without flaming me, please). Sorry for the long AU, and thanks for anyone who read through the whole thing. So, enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Naruto.
Chapter 29: Even in a Wheelchair
Most demigods thought that Naruto was one of the most sadistic trainers out there. That he was a monster when it comes to training. That there wasn't anybody who could match him in savagery.
Those who thought that….learned during Naruto's recovery that they are completely and utterly wrong.
"Come on, run faster you gakis!" Anko yelled out at the screaming campers, a sadistic grin on her lip. "If you can't run fast enough, you'll be dinner my little pet!"
What are the campers running from? A giant white snake with Anko right on top of it.
"I see one of you slacking off!" Anko formed gleefully, seeing a child of Apollo right behind the others. "Maybe you will become food today!"
"Someone get this crazy chick away from us!" Said demigod screamed in terror.
As the demigods ran for their lives, Naruto and Chiron watched the training, the both of them in wheelchairs. With them are Thalia, Luke, Bianca, Annabeth, and Clarisse, all of whom are watching the training with pale faces.
"I can see where you got your sadism, Naruto." Chiron commented on casually. Naruto chuckled and nodded.
"Yep. Learn from the snake mistress herself, Anko Mitarashi." Naruto confirmed verbally. "Though I made sure not to use every trick in her book. I doubt the demigods would've survived, otherwise."
"N-Never thought I would see someone more sadistic than you, Whisker." Thalia said shakily. Annabeth, Luke, Bianca, and Clarisse nodded in agreement.
Naruto smirked. "Oh, this is nothing. Be lucky she decided to hold back on you guys." The four demigods paled at this. This woman is holding back? "Anyway, you guys better get back to your own training. Or are you waiting for Anko finish and train all of you?"
Immediately, the four stood back in terror. "Nope! We're good, we're good!" Luke said quickly. And with that, the four scattered away from the blonde.
Naruto chuckled. "Ah, teaching young gakis to fight is entertaining." Chiron just shook his head at this. Honestly, does all shinobi love to torment their students? Or is Anko and Naruto the exception?
His thoughts were stopped when Cally came from behind them. "Something you need, Cally?" Naruto asked the girl.
"Uh, yeah. Well, I was wondering," Naruto raised an eyebrow when she saw the daughter of Dionysus fidget nervously. That's not something he sees everyday. "Do you think….Ankocouldteachmethewaysoftorture&interrogation?" She asked rapidly.
Now both of the blonde's eyebrows were rose in surprise before his facial expression turn into a smirk. "I'm guessing you became a fan of Anko?"
Cally blushed. "It just, the way she makes other suffer is amazing." She said, admiration in her tone. "And by the aura she gives out, I can tell she's been torturing and interrogating people."
Naruto chuckled. "Yeah, she does have that terrifying aura of hers." The blonde admitted. "Whenever she has free time, you can talk to her about yourself. I'm sure she's willing to have a pupil in the arts of sadism." Cally's eyes brighten at this.
"Thank you, Naruto!" After giving the blonde a hug, she ran back to wherever she was at previously.
"You're not concern of what kind of horror you might unleashed with this?" Chiron asked him.
"Honestly, I am a bit." Naruto admitted. "But I have a feeling that one way or another, they're gonna be talking to each other. Stalling it won't help."
Chiron sighed, knowing he got a point. He just hope the camp can survive two sadists in the area.
"By the way Chiron, any news on Squid Head or Goat Boy?" Naruto inquired.
The centaur shooked his head. "No. None yet." He frowned. "It's not surprising, considering there's little Grover can do to contact us in the Labyrinth, not unless he finds a way to make a rainbow. And Perseus….I suspect he's in Mount Ogygia."
Naruto cocked an eyebrow at that. "Seriously?" The blonde sighed at this. "Well, that's bad luck on both sides." He really wished that the Olympians stopped sending guys there, or at the very least, stop making Calypso fall for every single one of them.
"I agree." Chiron said with a nod. "Hopefully, I'm wrong."
Naruto didn't bother to say that he's probably right. After all, Percy's luck seems to be as bad as his when it comes to entering those kinds of situations.
"Hey Chiron," The centaur looked at Naruto curiously. "I just wanna ask you….what are your thoughts on telling Camp Half-Blood about Camp Jupiter?"
Chiron stiffened. "There are several reasons not to do it. An all out war, for one."
"True, that's a big possibility, but we need to end this feud at some point." Naruto sighed. "It's one of the reason I got Athena's Parthenos back. So there can be a way to form peace between the Roman and Greek."
"Athena may not approve of this."
"My patron needs to let go of that hate she has for the Roman." Naruto retorted. "Sure, the Romans crossed the line by turning Minerva into a minor goddess and taking away the Parthenos, but that hatred had led thousands of demigods to their deaths, especially during the Civil War. Hatred only create more hate."
Chiron, with some hesitance, added, "Zeus might not approve of this."
"And since when did I care about his opinion?"
"I had a feeling you would say that."
"Relax, Chiron. I'm not gonna tell them immediately." Naruto reassured him. "They already got enough on their minds right now. It'll probably be some time after the fight, if I decide to tell them."
Chiron sighed. "Very well, then." Chiron conceded. "If you decide to tell the camp about Camp Jupiter, I hope it doesn't lead to another war."
"It won't." Naruto assured. His eyes harden. "Not if I have anything to say about it." If anyone tries to start something, even the Olympians, they'll be answering to him. And you do not mess with an Uzumaki.
After his talk with Chiron, Naruto wheeled his way at the hand-to-hand combat training area, where several demigods were stationed. Clarisse and Thalia are teaching that class, being the most experienced hand-to-hand fighers. As Naruto observed the group of demigods, noticed one of them, Mark, was slacking a little.
"Hey, Mark!" Naruto called out, getting the son of Ares' attention. "Just because I'm in a wheelchair doesn't mean you can slack off! Straighten up, or be thoroughly embarrassed!"
Instead of doing just that, however, Mark merely smirked. "Yeah, right. I doubt you could do anything to me in a wheelchair."
His statement stopped the training session between the other demigods, and Thalia and Clarisse. The two girls frowned at him. "If you don't get back to training Mark, I'll put an spear up your ass!" Clarisse growled.
"Same here!" Thalia agreed.
Before they could do just that, Naruto spoke up. "Hang on girls, I want hear what he's thinking." Naruto turned his attention straight to Mark, with a raised eyebrow. "So, you think you can beat me in a fight, just because I'm injured and in a wheelchair?"
Mark scoffed. "You wouldn't even be a challenge."
Naruto narrowed his eyes at him, unnerving Mark after a moment, before smirking. "Alright, then." The blonde stated. "Let see if you back up that bark with a good bite." He rolled his way in front of Mark. "If you're able to land one blow at me, then I'll let veto training for the rest of the week."
Mark's eyes widen at the offer, as did several others, before the son of Ares gave an excited grin. "Deal!" He immediately agreed. "And if I lose?"
"Then I'll let Anko decide your training regime." Naruto gave an evil smirk while Mark went pale. Despite being here for only a couple of days, Anko had gain a reputation for being extremely sadistic.
"F-Fine!" Mark forced himself to say. "Not like it will matter! After all, punching your face in should be easy!"
The demigods at the hand-to-hand combat station gathered around the two, including Thalia and Clarisse. Thalia turned to Clarisse. "How much do you want to bet he got something on his sleeves?"
The daughter of Ares snorted at that. "Sucker's bet."
Mark cracked his knuckles, preparing himself to fight. "Get ready for some payback, Uzumaki." Mark said, getting into fighting stance. "You may have beaten my father and a Titan, but you can't do much while stuck in that wheelchair."
"So you're willing to fight me while injured." Naruto remarked. "If you think I'm soo helpless while in this wheelchair, does that mean you enjoy pushing around those who can't fight back? For a son of Ares, that's pretty cowardly.
That got Mark turning a shade of red, especially when some of the demigods started laughing. WIth a cry of rage, he charged at Naruto, fist raised. But just as he got close, Naruto pushed in wheelchair to the side with surprising speed and held out his leg. That caused Mark run into said leg and trip, falling right on his face.
"Yea, that was predictable. I saw that coming a mile away." Naruto remarked with a smirk. Mark slowly got up back, an expression of shock and anger mixed onto his face.
"How did you dodge that so fast?!"
"My siblings added a couple of things to my chair." Naruto told him. He pointed at the wheels of his chair. "That includes making the wheels on my chair as mobile as an office chair. Make this thing less constricting."
"That's cheating!"
"Well, duh. I'm a shinobi, not a warrior." Naruto said, rolling his eyes. "You think I'm have honor while in battle? If you think that, you're as dumb as your father."
"Shut up!" With another cry of rage, he charged at Naruto once again. Once again, the blonde rolled and dodged the attack.
"Again, predictable."
"Can you predict this?" He turned around and launched another fist at Naruto, to which the blonde dodged by leaning to the side. He grabbed the boy's arm before pulling him forward and head-butting Mark, sending him sprawling on his back.
"Yes. I don't even need an oracle to see that." The blonde said dryly as Mark got back up again. "Seriously, I've trained you to fight, right? Surely, you can do better than this. Or am I training a cyclop in disguise?"
That got Mark to let out a loud raging scream before rushing at Naruto. Whatever punches, whatever kicks, any attacks he delivers, Naruto dodges them.
Throughout the fight, the demigods were watching it in amazement. All of them were in awe that Naruto could still fight so easily with the handicap on him. "Even in a wheelchair, he's still a badass." One of them muttered.
Clarisse crossed her arms. "Yep. Definitely a sucker's bet."
"No kidding." Thalia snorted.
After dodging the next punch, he grabbed his arm once more before pulling him and judo flipping him right beside his wheelchair. As Mark groaned in pain and slowly got back up, Naruto rolled his wheelchair to face Mark.
"Had enough, Mark?" Naruto asked him. "Tell you what, if you surrender now, I'll let you off by letting you do our regular training regime. Don't worry, no one will judge."
Anyone with enough intelligence and common sense would take that offer. Unfortunately, those things were pushed away by anger and pride. "I'm not about to beat by someone in a wheelchair!" Pulling his fist back, he launched one more attack at Naruto, in one more attempt to strike him once.
The blonde sighed. "Don't say I didn't offer." Without any effort, he caught the punch with one hand. Then grinned wickedly. "And have a good nap. You're gonna need it."
Mark's eyes widen, but before he could pull away, Naruto rolled forward and head-butted once again, this time with more force. It sent Mark flying before rolling onto the ground and then landing on his back. The son of Ares didn't get up again.
The crowd was silent while Naruto slowly turned to everyone. His smirked didn't disappear. "So," He drawled out. "Is there anyone who think can beat me while I'm recovering?"
His response were rapids shake of heads.
"Good!" His smile then turned cheerful. "Back to training then." He looked towards release. "You mind taking Mark to your cabin? I ain't kidding when I said he's gonna need that rest."
(Night)
The day passed quickly for the campers. When it was night, Naruto rolled back to the infirmary. He still need to stay in there so Will and Lee can check on his recovery rate, but with the rate he's healing, he'll probably get out of his wheelchair when the first week is over. Uzumaki genes, you gotta love them.
Currently, he's reviewing the defenses and traps being prepared around the camp. The defenses are mainly set up in front of the entrance of the Labyrinth, but in case the monsters spread out farther, he had defenses set all around the camp.
"Good thing I stole that supply cache from the rebel demigods on that mission back in March." Naruto murmured. "Those gatling guns will prove useful in defending the camp. Now, we'll need to see if we can set some of them to shoot automatically…."
When he saw a yellow flash, he tensed briefly, but then relaxed. "Hey, dad." Naruto greeted.
Hephaestus, in his Minato form, smiled at his son. "Hello, Naruto." The Olympian greeted back. "Reviewing your defenses?"
"Just checking to see if there's anything else we need to do for them." Naruto replied back. He smiled. "I may be doing overkill, but it's pay to be paranoid."
"Definitely." Hephaestus agreed. He crossed his arms. "By the way, you should know….that eruption Perseus has made, stirred Typhon from his slumber."
Naruto paled. "Please tell me you're joking." His response was a shake of the head, causing the blonde to huff and flop his head on the pillow behind him. "Damn. Squid Head's luck is as bad as mine."
"Indeed." The smith god couldn't help but agree. He sighed. "I rather not have to fight that monster again, but that choice might be taken away."
"Are you and the other Olympians going to prepare?" Naruto inquired. Hephaestus nodded.
"Of course. We need to fully prepared to face Typhon again." He then went on to the next news. "As for Perseus, he's at Mt. Ogygia."
Naruto sighed. "Chiron though as much." He sent his father an annoyed. "Seriously, you need to take that curse off of her, or at least stop sending guys there."
"While I do agree that she has suffered enough son, Zeus don't. And you know how he is when someone make suggestions like that." Hephaestus sighed. Naruto rolled his eyes.
"I swear, Hades would've been a better ruler than Zeus."
"Any immortal with common sense thinks so, as well."
And so, the talk between father and son continued on until Naruto fell asleep.
(Flashback)
Naruto is loving the weapons displayed around his father's shop.
Like a kid in a candy store, he examined every single weapon, both ancient and modern. There are even ones he doubt anyone had seen yet. Tenten would've love this place!
He frowned at the thought of one of his friends. He wonder how the others are doing. He's not to worried about Sasuke waking up and escaping, since his dad told him that Kakashi caught up with them soon after the fight. No, he's mainly worried about the Choji, Neji, and all the guys who was on that mission. He doubt that any of them got away without any injuries.
He also wonders how everyone feels about him disappearing. He bet that many of the villagers are celebrating right now, but he knows that he people that cares about him are probably worried. Especially his mother, Anko.
She'll probably chewing Kakashi as of now for letting him get taken away.
He sighed a little. He wonder if he'll ever see them again. While he isn't eager to go back to that hellhole of a village, he would've like to his his precious people at least one more time.
"Naruto?" The blonde looked up to see Hephaestus leading on the entrance of his shop, in his Minato form. "Are you okay, son?"
Naruto smiled at him. "Yeah dad, I am. Just thinking."
The Olympian frowned. "If you say so." He then stood up from his leaning position. "Come on. There's somewhere I want to take you."
Naruto looked at him curiously. "Really? Where to?"
"You'll need to learn more of this world, as well as all of the history." Hephaestus explained. "So I'm gonna take you to a library that'll have all the information you need." He nudged his head towards the exit. "And I want you to meet the owner of that library. So, come on."
Naruto nodded. "Alright. Lead the way." With that, the reunited father and son walked out.
And that's the end. I hope the chapter was decent, at the very least. It was hard to think of what to write, and I wanted to get this out as soon as I could. So again, what do you think of me rewriting the entire thing? Let me know of your opinions on the reviews, on whether or not I should do it, and your own reasons, if you can. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you guys later.