Chapter 11
It had been five minutes since Percy had left to consult the oracle as Chiron had pointed him into the direction of the attic at the top of the big house.
Percy was a little reluctant to go but went after some encouragement from Naruto and telling him the sooner he gets it over with the sooner they could sort this big mess out.
"So how come we have not seen this Oracle?" Naruto asked Chiron. "You never mentioned this oracle during any of our previous conversations and I have not seen someone who claims to be it."
When Naruto thought of an oracle he thought of some crazy gypsy lady or old woman with a crystal ball. As silly as it sounds it's just what he expected from movies he had watched and people saying they had their fortune told.
"The oracle is not exactly a person" Grover said getting an odd look from Naruto. "Well she was a person but she is dead." Naruto not fully understanding what Grover meant turned to Chiron who began to explain.
"In every lifetime a mortal who can see through the mist is sometimes given the ability of prophecy from the god Apollo."
"Uncle Apollo?" Naruto thought at the mention of the sun god. Since he was his mother's twin it only really hit him now that Apollo was technically his uncle since Apollo and Artemis were full blooded siblings. He was curious to know what his uncle was like.
"They would be able to give prophecies that would be use to authorize quests and other purposes. However for some reason when the last oracle died the power of prophecy did not pass on and stayed with her deceased body. Even thought she technically is not alive, when asked about a quest her corpse reacts and a green mist gathers around her before she comes alive somewhat for a few moments to give the heroes their quest or prophecy."
"Why did it not move on? This power of prophecy?" he asked. "Surely Uncle Apollo would know why since it is his power and domain right?"
Chiron sighed. "We wish we knew. Even Lord Apollo does not know why. Many have tried to inherit it but it has not had favourable results. Those that have tried lost their minds while few suffered even worse fates."
As the room went quiet footsteps could be heard descending from the steps. Everyone looked towards the door and saw Percy entered the room looking a little pale. No doubt seeing a dead corpse that was nothing but bones was something he was expecting to see.
"You okay?" Naruto said looking at his friend and giving him a comforting pat on the shoulder.
"U-Urm yeah I'm fine" he stuttered out. "J-Just was not expecting that" he said getting a look of comfort from the three others in the room.
"Percy" Chiron asked looking at the twelve year old. "What did the Oracle tell you?"
Percy slumped back into his chair before he said "She said I would retrieve what was stolen."
"That's great" Grover said with an elated face thinking it could be over easier then he thought but both Naruto and Chiron knew there was more to it than that.
"What did she say exactly" Chiron asked. "This is crucial Percy."
"She. .. She said I would go west and face a god who had turned. I would retrieve what was stolen and see it safely returned."
"Okay what else?" Naruto asked.
"She-She said I and another would face the god that turned and would see what was stolen safely back home."
Naruto saw Chiron still did not look satisfied enough. "Anything else?"
When Naruto turned towards Percy the boy looked hesitant to speak and looked like he was fighting against himself.
"No that's it" he said but Naruto could tell otherwise. Something had Percy even more worried than he was before he left to see the oracle and Naruto was going to find out.
Chiron studied the look on Percy's face before saying "Very well, Percy. But know this: the Oracle's words often have double meanings. Don't dwell on them too much. The truth is not always clear until events come to pass."
"The god that has turned? Who could that be?" Naruto asked Chiron.
"And which god would be found west?" Percy asked chipping in.
Chiron and Grover both had an uneasy look on their faces as if death had just slapped them in the face.
"Ah, think, Percy," Chiron said. "If Zeus and Poseidon weaken each other in a war, who stands to gain?"
"Somebody else who wants to take over?" Percy asked while Naruto was thinking again. Only one other god he could think of that had the power to fight against Zeus and some one that did not exactly have a great relationship with his two brothers or any of the other Olympians.
"Yes, quite. Someone who harbours a grudge, who has been unhappy with his lot since the world was divided eons ago, whose kingdom would grow powerful with the deaths of millions. Someone who hates his brothers for forcing him into an oath to have no more children, an oath that both of them have now broken."
The answer became as clear as day and surprisingly it was Percy that answered this time.
"Hades" he said getting a nod from Chiron, a sigh from Naruto and loud stuttering from Grover who did not look please at hearing the God of the Underworld's name. Like he thought he was going to be swallowed into the ground and sent straight to the underworld.
"A Fury came after Percy," Chiron reminded him. "She watched the young man until she was sure of his identity, then tried to kill him. Furies obey only one lord: Hades. Also it could explain the hell hound in the forest that Naruto defeated. They too fall into Hades domain."
"Percy the answers are clear. You must go to the Underworld, find the Master Bolt, and reveal the truth to Zeus. Make him see sense that it was not you who stole the bolt."
As Percy began to converse with Grover and Chiron Naruto gaze drifted to behind Chiron. He was about to turn away before he saw what looked like some sort of ripple in the air. It was only for a split second but it was like something was moving around and couldn't be seen.
Naruto frowned at it thinking it was just his mind playing tricks on him before a small scent hit his nose. He looked to see if Grover picked it up but the satyr was busy speaking with Percy and Chiron that he didn't seem to notice it. It smelt a little like vanilla shampoo and the smell of ink could also be found.
His eyes went wide when he realised what it was and grinned. "How very sneaky" he thought before he looked behind Chiron and after a half a minute of searching found a distorting look in the scenery. He only saw it because he squinted. He smiled before winking towards it.
He knew it worked because he heard a small gasp. "Tsk tsk Annabeth, almost got away with it" he thought at the blonde girl who was using her invisibility cap to spy on the conversation.
"So let me get this straight," Percy said. "I'm supposed go to the Underworld and confront the Lord of the Dead."
"Check" Chiron said.
"Find the most powerful weapon in the universe and have it returned Zeus before the summer solstice."
"Pretty much" Grover said making Percy sigh before turning to the blonde next to him. He was about to speak before Naruto interrupted him.
"Percy if you think I'm going to let you do this all by yourself then you have another thing coming. I'm with you every step of the way" he said fist bumping the younger boy and Percy giving him a grateful smile.
"You and Naruto saved my life Percy and I'm going to pay you back. As your friend like Naruto said, I'm with you every step of the way. You can count on me" Grover said with an odd look of courage on his face.
Percy smiled at the satyr. "Thanks G-Man."
Naruto also smiled before he said "So I'm guessing you want to join this little quest as well Annabeth" he said surprising Percy and Grover while Chiron looked like he was not surprised. Then just behind Chiron Annabeth appeared in front of them taking her hat of her head.
"I have been waiting too long to go on a real quest and now that one has come along, I will not missing it. I will be coming along."
"Athena is no fan of Poseidon but if you're going to save the world, I'm going to be there to make sure you do it right."
"I trust you have a plan wise girl" Percy said giving Annabeth a new nickname which made Annabeth blush slightly causing Naruto and Grover to grin.
"Do you want my help or not?" she said getting a little testy. The two bickered a little before it was decided that Annabeth would be joining them. When she asked Naruto how he knew she was there, he just tapped his nose and told her even thought she could cause her body to vanish, she could not make her scent vanish.
"Excellent," Chiron said. "This afternoon, we can take you as far as the bus terminal in Manhattan. After that, you are on your own. No time to waste. I think you should all get packing."
Naruto saluted while the others agreed and they all headed off to their respected cabins.
Naruto went to his room and got a backpack and began putting in necessities. Blankets, food supplies, first aid kit, ambrosia, small viles of nectar and some spare clothes.
He still had his bow sealed into the storage seal on his wrist so that the moment he needed it, it would appear right in his hand and the quiver with his arrows would appear immediately on his back ready.
He then headed over to the store cabin to get some drachma but didn't need any mortal money since he still had a lot from what his mom gave him when he first arrived here. He knew how to save his money and when to use it. Chiron said the drachma might come in handy for non-mortal transactions thought Naruto had no idea what he meant but he figured it was not the best idea to argue with a centaur who was more than three thousand years old.
"Hey Naruto" Silena and Clarisse said approaching the blonde as he exited the store house. The two girls looked Naruto over and frowned a little when they saw his backpack.
"You headed somewhere? Silena asked curiously while Clarisse's eyes narrowed.
"Actually yeah I am. Chiron was going to announce it tonight during dinner but since your here I guess I can let you know" he said while the two girls perked up and listening carefully.
"I, Percy, Annabeth and Grover have been given a quest" he said causing the two girls to go wide eyed. "Well its Percy's quest but I and the others are going along with him."
While Silena didn't say anything, Clarisse did not exactly look to happy. "Why the hell are you all going on the quest and I'm not. You I understand since you're the ninja boy and have crazy skills and actual experience but why Prissy and the blonde princess?" Clarisse said with a bit of venom.
Naruto just shrugged and ignored her anger. "Beats me. Its Percy's quest so he is a given, Grover is his protector and Annabeth was just there when we agreed to it so she kind of snuck her way in."
Clarisse grumbled something under her breath why Naruto didn't catch and looked over at Silena who was looking a little worried. "Don't worry Silena, we will all come back."
"I-I know it's just there has not been a quest for over two years from what I am told and the last one quest did not end to so well." Silena although she was worried about the entire group as a whole, she had become pretty good friends with Naruto and if she didn't know better she might have been gaining a bit of a crush for the blonde.
Naruto took in Silena's worries and gave the raven haired girl a hug which she happily accepted while Clarisse was trying to fight back a smirk. Despite not liking most people, Silena was Clarisse friend and Naruto was quickly becoming one.
Both had a bit of a blush on their faces when Naruto broke the hug and just gave him one of his big smiles. "Don't worry I promise I will come back. If there is anything you ever need to know about me it's that I always keep my promises."
Silena listened to his words and felt and knew he was being truthful. Just him saying those words helped push back the nerves a bit before she gave him a small smile back.
"Okay but you better come back safe or me and Clarisse are going to kick your ass to the moon and back" Silena said getting a nod and a grin from Clarisse.
"You realise the moon is my mom's domain right?" he asked causing the two girls to roll their eyes.
"You know what I mean" she said slapping his arm making the three laugh.
"I better go. I'm meeting the others on the hill. I'll see you when we get back he said walking off.
"You better do us proud ninja boy. I won't tolerate anything less" Clarisse shouted to Naruto.
"I'll try to keep that in mind war girl" he said before he completely left the two girls alone.
Half Blood Hill
Naruto arrived next to the great pine tree on top of the hill and already saw Chiron there waiting and was back in his wheelchair. He was the first to arrive and sp Naruto gave him a nod before he leaned against the tree and waited for the others.
Naruto looked next to Chiron and saw the guy people called Argus and was the one responsible for taking them into the city. Argus looked like a typical surfer dude who had blonde hair and was wearing khaki shorts with a white vest. But the most defining thing about him was that he around a hundred eyes all over his body. Supposedly he even had one of his tongue which stopped him from talking.
After waiting a few minutes the next to arrive was Annabeth. She had changed into wearing simple blue skinny jeans with blue converses and a grey shirt and jacket.
He noticed that in her back pocket was her invisibility Yankees cap while hidden in her sleeve was her bronze dagger. He prayed that they didn't end up going through any metal detectors. Naruto thanked the gods for sealing.
The next to come up the hill was Grover who was back to wearing his fake legs. He wore what he use to wear when Naruto knew him back in Yancy except he was wearing a multi coloured rasta-style hat on his head.
Then finally Percy walked up with his backpack slung over his right shoulder. Once Percy had arrived Chiron motioned to Argus and began speaking.
"This is Argus," Chiron told me. "He is part of the camps security and he will drive you into the city, and, err, well, keep an eye on things."
"That was an awful pun Chiron" Naruto said shaking his head while the others including Argus nodded their heads in agreement. Chiron shrugged. It was worth a try.
As the group began to walk down the hill and head towards the van they heard someone shouted wait. They turned to see Luke running up the hill and heading towards them while in his hands their looked to be a pair of running shoes.
Percy and Annabeth greeted him while Naruto and Grover hung back a little. Naruto could also swear he saw Annabeth blush slightly when Luke appeared in front of her.
The three began to talk as Naruto figured Luke was a little bummed out that he could not have gone with them just like Clarisse had been earlier.
The older blonde then stuck out his hand and handed over a pair of converses towards Percy who began to look them over with Annabeth doing the same.
"Maia" Luke then said and when he did the shoes sprouted small pairs of wings on the side as Percy dropped them from surprise. The shoes floated around in the air for a little bit longer before the wings folded in and dropped to the ground.
"Awesome" Grover said looking at the shoes.
Luke smiled. "Those served me well when I was on my quest. Gift from my Dad. Of course, I don't use them much these days..." His expression turned sad.
Naruto frowned. He began to put the dots together that Luke must have been on the mission that did not end well. Looking the older blonde over and seeing the scar on his face Naruto took a wild guess to say that scar was a result of that quest. A scar to give him a reminder of the failure of the quest.
"Listen, Percy, Naruto..." Luke looked uncomfortable. "A lot of hopes are riding on this quest. So just ... kill some monsters for me, okay? Show the gods what we half bloods can do."
Naruto and Percy both gave him a nod as Luke said goodbye before he went back down the hill heading back towards the camp.
"Will I be able to use these?" Percy said making Annabeth roll her eyes, Naruto shake his head and Grover to have a panicked look on his face.
"Percy" Naruto said getting Percy's attention. "Right now the God of the Sky pretty much want to turn you into a walking shish kabob and you want to fly into his domain. Do you see what the problem with that could be?"
Percy looked a little stumped before he realised what Naruto meant. "Oh."
"Stupid seaweed brain" Annabeth muttered under her breath while Naruto and Chiron was just happy they told Percy now before he actually did go flying into Zeus's domain and then never come out.
Percy thought for a second and looked the shoes over before he handed them over to Grover. "You use them Grover. Since I can't then maybe you can."
"Really?" the satyr as Percy handed them over. Grover looked over joy as he fitted the flying shoes on to his fake feet and then practise flying around for a minute.
"If only I had more time to train you Percy" Chiron said from his wheel chair. "I wish I could have thought you more but for now stay together, trust each other and work as a team" Chiron said.
"Before you go I have something for both you and Naruto" Chiron said as he dug into his pocket and pulled two pens. He gave one to Percy and then one to Naruto.
"Gee thanks" Percy said but Naruto was looking the pen over and realised it was the same pen that Chiron had thrown him in the museum.
He pulled the cap off and just like in the museum the pen and the lid transformed into a pair of long slim hunting knives.
"Perfect" he said looking them over. They just felt right in his hands, just like his bow had been. He looked over and saw Percy had figured it out and his pen had turned into a bronze sword.
"That sword is from your father Percy so you had a weapon to call your own. The sword has a long and tragic history that we need not go into right now. Its name is Anaklusmos."
"Riptide" Percy said translating as Chiron turned to Naruto.
"Naruto I can only assume those are from your mother. You can imagine my surprise when I received it but I did not know why they were. I only know that they were made for you. From the small note that was left they are also infused with chakra metal."
"Definantly from Mom" he said getting small smiles from everyone.
"Also if you lose the pens they will return to your pocket. They are enchanted so you will always have weapon on your persons."
"Handy" both boys said before they sealed them back up and put them in their pockets.
"Chiron ..." Percy said. "When you say the gods are immortal... I mean, there was a time before them, right?"
"Four ages before them, actually. The Time of the Titans was the Fourth Age, sometimes called the Golden Age, which is definitely a misnomer. This, the time of Western civilization and the rule of Zeus, is the Fifth Age.
"So the fourth age would have been Kronos then right?" Naruto asked getting a weary nod from Chiron. Obviously the man did not like hearing the old Titan's name.
The conversation on the Titans and the war between the gods and Titans only lasted another minute before the group began to part as Annabeth gave Chiron a quick hug before she went down to the van following Argus who was in front. Percy and Grover followed after but just before Naruto could follow Chiron grasped his arm.
"Naruto please protect them. I know I should not be asking you of this but with Percy not having been trained enough, Grover confidence and my fear that Annabeth may get in too deep, I must ask you watch over them. You are the only one with real experience and I fear for them. I know they will do fine when the time comes but my nerves can't help but be worried."
Internally Naruto was smiling. It was nice to see the old centaur care so much about his students. In a way it reminded him of Iruka sensei.
"Don't worry Chiron" Naruto said giving the old centaur a thumbs up. They're all going to come home. I'll make sure of it."
Chiron nodded gratefully before Naruto followed after them. He got into the van sitting next to Annabeth before he closed the door and the van headed off towards the city with Chiron watching on.
In the City
After ten miles from the camp the group was on the highway and Percy made a comment on how no monster had attacked them yet. Of course that infuriated Annabeth since she told him he was bringing them bad luck talking in that way. This prompted another small argument between the two.
"Look ... we're just not supposed to get along, okay? Our parents are rivals."
"So, that does not mean we have to be the same" Percy argued back.
"It does not matter" she said sighing."How many reasons do you want? One time my mom caught Poseidon with his girlfriend in Athena's temple, which is hugely disrespectful."
Naruto sighed and whispered to Grover. "How much you want to bet there is going to be a lot of this on this trip?" he said getting a nod in agreement from the satyr.
In the front seat Argus was smiling to himself before he gave a wink to Percy with one of his eyes. Naruto figured he was listening to the conversation which he could not really blame him. Percy and Annabeth arguing was like reality television.
Eventually the group got into the city but due to traffic they got held up.
By the time into Manhattan, it was now sunset and began to rain slightly.
They eventually reached their destination and the group of four unloaded out the van at Greyhound station on the Upper East Side.
When they got out Naruto saw something catch Percy's eyes before he ripped it off the lamp post and threw it in the bin. Annabeth and Grover didn't see it since they were helping Argus unload.
After that Argus got back in the van, gave the group a nod before driving off back to Camp Half Blood. From there they waited at the bus stop.
Percy was glancing down the streets and Percy understood why. His mom's apartment was nearby but knew if he went there all he would find would be Gabe.
Grover noticed it too and was talking to Percy while Annabeth was reading a book she brought with her. "You should be grateful, Percy. Your stepfather smells so repulsively human he could mask the presence of any demigod. As soon as I took a whiff inside his Camaro, I knew: Gabe has been covering your scent for years. If you hadn't lived with him every summer, you probably would've been found by monsters a long time ago. Your mom stayed with him to protect you."
"Your mom is a great woman Percy. Never ever forget that. People like your mom don't come around often. You don't know how lucky you were to have a childhood with your parent."
Naruto couldn't help but feel a little bitter but it was quickly wiped away. He knew his mom wanted him and she wanted to raise him but couldn't. It was not her fault that his dad died and it was not her fault that the people she left him with did not do their duties. She was as much a victim as he was.
He looked at Annabeth and saw she had a thoughtful look on her face. Seeing she had things on her mind Naruto put his hand on hers and gave it a gentle squeeze which she was grateful for and gave him a small smile. The group then fell into silence and waited for the bus to arrive.
However very quickly the group of teens began to get restless until they began playing a game of hacky sack with an apple. Annabeth proved she was skilful in the game while Percy did pretty good himself. But when Naruto got it he began doing keepy ups along with flicking it up to his neck before rolling it down his shoulder and then passing it to another person.
But then the game quickly ended when Grover ate the apple whole much to everyone's annoyance and Grover embarrassment.
After another half hour the bus finally arrived. The four waited for some people to get off before they began to walk into the bus. Grover began sniffing around commenting that something just smelt off. Naruto sniffed around too and understood what he meant. It was small but there was a small smell of decay in the air.
Needing to get in to the bus since they were holding it up, they eventually went in and took their seats with Percy sitting beside Grover while Naruto sat with Annabeth in the seats in front.
They sat their patiently as the last of the passengers began to get on the bus. Just as the bus doors were about to shut a woman put her hand in the doorway stopping it from closing and Naruto saw three old ladies get on the bus.
The moment he saw the first woman's face he inwardly cursed and grabbed Annabeth right hand surprising her and getting her attention.
"What is it? She asked curiously as Naruto used his eyes to point in the three women's direction. Annabeth caught on to what he was doing and looked over and saw the three women. She then felt Naruto writing letters on her hand and her eyes went wide when she put the letters together and realised he had written the word 'Furies.'
There at the front of the bus was none other than Mrs Dodd's.
"She didn't stay down long" Naruto thought as he pulled his pen out from his pocket and readied it in his hand.
"Damn" Annabeth muttered under her breath and got Percy and Grover's attention. When she tilted her head and Percy and Grover saw Mrs Dodd's and paled slightly.
"So much for not running into trouble too soon" Naruto said with the others agreeing with him.
Naruto looked over Mrs Dodd's and saw she looked older then she had looked back at the museum. She wore a crumpled velvet dress, lace gloves, and a shapeless orange-knit hat that shadowed her face, and she carried a big paisley purse. The other two old ladies came up from behind her. One was in a green hat while the other was wearing a purple hat. Otherwise they looked exactly like Mrs. Dodd's—same gnarled hands, paisley handbags, wrinkled velvet dresses.
Naruto had to admit the three old ladies looked like three demon grandmothers that looked ready to eat all the little children like in a bad fairy tale.
The three old ladies saw they were watching and Mrs Dodd's had an evil look appear on her face as she stared directly at Percy. They then sat down at the front of the bus behind the driver with their legs spread out over the walkway as if telling them that they were not leaving this bus alive.
"All three of them," Grover whimpered. "Di immortals what are we going to do?"
"It's okay," Annabeth said, obviously thinking hard. "They are Furies. The three worst monsters from the Underworld. It's no problem. No problem. We'll just slip out the windows while they are not looking"
"That easier said than done" Naruto said when he noticed that the three kindly ones gazes were directly on them. "They are not going to take their eyes off us."
"A back exit?" Percy asked but Grover shook his head telling him that it does not open.
The four were about to move until they went under the Lincoln tunnel and the rain that started five minutes ago stopped and everything went silent.
It was then that Mrs. Dodd's got up. In a flat voice, as if she'd rehearsed it, she announced to the whole bus: "I need to use the rest-room."
The other two said exactly the same thing causing everyone on the bus to sigh in annoyance while Percy and Grover panicked. Thankfully Annabeth and Naruto kept calm and began to think of a plan.
"Damn it" Annabeth said before she yanked her hat out of her pocket and gave it to Percy who caught it and looked a little confused. "Percy put it on" she said.
Naruto quickly caught on to what she was planning and knew it was for the best.
"You're the one they want. Turn invisible and go up the aisle. Let them pass you. Maybe you can get to the front and get away."
"What but I can't"-
"Percy" Naruto said. "Annabeth is right. You're the one they want and they won't stop until they get to you. This is your quest and we have to make sure you survive this and get the bolt back" he said with Annabeth hand Grover nodding in agreement.
"You're a son of one of the Big Three. Your smell might be overpowering" Grover said now piping up.
"But"-
"No buts" Naruto said as he took the hat from his hands and put it on Percy head. The moment it did Percy's form vanished.
Annabeth whispered into his ear, at least she thought it was his ear before Naruto could hear shuffling and small footsteps which had to have been Percy since no one was getting up.
It was then that the Furies got up from their seats and made their way over to them. When they did their forms began to change until they all looked just like Mrs Dodd's id back in the museum with black coal like eyes, sharp teeth and leathery like wings. Naruto couldn't believe that they could get any uglier but he guessed he was wrong.
What worried him thought was that their handbags were now whips made of fire.
Annabeth now had her dagger ready and Grover armed himself with tin cans while Naruto prepared to take of the cap of his pen.
However just as the three Furies were about to lunge at the three the bus suddenly swerved causing the three furies to smack into the side of the bus. But it also caused everyone to fall out of their seats from the surprise.
The bus was kept making hard lefts and rights which were throwing everyone all over the bus. Naruto had managed to get back in his seat and grabbed Annabeth and Grover and held them tightly to him to keep them from being thrown across the bus. Annabeth had her eyes closed not liking the surprised experience and had her head on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto could see the driver was struggling with the wheel and it looked like he was fighting someone for control.
Then Naruto knew what happened and sighed. "Dammit Percy" he whispered.
Then as quick as it started the bus came to a screeching halt that made the bus do a 180 spin before stopping. Everyone including the driver piled out before it was just their group and the Furies left.
The Furies regained their balance before snarling at them with their whips twirling around in their hands.
Hey Percy yelled taking the cap of getting a groan form the three as the Furies noticed them.
Naruto seeing that they began advancing on Percy did a few hand signs before saying "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough"
A strong gust wind shot through the bus that hit Mrs Dodd's and her sisters and send slammed them into the front of the bus and knocking them to the ground once again.
"Take them down now" Naruto said as the other three got over their surprise and charged at the three Furies. Percy engaged Mrs Dodd's as he began dodging her fire whip and Annabeth and Grover engaged one of the others. The third was Naruto's.
Said Fury got up and began charging at him with the whip in hand. She threw the whip at him with ferocity but with Naruto' shinobi speed he was easily dodging it. He took a chance and kicked her in the stomach knocking her back before uncapping his hunting knives.
"You won't succeed" she screeched out with her tongue flicking all over the place casing him to grimace a little.
Her talons then started to attack Naruto but once again Naruto was either dodging them or was using his hunting knives to deflect the sharp talons from him.
However he did not see her whip come to life since he paid most attention to the talons and suddenly had it wrapped around his wrist.
He thought he would have felt pain but instead he did not feel anything but this warm tingling sensation. He was not the only one confused since the fire should have been making him scream in pain. The Fury just looked at him confused.
"What are you?" she screeched not understanding how he could not be hurt from her fire whip while Naruto shrugged.
"I'm the one who is about to end you" he said before quickly swinging his long knives and cutting of her hand that was holding the whip which then broke away into golden dust.
She screeched in pain and held arm tightly but Naruto then punched her in the face causing her to knock into the front of the bus again. She was about to retaliate before Naruto drove his hunting knives into her chest and through where he thought her heart was.
As soon as he did this the Fury went limp and obliterated into golden dust.
Naruto took a deep breath and turned around to see Annabeth on the back of one of the other Furies with Grover throwing a tin can at it that hit it in the head before rebounding and hitting Annabeth which made the blonde shout at Grover a little annoyed.
She then drove her bronze dagger in to the Furies neck halting its movements before it too broke into golden dust and Annabeth landing on her feet.
Zeus will destroy you they heard Mrs Dodd's say as she fought Percy who then swung riptide across Mrs Dodd's chest. It didn't kill her but it left a nasty gash on her chest.
She hissed in pain but then Percy pushed her to the back of the bus where she stumbled and fell on to her back with her wings getting caught in the luggage that was left behind by the other passengers.
It was then that they heard a rumble on thunder above them.
"We have to get out now" Annabeth called out as the three teens and the satyr ran out of the bus. Naruto looked at the former passengers standing on one of the sidewalks and wondering if thy just saw four teens beating the hell out of three old ladies.
When they stopped checked each other over until Grover asked where their bags were. Naruto was still holding his but the others must have left them behind during the fight. But when they turned around the bus suddenly exploded scaring the entire mortals in the area and sent them running away.
They looked it over and Naruto saw a crater formed beneath and recognised it as a crater formed by lightning. The others came to the same decision and they realised how close they were to becoming living lightning rods.
"Look" Percy said pointing to the sky and the group saw Mrs Dodd's flying away rather slowly due to the wounds she got from the fight.
"She's going to call for reinforcements" Annabeth said. Before she was going to saw for them to run Naruto saw no one was around due to the explosion and unsealed his bow and arrow. He could still see Mrs Dodd's flying away and took aim.
He let the arrow fly through the air before the arrow hit Mrs Dodd's square in the back which made her burst into gold dust. The others looked at him in surprise but smiled since they now knew Mrs Dodd's would not be calling for any reinforcements.
"Thank the gods you're with us Naruto" Percy said while Grover took a breather and Annabeth gave the older blonde a hug in relief. Practising was one thing but the real thing was like nothing she ever imagined. Now she really was glad Naruto was with them since he had the experience that would help them succeed.
"We can't stay here. Just because she is gone for now does not mean we won't have more monsters after us" Naruto said with Annabeth quickly agreeing with him.
The group then ran for the nearby forest and left the highway behind.
Chapter 11 Completed
Just to let everyone know by uni courses are starting this week so I might not be able to upload as quickly as I usually do. It shouldn't be to much of a problem but if I don't update this story in the usual four days then that will most likely be the reason why.
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