Chapter 22

Naruto stretched and cracked his knuckles as he made his way up Half Blood Hill and spotted Annabeth and Grover standing their waiting for them. He guessed that by the looks of them they were waiting for Naruto and Percy to come back so they could all return to camp all together.

Percy was by his side with a clam expression on his face. Once Gabe had been taken care of he went to his apartment to check how Percy and Sally were and he could evidently tell that both were supremely happy that Gave was no longer in their lives.

Sally had thanked Naruto and said she would not stay in the apartment, at least long enough to find a decent apartment for herself. However before Naruto and Percy had left, once again showing how big a heart he has, naruto unsealed the money he had won back in Vegas and left Sally $500,000. When she refused Naruto told her that she could consider this her reward for having to be with Gabe for so long and protecting Percy. She could use the money to find herself a decent apartment and enroll for writing courses at New York College like she wanted.

Sally was teary eyed at this and had all but hugged Naruto to death saying she could never thank him enough. Afterwards Naruto and Percy left to go back to camp.

He waved to them as he approached and explained everything that happened. That the Master Bolt was safely back on Olympus with Zeus, that Percy got to meet his dad and he met his grandmother and that Gabe would no longer be bothering Percy or Sally again.

When Grover asked what he did to him he simply told Grover he took a page out of Medusa's book. Grover and Annabeth had to shiver but neither felt bad since they knew that Percy's step father was the jerk of all jerks.

"Well we're finally home." Percy said getting nods from everyone before they stood next to each other and went down the hill.

When they did they saw the camp had gone back to normal with everyone going about their day. As they came into view, a few of the other campers spotted them approaching, and very quickly news of their return spread like wild-fire.

"They're back. They actually did it." one of the campers shouted as all the campers suddenly appear along with Chiron and Mr D.

Chiron was the first to arrive and was greeted with a hug from Annabeth. He hugged them all thanking the gods that they made it back. When he got to Naruto, he whispered "I promised I would bring them all back. I am a man of my word" Naruto said getting a thankful look from Chiron.

Naruto coming to camp had truly been a blessing.

"So you kids made it. At least you didn't get yourself killed." he said causing every to roll their eyes but caught them all a little off guard when he gave Naruto a light pat on the back before he dragged Grover off to see the Satyr council to let them know of the success and Grover's return.

While all the campers gathered around them wanting to hear about what happened and tell them congrats on actually surviving, they did notice the Ares cabin had hanged back a bit as they were all glaring daggers towards Percy and Naruto.

Naruto just responded with glaring right back at the causing them all to flinch a little. No doubt they had gotten word on their father's ass kicking and wanted some retribution for their father.

"They are welcome to try." he thought when he noticed Clarisse glaring terrifyingly at Percy but her gaze softened when it got to Naruto. She simply nodded to which Naruto nodded back.

At least there was one sane Ares child he thought before he felt a tap on his shoulder. When he turned around his face brightened considerably when he saw Silena standing right next to him looking as pretty as always.

"Naruto." she said as she linked her arms around him giving him a hug to welcome him back. She had been ridiculously worried about the blonde and she thought about him every day hoping he was okay. Of the group, it was Naruto she missed the most, and a lot of people knew that.

Clarisse knew it because Silena was not her usual cheery self and the Aphrodite cabin knew it to since they had seen that Naruto and Silena had been very friendly and chummy with each other during his time with them before he left for the quest. Well there was that and the fact that Silena had claimed he was off-limits to her sisters which caused a lot of them to whine in annoyance.

"I'm glad you're okay." she whispered and Naruto hugged her back.

"Well I am a super awesome ninja remember." he said getting a laugh from her in response.

They didn't realize how long they had hugged and had stayed in that intimate position until they heard a series of coughs coming from behind them. When they looked around they noticed all the other campers had smirks on their faces at how close the two were.

It caused both of them to blush in embarrassment as they separated.

"Who knew Naruto and Silena were so friendly with each other." Katie said appearing through the crowd, and glomping Naruto in a hug to welcome him back.

Percy and Annabeth were grinning the most. Ever since they saw how Naruto reacted to seeing Silena in the Iris message back in Denver, they had a sneaky feeling the older blonde had a crush on the daughter of Aphrodite.

"Urm nothing to see here everyone" Naruto said scratching the back of his head. Before he knew it, Silena had been whisked away by her sisters who had been squealing madly at the scene.

"So who knew you liked Silena." Percy said wiggling his eyebrows but got an elbow in the ribs courtesy of Naruto.

"Naruto!" to voices sounded just as Naruto got tackled by two small black and white blurs. Naruto looked down and smiled greatly when he saw Luna and Tiber looking up at him with their eyes wide and tongues hanging out of their mouth. They both looked a lot healthier and calmer than they did on the bus.

"Luna, Tiber!" he sent petting their heads as they nuzzled up against him.

"You have been gone too long." Luna said as Tiber quickly agreed.

"Sorry guys. The quest took a bit longer than we thought." he said before he looked at Chiron. "I hope they haven't been too much of a problem." he said but Chiron shook his head.

"They were fine except for the presents they left on my desk when they got here." he said with a tick on his head causing Naruto to laugh when he heard Luna and Tiber chuckle.

"But I must admit, I have not seen Dire Wolves in many centuries. I had begun to think they had died out."

"Guess it's a good thing I found them then." Naruto said as he tickled the pups making them roll around on the floor in delight.

Eventually the crowd around them waned down as Annabeth was taken away by her sibling's from the Athena cabin, Percy had narrowly avoided the Ares cabin and had escaped back to the Poseidon cabin while Naruto had strolled over to the Artemis cabin and made it back to his room. Luna and Tiber had gone to explore the forests. Well that and Naruto found out the Wood nymphs and satyrs took a liking to them and would feed them treats a lot of the time.

When he got there he was happy to be back in his room. It was exactly how he had left it and right now his bed was looking very welcoming.

He wanted to do nothing more than curl up in a ball in his bed and sleep for the rest of the week.

He dug into his backpack and pulled out the gorgon tusk he earned for defeating Stheno, as well as a piece of Ares sword that had chipped during the battle. To everyone else it was just a small piece of metal but to Naruto it was a token of his joined battle with Percy in defeating Ares.

He placed them in the glass cabinet with his other spoils of war and looked at them proudly.

He had known about his Greek heritage only a couple of weeks, and he had already completed one quest, had four spoils of war, slayed the Kindly Ones, beaten a gorgon sister, battled the Nemean Lion, fended of the Chimera, defeated Echidna, got trapped in a time distorting casino, went to the Underworld, met the God of the Underworld, battled Ares and met his grandmother.

"Well no one can say I lead a boring life." Naruto mused to himself. As he began to place his belonging away, it was only a few minutes later that he noticed that sitting on top of one of his pillows was a note along with a couple of scrolls.

His eyes widened at the scrolls because he recognized them as ones he got from the leaf village.

Gingerly he picked up the note and read it to himself.

Son of Artemis

As reward for your efforts in return the Master Bolt, here are some jutsu's I picked up during my travels.

Also thank you for watching over and protecting my daughter in her hours of need.

You have proven yourself and interesting young hero and I look forward to your future exploits.

Athena

Surprise was evident on Naruto's face as he placed the note down on the bed and looked at the scrolls in front of him. There were five scrolls all together and he saw the small element symbols labelled on the end.

Two were wind jutsu's and the other three were fire jutsu's. He never really thought much about fire but then realized that since he did have Hestia's blood running through him, and he was somewhat resistant to fire, he should have some kind of affinity for fire.

"Huh. Thanks Aunty Athena" Naruto thought as he sent a prayer to Athena thanking her for the new jutsu's. He then laid back down on the bed and felt Luna and Tiber appear next to him and curl up beside him. Smiling he closed his eyes and took a well deserved rest.

The rest of the day was spent resting before the camp had a big celebration for the group completing the quest. A big fast was prepared and Naruto, Percy, and Annabeth wore laurel wreaths as honour of their triumph.

"Congratulation to Percy, Annabeth and Naruto for completing the first quest issued in two years. Let's hear it for them." Chiron called as everyone gave them a round of applause.

The feast pretty much had every type of food known to man and everyone dug in and had their full. At some point an eating competition even began with Percy somehow getting dragged into it along with a boy from the Ares cabin, Beckendorf from the Hephaestus cabin and Lee Fletcher from the Apollo cabin. The Ares boy won and declared it his way of getting retribution for their father.

"Kind of a sucky way of retribution." Naruto along with many other campers thought, but they let the Ares kid have his fun. Plus Percy did not seem to mind.

After that they went down to the big bonfire that had been set up so they could burn the burial shrouds that had been made while they were away from camp if the unfortunate event that one of the most their lives. It was morbid thought but Naruto understood why they did it.

"Better to be prepared for the worst." he thought.

When they arrived they saw three burial shrouds had been set up. Two of them were very beautiful while the other was not so much.

The one that was not so much happened to be Percy's which was unfortunately made by the Ares cabin since Percy was the only person from the Poseidon cabin. The Ares cabin had basically taken an old bed sheet and painted smiley faces with X'ed-out eyes around the border, and the word LOSER painted really big in the middle.

Annabeth's shroud meanwhile had been made by her siblings and was very beautiful and was gray silk with owl designs all over it that were gold in colour and then the Athena symbol in the center.

Naruto did not know what Percy said but it earned him a punch in the ribs from Annabeth's. No doubt he said something stupid again.

Then they got to Naruto's which was made by the Aphrodite cabin. While originally it was the Apollo cabin that wanted to make it since they were Naruto's cousins, the Aphrodite cabin had somehow blackmailed them, and told them they were doing it. Whatever they said, it made the Apollo cabin not put up a fight for it.

Naruto's shroud was a forest green colour with silver embroided vines decorated all around the sides. In the centre was the symbol of Artemis which too was silver in color It was very beautiful and Naruto had to thank the Aphrodite cabin for doing it for him.

It was a shame they had to burn it in Naruto's eyes, but he knew it was tradition.

Afterward they were led back to the amphitheatre where the Apollo cabin broke into song again.

Unlike the others times when they sat around talking and eating smores, this time everyone was up dancing and singing along with each other. Even Chiron was nodding his head to the music and Mr D was tapping his foot. The satyrs and wood nymph all joined in to since it was a time to celebrate

Naruto had tons of fun as he danced with his friends, Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Connor, Travis, and Katie. He had even managed to get Clarisse to dance, even if it was only for one song. But that was triumph enough.

Then the slow dance song played which caught everyone of guard. While everyone was nervous since a slow dance was very intimate, Naruto was the first to build up the courage.

Everyone watched as he walked up to Silena and offered his hand to her. She accepted almost immediately and they were the first pair to begin dancing. It didn't take long for everyone else to follow after that.

Percy had ended up dancing with Annabeth, though he kept stepping on her toes which annoyed her to know end, Grover with a wood nymph, Katie had gingerly accepted a dance from Travis while Clarisse promised to beat anyone who dared ask her, into the ground. Though Luke was oddly quiet and had been ever since the group had come back.

"He is probably just surprised or something." Naruto thought as he continued to dance away with Silena doing his best not to step on her toes. Though Naruto did not notice the look of malice and annoyance Luke had as the older blonde glanced at Naruto and Percy.

After that night the camp went back to normal and both Percy and Naruto spent the best summer they had ever had that with their new friends and family.

Percy would spend most of his time planning and strategizing for capture the flag matches and had finally settled with a cozy friendship with Annabeth.

Naruto meanwhile was either training or was hanging out with Percy, Annabeth, Grover or Silena.

After his battle with Ares he knew he had a long way to go before he could stand a chance at going one on one with a god and didn't want to always rely on the Kyuubi's chakra. So he practiced, and mastered the new jutsu he was given by Athena and had spent hours on end training in the arena where quite a few times Clarisse had sparred with him since just like him, she was a bit of a training nut.

So they happily found each other as there sparring buddies.

His friendship with Silena had also grown to the point where if he was not training or with Percy, he was with Silena. Since Naruto still wanted to learn to ride the Pegasi, Silena had made a deal with him.

She would teach him how to learn to ride pegasi if he taught her how to fight.

"I don't want to be a nuisance and I want to be strong enough to protect the people I care about." Silena had told him. "I don't want to be looked at as a daughter of Aphrodite who does nothing but play with her hair and gush over cute couples. I want to be more than that."

It had surprised Naruto but he accepted and helped her. They tried to find all kinds of different weapons for her to use and eventually they settled on a bronze knife just like Annabeth along with a bow and arrow.

That had caught Naruto of guard since Silena turned out to be quite deadly with a bow. She could give the kids from the Apollo cabin a run for their money. Not only that but Luna and Tiber had taken a big liking to Silena which he was grateful for.

Silena loved the two dire wolf pups and would be found a lot of the time cuddling them both into her which the two pups enjoyed. Although Luna and Tuber were a little fearful of going in the Aphrodite cabin since the girls would glomp them when they them.

Fourth of July

Naruto sat next to Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Silena, Katie, Connor and Travis as they sat on the beach watching the Hephaestus cabin row a boat a little ways out into see and prepare a big fireworks display.

"This is going to be good." Annabeth mused as everyone readied themselves for the light show.

"No doubt. It's the Hephaestus cabin so it's either go big or go home." Silena mussed as the others nodded.

They waited for a few more minutes as everyone else from the other cabins sat around the beach just as the fireworks went off. The fireworks shot up in to the sky as every gave a whoop of delight as colors of all kinds spread all across the night sky.

There was Hercules killing the Nemean lion, Artemis chasing the boar which made Naruto fist the air at, George Washington who Naruto figured must have been a child of Athena who was crossing the Delaware.

From what Annabeth had told them, the blasts would be sequenced so tightly they'd look like frames of animation across the sky. The finale was supposed to be a couple of hundred-foot-tall Spartan warriors who would crackle to life above the ocean, fight a battle, and then explode into a million colours.

When it did happen everyone clapped but not before one final wave of fireworks went up into the sky. It confused everyone since they thought it was over but when they saw the figures Naruto went a little wide eyed but grinned none the less as did everyone else.

In the sky was the firework animation of Naruto and Kakashi fighting against Zabuza and Haku. The blue fireworks representing Kakashi's chidori and the orange fireworks for Naruto's old orange jumpsuit. It lasted for a good thirty seconds altogether but it earned a huge round of applause.

"That was amazing. That was the wave mission you told us about right?" Annabeth said getting a nod from Naruto who had been entranced with the display. He did not realize just how taken in everyone had been

It was then as the fireworks finished Grover stood up. He had a backpack on along with a long walking stick in his right hand.

He looked older now, like he was in his late teens and had a wispy hair growing off his chin. On his head his horn had even gotten a little bigger but they were currently being covered by his Rasta cap.

Finally after years of waiting Grover had finally passed his satyr exam and gained his license that would enable him to search for Pan. Grover had been ecstatic as was everyone else but chose to stay a little while longer with the others but had planned to set off as soon as the fireworks had finished on the Fourth of July.

"I'm off," he said. "I just came to say ... well, you know."

Annabeth was the first to say goodbye and gave him a hug as a few tears escaped from her eyes. Then Percy who looked like he wanted to cry but he sucked it up and told Grover good luck and that he would see him again soon.

"You take care of yourself Grover." Naruto said as he embraced his satyr buddy. "If I find out that you got yourself in to some kind of trouble I will find you and kick your ass to Olympus and back."

Grover snorted. "Believe me I know you would."

"If there is anyone who can find Pan it's you" Annabeth said wiping away the tears.

Percy asked him where he was headed first but Grover told him he couldn't say anything. All Naruto understood was that since human and Pan did not really mix he could not say anything. That made everyone frown a little but they just went with it.

"We understand," Annabeth said. "You got enough tin cans for the trip?"

"Yeah."

"And you remembered your reed pipes?"

"Jeez, Annabeth," he grumbled. "You're like an old mama goat. You don't need to baby me."

"Yeah Grover is a man. But they sure do grow up fast." Naruto said as he wiped away a fake tear as he and Annabeth linked arms looking like proud parents sending their child of for the first time.

Grover just rolled his eyes and the two blondes antics while the others laughed.

Despite not actually being brother and sister, when everyone saw Naruto and Annabeth they might as well have been. Plus Naruto had always said he would have liked a little sister to tease and spoil.

Silena, Travis, Connor and Katie all gave him a quick hug good-bye as well before Grover trekked off for his search for Pan as everyone else watched him go.

"We'll see him again," Annabeth said.

"There goes one brave satyr." Naruto muttered as he waved.

"The bravest of them all." Percy added.

"He can do it. Grover has a dream to fulfill. He wants it so much I know he can do it. After all if you want to dream then you may as well dream big."

Everyone smiled t that before Naruto shut his eyes and felt the cool wind embrace him, cooling him down for the summer night. He just felt at ease at night and with the moon high in the sky, it was like Artemis was watching over him and protecting him.

However his eyes snapped open when he felt a something soft meet his cheek. It held there for a few seconds before it left which kind of disappointed him a little but immediately blushed when he realized Silena had leaned up and had kissed him on the cheek. Her pink lipstick leaving a mark on his cheek.

"Thank you for tonight. It was wonderful to watch the fireworks with you" she said pushing a strand of her behind her ear before she quickly left not wanting Naruto to see the blush on her cheeks as she went to find her siblings.

Naruto just stood there with a gobsmacked expression on his face as he held his hand right where Silena had kissed him. "Whoa." was all he could say thought he could hear snickering coming from behind him.

"I think Silena broke him." Travis whispered to Connor as they others laughed at Naruto's silly expression.

"Man Naruto must have it bad for Silena if he is getting so worked up about a little kiss on the cheek." Annabeth teased making him blush even more.

"S-Shut up" Naruto said as he stormed off down the road as the others laughed.

"Oh we're sorry Naruto" Katie and Annabeth said chasing after him and jumping on his back. He teased them so he would have to get use to them teasing him.

"Not as sorry as your about to be." Naruto said as Annabeth and Katie who were hanging off him had realized he had water walked onto the ocean. They knew what he was about to do.

"No, no, no, no Naruto don't" Annabeth shouted as she tried to hold on for dear life as Katie did the same.

"No Narutooooooo" Katie yelled before she screamed loudly as did Annabeth when Naruto dropped them right in the ocean

Everyone on the beach had seen what Naruto was doing and was cheering loudly and laughing. Naruto meanwhile grinned at the two as he saw their soaking wet clothes.

"I thought you two knew better then to tease me" Naruto said with a teasing tone to his voice before his eyes went wide when their arms grappled around him and dragged him in as well getting another round of laughter from the campers on the beach.

It didn't last long before most of the other campers ran into the water and a giant camp wide water fight began. Chiron took shelter back in the big house along with Mr D. Some of the Aphrodite girls complained since it ruined their makeup but eventually began to get involved.

"I love this place." Naruto though before Annabeth, Katie and Silena all grabbed his head and dunked him in the ocean.

High above in the clouds on Olympus many of the gods were looking down on the scene all with smiles etched on their faces, happy to finally see their children have a time of happiness. Even Zeus who had been watching it in the background as he read his icha icha book had a small smile on his face from the display. Although that could be mistaken since he was a perve reading smut.

They all knew how morbid a demi-gods life could be so to see the mall having fun like they were, it brought warmth to their hearts glad that they could have little moments like these that they could treasure.

Staring down at the ocean and gazing down at Naruto, Artemis who was covered in her silver hooded cloak smiled as she leaned her head on the tree next to her happy to see her son finally have the happiness that he greatly deserved.

"Soon Naruto. Soon" she whispered before she disappeared in to the night.

End of August

The summer was almost over as Naruto stood on top of Half Blood hill with Annabeth, Chiron and a few others as they watched parents come and pick their children up from camp. More than half of the campers were leaving. All of the Demeter and Aphrodite cabin were leaving, a few from the Athena, Apollo and Hermes cabin while only two from the Hephaestus cabin.

The night before the camp had one last big blow out which lasted all of the night. Naruto and Percy had been given their first bead. Naruto bead had the Artemis symbol on it as it marked the arrival of the first ever child of Artemis and how he travelled into the Underworld and came out alive.

Percy had a similar bead but his had the Poseidon trident on it depicting Percy going into the Underworld and surviving just like Naruto's.

Naruto watched as many of his new friends headed home and scanned the gathering until he saw Silena. She was hugging an older man who looked to be in his late thirties which the same kind of hair colour she had and looked just as tanned.

"No doubt that is Mr Beauregard, Silena's dad" Naruto thought before he saw Silena turn around, spot him on hill and give him a wave. The two had exchanged email and Skype addresses so the two would be keeping in contact over the time away. Since Naruto lived in New York while Silena lived in Atlanta, Georgia.

Naruto waved back before his face when tomato red when she blew him a kiss. No doubt her Aphrodite side was kicking in. She giggled madly when she saw his awestruck expression and winked at him before she got in the car.

Naruto eventually managed to shake himself out of it before he watched her go. Within a few minutes the others had all gone too just laving the few remaining on top of the hill.

There they all go Naruto muttered as those that would be staying nodded sadly. There was still a fair few left at camp like Annabeth, Clarisse, Beckendorf and the Stolls.

Percy and Luke should have been here with them but they were surprisingly absent which was not like them at all. Though Naruto had been a little worried with Luke. Ever since he and the others came back from their quest he had been strangely distant from them all and kept to himself a lot. It worried Annabeth too but being polite they gave him his space.

"So Naruto will you be staying with us or will you be returned to education somewhere in the city?" Chiron asked looking over at the blonde boy.

Naruto shrugged. "I'm still kind of deciding. I have a feeling Percy will end up going back to the city and find a place with his mom. So if that's the case then I might go with him. Try and keep him out of trouble."

Annabeth snorted. "Like that's possible. He is a magnet for trouble."

"Yeah but someone better have his back. Gods know what he would be like if we actually left him on his own."

"Good point." She said before the group turned around and head back to camp.

However Naruto's enhanced hearing caused him to stop when he could hear the sounds of hard breathing and stumbling around.

"Help" he could just about make out.

"Naruto why did you stop?" Annabeth asked as the others looked at him but then began to worry when they saw his panicked expression.

"Someone's hurt" he muttered before he took off at full speed to where the voice came from. He was going so fast he looked like a blur. The other quickly took off and followed after him as best they could.

Naruto arrived at the edge of the forest where they played their capture the flag matches and tree hopped and scanned the bottom.

It only took him a minute to find what he was looking for. There was Percy stumbling around on the ground looking pale white as two wood nymphs tried to help him up.

"Percy" Naruto called jumping down from the tree's startling the two wood nymphs a little and took him from their arms. "What the hell happened?" he asked as he could smell a distinct rotting smell coming room Percy hand. He grabbed his hand and saw a small puncture wound marking the skin that was already swelling up and had yellow gunk coming from it.

"Poison" he thought before he turned back to Percy who looked ready to pass out any second.

"Lu-" Percy muttered out getting Naruto's attention. "It was Luke" Percy said confusing Naruto.

"Luke?" What has Luke got to do with any of this?

"Luke took the bolt" he wheezed out making Naruto's eyes go wide. "He gave it to Ares. He is teaming with-"

"Teaming with who?" Naruto asked.

Percy gathered what strength he could before he muttered one word.

"Kronos." he said before his eyes rolled back and he fell unconscious.

"Fuck" Naruto said not having time to think about what Percy just said before he scooped Percy onto his shoulders and sprinted off towards camp. He made fifty shadow clones and sent them to find Luke and drag his ass back.

As soon as he got there he saw Chiron and Annabeth and shouted over to them. Both saw him coming and sprinted over with Chiron taking Percy from Naruto's shoulders. "What happened" he demanded.

"He had been poisoned. What by I don't know but the puncture wounds are on his hand" he said showing the mark

"Pit Scorpion. I recognize the mark." Chiron said. I must get him to the healing bay at once he said as he galloped away with Percy in his arms.

Naruto followed after with Annabeth who gave him a loo that said 'you better explain.'

It was not long before they were at the medical bay and were sat outside of the room Percy was occupied in with Chiron and a few satyrs and nymphs using their magic to heal him.

"What happened" Annabeth asked looking at Naruto who sighed. He knew Annabeth was not going to like this.

"It was Luke." Naruto muttered but Annabeth heard him and unknowingly took step back from shock.

"Luke poisoned Percy. Why?" She demanded not fully understanding why her long time friend would poison Percy. She figured it must have been a trick and that Percy mistook it for someone else.

Naruto sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "He said...he said that it was Luke who took the master bolt from Olympus. And now that I think about it, it does make sense.

"W-What? Luke would not have done that. Percy must be wrong. He had to be." Annabeth shouted.

"Annabeth stop and think about it for a second." Naruto said looking the girl straight in the eye. "Luke was part of the group that went to Olympus for the Winter Solstice when the bolt went missing right. He took it starting the whole mess but I think Ares must have found it."

"But Ares being Ares thought he could use this to take the bolt and took it from Luke. Then the quest is given, we return successful with Zeus with is bolt back and Luke suddenly becomes distant from everyone, quiet and began pushing people away. Plus the line in the prophecy Percy got never actually occurred."

"You would be betrayed by the one you call friend." Annabeth whispered as the realization hit her like a tonne of bricks. "How could I not see it." she thought as she threw her hand to her mouth and was about to keel over in shock before Naruto grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her.

Naruto just held Annabeth as she sobbed into his chest. He knew what it was like to be betrayed by a friend. The feeling Annabeth was feeling from Luke's betrayal was the same one that he felt from Sasuke and Sakura when they turned their back on him. Betraying him simply because Naruto would not let Sasuke go to Orochimaru for power to kill Itachi and Sakura because he used extreme force to bring Sasuke back.

It stung a lot and it would take time for that pain to fade and heal.

Annabeth's eyes were red and puffy when they exited the hug and saw Chiron walking out of the medic room letting them know of Percy condition and what they discovered.

Few Hours Later

Percy's eyes slowly opened and found Naruto, Annabeth hand Chiron in the room with him all with relived looks on their faces. Argus was in the corner of them room with his eyes looking all around the room.

His right hand was bandaged like a club.

"You gave us a bit of scare Percy" Naruto said as he twiddled his thumbs and looked at his friend. Colour had returned to his face thanks the gods. His shadow clones from earlier had all dispelled and Luke was no wherein the area. Whether he was very fast or he found some way to transport out of there.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Like my insides have been frozen, then micro waved." he said wincing a little.

"Ouch" Naruto commented. "I think I know what this is like actually." he said remembering Orochimaru putting the five pronged seal on his stomach in the forest of death. "Now that hurt like a bitch."

"Percy tell us exactly what happened" Chiron asked. "We got some information from Naruto after he asked you what happened but we need you to clarify it" Chiron said as everyone leaned in to listen. Annabeth praying that Percy just got it mixed up though she knew now all the evidence was pointing to Luke.

So Percy told them what he knew and the thing Luke had said to him while the pit scorpion was about to attack him. Everyone listen with sad looks on their face.

"Power and glory" Naruto thought angrily as heard the reason to why Luke betrayed them. "He wants power and glory and is willing to just cast aside the people that care about him. He wants to destroy the gods and Olympus and he had decided to side with the King of the Titans. Luke I sorely misjudged you" Naruto thought as his fists clenched.

"I can't believe that Luke ..." Annabeth's voice faltered as her expression was conflicted between being sad and being angry "Yes. Yes, I can believe it. He was never the same after his quest.

"This must be reported to Olympus," Chiron murmured. "I will go at once."

"Luke is out there right now," Percy said. "I have to go after him."

Chiron shook his head. "No, Percy. The gods—"

"Won't even talk about Kronos," he snapped. "Zeus declared the matter closed!"

"Enough Percy." Naruto said with a commanding voice silencing everyone in the room. "The fact that Luke managed to disarm you so quickly shows you're not ready to fight him. Even if you did find him what would you do?" He asked causing Percy to turn his head away.

"Revenge is not a path that someone should walk down Percy, because all it ever leads to is hatred and misery. I know because I have seen it and I know the effect it can have on people. For now you let it go. We will deal with Luke when the time comes." Naruto said as Chiron nodded.

"Wise words and ones you should all listen to/" Chiron answered before he stopped in his tracks when Percy spoke up.

"Chiron ... your prophecy from the Oracle ... it was about Kronos, wasn't it? Was I in it? And Annabeth? Was Naruto too?"

Chiron glanced nervously at the ceiling. "Percy, it isn't my place—"

"You've been ordered not to talk to me about it, haven't you?"

Naruto listened with interest. He was not sure about this new prophecy but whatever it was it had people on edge. Whatever it was it was big. Far bigger than the quest they survived on.

"You will be a great hero, child. I will do my best to prepare you. But if I'm right about the path ahead of you …"

Chiron sighed in frustration. "The gods have their reasons, Percy. Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing."

"We can't just sit back and do nothing," Percy said.

"We will not sit back," Chiron promised. "But you must be careful. Kronos wants you to come unravelled. He wants your life disrupted, your thoughts clouded with fear and anger. Do not give him what he wants. Train patiently. Your time will come."

"I'll be back as soon as I can," Chiron promised. "Argus will watch over you."

He glanced at Annabeth. "Oh, and, my dear ... whenever you're ready, they're here."

Annabeth nodded as Naruto gave her a kind look as Percy had a look of confusion on his face.

"You're giving it another shot aren't you?" he said with Annabeth nodding.

"Yeah I figured it was time I tried again with my dad" she said making Percy look a little surprised.

"You're going to stay with your dad again?"

"I took your advice to heart." she said before Percy began to move out of the bed.

"What are you doing?" Annabeth asked but saw that just as Percy was about to slide his legs out of the bed Naruto walked up to him and gave him a little chop across the neck which rendered him uncounisous.

"Why did you do that?" Annabeth asked a little sceptically while Naruto shrugged.

"He was trying to push himself and the after effects of the poison are still in his system. It will take him a little while to get rid of it all so he should remain in bed. Figured knocking him out was easier than an argument."

She shrugged and they left letting Percy sleep. When they were outside the camp looked empty.

"So you sure about this" Naruto asked as Annabeth nodded.

"It times I tried again. Percy had a point with people being able to change. I want to see that" she said.

"Well you know if things don't go as planned you have a room at my apartment that you're welcome to have" he said making Annabeth smile and hug the older blonde.

"Thank you."

"No problem. I always wanted a little sis and what kind of a brother would I be if I didn't look out for you." he said making her smile a giant smile.

She may have lost Luke but she was given a big brother in return.

"When I get back next summer," she said, "we'll hunt down Luke. We'll ask for a quest, but if we don't get approval, we'll sneak off and do it anyway. Agreed?"

Naruto snorted. "You have been hanging out with Percy too much. I think he is beginning to rub off on you." he said as jabbed him playfully.

"Tell seaweed brain I said bye" she said before she grabbed a pack and bag that had been sitting at the side before she walked off towards Half Blood Hill. Waiting atop of the hill was a figure waiting there. Naruto guessed it was her dad.

Naruto turned around and felt the wind blow around and him sweeping his hair. The wind felt warm and it felt like someone caressed his cheek. Naruto smiled before he looked to the sky and came to a silent decision.

"I'll protect all of you. Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Silena, Mom, Gran, Katie, Clarisse, Connor, Travis, Chiron, everyone. You're all my family. I grew up without one but now that I have all of you I won't let any harm come to any of you. If Luke and Kronos think that I will let them hurt you then they have another thing coming."

"That's a promise. That's a promise on my way of the shinobi."

He turned to look around at Camp Half Blood, the place that has become his new home.

He came to this world as an outsider, someone that was scorned and hated by a village that couldn't see past the demon he kept back. Villagers and shinobi that couldn't stand to look at him and treated him like trash. Team mates that turned their backs on him and had tried to kill him. A family that was suppose to care for him but left him to grow up alone.

Now he was someone with friends, people that cared for him and saw Naruto for Naruto. He had a mother that loved for him, a grandmother that watched over him, friends that would fight for him and monsters that would soon come to fear him.

He smiled at the new life he now had and headed towards his cabin to begin packing to leave for New York and back his training gear with him. He would find a way to continue to train and get stronger so that he could match the strongest of monsters and entities in this world.

He entered his cabin with one thing on his mind.

"The future is going to be one wild ride." he though before he closed the cabin door behind him.

Chapter 22 Completed

Okay everyone this chapter marks the end of the Lightning Thief. Now I will be writing the Sea of Monsters but I won't be writing the first chapter and be posting it until either before xmas or just after xmas. I will put an authors note on lightning thief when Sea Of Monsters will be ready. Reason being i have other stories that I need to focus on as well.

Also since its xmas next month I may write some kind of special xmas chapter so be on the look out for that but I will write that closer to the holiday. :)

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