Nico and Percy ambush Ally after school the next day, " Ally, would you like to dance to the song we're going to perform for the talent show? " Nico asks.
" You're really good, and it would give everyone more opportunity to get to know you. " Percy adds.
" Did you two rehearse this? " Ally asks.
" No, but it would be good for you, especially if you're aiming for Julliard. " Nico states.
Ally glares at him, " That's a low blow, Di Angelo. "
" Maybe, but you know you'll have fun doing it. " Nico retorts.
Ally sighs as they all head to Sweet Dreams, and she grabs an apron, setting straight to work, tossing an apron to Nico as well. Ally sets to work on making a cherry meringue pie, wanting to expand Amelia's service and wanting the practice. She pulls her iPod out of subspace and puts the ear buds in, turning it on and setting to work to music. Once she has the pie in to bake she works on a pumpkin cheesecake, having Nico work on the crust. Amelia looks at Ally, apparently the teen used baking and dancing as her outlets.
Ally removes the pie and places the cheesecake in to bake next. Then she works on a batch of blue spritz cookies, once the dough is mixed up she has Nico use the spritzer while she deals with setting the trays up. When her cheesecake comes out Ally puts two trays worth of cookies into the oven, sets the timer, and smiles as she gets out the ingredients for a blueberry jelly roll. Nico groans as Ally works him to the bone baking, though what Nico didn't know was that she was also training him.
Later that night Nico has a grueling training session with Sailor Saturn to learn how to wield the glaive and use the new powers he'd been given. She was also making him think about what his alter ego would be. While Nico is getting thrashed by the youngest Sailor Senshi the youngest half-blood in the house is also dreaming and receiving a visitor.
Percy's Dream:
Percy blinks as he looks around, the same dream that Nico had received the night before played out for him, the only difference being that he received a different visitor, " Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, I am Sailor Neptune. My hime will need your help in the coming days. "
Percy groans, " Let me guess, more training? "
" You catch on quick, young one. I will be training you while you sleep, yes. I will also be granting you the power of the Star of Sea, Neptune. Not only will this help my hime, but it will also help you immensely as well, since what we do in here will also increase your stamina with using your powers. Ally has started you on a good training regime to help you with this. "
" So, how soon will I need to be ready to fight at Ally's side? " Percy asks.
" My mirror only shows unrest in the future. I don't know how soon danger will be coming for the hime. I just know that she will need help and your powers are similar to mine so I can help my hime by training you. " Sailor Neptune states.
" I get it, I've been forming tridents out of water to fight with, that would probably be a good weapon for me to have. My adoptive dad is working on getting me to turn water into ice. " Percy says.
" Ice is not my domain, but I can see where that would be useful. Continue working with Ryujin, Percy. He will be able to help you with that a lot better than I ever could. I can help you with attacking with water. "
" Like how you did in Japan. Dad told me some stories of the Sailor Senshi when I was younger. I can't believe the others would betray Sailor Moon like that. She did nothing to deserve that. "
" You're correct, she was so kind and gentle, she truly believed in giving everyone a second chance. However when she broke through her mother's spell on her she told us Outers the truth and awakened our true memories, then she shielded them from further tampering. We supported her decision in kicking Mamoru baka to the curb. He never treated her right, never truly believed in her except for when it was convenient for him. That was the one time I didn't stop Sailor Uranus from cursing him out in front of Saturn. I was ready to do the same, during the Silver Millennium he had been a snake and I remember exactly how he used to treat the princess. "
" Well, you can count on me to help protect Ally. She's a friend of Nico's and that's all the reason I need to keep her safe. " Percy states.
" My name is Michiru Kaioh. Let's get started on your training, Percy. "
End Percy's Dream:
The next morning Ally reports to the beach at seven and once again spars with Nico, only this time it was hand to hand. As she weaves through his attacks she sighs internally, her senshi were taking steps to guard her. She supposed she couldn't blame her Outers, and in Percy's case Neptune training him would be a blessing. As she continues to weave through Nico's attacks the Nemesis daughter allows her thoughts to drift, keeping enough attention on her spar. Nico glares at her and starts to use his shadows to fight as well.
Ally back flips away and smirks, " Clever, Nico. Now, let's see who's better at manipulating shadows. "
Percy was working on the kata Ally had taught him, with water this time while Tatsuya watched him. Ally had been right to give Percy this kind of training, he would never have thought of it, and now Nico was integrating sand into his spar with Ally as well. The Nemesis daughter was responding with her shadows.
Camp Half Blood:
Travis and Connor grin when they hear the shrieks from the Hecate cabin, looks like their next assault had been a huge success. Noah and Elijah also grin from where they were, looks like Zach's idea had been a huge success. The Hecate Campers had better be wary because they weren't going to take it much longer. Someone had to put them in their place and they camp pranksters had taken it upon themselves to do so.
Camp Half-Blood Patrol Group:
Zacharias smiles before he grabs breakfast and heads out with his group. He splits off from them needing to find the perfect gift for Josh. He checks his mail, got a letter from his dad and a debit card. Then he spies Nico, Ally, and two people he didn't know in a reflection. " Nico, Ally! "
Once he's made it across the street he hugs the both of them, " I am so sorry I wasn't there to stop Bianca. I swear I would have dyed her hair pink, given her blue spots, and put her in a clown suit. "
" Zach, can't breathe. " his fellow half-bloods gasp out.
" Désolé, comment avez-vous deux été ( Sorry, how have you two been)? " Zach says, letting go of them.
Ally groans, thanking her dad for the French lessons. " Nous avons été bons, Zachy. Comment vont les choses avec vous et Joshy( We've been good, Zachy. How are things with you and Joshy)? "
Percy and Nico both look at her in shock, " Ally, how long have you been able to speak French? "
" Dad paid for language lessons as well. " Ally answers.
After Zach discovers that Percy is his Joshy's Percy it's decided he will tape Percy and the others at the festival for Josh's birthday. Ally would come to get Zach, this way Nico wouldn't risk running into Bianca. Zach goes with them to get the groceries and then he hears a whimpering in an alley and finds a puppy, looking very dirty and the poor thing flinched when Zach reached for it. They dump the groceries with Tatsuya and race to the vet, where the puppy is taken care of and has the name of Dummy. Zach takes the collar off and throws it away, renaming the black lab puppy Écologiques for the green eye color.
Amelia takes care of the paperwork and it is decided Écologiques will stay with Percy and the others. Celeste teaches the young pup to leave Luna and Artemis alone while the others work on the video once Zach explains to Tatsuya and the older man supplies the camera.
Three days later, the bunk bed had arrived and been installed in Nico and Ally's room, the Nemesis daughter curses when she rolls out of bed and hits the floor from the top bunk. Japanese oaths spilling forth at a rate that would have made Haruka proud of her koneko. Nico looks at her, " You done yet. "
" Seiko no ue, dianjero o shatto. ( Shut the !#$ up, Di Angelo.) " Ally snaps back.
Part of Sailor Saturn's training of Nico was teaching him Japanese so he had a good idea what Ally had said to him. She had essentially told him to shut up in not so polite terms. Ally grabs her work out clothes and goes to get her training in. She was not happy by any means. Nico grabs his work out clothes, which was just his swim trunks and gets changed as well. Then he puts his beach shoes on and heads down stairs. Percy and Tatsuya were already there and Ally joins them moments later, Artemis with her.
The group reaches the beach and Ally, with her iPod ready, goes through her katas, bending the shadows around her for the first three and then she just goes through the katas, increasing her pace with each successive one. Tatsuya watches her train, the girl was extremely good, and she pushed Nico and Percy to be better. The boys figuring that if Ally could do it they could as well. A three way spar begins between them and Ally comes out on top, as usual. Then Tatsuya has all three working to dodge his attacks.
Ally, still with her tunes blasting stays ahead of him the entire time, no matter how fast he had the spheres travel towards them. Nico blocks them with sand and shadow tendrils while Percy redirects them. Ally only continually dodged his attacks and the god looks at the reincarnated Tsuki no Hime, she just should not be able to dodge him so easily, but then again she could access the Senshi of Wind's powers when she wasn't around, that would just be chalked up to a half-blood ability.
Half-bloods apparently could move faster than normal, which was helpful for Ally. Then Ally does something he hadn't considered, she shapes the shadows into discuses and sends them at him, at the same rate he was sending the spheres, and avoiding the spheres, which meant he now had to dodge as well. When she pegs him Tatsuya calls a halt to their training and Ally shadow travels back to be the first to use the shower and get ready for the day. She's at the table when they walk in to the house. Nico gets beat out by Percy and Ally sets to work on making breakfast for everyone. She chose to make blue blueberry pancakes for the blue food lover, and she has a huge stack ready, knowing her appetite combined with Tatsuya and Percy's.
Once Nico is ready as well they all dig in and Ally finishes first. Then she looks at Tatsuya, " You get to do dishes today, Ryujin, got it. "
Tatsuya groans at this but knows better than to argue with Ally, she'd make him regret it later. " We are all going to the mall, as Nico needs to experience what life is like as a normal teenager from this day and age. "
Nico groans at this while Percy smirks, " What, are you scared? "
Nico glares at him, " You wish, I just don't see why I should spend my time wandering aimlessly at the mall. "
" I have an unlimited funds credit card given to me by Pluto. She had a whole helluva a lot of money and stated I should use it as I saw fit. " Ally states.
Nico groans but once they get there he makes a beeline for the same science store he and Amelia had gone to, getting more books and geodes, along with some semi-precious stones. Ally picks up some things as well, and Percy picks up some coral. The next shop they hit was once Percy chose. This store was an instrument shop and he gets some things to help with the upkeep of his violin along with some more music to practice. Nico picks up some piano music and then Ally heads for a music store and scours the CD's for some new music. Her dad had shipped her video games and gaming systems to the Kazuki residence.
Hours later they hit the food court and Nico, much to his dismay, finds that he actually had fun, though he would be loath to admit it to anyone. It just wouldn't be good for his rep so his expression and body language read affected disinterest. Ally and Percy could tell he had, had fun, but they knew he didn't want to own up to it. They head back to the Kazuki home and Percy works on his katas again, Nico doing the same.
Ally draws her daggers and goes through some more katas, knowing she had to be in peak physical condition. Artemis chuckles as he watches them work, becoming a Nemesis daughter had been the best thing to ever happen to the princess, because now the princess could be herself and not be condemned for it. He was still sorely disappointed in Minako for her actions and had decided that he would stay with Ally, though living with two dogs was not his idea of fun.
Juuban District, Japan, Hikawa Shrine:
Rei Hino curses at what the Great Fire tells her. The gods were about ready to rescind their blessings. She calls the other girls and they race over to the shrine. Minako Aino snarls, " Well, we'll just have to bind the wands to us with blood, only combat will relinquish them from us. "
" Very true, as the hime is completely unworthy of her position. We cannot allow ourselves to lose our powers. " Ami Mizuno says.
Makoto Kino sighs, " Do you know where the hime is, Ami-chan? "
" No, I cannot detect her energy signature anywhere and you know the Outers are just waiting for us to make a false move, they killed us before, and if we get too ambitious they will call in the Starlights. Fighter will be all over us, as she protects the hime just as fiercely as Uranus. " Ami states.
Rei grimaces, realizing that at their current power level the Starlights could kick their asses easily, " Well, we'll just have to bide our time. "
The other three sigh at this, realizing the fiery senshi was right, the Outers could easily kick their asses as they weren't even at Star Power yet. They had yet to find Mamoru, but they figured he would find some way to get close to the hime. How close they had no idea because this time around the hime, unknown to them, had some powerful protections around her. Including wards placed by Nemesis for the protection of her only daughter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson or Sailor Moon. I don't own Amelia, Tatsuya, Zach, the Demeter Twins, or Josh, they all belong to Illusionist Owl whom is graciously allowing me to use her brainchildren, which are brilliantly well written.
