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Over the next few weeks Percy, after being in the poisonous atmosphere of Tartarus, worked out at lot. He did a lot of cardio, mainly to build his endurance back up. One day after taking a nice long jog on the beach, Annabeth came up to him.
"Hey Perce, Chiron wanted me to tell you that you are going to be taking over as the swords teacher."
"No. No, No, No and no." Percy replied. Him? Teaching people? How could he do that? Sure he loved battling with swords. Riptide was always his go to weapon. He just didn't like the idea of teaching other people.
"Percy you have to. Chiron's orders." After a pause she continued, "You will start tomorrow morning. 8 o'clock sharp. Don't be late or I swear to gods Percy I'll be on you faster than you can say Riptide." With that she stalked off with a hop in her step. Presumably because she knows Percy will listen to her.
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The next morning Percy woke up at 7:30. He was not ready, whatsoever, to teach other people the way of the sword. He had a few things ready to teach them but he still didn't want too.
He walked into the sword fighting arena. It was exactly 8 o'clock. Percy silently praised himself for actually being on time for once. He walked into the middle of the sword fighting mat. People were scattered around talking and when Percy cleared his throat all of them stopped talking and rushed over to the center of the room. There was some murmuring.
"Percy Jackson?"
"Teaching us?"
"I've never seen him up close!"
Then one whisper caught Percy's attention. This kid probably hadn't been here long by the looks of him. He probably arrived while Percy was is Tartarus. He whispered six simple words that got Percy really excited.
"I bet I can take him."
Percy's head jerked up. The boy looked about 14. His head was shaved and he had some muscle. "You think so?" Percy taunted. "Well let's see it then. Get a sword, let's see what you got."
The kid picked up a Celestrial bronze sword that was about three feet long.
"Where is your sword?" The kid asked, his voice was steady. This made Percy excited to see the look on his face when he gets his butt handed to him.
"Why it's right here." he pulled out Riptide. Obviously the kid wasn't threatened by his fierce ball point pen.
"A pen?"
Percy held up his finger. Essentially shushing the child. He uncapped Riptide and the familiar sound: Shink it sent tingles up his spine.
"You might need this," Percy said handing him a helmet. "Begin."
The teenage boy made the first move, which Percy parried with ease. Percy shifted his weight so the boy was behind him, and without even turning around, he slammed the hilt of his blade into the back of the kids helmet. The kid crumbled to the floor.
"Perseus Jackson! You can't just knock out your students!" Annabeth came storming in. She definitely looked mad.
"Hey calm down he just thought he could beat me in a sword fight." Percy explained.
"So you knocked him out?"
"He'll be fine." Percy said with that bad boy grin on his face.