Chapter 6-The Twilight zone where things go bananas (final part)
Speech-"Hi"
Thought-'Hi'
Technique-Rasengan
Demon talking-"Hi"
Demon thinking-'Hi'
A/N-read the authors notes.
Beta: Ketsuoni
Disclaimer-both series belong to their respective owners and anything else in the story.
'I choose…'
Before Naruto could finish, Kurumi interjected.
"Remember, you are risking yourself Naruto-kun, by transferring your coils and chakra into Jackson-san, you are weakening yourself, and for what? For friendship; please Koi don't kid yourself. That boy was like all those other worthless humans; jealous, petty, weak, and resentful. If it weren't for that incident with that weird bat-creature then I highly doubt the boy's opinion of you would have changed" she pointed out while glaring at Elysium for even suggesting that her destined mate help such a lowly creature by doing something that would put months upon months of training down the gutter by weakening him.
Besides, why should Naruto even considering helping that boy. He was like everyone else in that human school. They hated Naruto for the status he held as the student council president and student disciplinary committee.
It was human nature to hate those who are more powerful or higher in a position; and a school full of rich snobs and spoiled brats only cemented that fact.
As the head of the student council and disciplinary committee, Naruto held more sway within the student body than any other students of the school. Something they tried to change with the money and connection their parents had, but any and all attempts would always end up in failure because Naruto held more connection and knew people in high places.
This fact was quickly made known and soon a lot of people would try to befriend the blond for their own purposes, be it students or faculty members with the exception to Chiron and Miss Dodds for obvious reasons.
Again, this is the pettiness if humans; to try and leech off those superior to them, something that disgusts Kurumi and made her view humanity as unintelligent mongrels, worms, and leeches hell bent on self-destruction just to satisfy their own needs, her destined mate being the only exception.
Kyūbi's hatred was from her experiences growing up. She, like her siblings, were hunted down and sealed to be used as tools, weapons for their own selfish need for power. The people of the Elemental Nations saw them as mindless creatures that should bend to their will, to be used like common whores. This is where her hatred for humanity came from and where Naruto differed.
When she met the blond, he was but a child. He showed no fear, no hatred, or even desire for power. Naruto only asked why she attacked the village. This shocked her and she decided to take a look at his memories.
Her shock only grew, along with her hatred for humanity. She told the boy what really happened; how she was controlled by an Uchiha and the truth about his parents. Then she asked him if he wanted power to take revenge on those people who harmed him. But to her growing surprise he refused and what he said only cemented the fact that he wasn't like most humans.
It's your power, not mine. Why would I want someone else's power? Power and strength should not be given, it should be earned, and I will earn mine. Not for revenge, but for my sake and those who are precious to me.
Oh, and I don't blame you Kyūbi. Even if you killed my parents, I don't care. why should I? I don't even know them. If I blame you for something out of your control then I would be like thevillagers, ignorant and opinionated. It's because ofhimthat I'm hated. It's because ofhimthat my parents are dead. All of it ishisfault; it washisJutsu that made you rampage and attack the village. You don't go blaming the weapon. You blame the one who used it.
After that Kurumi observed Naruto for an entire month before deciding to lend her aid by helping him train, and giving him permission to use her power.
'And then came the day he met these two,' Kurumi thought, glancing at the two Sentient spirits. How the blond met the two was a story for another time.
"There is no guaranty that she would even survive after the transfer. Her body is not properly conditioned to handle Chakra, especially your potent Chakra,"she said.
"I have to agree with Kurumi Sister, though it would be interesting to see how a human body melts from the inside out. I've only seen a person melt from the outside,"Inferno said, gaining a curious look at the last part. He recalled the many foes he melted with his control over fire, but he never did melt someone's inside and it actually intrigued him on what it would look like. But not so much that he would risk his master.
"But the two of you have sensed it correct? That lingering energy around her is most likely the energy left by Percy's father," she shot back.
"Oh? You're hoping whatever energy that still lingered within Jackson-san's body would somehow help? Don't make me laugh Elysium. It wouldn't work. It's too small and different to meld with Naruto, it would be like trying to mix oil and water; they won't. So your opinion is moot and mine still stands, that Naruto-kun should not help her and leave her to her fate" Kurumi retorted back with a sneer.
"Besides, he's known them how long, a day with Jackson-san and a week with the boy, not much bonding there to make him risk himself. Even if the process succeeds she'll die eventually, and what then? Would you have Naruto-kun, your master, risk himself again bringing her back," she further added, glaring at the blonde spirit. Her immense powers flared, evidenced by her nine-tails, making Elysium drop to her knees.
'Enough,' Naruto ordered firmly getting fed up with their growing argument. 'I'm getting a splitting headache from the two of you arguing,' he added, before glancing towards Sally and Percy.
Kurumi words were true, there were too many variables and too much risk with little guarantee of success. Even if the transfer is successful, there was a chance that her body could implode or simply melt away.
Too many variables and no positive outcomes only made things worse for the blonde, filling him with more regret and sadness.
'Ahh…damn it,' he mentally cursed, which for him was a first. Naruto sighed sadly and turned his eyes to meet Percy, with a remorseful voice he spoke, "Percy, I'm sorry there is nothing I can do."
The look of devastation in the teen's eye only made him feel worse, "Sally's in a better place now and remember, she loved you, she truly did. So in return, live for her, continue on in her memory, but never forget," Naruto finished firmly.
Percy nodded but didn't say anything "I…I will." And tears staring to flow like a river. Moxxi brought the teen into a comforting hug and whispered soothing words. "Just let it out Percy, it will only hurt more if you bottle it up."
Naruto looked away in shame and cursed himself for his weakness. 'I should have ended my battle earlier. I could have saved her,' he thought in regret. 'Once again, I find myself in a similar situation and in both situations it the ended the same. The only difference is it is someone else's precious person that died.' Regret, that's all he felt right now.
Somewhere from a distance two loan figures watched from afar. "Is he in," the first figure asked. The second figure nodded.
"Yes, the distraction provided by the Jinchūriki proved most useful." The second figured confirmed. "None of them suspect a thing."
The first figured chuckled, "kuku, excellent. And with the beast guarding those weapons we can move freely with our plans, kuku." He said, his yellow snake like eyes glowed menacingly. The two figures suddenly vanished in a swirl of leaves.
Naruto eyes widened when he felt a familiar energy. 'Impossibly, how could…' his thoughts were interrupted when he saw a pink light surround Moxxi and two symbols appear above her head; a snow white dove with a pinkish aura around it and an Owl. Symbols of two Goddesses that Naruto knew.
'Well, that explains a lot,' the blond thought, recalling all the schemes and plans that his partner would think up.
Her features changed as well, making her even more beautiful in Naruto's eyes. Once the light died down the clothes the brunette wore changed to a purple double-breasted uniform that showed off her thighs, a V-neck pattern that showed her breasts, and her dark blue panties. Black and white stripe patterned leg covers, and white high-heel boots. On top of her head was a purple top hat that had a queen of hearts card stuck in it. [A/N-Moxxi's costume for Borderlands 2]
"Well, I thought you were beautiful before, now you're downright gorgeous" Naruto commented with a whistle.
"It has been determined. All hail Madeline Mox, daughter of Aphrodite, Goddess of beauty, love, lust, desire, sexuality, and pleasure, legacy of Athena Goddess, of warfare, wisdom, and battle strategy." Naruto heard Chiron and instantly everyone kneeled down.
Naruto went to congratulate her but stopped when bright lights began to envelop him, causing everyone to look up at him and gasp. Above his head were fifteen symbols each depicting the major Olympians from both generations, but the last and most prominent symbol frightened them, it was a Star in a crescent moon.
"By Order and Chaos, how is this possible," said a girl with curly, golden honey blonde hair and gray eyes. Everyone in camp had the same thought in mind but they were too shocked to say it out loud.
"I don't know but, regardless, it has been determined," Chiron said and once again kneeled down along with everyone else.
"All hail Naruto Uzumaki; son of Nyx, Goddess of Darkness and Protogenos of the night," Chiron started before continuing, "Legacy of Hestia, Goddess of the hearth, home, and family, legacy of Hera, Goddess of marriage, motherhood, and Queen of Olympus, legacy of Demeter, Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, and the harvest, Legacy of Poseidon, God of the seas, earthquakes, and horses, legacy of Hades, God of the underworld, wealth, and lord of the dead, legacy of Zeus, God of lightning, lord of the skies, and King of Olympus, legacy of Aphrodite, Goddess of beauty, love, lust, desire, sexuality, and pleasure, legacy of Athena, Goddess of warfare, wisdom, and battle strategy, legacy of Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, childbirth, and the moon, legacy of Apollo, God of the sun, prophecy, and healing, legacy of Hermes, God of messengers, travelers, and thieves, legacy of Hephaestus, God of fire, the forge, and volcanoes, legacy of Dionysus, God of grape-harvest, wine, and madness, legacy of Ares, God of war, rage, and violence." Chiron finished.
"Well this is unexpected." When the glow died down, Naruto heard another set of gasps.
"Naruto you…" Percy trailed off on the last part with wide eyes, though they held intrigue and confusion.
Naruto caught on. 'Of course,' he sighed. Since the seal he placed to conceal his mutation in appearance, which happened after he regained the other half of Kurumi's Yōki chakra from the fourth Hokage's corpse, dropped.
Kurumi said it was a side effect from her Yōki entering his body. He felt weird at first but learned to accept it and used a Genjutsu seal to hide his appearance. The good thing about this mutation, aside from his wonderful appearance as Kurumi put it, is his senses were enhanced and he got an increase in stamina. As for power level, it did not increase; it only furthered his chakra potency.
Naruto's whisker marks darkened and became more distinct. His untamed hair grew shoulder length with six strands of hair like streaks running down the front, side, and back side of his head. But the most noticeable features were his nine tails, fox like ears on top of his head, and his sharp claws. Like Moxxi, his clothing changed to a black and red colored male kimono that showed off his figure.
Four of Naruto's nine-tails were reddish gold. This signified his level of power. If Naruto were to rank himself he could say he was around a high B-rank to middle A-rank, that's with using the two Soul swords, A-rank with Kurumi's Yōki since he could only maintain three-tails worth of her power and has yet to fully master controlling it.
"Are you afraid," he asked, already assuming they now saw him as a monster.
"No," came the quick response from Moxxi and Percy. He looked at them in a bit of disbelief.
"You are my friend Naruto and you are nothing like those monsters." Percy knew his friend was nothing like them and said the last part with venom.
"You're my partner Naruto and I don't care about this new appearance. To me you're still the same guy I met in the café. If anything this just made you even hotter," Moxxi said with a look on her face.
"And how about all of you," he asked the campers. Some had a look of weariness on them but it was overlapped by the awestruck look they had.
"None of the campers are afraid of you, Mr. Uzumaki." Chiron stated firmly "Shocked and weary yes, but afraid, no. Mostly shocked because of your lineage," he said.
Naruto nodded understanding what Chiron meant. "I suppose so," the blond said in agreement. "I'm related to fourteen Olympians and one primordial being, so I suppose it's a shocker that I exist." He concluded.
Naruto made a one handed seal Doton: Chikyū Maisō No jutsu/Earth release: earth burial technique. As the named implied, it was a technique used to bury the dead.
"I pride myself on being an excellent judge of character and I firmly believe that Sally Jackson was a kind, considerate, and overall great mother," Naruto said in a somber tone. "I only wish I could have saved and got to know her." He ended, bowing his head in respect, a gesture everyone else followed in respect for the passing.
"I'm sure if things were different me and Mrs. Jackson could have easily become friends. But I felt we were, she was an easy person to get along with, did not judge me for what I am and accepted me. For that, I thank her and wish her peace in the afterlife," Moxxi said bowing her head and wiping away a stray tear.
"Thank you," Percy said to his two friends. "I never realized that my mom gave up a lot of things for me, but heh I guess that's what defines a mother, right? For that I am thankful and I'm sorry mom for doubting you…I love you mom," he choked out as tears began to flow once again. Moxxi allowed the sea-green eyed teen to lean on her for comfort and said teen silently thanked her.
Percy nodded towards Naruto and the blond made a hand-seal, causing the coffin to sink into the ground. Once it sunk down a tombstone appeared with the image of Sally Jackson etch into the rock with the inscription: Sally Jackson, a loving woman and a great mother.
"Looks like Percy tired himself out. Understandable that he is emotionally exhausted," Naruto said summoning two shadow clones to gently carry him. He turned his attention to the honey blonde haired girl, who straightened up when she realize her fellow blonde's gaze was on her. "Show my clones where the infirmary is will you um…" Naruto trailed off.
"Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena," she introduced herself.
Naruto nodded. "Yes, nice meet you Annabeth. Can you please direct my clones to the infirmary?"
"Yes," she answered.
Naruto nodded in thanks and ordered his clones to follow the girl.
"Now, Chiron, where are we supposed to stay?" the blond asked gesturing to both him and Moxxi.
"Well since Ms. Mox…"
"Moxxi, just call me Moxxi, okay?"
Chiron nodded, "As I was saying Ms. Moxxi can stay in Aphrodite's cabin, cabin ten, since she is her daughter."
Moxxi shook her head. "Sorry but I'm staying with him," she said pointing at Naruto and, by her tone of voice, she wasn't going to take no for an answer.
"Well, Mr. Uzumaki could stay with you at your mother's cabin since he is her legacy."
Naruto nodded, not having the mental strength to say anything else. "Good, Silena here will show you to cabin ten," the trainer of heroes gestured towards a young teen with blond hair with brown streaks, blue eyes, and a slim figure.
"Hello, I'm Silena Beauregard," she introduced herself.
"So, you're my sister huh," Moxxi looked at her sister with analytical eyes.
Silena felt a bit small under Moxxi's intimidating gaze and she knew her sister was judging her. "A bit scrawny, but I can fix that and I guess that goes for my other siblings as well," Silena heard her say.
She nodded confirming Moxxi's words "I see, don't worry me and Naruto here will fix that."
Naruto just nodded, not even trying to do or say anything else at this point.
"Um, let me show you to cabin ten then. While I'm at it, I might as well show you two the other cabins."
Both nodded and followed the daughter of Aphrodite. The duo saw twelve cabins to which Naruto raised a brow in confusion. 'I'll ask her during the tour,' he thought.
"We have twelve cabins, as you can clearly see. The first is Lord Zeus's cabin, cabin one."
The cabin was a marble cabin that looked like a mausoleum with heavy columns and big bronze double doors that had holographic projections of lightning bolts accompanied by thunderous sounds.
'A bit excessive,' Naruto thought while his partner was in the same line as him along with thinking that the lord of the sky was a bit too flashy. That or he might be compensating for something.
"You know, since you are a legacy of Lord Zeus, it's possible you could get to stay in this cabin," Naruto gained a thoughtful look at Silena's remark and thought of asking Chiron about that later.
"Next is Lady Hera's cabin, cabin 2."
The second cabin was formal-looking, graceful with slim shimmering columns garlanded with pomegranates and flowers.
Naruto nodded in approval at the simple yet elegant design, as did Moxxi. 'There is beauty in simplicity.' He thought.
"Aside from the statue, I see no furniture, why is that." Moxxi asked as she had assumed that she would see elegant furniture inside, but it seems that wasn't the case.
Instead of Silena answering that, a voice behind them answered for her. "Lady Hera doesn't run around having affairs with mortals. That is her husband's job," the voice behind them joked.
Naruto turned his head around and smiled. "Grover, it's good to see you awake. Are feeling okay?"
Grover nodded with a sad look on his face "I'm sorry that I wasn't much…"
Naruto cut him off, already figuring out what the satyr was going to say. "Don't Grover. don't blame yourself, okay," he stated softly. "It was my decision to split the group, so the blame falls to me and me alone." He stated firmly.
"But..." he tried to protest but a raised hand from Naruto silenced him.
"But nothing, as leader it falls to me to shoulder the blame and responsibility." Naruto stated.
"Yeah and you helped. Don't you recall handing me ammunition when I was running low and you patrolling the Montauk area allowed Naruto's clones to set the traps that got us a head start?" Moxxi reminded, pointing out the things Grover did that helped the group.
"So stop blaming yourself, got it," Naruto ended with a glare. The Caucasian satyr nodded.
The tour continued with Grover acting as the second tour guide. "Poseidon's cabin, cabin three."
A long, low building with windows facing the ocean which was made from, what Naruto and Moxxi could tell, rough sea stones. Pieces of coral and seashell were embedded into the outside wall and there was a trident with a big bronze number three over the door.
'So this is to be Percy's new home' the blond thought.
The next cabin was cabin four, Demeter's cabin. The cabin was covered in flowers and tomato plants growing on the walls and doorway with wild flowers and roses on the porch and an actual grass roof top.
'Well, at least I know where to get vegetables and grains,' the blond thought with Moxxi thinking the place looked like nice and that she wouldn't mind staying in the cabin.
The next cabin was Ares' cabin, which was painted red and had a large boar's head over the door with barbed wire on the roof. Moxxi thought the place look dull, while Naruto thought the cabin needed work or a change, something to the likeness of an army base tent.
'It would be more fitting,' he thought.
"Hey Silena, showing the new campers around," said a rather tall girl with long, light brown hair and a feminine build with some muscles.
"Guys, this is Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares," Silena introduced.
Naruto nodded. "Nice to meet you," he said offering his hand in friendship, which the young teen accepted. "Nice grip, a fighter," He commented.
"Yours as well and yes, I am a fighter. Comes with being the daughter of the God of war," Clarisse said with a smirk, though it hid the fact that she was a bit nervous and weary of the blonde after witnessing him transforming and decimating the Minotaur. Naruto's appearance, to be honest, only made him look attractive in her opinion.
Moxxi shook her hand as well and the daughter of war knew her fellow brunette was a fighter, like Naruto, and Clarisse respected that. "Care for a spar tomorrow" she challenged.
The nick-named blood queen smirked. "Sure," she accepted.
Naruto had a knowing smirk. 'Looks like the two of them are getting along nicely,' he thought. Clarisse decided to join the little tour group and the three girls started chatting with each other. 'Scratch that, it seems all three of them are getting along nicely.'
Cabin six, or Athena's cabin, was a gray building with an owl carved over the doorway with plain white curtains.
"Hello Annabeth." Naruto greeted his fellow blonde before asking, "How is Percy?"
"He's asleep now and your clones stayed behind apparently to monitor his condition" the honey blonde teen informed. Naruto saw the look in her eyes and mentally sighed "you have questions for me huh?"
Annabeth simply nodded as she stared at the blonde's nine tails, whisker marks, and fox ears that made her fellow blond look like a large plushy.
"Well, save them for tomorrow. I'm a bit tired and after the tour I'll head to bed. Is that acceptable?" Naruto asked.
Annabeth was still busy looking at those tails of his but managed to hear his words. "Sure, this just gives me more time to think up questions."
Behind the two blondes, the three tour guides and Naruto's partner rolled their eyes. Moxxi rolled her eyes because the look on Annabeth's face was the same look Naruto would have if he had some questions or was thinking of something.
"You know, aside from the whisker marks and the angular jaw, the two of you almost look alike, just like brother and sister," Moxxi commented, knowing full well her partner and secret love interest, which she plans to rectify soon, dream was to have a large family.
The two blondes blink once and registered the brunette's words. "Well I am related to everyone in camp so yeah I'm kind of the older brother or something" the blonde said.
"Wait. Naruto, how old are you?"
"Wow princess, forward much," Clarisse teased. "Already trying to claim the strong blonde all to yourself huh," Selina added, smirking. The blush on the honey blonde teen's face would put a tomato to shame.
"My, my I never knew she was the bold type, fufu" Moxxi said, further adding the level of embarrassment and flustered expression on the daughter of Athena.
"I never knew you were that kind of person Annabeth." Grover said, throwing his own words into the mix.
Despite his tired self, Naruto couldn't help but chuckle and decided to spare his fellow blonde. "Now, now. No teasing her," he stated calmly. "And Annabeth, I'm eighteen okay."
Annabeth nodded, finally getting her blush under control and glared at the four who teased her before huffing in annoyance. But then she smiled. "So that makes you like my uncle or big brother?"
"Well in terms of relation, you would be my aunt, but that seems strange so instead I and Moxxi can be like your older siblings." He said with an honest smile, which Moxxi rarely saw.
Annabeth gained a small smile at that and nodded. "Okay, good. Let's continue with the tour, want to join in?" Naruto offered, which she accepted.
Inside his mindscape, Elysium smiled at seeing her master's more gentle side surfacing and hoped to see more of it. 'I hope you can find the happiness you always wanted Naruto-kun' she thought.
To some it would seem strange how readily Naruto accepted them as family though some people would be right. The thing is though, none of them have lived a life of loneliness, a life where everyone shuns you or turns you away.
So his less than stellar life was the reason for his optimism, but it is not to say he didn't view Lilith or her girls as his family. He loved each one of them like his own actual family and it only fueled his desire to find his actual family.
So you can only imagine the emotions he felt when Chiron explained about the camp and its residence, that there could be a chance that he has actual, albeit half, siblings. A sense of hope that he thought died long before and the dream he had long forgotten suddenly resurfaced and filled him once more.
The next cabin may look normal or ordinary at first glance, and the two new campers really thought it was but Annabeth explained that when hit by sunlight, cabin seven, or Apollo's cabin, would look like it was made of solid gold and gleamed so much that it is difficult to look at.
'Yup, just like the sun. Annoying because of its brightness,' the blond thought. Moxxi made no comment and simply shrugged, not really caring enough to do so, verbally or mentally.
The next cabin made Naruto frown a little. With his ability to sense negative emotion, he could feel the lingering anger, sadness, and betrayal within cabin eight, also known as Artemis's cabin. "Who uses this cabin?" The Jinchūriki asked.
"Well, the Hunters use this cabin since Lady Artemis's cabin is more honorary, but seeing as you are her legacy as well, it's possible you can stay.
Though I wouldn't try it considering…um Lady Artemis's dislike of males," Annabeth answered. The daughters of Athena explained everything she knew about the hunters and their history, as far as she knew that is.
Moxxi scoff about the hunters' thoughts on males. "I think they are biased. Sure, there are dishonest and despicable males out there, but it does not mean all males are like that." the Brunette stated and pointed at Naruto, who blinked.
"Take this knucklehead for example. The two of us sleep together naked every single day and not once did he ever take advantage of that or ever make a move without my okay." Moxxi said with a factual tone.
Which is true Naruto would never take advantage of any woman, enemy or not. He would just leave them flustered enough as a distraction to knock them out. Even after Lilith gave him the birds and the bees talk, which is one of the most dreaded experiences of his young life, followed by her lesson on seduction and pleasure.
How to resist and how to seduce, the pleasure points in the human body, specifically on women and the reason why it is important for him to learn the topic.
The first reason was so he could resist being seduced into being captured. Almost all information gathering or assassination involved seducing your target into lowering their guard. The majority of those targets were males. Second, so he could turn it around on his would be seductress so he could escape. Third, so he could satisfy his girlfriend(s) or wife (ves).
That particular lesson was taken out by the foolish Civilian council of Konoha, but it was taught by those who knew the subject pretty well. It's still an important Kunoichi tool; to use their feminine charm to lure their target into a false sense of security, causing them to drop their guard.
Make no mistake, they still have their pride as woman, but a mission is mission. They knew the risk and the things they would have to do once they became ninja.
The art of seduction was taught to newly instated Kunoichi by either their female Jonin sensei or someone else who could teach it. Though not many could perform seduction as most, if not all, men had one taste, curvaceous and bodacious women. Unlike the female gender who, and this supported by research conducted by both parties, had more particular tastes and kinks than men.
As the male gender is more direct and with simple tastes in bed, though some did have certain kink as it was more of the vain and outgoing types.
"Oh, so are the two of you a couple" Silena asked, her mother's personality surfacing like hot lava.
Moxxi grin saucily "well we've been partners for a long time, and not in the sense you think of." she explained about their relationship and their job, which Clarisse nodded in approval. "But we do have sex after every mission, so you could say we are sex friends or fuck buddies, though I will change that soon" she thought on the last part, which her sister somehow caught on too since Silena gave her a wink.
It seems the daughters of Aphrodite could tell what the other is thinking about.
Naruto still had a frown on his face. 'If they don't quell the hatred they have. Someone could easily use it to their advantage, among other things,' he thought.
One of the many things that could easily bring down an enemy or an empire was hatred. It was by far the easiest emotion, next to love, to manipulate. A proper and competent strategist worth their salt could use this to their advantage to take down the hunters.
It was a tactic that, at one point, the blonde used. A prime example was on his former teammate Sasuke when the two clashed at the valley of the end.
Naruto knew the black haired Uchiha's hatred for him, as he began to slowly remove his mask of ignorance. Sasuke began to see that he was being surpassed by the class clown or by a no name commoner. Jealousy turned to resentment, and resentment turned into hatred. This fact allowed Naruto to dictate the course of their fight and easily topple the Uchiha.
Since he is related to the Goddess of the hunt, by extension the hunters are his family, and as an Uzumaki he would protect his family above all else including his own life. Which to say this is one of his fatal flaws, 'I'll have to find a way to mend their hearts so they can let go of their hate, cause I will not allow someone, anyone to take advantage of any of my family members.' He promised himself.
The question is how will he do that? How will he accomplish that if he didn't even know where they are…wait, "Annabeth, do the Hunters visit?"
Said girl nodded. "Yes, since we hold somewhat of a traditional camp verses hunters competition" she said. Naruto detected a bit of animosity.
"I see, is the camp doing well," he asked slowly. He got a quick shake of the head indicating a no. "By how much?" he asked.
"Fifty," the three campers and the one satyr said in unison.
"I see" he said and pondered. "We'll be fixing that." He stated.
"What you'll take all of the hunters by yourself," Clarisse asked, though she was still awed by how he took down the Minotaur.
"No, no. But I won't say anything till I have a talk with Chiron, which I will do after this tour and before I head to bed," he said, his previous exhaustion gone, replaced with curiosity on just how and why the camp is losing, though he had a sinking feeling. 'I will confirm it with Chiron,' he mentally concluded.
Inside his mindscape Inferno had a vicious smirk on his face. 'I see master's cunning and devious mind is active again. Hehe, those campers are in for one hell of a time hehe,' he thought, mentally laughing like a madman on drugs.
Moxxi saw the cogs inside Naruto's head started spinning and it could only mean one thing.
'Oh boy, I pity them if whatever Naruto is thinking of comes to pass.'
The last time she saw that look, well, let's just say bodies started piling up and blood flowed down the streets like a river. Yeah, gruesome indeed, but their client wanted to send a message to those human traffickers and illegal traders.
So Naruto located the most dangerous group and killed them all in one night leaving their bodies for all to see. 'Ohh, made me remember how horny he got me after that fufu.'
Moxxi, for intents and purposes, is a sadist who loved the screams of her enemies and blood splattered around, something that a lot of people would resent her for. Not Naruto though. He accepted her for who she is; faults and all.
"So both of you are like mercenaries for hire," Annabeth said in astonishment since by Naruto's explanation of the contract missions was the same as quests.
Naruto nodded, "yeah, but the difference is that we work under contract, not by contract," He stated before continuing.
"The missions we usually accept are A-rank to S-rank missions and the people who hire us are, well, the government. Sorry, can't get into too many details."
"But why are you a student then?" she asked in confusion.
"Well it's my cover, simple as that," he said.
The campers and satyr nodded in understanding. After not much longer, they arrived at the next cabin. Cabin nine is Hephaestus's cabin and, to Naruto, it looked like a smith's shop, with brick and smokestacks like any other forges and lots of gears around the entrance. "Naruto are you thinking…" Moxxi trailed off and Naruto nodded, both having the same idea.
Naruto greeted two teens. The first was a male African-American with a slight scowl on his face; muscular like a those ballplayers, and a working man's hands. The teen's name was Charles Beckendorf or Charlie as he preferred to be called.
The second was a female teen with coco-brown skin, also had a firm grip, probably from forging, black hair that was tied up with a red bandana. The young teen's name was Nyssa. She was currently eyeing Naruto, with said blonde being completely oblivious.
He chatted with the two of them getting quickly acquainted with Charlie and Nyssa. Both found Naruto easy to get along with as he projected this kind and calming aura around him.
"Here, this is a bow I personally made and the arrows, or what I managed to save."
Both children of the smith God nodded in approval at the craftsmanship and work Naruto had done to make such weapons. "And these are the only bullets specifically made for Moxxi's weapons." Naruto showed the bullets he made and the Chère-amie.
"These are impressive weapons," Charlie complimented with Nyssa nodding in agreement "I like the overall appearance and uniqueness of the gun."
"Well, Moxxi prefers guns over my ways, but don't think she knows how to handle all kinds of weaponry." Naruto said. Moxxi nodded, affirming the blonde's words.
"So, do you have the tools to make these weapons?" Charlie asked looking over the blueprints of some of the weapons Naruto drew up.
The blonde nodded. "I do and I would appreciate the help."
"Sure blondie, and besides, I'm interested in seeing how good you are with your hands," Nyssa said with a subtle innuendo. Not discouraged by Naruto's different appearance since there wasn't much change and, to be honest, it only enhanced that feral look he had, which she found to be sexy.
Moxxi sighed and whispered something to the dark haired girls. "Seriously?" and Moxxi simply nodded.
"What did you tell her," Naruto asked curiously.
Moxxi smiled and said "sorry Naruto, but it's just between us girls."
Naruto simply nodded, saving himself the headache and moved on to the next cabin which was Moxxi's soon to be new home.
Cabin ten, Aphrodite's cabin, was a wooden building with a blue painted roof, pillars, checkerboard deck with wooden steps and light gray walls.
Naruto did not need his enhanced sense of smell to know the place was heavily perfumed. "Um, Moxxi, I won't be staying here. My sense of smell is too strong and the perfume is making me dizzy." Naruto said in the kindest way possible. It was too much perfume. Not even Lilith's main bordello was this heavily perfumed.
The fluffed out door opened, revealing the inside was like a life-sized dollhouse with pink walls and white window trim. The lace curtains were pastel blue and green which matched the sheets and feather comforters on all the beds. With his keen eye Naruto could see the row of bunk beds were separated between boys and girls by a curtain.
The cabin looked clean but Naruto easily spotted chocolate wrappers, letters, and other things under each bed.
"Yeah, I'm staying in another cabin. I'll even risk staying at the Goddess of the hunt's cabin," he said with a shudder at the amount of pink.
"Don't knock it till you try it handsome," said a tall Asian girl with dark hair styled in ringlets and brown eyes.
Moxxi narrowed her eye at the look the Asian girl was sending Naruto. 'Oh hell no Bitch, you won't get to wrap your fingers around my man.' the brunet thought and to add more ire, the Asian girl walked up to her Naruto and wrapped her slim arms around his neck.
"The names Drew Tanaka, what's yours handsome," the Asian teen asked, rubbing her body against the blonde. She found the blonde quite attractive and his whisker marks made him even cuter in her eyes.
Moxxi was about to step in but stopped herself as she saw Naruto's sudden expression change. "Drew." Yup, that was his cold tone which caused the other to straighten up and shiver.
"Such a display in public is unacceptable as well as any other illicit behaviors. So will you kindly let go," he stated slowly as a miasmic dark aura surrounded him and nine demonic masks appeared behind the blonde making the Asian teen shriek in terror and quickly nod in fright.
Naruto had his disarming smile on his face. "Good, you know how to follow, meaning we can fix that attitude of yours," he said as he had already guessed what kind of person Drew and what kind of personality she had.
He turned towards his younger siblings, as he viewed them. "My, my. All of you look so slim and a bit skinny. I, or rather me and Moxxi, will be rectifying that soon. Very soon," he stated sending chills down their spines, with the exceptions of Moxxi, Silena, and Clarisse as the three of them were blushing and turned on by display of dominance by the blonde Jinchūriki.
Annabeth, she was just curious as to how the miasma and masks appeared since the blonde was not manipulating the mist.
Grover noticed the look on Naruto's face, the same look that he gave anyone who violated the rules, and turned away.
"Naruto, you go on ahead and finish with the tour. I'll stay behind and assess each and every one of my siblings," Moxxi said with a disarming and sadistic smile of her own. "Silena, stay behind would you kindly?" said girl nodded in fear of her elder sister's look.
Naruto nodded and his dark aura vanished. "Very well." He turned towards his supposed tour guides. "Shall we continue," he asked, acting like nothing happened.
They followed behind the blonde with both Clarisse and Annabeth asking him questions. "Now my little siblings, let your older sister assess all of you," she said while dragging Drew, who tried to escape, inside. "Don't worry, I'll be gentle fufu." They paled at Moxxi's tone of voice.
Naruto sighed as he saw the gleam in his fellow blonde's eyes. "Fine, you can pet one of my tails." Annabeth beamed and quickly rubbed one of Naruto's nine tails, causing to blond to purr, which he tried and failed to suppress, this made them laugh.
"Ha-ha the big strong blonde, you're more of an oversized plushy," Clarisse teased and join in on petting the blond. Said "plushy" simply grumbled incoherent words and his pout, much to Naruto's dismay, made him look even cuter, something a man like him could not accept. He was handsome, not cute, thank you very much, but he couldn't say it.
This attracted the attention of more campers, more of the younger and curious ones. Some of the younger girls pleaded with him to allow them to pet the tails with the infamous puppy-dog eyed Jutsu. Naruto sighed in defeat and nodded.
'Why?!' he screamed mentally to the heavens.
Grover was chuckling at his friend's dismay and snickered as he became a living plush toy for the female genders amusement, though he was slightly jealous of the attention his friend received as were every male within the vicinity.
"Can we please finish the tour," asked an irritated Naruto as he tried his best not to purr, still failing miserably. "Face it Koi, you've become these girls' plushy hehe," Kurumi teased. Inferno snickered at the site of his master's current state.
Elysium did find the scene cute. "Well I think it's nice that Naruto-sama is bonding with his family." The blonde sentient spirit said.
"Oh yeah he is," Kurumi said offhandedly. "He better not let his guard down or grow soft." She stated loud enough for the blonde to hear.
'I won't and I can sense their emotions so it won't be any sort of trouble,' Naruto responded. He could easily detect if any of them had any sort of ill-intent with his ability to sense negative emotions, such as hatred and anger.
The next cabin was a bit old and worn down.
'A little cleaning and fixing up should change that,' Naruto thought after seeing cabin eleven, otherwise known as Hermes' cabin.
Naruto was greeted by a sandy blonde teen with blue eyes, athletic, muscular build, and this sneaky look on his face as well as a deep pale scar that ran from the bottom of his eye down to his chin. The camper's name, "Luke Castellan son of Hermes," he said.
Naruto nodded. "I'm sure enough you know who I am," he said, trying not to sound snobbish. His instincts were telling him to keep his guard up around the son of Hermes.
Luke nodded. "Yeah, it's kind of hard not to know the guy who turns out to be the legacy to all fourteen major Olympians as well as the son of a Primordial Goddess. That and how you took down Pasiphaë's son." He shuddered a bit; recalling the gruesome visions of death brought by his fellow blonde's killing intent.
"I notice how over crowded the cabin is. Why is that?" Naruto asked while assessing how much of a threat Luke is and how he would have to kill the blonde if he ever becomes a threat.
'I'll kill silently and make it look like an accident,' he thought the cogs in his mind started turning.
"Cabin eleven takes all newcomers, all undetermined and unclaimed kids stay here until such time that they are claimed," Luke explained.
"So you welcome all newcomers, all visitors, naturally because Hermes is the God of travelers." Naruto deduced and Luke nodded confirming his words.
"I'm guessing the claiming takes time, a lot of time from what I'm seeing" he said, seeing how cramped the cabin looks.
Luke once again nodded. "Yeah, it takes a while," he said.
Naruto sweat dropped. He guessed that they would have to prove themselves. The blond realized the irony since, at one point in time, he had wanted the villagers to acknowledge him, not as a monster but as a person. But now he could care less what they think of him.
"I see," Naruto sighed. "Can the cabin be renovated, expanded, or even fixed," he asked.
"You'll have to ask Chiron about that." Luke said.
Naruto nodded. "I will and nice meeting you Luke," he said before heading to the last and certainly not the least; cabin twelve, Dionysus' cabin.
The roof and walls were lined with grape vines and over all looked decent with two occupants, Castor and Pollux. Naruto found the two to be quite decent and friendly, discussing about certain vineyards and drinks.
"It seems that this is the end of our tour. I hope you enjoyed seeing our wonderful establishment," Clarisse joked a bit, surprising both Grover and Annabeth.
"It would seem so…" Naruto was cut off by a small earthquake and something rising up from the ground. His eyes widen as a new cabin appeared from the ground, this also alerted all the other campers, including Chiron.
The three-thousand seven hundred-sixty four square foot cabin was rustic in design with a mixture of large log-shaped columns, galaxite stone, which seems to shimmer like the night stars, and vertical siding. On the front door was the symbol of Nyx and had the number zero on it.
"Well that solves my cabin problem," he said.
"Wow Naruto, your cabin looks like one of those expensive log cabins I read about in that magazine that one time," Moxxi said.
Naruto turned towards his partner, "Your done assessing your siblings I take it."
Moxxi nodded, "yeah basically. They need work on their stamina and strength," she said. "I'm also making a diet plan for each of them."
"Oh?" he inquired.
"All of them are too skinny and eat too many sweets, not enough meat and protein." She said.
Naruto nodded and saw Chiron amongst the crowd. He changed his expression to a more cold and serious one. "Chiron," he called out slowly.
"Yes?"
"I need to discuss something of importance with you and no, this cannot wait until tomorrow," Naruto said in a serious tone.
Seeing the seriousness in the blonde's expression, the trainer of Hero's nodded. "All campers please return to your proper cabins," he ordered.
Naruto could see the curious looks. "Guys, you can visit my cabin tomorrow, for now, rest." They nodded to his request.
Once everyone left, Chiron explained that both he and Moxxi would need permission to enter his cabin because of circumstances.
The inside of Naruto's cabin was stocked with expensive furniture such as a marble table, a black silk couch, and a Sony fifty inch flat screen HD television mounted on the wall with surround sound speakers.
But the one thing that attracted Naruto's attention was a portrait of his two mothers. Nyx, who was in her Mina form was a woman with shoulder length blonde hair, D-cup breast, peach white skin, bright blue eyes and a slender but curvaceous body. And Kushina Uzumaki a woman with long crimson red hair, vibrant purple eyes, E-cup breast, and a voluptuous yet feminine build.
Both were in a loving embrace as their hands were around Kushina's pregnant belly. 'Moms' he thought with a slight tear in his eyes.
"So these are your parents. They look beautiful," Moxxi commented, holding Naruto hands in comfort as she could read the blonde's emotion.
Naruto nodded and wiped the single tear away. "Yes they are." He quickly recomposed himself. "Let's um, talk in the dining room." he said.
The dining table was a long wooden oak table that was large enough to seat twenty people.
"Now, let's discuss about the camp and everything concerning it." Naruto stated.
Chiron nodded and knew the discussion would be long.
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