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Chapter 5:

Percy glanced at the now 15-year-old next to him, his grey hair still at the nape of his neck, not as long as it was before. He had grown fast, earning a few years every few weeks now because of him calming down. In addition to that, his memories were slowly being returned to him. He was calmly reading something that Hawk must've told him to read. Many of the demigods were still weary of him, but Thalia smirked as she sat down beside her cousin. "Hey Perce."

Percy smiled at the lieutenant of the hunters, cautiously eyeing Lin Chung out of the corner of his eye. For whatever reason that he wasn't aware of, Lin Chung bore a strong grudge against the hunters, much like Hawk's. Every time they saw Artemis, they turned the other way, or vanished on the spot without acknowledging her.

Percy only found out how serious their grudge was when Apollo came down, and a full-blown argument erupted between the twins and the two that were once the same person. Hawk and Lin Chung had been arguing heatedly with Artemis and Apollo, and there seemed to be no end to it.

Most of the campers and hunters, though still afraid at the duo's temper, had crowded around to watch the fascinating argument. The hunters supported their mistress loudly, but as they joined in the battle, they proved to be little to no help at all to Artemis and Apollo, who had been on the losing end of the argument.

In the end, Hawk and Lin Chung had won, and the twins had returned to Olympus, shamed. The hunters had also started bearing a strong grudge against Lin Chung. They taunted him constantly, though not enough to provoke him, and certainly not enough to cause another tornado again.

Percy had learnt to never argue with the young god or the clone again.

He turned to the still silent clone. Lin Chung ignored Thalia's presence for a few seconds, before he suddenly stood up. Percy tilted his head to look up at him, wondering how the change had happened so suddenly. With the camp now quiet and maintaining a distance from the clone, Lin Chung had had time to recover and heal. He was now the strong teenager he had once been, although there were some changes.

He was especially cold to those who had wanted to kill him, though he had no problem getting along with Lupa and her wolves, or with Chiron; the two had no idea of what had happened in the Heavens as they had safely escaped with the panthers.

Sometimes Percy would think that he saw a small, yet visible, gleam of insanity in his friend's eye, though it was gone as soon as it appeared. Percy took some comfort in how Lin Chung was now mentally stable, and had begun making himself more firm in terms of mind. Percy had exchanged a conversation with Hestia a few days ago, and she had confirmed that Lin Chung was more stable.

"So now we have to find Twin Masters' next target." Lëi concluded in the meeting. The air was solemn and tense, as the demigod counsellors looked to their respective parents for advice. The Romans were also with them, looking equally nervous. The cohorts were spread out, while Reyna and Jason, whom was once again restored praetor, were seated near Zeus and Hera.

Surprisingly, Hera had gotten on well with the daughter of Bellona; Juno had been a good friend of Bellona, even if the myths didn't portray them as such.

Eagle frowned. "What do you think could be Twin Masters' next target? It can't be the Greeks or Romans, and the Chinese are guarded by Hawk, so it has to be something that we don't know yet. A group that will be easy to take over."

"Like the Japanese?" A voice floated from the corner of the room. Heads turned to look at the clone, whose head was tilted.

"The Japanese?" Eagle asked once more, not sure she had heard right.

Hawk nodded slowly, realisation dawning on him. "He's right. The Japanese gods."

"The Japanese what?" Lëi demanded.

"Wait," Percy looked from the two in the corner to the Chinese gods, and then to the campers. He was relieved to see they were as confused as he was. "What do you mean 'Japanese gods'?"

Hawk turned to the council. "I was the creator of the mortals. When the mortals were born, they started weaving tales of different gods. For example, the Greeks and Romans started evolving tales of the Olympians. I simply created them through the tales they wove, and the knowledge they created about the Olympians. The Japanese are no different. I also created them."

"And you told Lin Chung?" Athena demanded, grey eyes flashing with annoyance at being called a tale.

Lin Chung shook his head. "Yes and no. I learnt some useful things when we were together for several thousand years. Also, Twin Masters had been planning which gods to attack. He looked at the three most prominent groups of gods: the Greek/Romans, the Chinese, and the Japanese. The Chinese were still deep in sorrow, a perfect time to strike, but he needed the Destroyer, since the Chinese were now at full power. The Greeks were already busy with Kronos, and he didn't want to work together with the titans, since he knew that it would end in disaster. The Japanese were still strong back then."

"So you knew it the whole time? Have you met them?" Athena demanded once again, sounding suspicious.

Hawk sighed. "I created them. Of course I have met them. Lin Chung met only few of them."

"So," Lëi interrupted. "You think that he could strike the Japanese gods?"

Lin Chung nodded. "Most of the Japanese gods are already fading. Their numbers used to be more than the Greek immortal deities. Now, they are decreased rapidly to around the same number of the Chinese gods, if not, maybe slightly more, around 19."

"Can we talk with them?" Lëi asked them, to which Hawk nodded, shrugging.

"I don't see why not."

Lëi nodded as well. "Very well. Pick some people to go with you, and you two will lead them to Japan."