Chapter 5! Came just out of the oven!

I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON/NARUTO!

I would have to kidnap both Kishimoto and Rick to do that!

But I won't since they are so great.

Chapter 5: They Earn A Quest!

Naruko leaned against the rec room wall with her arms folded over her chest and a amused look on her face. Everyne was seated around the Ping-Pong table, the counselors of different cabins were there to discuss what happened earlier with the whole...Oracle coming out the attic to tell a prophecy thing.

It frightened everybody...everybody except for Zoe and her Hunters.

Naruko also brought Bianca along to the meeting. Why isn't Nico there as well? She invited him to come along as well, but, he said that meetings were boring and not fun. So he stayed back at the Hades cabin playing his Mythomagic cards.

Percy and Grover had to take the mummified Oracle back up to the attic much to their displeasure. The two were sneezing a bit from all the dust that the old Oracle was encased in. Phoebe stood next to Zoe who was seated at the end with a disgusted look on her face.

Zoe growled, beginning the meeting on a positive note. "This meeting is pointless!"

"So is your face, but do you see us complaining?" Thalia fired at Zoe who glared daggers at her.

"How dare thou insult me?" The Lieutenant of Artemis hissed, "Thou are idiotic! The child of the womanizing God!"

Lightning was seen crackling all around the Sky God's daughter who was grinding her teeth. "You wanna fight? Did you forget we kicked your ass?!"

A groan was heard from, Phoebe, who was acting as Zoe's personal assistant. "Don't even remind us. It is obvious you cheated."

"We, cheated?" Annabeth scoffed, "We didn't cheat. You, Hunters, just can't accept the fact that the campers defeated you all for the first time in years."

Bianca looked up at her sister who was just staring at the floor with a grin, "...Aren't you going to stop them?" She questioned. She liked seeing her older sister take charge and fix things.

"Hell no," Naruko simply said surprising Bianca, "I'll let them handle this one on their own. They're mature, teenagers...I believe they'll overcome their differences and become friends." She dunked down quickly at seeing a hunting knife land roughly in the wall. Bianca's jaw dropped and stared at the knife before glancing at the blonde who slowly got back to her feet. She cleared her throat and nodded, "Yeah...I'll go stop this now before someone loses an eye."

Bianca nodded lightly in agreement. She took one last glance at the knife then followed Naruko who stood behind Chiron (who was in his wheelchair form).

"WOULD YOU ALL SHUT UP?!" The whiskered girl screamed causing everyone including Chiron and Mr. D to cover their ears wincing. Her scream was worse than the Oracle's. When the screaming ceased, everyone hesitantly uncovered their ears looking at one another still wincing.

The Immortal Centaur looked up at Naruko with a thankful and horrified look, "...Thank you," He muttered and she nodded. He sighed scanning the Counselors who were seated before massaging his temples. He soon asked, "And where will you go, exactly?" His eyes landing on Zoe.

"West," Phoebe answered for Zoe, "You all heard the prophecy. Six shall go West to the Goddess in chains. We will get six Hunters and leave."

"Yes," Zoe agreed, "Artemis is being held hostage. We will find her and free her."

"Ah-Ah," Thalia waggled her index finger and fixed both Phoebe and Zoe with a dry glare, "You're missing something, as usual, Zoe. The prophecy also said Campers and Hunters combined prevail. We're supposed to work together."

"No!" Zoe shouted, "The Hunters do not need thy help. Thou campers will only get in the way."

Thalia grumbled in annoyance at how Zoe spoke. "Your. Not thy. No one has said thy, in like, three hundred years. Get with the times, will ya?"

Naruko burst out in laughter at watching Zoe trying to say and form the word. "Yerrr, we do not need, yerr help."

Thalia pinched the bridge of her nose with a sigh and waved the Lieutenant of Artemis off. "Just forget I said anything..."

"But Thalia is correct," Naruko said and Thalia smirked a little, "When people tend not to listen to what the prophecy says...bad things happen. Plus, it really sounds like you guys need our help. The Hunters and The Campers must work together."

"Or do they?" Mr. D mused before taking a swig of his Diet Coke, "One shall be lost. One shall perish. Sounds rather nasty, doesn't it? What if you all fail just because you tried to cooperate?"

"Uh, Dionysus?" Naruko saw him flinch at hearing her say his name, "Whose side are you on?" Her blue eyes flashed a darker color and he gulped then forced a nervous smile.

"Y-Y-Yours!"

"Good," She said, "But we have to cooperate, Zoe. I hate prophecies too. But you know how they are. Right now...all the hell I care about is to rescue my Aunt. I don't give a damn about who chose who to pick the people to accompany them, I just need Artemis back." Everyone stared at her. She spoke once more, "If Artemis isn't back by the twenty-first of December then...we're all doomed."

Mark, who was sitting next to Beckendorf, eyebrows rose up. "Doomed? How the heck are we doomed?"

The older teen's shoulders tensed, "It's the Winter Solstice," She answered and Mark was confused trying to figure out how 'Winter' could doom everyone. Sure it'll be cold and stuff, "The big Annual Meeting begins. Artemis has to be there. She's the most vocal on that dumb Council. She's always arguing for action against Kronos's minions or whatever. If she misses that meeting then we are done. Another year lost of war preparations."

Mark scoffed, waving that off, "Us Demigods can create war preparations ourselves. We're going to be the ones fighting Kronos and his crappy minions, anyways. So why worry?"

"Thou idiotic boy...!" Hissed Zoe who was held back by Phoebe who glared at Mark, "I will gut thou if he speaks again!"

The Counselor of the Ares blinked. "What did I say?"

"Maybe you are right about that, Mark..." Naruko bit her bottom lip, "But...Artemis doesn't just talk about that at those meetings..." Thalia raised a brow at the blonde girl. What was she talking about? Naruko realized she was saying too much and she half-smiled rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly, "N-Never mind. I-It was irrelevant anyways."

Everyone else stared at her like there was something she was obviously hiding. She saw this and gritted her teeth. "It was irrelevant so..." She quickly looked at Grover who was munching on Ping-Pongs balls covered in Cheez Whiz. He saw her and she shot him a look telling him to help.

"One shall perish by a parent's hand," Grover bleated and interjected, "How is that even possible? Whose parent would kill them?"

The silence in the room turned heavy.

Percy glanced at Thalia wondering if Zeus would kill her. But he wouldn't...if there was one thing everyone knew, Zeus was protective of his Daughters. He practically went whackadoodle when Thalia died. So it couldn't have been her. Then he looked at Naruko. Her Father was Hades. He met Hades a couple of years ago while trying to save his Mother and return the Master Bolt to Mr. Zap-Happy.

Hades looked and seemed to be a laid back kind of guy. He wasn't like his brothers, that's for sure. So maybe it wasn't Hades either. Now Percy's sweat dropped with a worried gulp. His Father is Poseidon. Would his Father really kill him? Maybe he should've sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tie on Father's Day after all.

Chiron sighed heavily, "There will be deaths," He said, "That much we know."

"Oh, goody!" Dionysus grinned from behind his magazine. All eyes turned on him and he lowered his magazine with a sheepish look, "...Er, Pinot Noir is making a comeback...don't mind me." He then started back to reading his magazine giggling a little.

Naruko rolled her blue eyes and looked across the table at Zoe, "Anyways...I think four campers should go and two Hunters." If Zoe was drinking something right now, she would have spitted it out with a shocked expression.

"No. I cannot handle to be around...four of thou all," She hissed in disgust looking at the campers.

Phoebe knitted her brows, "It isn't fair!"

"Life isn't fair, sweetheart," Naruko glared at Phoebe who gawked at her in disbelief. She cracked her neck from side-to-side, "Zoe, I suggest you pick who you want to be on your team or I'll do it for you."

Before Zoe grimaced at the blonde she stood up from her seat. "I shall go, of course, and so will Phoebe. She is our best tracker."

"And for the campers?" Connor asked cautiously. He silently prayed she didn't pick him.

"Me! Me! Me!" Grover jumped up. Scraps of Cheez Whiz, Ping-Pong balls and crackers slid off his furry lap, "I will do anything to help Artemis!"

Zoe scrunched her nose eyeing him and shook her head lightly. "I think not, Satyr. Thou are not even a Half-Blood."

"But he is a camper," Thalia pointed out, "Also, he's got Satyr's and woodland magic! You can play a tracker's song now, right, Grover?"

"Yeah! Absolutely!"

A aggravated sigh escaped Zoe's lips. "Fine," She said, "And the second camper?"

"Me," Thalia stood up from her seat as well. She stared at Naruko, mentally daring the blonde to question her. She saw this and grinned shrugging lightly, "I'm going too."

"...Okay! I'll go too!" Naruko clasped her hands together. She plastered her signature grin on her lips, "It'll be interesting. And I love interesting stuff." Her gaze then turned to Bianca who was fiddling with her fingers. A soft smile came upon her lips watching her little sister, she placed a hand gently on the younger girl's shoulder, "We need four campers. Now we have three. Gotta have one more. You're coming with us."

Bianca's dark eyes widened in disbelief and excitement, "Really?" She almost squeaked. "Me? B-But I'm new and-"

"And you'll do great," Naruko assured her. She dug in her pocket and soon took out a three bladed kunai. Bianca stared down at it in awe, "Take it. Use it. It'll come in handy, I promise!"

The younger Daughter of Hades stared at her older sister for awhile before smiling and taking the kunai. She was so excited. Going questing with her new sister! And she had a weapon! She silently prayed to their Father that she wouldn't take somebody's eye out with that thing.

"Hold on a sec!" All eyes turned on Percy, "I...want to come on the quest."

The Lieutenant of Artemis looked angrily at the son of Poseidon who swallowed his now dry throat. "I will not travel with some, boy. Stay at this camp and do whatever it is thou likes to do. Hurt thyself with pointy objects maybe."

Percy now had on a small frown. "You all traveled here with me," He reminded her.

Naruko shrugged lightly. "Eh, Barnacle Boy's got a point there, Zoe."

Phoebe grunted at Percy, "It was just a short-term emergency. We will not go across the country, fighting danger with some boy by our side."

"What about Grover?!"

Zoe shook her head. "The Satyr does not count. Technically, he is not a boy."

Naruko burst out laughing holding her sides trying her best to catch her breath. She fell on her back rolling around the floor still laughing. She laughed so hard her face turned tomato red.

"Hey!" Grover bleated out highly offended. He was a boy!

The older teen soon got back to her feet catching her breath before letting out a few more chuckles. She straightened up with a grin and looked at Grover biting back snickers. But when she remembered what Percy said she looked at him, "Stay put," She said sternly, "I get that you want to help out, Barnacle Boy, but, sometimes you can't always be the hero. Try giving others the spotlight for once."

Percy gritted his teeth and looked at Chiron who sighed. "I'm sorry, Percy, the quest is for Artemis. The Hunters are allowed to choose their companions."

Percy sat down defeated. He stared down at the table in sadness. Everyone except Naruko looked at him with much sympathy. But his now dark sea green eyes were glued to the table. Chiron decided to conclude the meeting for the boy's sake.

"So be it then," The Cenatur spoke, "Naruko, Thalia, Bianca and Grover will accompany Zoe and Phoebe on the quest. you will leave at first light. May the Gods," He glanced at Mr. D, "...we hope to be with you."

Everyone began to head out the door to their respective cabins to rest or do whatever. But Naruko stayed behind standing in the entrance of the room. There was one thing on her mind she just couldn't shake off.

"Jackson, so help me if you get caught while sneaking off to help us on this damned quest...I'll make sure you'll have an early funeral! That's for sure."

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The Quest Begins!