The Greek Kunoichi
Chapter 15: The arrival of the Argo II.
Author's Notes: Here's another chapter who will greatly differ from canon. It still won't be easy, the Gods won't be as useful as they should be but won't be totally useless. Like I said in a previous author's note of a previous chapter, Zeus really did try to close Olympus but each time he became Jupiter, the Roman God undid the command, thus opening the home of the Gods once again. After about a week of this, Zeus got really fed up of Jupiter's game and gave up, keeping the gates of Olympus open but cracking on his subjects even more to keep them working. Apollo is also still somewhat diminished, but some humanity will do him good and his wife will deflate his big head. ;) Now for the stats, we have 64 reviews, 296 followers, 287 favourites, 7 C2 communities and 34 878 views. Once again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now, on with the story.
Naruto returned near her friends with a megawatt smile reminiscent of her father's when he learned he was no longer bound to the accursed couch. She was glowing and happy to the point of skipping! Damn does it felt good to let loose! Kurama was purring contently inside her mindscape, his blood and battle lust sated for the time being. She was talking a mile a minute with Percy, Hazel and Frank, describing one her of pranks and while the others legionnaires weren't really sure to praise her prowess in battle or fear her for her out worldly powers. Many were thinking about what she had said one day, that she was the most powerful child of Apollo and she was still mortal. She hadn't lied or embellished the truth. Many were now classing her into a separate class, what she could do, not even a Big Three kid could do. There was a saying that the son would one day surpass the father. Apollo was the strongest son of Zeus; maybe the saying had some inkling of truth? In a way, Apollo had surpassed his father, by siring a demigod child stronger than those sired by the king of Olympus. Back to the prank that was described, Frank, Percy and Hazel were laughing so hard they had a hard time to breathe! That young woman was a riot! It was Hazel who recovered the fastest and said
"You're bluffing! I know all children of the sun god are lousy liars, but you've got to be embellishing the truth somehow."
Naruto answered with her trademark Fox like smirk, which with her whiskers marks, feral blue eyes and sharp canines really did gave her a vulpine look
"Nope! It's one hundred per cent true, may Apollo strike me down if I lie! I stole my teacher's entire collection of porn novels right under his nose and used the rules, regulations and laws of my military village to make them very difficult to get back! Without a special teleportation technique, it would have been a week and half at least for a round trip. Just imagine that for a minute. A fully grown man, about twenty six or twenty seven years old at that, was bursting into tears at random intervals and in public no less, during the day because he couldn't read his dirty books and his performance was starting to be lacking in the passing days! Our village leader, the Hokage, was getting so fed up to see him mopping and neglecting his duties as a higher ranked shinobi that he gave me the authorization to go get them back from their hiding place. You see, when you are a Genin, a low level ninja, you can't leave the village without your teacher or a superior officer's permission and an escort until you have proved that you are strong and trustworthy enough to handle the dangers lurking in the outside world. If I had left without authorization, I could have suffered some very serious consequences. To come back to the result of my prank, to this day, Kakashi is keeping all of his perverted books sealed into a sealing scroll, hidden on his person and he's ready to put his life on the line for his porn books!"
That got Frank and Percy, both recently calmed and able to breathe right, back into hysterics, Naruto joining them. Hazel was smiling with humour and shaking her head and muttering in what Naruto could guess was Latin, even if she had no idea what the daughter of Pluto was saying. Still in the mood to entertain her audience and the walk back to camp was still ongoing she continued
"My father's teacher when he was mortal, (Apollo's time on Delos as Minato Namikaze had already been explained before) Jiraiya was the one who wrote those novels. Seriously, he made a very big fortune with those books. Do you want to know how he gets his inspiration? He peeks on women bathing outdoors. Delos has many hot springs resorts all around the various countries and it's very popular with the civilian tourists. He also peeks at many lakes and rivers when he knows there are women there. You should see him when he's doing his intro dance, it's hilarious! He calls himself a Super Pervert though, so better watch out Hazel if you meet him."
Naruto finished with a teasing voice, but seeing Hazel scowl fiercely and feeling the ground which started shaking with the anger of the daughter of Pluto; Naruto put a reassuring hand on her shoulder and continued
"Hey, chill! Relax! He's on Delos right now and he's got some morals and a few redeeming traits. He peeks only on adult women. He's also one hundred per cent mortal so he can't leave the moving continent without divine interference (We're safe for this one since Hera/Juno really doesn't want Zeus/Jupiter to meet him, for very good reasons.) or with a demigod gifted with special abilities, mainly my mother and me. Dad could bring him, but he's totally whipped, so he won't. Also since Jiraiya is my godfather, he loves me like his own granddaughter since my dad's mortal aspect was like a son to him. So when I'm in the springs or at any water body, you can be sure he won't be there. He said it himself to our current Hokage, since the old one retired a few years ago. I'm the only woman he won't ever peep on. It's rather funny to see him run for the hills when I'm sunbathing in a bikini. Heck, he even tried to make me use my shape shifter's powers to change into a boy so he wouldn't have to deal with my period and my budding curves! Of course I wouldn't make his life easier, so I refused. "
Hazel's mood did improve a bit at hearing that and the boys had the good sense to not show outwardly their interest into Jiraiya's porn novels and peeping activities. Frank the Tank, as Naruto was calling him jokingly and "Uncle" Percy may each have a significant other officially or in progress that would not look fondly at those types of activities, so they didn't want to earn negative points by indulging into those kinds of perverted activities, thus they wisely kept their mouths shut. The walk back to Camp Jupiter continued in that fashion, Naruto narrating one of her many pranks or some interesting missions not classified and the rest of their small group were listening with interest. When Naruto asked them what it was like to grow up in America, it was Naruto's turn to listen to each tale. Then the moment was ruined by that damn annoying, headaches inducing Haruspex who was trying to shift the "glory" of defeating Polybotes on his "brilliant tactics" he had so graciously given to her. Her father's Roman legacy had inherited much of his charisma, but she felt that the Augur could have done without the twisted mind and the awful personality. Fed up and wanting to give him a lesson he wouldn't forget anytime soon, Naruto took a pose that she had learned under Killer Bee, the Hachibi (Eight tails) Jinchūriki on Turtle Island. What she lacked into brute strength even with a smashing body like hers enhanced with chakra, she made it with sheer speed and a mind gifted with creativity like no other! Now what kind of element she could put into the technique? Wind would kill the braggart and she didn't want to have to deal with Terminus and the Senate on her case. Water was a possibility, but Octavian was only a legacy of Apollo, not a demigod, his constitution was more human, thus the concussive force of a Suiton jutsu could kill him also, even toned down. No, she would save the Water style techniques for when Percy did something so stupid that only a back hand on the back of his head is not enough or for one of their spars. She really liked sparring with Percy; he was a very good fighter!
With the sun that was currently setting, Taiyoton (Sun Release/Style) was also out, thus she could go for a normal chakra enhanced attack, but it wasn't flashy enough for the lessons she had in mind. It was her partner who gave her the solution of her dilemma.
"Naruto, use my power. A little bit of Fox fire will make him think twice about trying to steal our kill ever again."
Naruto answered in her thoughts to her partner
"Huh, I didn't think about it. Thanks Kurama. Should I go at him in human form, partial Kitsune Mode or Bipedal Kitsune Mode? I really want to try the last one, but I don't really want to kill him either."
"I don't care as long as you shut him up. It was OUR kill, not his! I share with you because you are my partner, but I won't let anybody or anything else steal from me! "
"Fine, fine, don't get your tails in a twist, geez. If I didn't know better, I would have sworn you were a girl and on your period with as grouchy as you are these last few days. "
She finished with a teasing tone.
Naruto's comment was answered by a deep menacing snarl and a potent headache that went away two minutes later. But she had gotten the message. Kurama was not in the mood for banter and she had better resolve the situation quickly before he took care of it himself. The fact that he had chosen to stay with her after been offered his freedom by Hades when the God of the Underworld came to put an end to the massive Edo Tensei initiated by Kabuto, Orochimaru's former apprentice, during the Fourth Shinobi World War meant that he could now manifest himself at will outside of the seal since he had broken the "bargain" between Apollo when he was Minato and Thanatos when the diminished God of the Sun used the forbidden technique to call the Death God for the sealing. He had also taken Kabuto back with him to be an "honored guest" into the Fields of Punishments, but it was another story for another time. And if Kurama took matters into his own paws, Octavian would not survive. If she wanted to save the Haruspex's life, she had to act fast. With a chakra enhanced leap after a quick "Be right back" to her friends, she took off running toward her target, placing her right arm in the right position. With a feral smirk on her lips, everybody saw her arm suddenly being lit on fire! But it was not a normal fire, the color was off since it was a brilliant gold and Naruto was not suffering any damage! She was on Octavian in an instant, crooking her arm so that her elbow was at ninety degree, then catching the shrimp across his head and with a powerful shout of
"Fox fire: Lariat!"
She smashed his head on the unforgiving ground with her supernatural fire encased arm, the rest of his body following and letting the Fox fire burn through almost all his clothes, leaving him only with torn jeans reduced as mismatched shorts and his shoes before extinguishing the supernatural fire. She had of course toned down somewhat her chakra enhanced strength, because as thin as the Augur was, she could have snapped him in two accidentally if she had used more power. Before he could get up and scream at her once he had recovered enough, in a ruthless move that surprised everyone around her, she put her ninja sandal clad right foot on his throat and put just enough weight to make breathing somewhat hard so he wouldn't talk and told him with a voice that left chills into the neck of everybody at hearing distance
"You have in no way or shape helped in my battle against Polybotes, Octavian. Stop trying to steal MY kill! I claimed the victory with the help of my grandfather Poseidon, who blessed the technique that ended it. You never even gave me an iota of help since we have known each other. Now, I've had quite enough! The next time you stand in my way, I won't be so nice and I. Will. Kill. You, to the pit of Tartarus with the consequences! Do you understand me Gaijin? (Naruto is using the word as an insult, in a very rude tense.) And don't come bawling and whining at me with your titles, I couldn't care less even if I tried. You saw what I did on the battlefield, just like everybody else. Let me tell you that I'm not even slightly winded. I can take you and your bootlickers quite easily. Word of the wise, don't fuck with a Kunoichi, Octy. You won't like the results, trust me."
Her lesson over, she removed her sandal from his throat and went back to Hazel, Percy and Frank. Those three had mixed impressions. Percy was looking at her like she had cooked him a big cake with blue frosting. He better not try to kiss her or she would punch him in the face. She wasn't into incest, thank you very much! Hazel was seemingly anxious from what she could feel from her. Octavian had quite a nasty temper and he had powerful allies and connections. He could make life very difficult for the Greek daughter of Apollo and many others to heal his bruised ego. But she could understand Naruto's actions somewhat. The guy went on and on and you could never hear the end of it. Frank, as a son of Mars, was interested in seeing the Greek girl use a wrestling move of all things, like that. He could analyse everything she did and it was a by the book crooked arm lariat and he was impressed! His voices were also full of praise for such an ingenious move. With the exception of the supernatural fire, since it was only used for the spectacular value, he could understand why she acted the way she did and why she humiliated the Augur. Octavian was quite undersized compared to everyone here and he had tried to steal the glory of Naruto's kill or at least devaluate her accomplishments. And by exposing his weak looking body to the rest of the Legion and the fact that he had been defeated by a Greek and a woman of all things, it would sink his reputation faster than Neptune sank those Roman ships in the war of Troy so long ago. He knew to not judge by appearances and by nationality, but for some, a Greek demigod besting a Roman one would be quite the insult. Hell, look at him; he was a husky Chinese/Canadian not too long ago but already very strong without training. He was always winning during courtyards fights. Now, with training, not many had the strength to resist him in hand to hand, he preferred his bow though, no matter what Reyna said about the Romans not approving of archery. They were not approving of Hazel's spatha either and Pluto's daughter wasn't upset about it and she wasn't about to change it to appease others.
After a while, the Camp was in sight. They were welcomed back by Terminus. The God of Boundaries was giving Naruto a weird look though. It was like she had managed to grab his attention even more and he was trying to solve the puzzle she was representing. She had to fight a smirk at those thoughts. Good luck finding anything on her. Those who knew all there is to know about her were not the talkative type and her dad would not permit just anybody in Konoha to look for her files in the Hokage's Office. Her henpecked dad (Hey!) had finally managed to man up enough to stand up to his twin and told her off for her habit of changing the rules of visitation on Delos each fortnight. Seriously, she was totally irrational. So what if the Toad Tribe didn't want to tell her how many human sages (Many toads had some access to Senjutsu.) still alive they trained when she demanded the answer? It was not a reason to put a total gag order and bar everyone access to the continent! So Apollo had put his foot down and shredded all her arguments ruthlessly. Last Naruto heard about it, Artemis was royally crossed with her twin brother, but the Moon Rider had to realize that she was acting like a spoiled little kid. For Order's sake, she was a three thousand something years old goddess, not a human in its teenager years! Kushina was of the opinion that Zeus spoiled her too much when she was a very young goddess and that Hera should have taken her over her knees and gave her a solid spanking to show her who was in charge.
Now Naruto was sent as the advanced guard, as the Greek Demigods with Jason on board of the Argo II were about an hour away from Camp Jupiter. She had for mission to make them land inside of the Camp, more precisely on the lake and then lead them to Reyna for the rest of the peace talk, since Terminus had went above the heads of the Senate for the truce and cease fire. A more permanent peace treaty would be negotiated once the threat of Gaia and the Gigantes dealt with. Naruto was then seen running in her initial Nine Tails Chakra Mode since she couldn't use Sunlight Speed with the dusk settling, towards the coordinates that Betty Boop gave her in an Iris message. Once she had the massive ship in her sights, the legitimate daughter of Apollo stopped and crouched down. With a smirk that was shared with her tenant, she jumped all the way from the ground to the top of the main mast of the ship, still glowing like a comet.
On the main deck, the Satyr chaperone Gleeson Hedge shouted an alarm
"Incoming ground to air missile! All hands on battle stations!"
Naruto landed on the lookout and killed the light so to speak to be on stealth mode, watching everyone taking attack stances with their weapons and looking everywhere but up there. Wanting to prank/test them and use her Bipedal Kitsune Mode, she sat down to gather Nature Chakra. Once she had gathered the maximum amount she could safely handle, she triggered the transformation. Once the human girl was replaced by a mythical creature of the East, she let a vulpine grin show on her animal like lips, before she covered herself into an illusion of invisibility and went down the mast. Now which one of the passengers she should hunt first? Jason was yummy of course, but a bit young. Piper was the most tempting; it was so much fun to fluster the daughter of love. Maybe Betty Boop so the others would be lost without her strategies? The Satyr could pose a problem though. He was a nature spirit and could likely detect her usage of Senjutsu. She would have to knock him out fast. Leo seemed to have gained confidence in him and some training, since he was seen with two silver-tipped blacksmith's hammers in his hands and seemed to be able to use them. She then herd Hedge shout
"Don't let your guard down! I can't see or smell the foe, but there is something here! There is a presence I can somewhat feel!"
How marvelous! The nature spirit was really interesting! She was camouflaged quite extensively and he still could tell there was an intruder somewhere! That Satyr would have made a great shinobi if he could use chakra! He had the right level of paranoia.
The demigods were all back to back, Jason's Julius in Sword Mode and Hedge's stick ready to strike. Reining her predator aura to the best of her abilities, Naruto approached them slowly and carefully, still invisible and with an added illusion to suppress her scent. Deciding to get rid of Jason first since he was the strongest on board, Naruto shot one of her tails to wrap itself around the Praetor's right leg and made him fall on his back, thus breaking the formation. Not content on only making him fall, she had her tail fling him on the other side of the ship and to tide him over, she flung Piper after him. Contrary to the son of Jupiter, Piper couldn't fly, so he had to swoop in like Superman and catch her in his muscled arms. The situation made them both blush furiously, since in catching her, Jason had accidentally brushed a hand across one of Piper's breasts. Bypassing the others and letting her camouflage fade, she made use of the surprise of her appearance to club the Satyr harshly on the head with a solid punch, making him fall to the ground, if not totally unconscious, unable to fight for at least a while. Licking her lips in an animal like manner, she dodged a fire shot and a bantered phrase from Leo and decided to see how he would deal with her own brand of fire. Igniting her right hand, she shot a glowing ball of Fox fire to the Latino, who let out a yelp, began juggling with the orb of golden fire from hand to hand after letting his hammers fall to the ground, able to keep himself from burning but not control this strange fire.
Naruto would have jumped on Annabeth next since she was starting to bark orders like a drill sergeant, but she had to abort her plan and jump back since Jason was back into play and with his stormy face, he was not happy to see her. She was truly impressed! He was fast, precise and deadly. If she would not have been as trained and experienced as she was, she would have been in deep trouble. Jason was faster than Percy from what she could see. He was batting back her tails with his blade or a gust of wind and she could see peripherally that the others were trying to pen her. It was time to take the higher ground before she's cornered. Crouching, she jumped high into the air, bypassing Julius and landing on Jason's shoulders, making him stumble from the added weight. To confuse and frustrate him, she put her clawed hands over his eyes, carefully of course to not hurt him and in an animalistic voice modified to not be recognized, she said
"Guess who?"
She laughed deeply at his shout of frustration and let herself be thrown off by the blonde Roman Superman, letting herself falls and land on the deck further away of her foes. Hearing Annabeth strategize, she decided she really needed to distract the daughter of Athena.
"Guys, that's a female Fox spirit! It possesses superior intelligence, long life, and unknown magical powers! Don't treat it as a dumb beast, its understanding human language! It spoke to Jason just now! Be careful, I don't know if Celestial Bronze or Imperial Gold is effective on it!"
Leo had finally found the right "frequency" to extinguish the Fox fire and he was baffled. Even with his pyrokinesis, he couldn't do more than to snuff it! It was mental!
Piper, knowing that with her dagger she had to be in close quarters and not wanting to tangle with the tails, the claws and the teeth of the Fox spirit, tried her charmspeak
"Stand down! On your knees and put your paws behind your head! Keep your tails at ease!"
Sadly, it didn't work. Not only had she already forgotten in the rush of the moment that the kitsune was female, Naruto had such an indomitable spirit that she would not have been affected. But it only managed to make Piper the next target of said fox spirit. Catching Jason off guard, who had flown to her when he realized she was about to pounce on his girlfriend, trying to keep her attention on him since Piper was heavily disadvantaged against such an enemy, Naruto grabbed him by the waist with one tail, she smirked at him crookedly before turning him around very quickly and giving him a painful Wedgie before he could act once she had freed him of her tail. Thus making the son of Jupiter squawk with ill comfort and embarrassment; making the girls blush furiously and Leo alternatively snicker at the situation and wincing at his best friend's predicament as the Bro code would want it.
Naruto was having so much fun with her victims! They were quite good and made a good team, but they could do so much better. No one could attack with good teamwork. Their individual skills where no laughing matter, but she would not be bested by lone wolf type warriors. Now who to go play with? Dodging another fire shot by Leo and sending it back to the sender with a backhand slap, she sprinted toward Annabeth, who took a defense stance with her celestial bronze knife. The daughter of Athena was incredible; she was paring each claw strikes and dodging the tails, even when they were coming from her blind spots. Of course, what Annabeth didn't know was the fact that the Kitsune wasn't fighting with intention to wound, maim or kill. If it would have been the case, it would have been very different. She finally managed to trip Annabeth and went to hit her on the stomach, when her right ear flicked and she dropped on the ground just in time to evade a powerful blow from a recovered Hedge, who had let out a powerful war bleat. Sending two tails towards Annabeth, who couldn't dodge since she had to slow down to catch her breath, she then flung the demigoddess she had caught toward the Satyr, letting them tumble farther away on the deck in a mess of limbs. Hearing the sound of the thunder and smelling the odour of ozone, Naruto guessed correctly that Jason was calling down a lightning bolt. While in this form she couldn't use any ninjutsu requiring hand seals, she could still mold her elemental chakra and use it in his purest form. So when the bolt was flung towards her, she channelled her wind natured chakra into her left palm, making it glow a bright ethereal green and caught it, before backhanded it back toward the sky with a cheeky grin addressed to the son of the Sky, making everybody gawked at her.
Feeling her Senjutsu chakra reserves starting to dwindle, she guessed she had still around ten to five minutes before she fell out of Bipedal Kitsune Mode and reversed to Partial Kitsune Mode. If it happened, then the sport would be over. She needed to best them together and quickly, but how? All her tricks had been non lethal so far. If she used her big flashy techniques, she could accidentally kill them and damage the ship. Those options were not to be considered. Suddenly, she had an epiphany. She had just the perfect illusion for them! Blurring into action, she managed to put together everybody, before unleashing something terrifying. The Sunset Genjutsu of Youth! The sight of two grown and very well muscled man, both wearing green spandex suits with orange leg warmers, with bowl haircuts, very thick eyebrows, hugging each other and crying each other names into a surrealistic sunset on a beach near the ocean was enough to make them all pass out. Naruto sat on the deck, laughing her ass off, letting her transformation fade after freeing the rest of the Nature chakra she had gathered. Now for the piece of resistance...The smirk on Naruto's face turned even more vulpine when she unsealed her collection of markers as she went to draw on everyone's face.
Two hours later, a disgruntled crew were giving Naruto the evil eye. Not only had she kicked all their collectives' asses while holding back, they also had a really hard time to get rid of her drawings on their faces. The two who were the most put out with the daughter of Apollo were Jason, since she had literally picked him apart and Hedge, who was quite fed up with the childishness of human children since he had been a Coach when he was infiltrating schools to find and protect demigods unaware of their heritages. Piper, never one to hold grudges, had to admit that Naruto's assault had shaken their boring routine and kept out the ill feelings at being besieged by Gaia and her Giants children for a while. Annabeth was in one of her moods since Naruto had confirmed her that Percy was at Camp Jupiter and could explain what happened to him during those months apart. Leo, at first, didn't want to heard anything about landing inside the camp borders and been forced to come ashore with the others. He was even more upset when he wasn't permitted to make any weapons. It came to a confrontation
"Hey, who do you think you are to boss us around? I'm the captain of this ship and if I want to make weapons and stay with my baby while the others go meet the superior officer, I will do it. Now scram, I have some work to do."
Naruto lifted a golden eyebrow. This kid had some nerve to presume to order her around. Yes, he had a quest under his belt. Yes he was one of the Seven Heroes of the Prophecy of Seven, destined to defeat or be defeated by Gaia. But he was what? Fifteen? Sixteen? She was now nineteen, a Tokubetsu Jonin and a war veteran. She could pull rank, but she doubted he would listen. It was annoying working with civilians with a chip on their shoulders! Now, how to resolve this quickly and efficiently? Well, better try the "I'm an adult and in charge" card before anything else. So she started to explain him the situation politely but firmly
"Leo, tell me please, how old are you? Fifteen? Sixteen year's old, maybe? I'm in charge because the Gods found out that I had the right credentials for the job. I am an adult woman Leo and like it or not, you are still a teenager. I am a nineteen years old shinobi war veteran. I am a trained officer and not a simple foot soldier; I have a rank similar to Lieutenant Colonel from the army here. Believe me I would not have been promoted if I was worthy of it. I'm not diminishing the quest you did with Piper and Jason and the training you have now, but I'm more mature than any of you, except Mr. Hedge. Now, I'm tired to argue with you. We will land inside Camp Jupiter's borders as instructed, you will come ashore with everybody else and you will not make any weapons. You will come with the others and participate at the feast of Fortuna. This is your only civil warning, Leo. If you try my patience too much, I'll knock you out and put you into the brig. Is it clear?"
The son of Hephaestus looked mutinous for a minute, but a deeper look into the feral blue eyes of this woman made him back down. Leo hated authority on principle, but he had to give credit where it was due. Naruto never used her for anything that wasn't very important. Before he could go sulk, a powerful hand seized his right shoulder and forced him to look at this soldier who repeated her question
"I said, is it clear?"
Leo then answered
"Yes, madam. Crystal clear."
Naruto's features softened and she then said
"I apologize if I am forceful, but we can't afford to screw up here. I worked too hard to build some good will among the Romans. They aren't much found of us to begin with. Well, they are more wary than downright hostiles. So do try to keep yourself out of trouble okay?"
Leo's features relaxed after the explanation. He understood better now. To have a better chance against the Dirt lady and her ugly kids, they needed as much help as possible. So with the map she gave him, the elfish son of the Smith God guided his baby gently toward the lake. Before they landed though, Naruto went back to Annabeth and said
"No weapons will be allowed inside the camp, please pass the directive to the others will you? Terminus is likely to make an exception for Jason since he's Roman and well, mine are sealed away. I already set Leo on the straight and narrow. Oh, feel free to give Percy hell for having been away so long! You can feel free to give him a few more hits for me."
She finished with a feral grin shared with Annabeth, who had first nodded at the request and started to crack her knuckles at the suggestion. Annabeth was very upset to have been left behind and Percy would soon find out. What Naruto didn't tell the daughter of wisdom was the fact that without her mortal and realist perspective and a sound plan, Hera's plan to unite both camps would have been quite rougher on everybody else. Now the ship landed on the waters of the lake and with a bit of wind manipulation courtesy of Jason, they were near the shores. To add a bit of humour and relieve the tension, Naruto shouted with a heavy Australian accent
"Drop anchors! Come on! Shape up yer landlubbers!"
That brought a few snickers from everybody on board, even from Jason who was still pouting from his defeat. The fact that Annabeth put a better fight than him against Naruto transformed into a full Kitsune told him that he really had to up his training...His deep thinking was interrupted by the fact that Leo made the footbridge go down to the ground and then it was show time. Piper came towards him and took one of his hands in one of hers and gave it a reassuring squeeze. The praetor smiled at her and after a fortifying breath, he followed everyone else on dry land. Naruto was the last to put foot back on Roman soil, but not before creating a dozen of shadow clones to keep an eye on things, just in case. Well, now time to create a new historic moment!
Omake: Suiton: Rasenshuriken
Naruto was panting and sweat was flowing down her face and lightly clad body, but she had a beautiful smile upon her face! She was sixteen now and was on leave to train her water affinity. Of course, since her mother was the kunoichi to go to in Konoha for water style techniques, she was assigned by Granny Tsunade to help her daughter master the affinity. Since they also needed a deserted place for training, Kushina managed to convince Tsunade to let them teleport to Uzu No Kuni. They hadn't been able to come back in years! Usually Naruto would have jumped right into training, but a nice surprise was waiting for the two Uzumaki clan members. Their divine family had felt their presence and had come over to see them. Amphitrite had even cut short her monthly meeting with the other two great divas (A nickname for the wives of the Big Three.) for a rare visit to see her youngest daughter and granddaughter. It took no time at all for Naruto and Kushina to jump into a family hug. Even Triton had come and was participating into the family hug. In the Heir of Atlantis' mind, Kushina and Naruto's births had made miracles on his family. His parents were closer and more in love than ever and at the end of their mortal lives, both his baby sister and niece would be granted immortality and a place at Atlantis' court.
Back to her training, Naruto had progressed almost as quickly as her wind element mastery training with the usage of her shadow clones. The gods, not knowing much about chakra, couldn't really help, but they offered tips about water manipulation. About three weeks later, Naruto was able to infuse her father's technique with her water affinity. She created a shadow clone that stood ready on her side. With one hand, Naruto created a regular Rasengan. She could handle the rotation, power and stability on her own, but adding elemental chakra alone was too much. It divided her attention too much and the jutsu would backfire. This is where the clone came in. Her doppelganger placed her hands upon the sphere and channelled the water chakra nature, making little by little expand the sphere, making it change color and shape as well. When the technique was completed, it was a large deep blue sphere with four rotating blades of watery mist, with the deafening sound of a crashing tsunami emitting from inside the main chakra sphere. With a little help from Kurama's chakra, at her mother's order, she sent the Suiton: Rasenshhuriken into a part of the sea that Triton had cleared a few minutes ago. The maelstrom resulting from the rotating sphere took hours to vanish!
Her grandparents who had just came out of their lovely little cottage after a round of love-making (They were trying for another child) had just one word to say after seeing the new destructive technique created by their granddaughter
"Damn!"