The Hope of The Moon and Sun
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Percy Jackson. Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Percy Jackson is owned by Rick Riordan respectively. Certain elements were inspired by various Naruto/Percy Jackson crossover fanfictions.
Posted October 8/2019 (Tuesday)
AN1: When do you guys want Naruto to join the Quest? (it has to be before the scenes in the Santa Monica beach as Naruto is going to meet someone there that will be important in the future). I actually have a pretty much set time period for Naruto but I would be interested in hearing your thoughts.
This 'timeskip' is needed as Naruto just cannot jump into the quest (his parents are watching) and this is also so Percy and Annabeth can do some of the quest without Naruto just saving the day all the time.
It will also likely skip the Medusa scenes since it several days Naruto is at camp. (It has got to be a chunk into the quest before Naruto butts in).
Chapter 15 Naruto is Grumpy at camp
The next morning Naruto was still annoyed at his parents so he half-heartedly gave them part of his breakfast. Naruto was technically head of the Artemis cabin so Naruto could choose his own schedule but he didn't feel like doing much so he just wondered around camp until his saw his Godmother smile and wave him over. Naruto was about to call her out until she put a finger on her lips and pointed at the Artemis cabin.
Naruto understood and walked inside and closed the door. He turned around and saw Hestia like his mother in an early 20's form as he barrelled into her waist for a tight embrace. Hestia being Naruto's appointed godmother was allowed into the Artemis cabin although she felt no need to unless Naruto was in there as well.
"Aunty! I missed you so much!" Naruto cried out as Hestia gently rubbed his back like when he was a child.
"I know my little Naru and I missed you too." Hestia told him gently. Hestia just hugged him for several minutes before she pulled back to look at him directly in the eyes.
"I love that you are here but I was told you had to stay on Olympus to keep Zeus from declaring war on Poseidon?" Naruto asked as Hestia gave him a warm smile before she sighed.
"Now that an official quest is taking place Zeus is willing to see what happens so he is not making idle threats anymore. However, that does not mean he will not start a war if his Master Bolt is not returned by the Summer Solstice." Hestia said with a frown as Naruto looked angry.
"Naruto. I spoke to your parents about what happened." Hestia told him as he looked defiant.
"Well they are being selfish hiding me here while my friends are fighting for their lives!" Naruto insisted as Hestia looked at sharply before she chuckled to his confusion.
"Of course, they are being selfish. To them you matter more than the world itself Naru." Hestia told him gently as Naruto frowned and looked away.
"Why should my one life matter than all of theirs? Mom and Dad know if Percy and Annabeth fail it is not just Percy who will die most likely everyone here and probably Western Civilization will be gone too!" Naruto asked his Godmother desperately as Hestia sighed and produced a small flame that hovered in the air aimlessly.
"Naru." Hestia said seriously as Naruto stared into Hestia warm red eyes feeling a sense of comfort he had when he was with his parents. "You know when you were born your parents took you to Olympus to plead with for your life correct?" Hestia asked him as he nodded his head. "What you don't know even your implied existence of taking away your mothers' chastity almost cost your father his life." Hestia told him as he gasped.
"Mom and Dad just told me it took you and the majority of the Council to convince Zeus to spare me and let me with them and my sisters." Naruto said he felt both pride and horror at the thought of his parents risking themselves for him as a baby.
"You mother also took a risk that day as my little brother was about to strike Apollo and you down without a second thought but Artemis teleported in front of you both to stave off Zeus's hand." Hestia told him as she saw Naruto look down guiltily. "Now tell me Naru? Is it that unbelievable that two immortals who would voluntarily risk time in Tartarus for you would want you risk your life for their sake?" Hestia asked him as Naruto eyes widened when he started to see it from his parent's perspective.
Hestia gently rubbed Naruto's cheeks as Naruto kept looking from side to side trying to find some reason to argue with the calmest and kindest of all the Olympians. "Aunty this isn't just about me though. If they fail everyone including them will be fighting a war with no winners while I am stuck in the Elemental Nations not likely to see you ever again!" Naruto told her with tears in his eyes as Hestia rubbed them away gently and rocked him as if he was just a little child again.
"Your parents are being parents which is more than I can say about my siblings and nephews and nephews." Hestia told him as they sat on Naruto's bed.
Naruto had a room to himself as despite the fact he shared tents and even blankets with his sisters in the hunt Artemis reluctantly acknowledged that Naruto would grow through puberty and it would no longer be appropriate for him to sleep in the same room as his sisters.
"No immortal has every had the opportunity to raise their non-immortal child like mortals do so your parents have had a rare and once in ever opportunity to raise you like you are no different than them. They raised you well but since you have always been together that love blinds them to the fact that letting you take a risk does not mean you will die." Hestia sighed as Naruto bit his lip and looked at the sun despite knowing his parents could not see into the cabin with Hestia being present.
"Your parents are in the worst shape they have ever been since I have seen them." Hestia admitted as Naruto eyes widened in shock. "They think taking away your choice has pushed you away and that you hate them." Hestia told Naruto who shook his head furiously.
"I could never hate them! I just don't agree with them!" Naruto stated as Hestia gave a chuckle seeing Artemis stubborn attitude reflected in her son along with Apollo aloof care free attitude.
Hestia hummed to herself for a minute before a grin appeared on her face as she looked at the sun in amusement. "Naru it is not common knowledge to Camp Half Blood but right now Zeus is severely limiting Gods interactions with their children even more than usual in preparation for this war. Even your parents are not exempt from this. They will still hear you but they will not be able to appear to you unless the greatest of emergencies happens." Hestia told him as Naruto looked sadly at the campers who he knew would not likely even get a sign from their parents anymore. He felt a sadness he would not be able to see his parents if he called for them but he still stood by a thought in his head he needed to be there for Percy, Grover and Annabeth.
Hestia looked away from Naruto but said "You know your dad's power if greatest at day and your mother's powers are greatest at night, right? As Naruto nodded his head slowly.
'What is Aunty trying to tell me?' Naruto was confused on why his aunt was being vague when she was always up front with him.
"IF you wanted to talk to your dad without your mom hearing while she is on Olympus you would have to do at day when your Dad's power are most influential and when he could go directly to you as the sun is over here instead of the moon." Hestia mused as she looked at the sun directly while winking at Naruto. "Well anyways I am sure you won't try to escape or run away since your mother would shackle you without a word and your dad would give you a lecture before restraining you." Hestia mused as she gave Naruto one final hug and vanished in a wave of fire. AN2:
"Aunty what are you trying to say?" Naruto asked himself before he noticed on his bed was left an enchanted bag full of supplies like Ambrosia and Nectar and food. "Are you telling me to run away?" Naruto whispered as he sealed away the bag and exited the cabin as if nothing was wrong.
Naruto knew it was not time to try to leave as both of his parents and likely all the Gods were focused on Camp half blood right now. He knew the quest had about 10 days before the time limit and he had to bide his time or else his parents would seal him here if he was too hasty.
The next several days at camp were tense at Camp Half Blood. Somehow the war with Poseidon and Zeus was leaked to the general public and cabins started to pick sides between the 2 Gods. As Far as Naruto could tell the Athena and Hermes Cabins pledged themselves to fight on Zeus's side while Ares and Apollo cabins chose to fight for Poseidon.
Naruto decided to ask his paternal half brother Will a question. "Hey isn't Dad suppose to be on Zeus's side since he is one of Zeus's kids?".
Will shrugged and said "Dad came to me in a dream told me that Poseidon definitely didn't take it but if we had to choose sides, he told us to go with Poseidon." Naruto smiled softly at that as he looked around. He could tell the Dementor Cabin along with Aphrodite Cabin wanted to strictly stay out of it. He could understand why Athena cabin would not fight for Poseidon since he was their mother rival and Athena was considered Zeus's favorite child.
Naruto guessed despite the Hephaestus cabin claim for neutrality they would supply weapons to whoever requested and paid for them. The Dionysus cabin only had 2 members so they had little sake in the war.
"How about you bro? What will you do if war happens to come?" Will asked with concern when Naruto look away.
"It won't come to that. Percy, Annabeth and Grover will succeed." Naruto insisted as Will gave him a smile on his belief. Little did Will know Naruto was thinking about how his parents would force him to go to the Elemental nations if war did break out even if it meant letting all his friends die.
Naruto walked around seeing all the gloom in the air and even felt the fear directed at him making him quite unhappy. He realized after the reveal of his heritage most of the cabin tried to avoid him due to fear. "They don't need to walk on eggshells around me. Its not like mom is going to turn you into a Jackalope if you talk to me." Naruto whispered in annoyance.
He hated that his mother's reputation for being quite unreasonable particularly to males made most of the camp fear him. He had started to feel at home but not most of the camp actively avoided talking to him besides his paternal siblings, Silena and several other campers.
Naruto detected a familiar smell not that he would ever tell her that of Silena as she waved him over. He saw several uneasy looks sent by Silena's sisters until she glared at them. Naruto waved awkwardly at them until he heard giggling from them.
"Silena is right! Cutie over there is far to innocent and nice to be as fearsome as mother says." A pretty Asian looking girl purred as Naruto shuddered. Unlike Silena who had a simple camp half blood shirt and shorts with not accessories or make up. This girl went out of her way to have earrings, perfect make up, rosy lips and painted nails. This made the girl seem pretty in Naruto's eyes but she seemed to not have the same 'natural' beauty his mother or Silena had.
"Drew! I think you should take the rest of the cabin to archery. You could use the practice." Silena said coolly as she narrowed her eyes as Drew gave her an amused look. Naruto was utterly confused on Silena's coldness to her sister but despite her angry look on her face Naruto could admit to himself that Silena was still the prettiest girl he had met.
"Of course, Silena. You are the oldest of us so you do have the authority. Nice to meet you Naruto. If you ever need a friend feel free to call me." Drew said as she gave a wink and giggle when she saw Naruto's flustered look. A glare from Silena made Drew roll her eyes but take their sisters to the archery Range.
"That little. Sometimes she needs to keep her hands off." Silena said angrily as Naruto gave her a look of confusion.
"Huh? Hands off what?" Naruto asked not realizing Sielna was talking about him.
Silena eyes widened before she gave a sweet smile and said "Nothing to worry about." Silena than walked besides Naruto as she looked at the silver cabin of Artemis. "Look I don't take rumours with anything but a grain of salt but did your parents really forbid you from going on the quest?" Silena asked carefully seeing Naruto frown.
Naruto grumbled "Yeah its true. They would rather have new Demigods risk their lives then trust I can help." Naruto saw the conflicted look on Silena's face and he felt bad. He was complaining that his parents were too overprotective and he could tell Silena probably met her mother a handful of time if not less in her entire life.
Silena bit her lip and asked "Naruto what is like having Godly parents take care of you as if they were mortal parents?" Silena could see Naruto looking deep in thought as they stopped near the Artemis cabin.
"Truthfully? I never actually thought of them as 'godly parents. To me they were Mom and Dad not 'almighty Artemis and Apollo'. I never even realized what Gods were until they told me when I was 5 and even then, I still saw them as my parents who loved me." Naruto admitted as Silena gave him a look of envy and admiration. Naruto decided to cheer up his friend so he asked "Hey Sielna do you want to know a secret?".
"What secret?" Silena blue eyes shined with excitement as Naruto smiled.
"My mom has probably and endless number of bad things to say about your mom." Naruto admitted as Silena giggled knowing that they were almost polar opposites in personalities and domains. "But even Mom is forced to admit that Aphrodite loves all her kids so despite what you think that Gods don't care your mom truly loves and adores you Silena." Naruto told her confidently as Silena eyes grew a bit teary eyed.
"Thanks Naruto." Silena said sweetly as her eyes widened when Naruto wiped her tears away with his hand. Naruto eyes widened when he realized what he was doing and pulled back with an apology.
Both of them looked away not seeing the others massive blush at the intimate reaction from Naruto.
'Naruto! What do you think you are doing?!' Naruto swore his mother was saying in his head.
'Silena. Now this is the perfect time to snag him!' Aphrodite sweet melodic voice whispered in Silena's mind as she tried to control her rushing heartbeat.
After several awkward minutes as the teens got control of their breathing and heart beats they smiled at each other with a silent message to let what happened without comment. Silena saw Naruto look sadly across the camp as the campers were going out of their way to avoid the Artemis cabin as if was cursed.
Silena sighed before she said softly "I know you think that you are feared Naruto but that is not why people are steering clear of you." As Naruto gave her a confused look.
"Could've fooled me. Ever since that meeting everyone tries to avoid talking to me as if getting me mad will have mom turn them into a chipmunk." Naruto said bitterly as Silena gave him a look of sympathy.
"I will admit a lot of talk is about that but its also about your sisters the hunters." Silena told him as Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"What about them? They haven't been here for decades." Naruto remarked hearing stories about his sisters boasting about their previous 55 wins before he was born. His mother did not send his sisters to camp half blood since before she was mortal.
"Your sisters have consistently beaten us in capture the Flag and tried to recruit girls from the camp anytime they have come here. It has led to much bitterness from the us especially when they make no attempts to hide how 'silly' our camp is to them." Silena admitted as she looked at Naruto expecting him to get mad. To her shock Naruto laughed out loud.
"Oh, I know all about that. My sisters love to brag about it but I honestly don't see it much as fair to be honest." Naruto told her with a grin as she looked astonished at him. Seeing her look, he decided to elaborate "Don't get me wrong I love them almost as much as I love Mom and dad and right now more than Dad's demigod children." Naruto told her honestly as Silena beamed sensing his love right now.
Luckily for Naruto his mother right now was too busy on Olympus yelling at Aphrodite right now and was not paying attention to what her son was saying.
"I always agreed with Dad. It's not fair for mom to use the Hunters decades if not centuries of experience or teamwork as bragging over the campers of Camp Half Blood. Not only do each cabin not get team building exercises I have noticed that our parent's personalities cause rivalries to appear between cabins." Naruto remarked as Silena nodded her head agreeing with Naruto statements.
"I mean sure dad's kids have amazing archery skills inherited from Dad but very little practical use for it outside of stationary targets while mom and her hunters hunt monsters constantly and get constant lessons from mom directly." Naruto noted as Silena stared at him with new found respect. Part of her feared he would get offended and take his sisters side just because they were family but he understood how unfair it was to compare hunters and campers.
"Hey Silena? Can I ask you something?" Naruto asked as he looked at the sun while Silena was looking at him.
"Sure anything." Silena told him as she shook her head trying to get the confusing thoughts out of her head.
"You are friends with Clarisse. Any idea why her cabin is supporting Percy instead of Zeus?" Naruto asked as Silena gave a chuckle.
"I did ask her that and she told me up front 'I am not supporting Prissy! My dad is supporting Poseidon so are we! Dad said to take the side that Poseidon side is more fun to support!'. Silena said in a mock Clarisse voice making them both laugh.
"I see. I will keep it in mind." Naruto said with mirth. Of all the Gods he had the least amount of respect for Ares as his attitude for women was worst than his dads when he was at his mother called Apollo 'a skirt chasing horn dog.'. His dad told him of the countless times he had hit on Artemis and Athena making Naruto annoyed along with knowing Ares voted and tried to convince Zeus to kill him on his first day of life.
Silena took a look at Naruto's new hair and eye colour and smiled. "Your new looks from your mom really suits you Naruto." Silena told him as Naruto nervously rubbed his head.
"You think so? I am just happy I have another connection to mom instead of looking like a mini clone of dad." Naruto admitted as Silena heart skipped a beat in happiness.
"It sure does! Matter of fact I think you will have girls lining up to ask you out in the near future!" Silena teased as Naruto blushed and pouted.
"Silena! I think you with your pretty hair and face have loads of guys waiting to ask you out!" Naruto retorted as Silena rolled her eyes playfully.
"Hey! Just because my mom has a lot of lovers does not mean I want guys drooling over me!" Silena said with a pout. 'Its not like I have found a boy to share a first kiss with anyways.' Silena thought to herself as she glanced at Naruto with the corner of her eye with interest. Silena was honestly annoyed that children of Aphrodite went through puberty quicker and more maturely than other demigods so despite being only 13 she looked closer to 15.
After a moment they both laughed at how silly they sounded.
Silena sensing Naruto was still uneasy went in close and whispered "If you really believe going on the quest without permission is best, I say go for it. We are not our parents Naruto that means we can make our own decisions even if they disagree. If it was up to mom, I would have broken your heart by now but I truly want to be your friend Naruto." Silena than gave him a quick hug and walked away before he could respond.
Naruto once again was drawn to her hair as he watched her walk away. Naruto did not realize he was in a daze before he bumped into a tree and realized it was Thalia's tree. H head heard talk of the daughter of Zeus from Grover and her bravery in saving her friends when they came to Camp half Blood.
"Huh Thalia daughter of Zeus. I suppose you can't give me advice huh?" Naruto asked with a laugh playing his hand o the tree. He blinked as a bright light enveloped his eyes.
Next thing he knew he was in a white plane with a shocked girl looking at him in surprise and desperation.
"Who are you and why are you here?" The girl demanded as Naruto gasped before he blinked again.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki and I happened to touch the tree and woke up here." Naruto admitted as the girl looked at him wearily.
"Ok Naruto, I am Thalia daughter of Zeus and is where I have been trapped." Thalia said with slight suspicion.
Suddenly a booming voice chuckled from behind Naruto "So this is new huh?" Naruto and Thalia looked behind to see a MASSIVE Fox with 9 tails sitting looking at the children with amusement. The Fox had orange red fur and human like hand complete with 5 fingers and claws on each hand. It had red eyes with a black slit for pupils and its size was so massive that both Naruto and Thalia only reached barely up to its foot.
Thalia instantly went in defensive mood showing fear and a commanding stance while Naruto looked at ease and no fear.
"Been awhile huh? Kurama." Naruto asked as Kurama gave a toothy grin at Naruto.
AN2: This is the Godly subtle way to hint that IF Naruto had to choose a time to run away it would be during day when his dad would be at least willing to listen to what Naruto had to say. If he ran way at night than his mother would just chuck him in the camp and tether him to the cabin without even letting Naruto talk.
There! Kurama first appearance in the story! You can probably guess what kind of relationship they have right? Also WHY Naruto appeared in Thalia soul scape will be explained next chapter but I will tell you NEITHER Apollo or Artemis can do it (so there is a hint).
The Silena chapter was originally going to be a chapter by itself but I added the Hestia part as she promised to watch out for Naruto but has not made an appearance yet so I added one.