CH4(II): A New Journey Begins
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"Naruto" Speech.
'Naruto" Thought.
"Katon" Jutsu/Technique/Demon talking.
Mr. Brunner, in his wheelchair, led the museum tour, guiding the group past the impressive gallery featuring marble statues and glass cases brimming with old black and orange pottery. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle internally at the sight of the orange pottery, his favourite rite colour. He glanced over at Percy and nearly burst out laughing at his bewildered expression. The boy seemed unable to grasp the fact that these ancient artifacts were still in such good condition.
"Dude, close your mouth. Are you waiting for flies to take shelter in there?!" Naruto teased. Percy's face turned scarlet, and he quickly snapped his mouth shut with an audible click.
"Sorry," Percy stammered. "It's just...this stuff is really old."
"Well, when you put it that way, I guess it is old," Naruto quipped, "but at least it's interesting." Percy just stared at him. He knew his blonde friend was a Greek mythology nerd who always had his nose buried in a book on the subject.
Turning their attention to Mr. Brunner, the group went quiet, listening intently as the man began to speak about the ancient gods and goddesses. He had gathered them around a thirteen-foot column with a large Sphinx perched atop it, and he proceeded to tell them that it was actually a grave marker, a stele. As he spoke, they took note of the intricate carvings around the sides. Naruto noticed Percy paying closer attention than before, but the people around them wouldn't stop chattering until Percy finally told them to be quiet.
Naruto then noticed Ms. Dodds, the annoying math substitute teacher, giving Percy an evil eye, as if expecting him to cause trouble at any moment. This made Naruto wary of the teacher, as he could sense the hatred and malice rolling off of her thanks to his ability to sense negative emotions. He decided to keep an eye on her, and Grover noticed this and nodded in agreement.
Mr. Brunner continued talking about Greek funeral art, and Nancy blabbered on about a naked man on a stele. This was the final straw for Percy, who snapped and literally yelled at her to shut up. "Mr. Jackson," Mr. Brunner said, "do you have a comment?" "No, Ma'am," Percy replied, embarrassed by his outburst. Naruto shook his head, he was about to cast a genjutsu on the annoying girl but Percy beat him onto it.
The man on the wheelchair pointed pointed at one of the picture on the stele and asked Percy what it is, "That's Kronos eating his kids right?"
"Yes" Mr. Brunner said though he looked unsatisfied with the answer "Can you tell me why?" seeing his friend struggling to answer, Naruto decided to save his friend "Kronos didn't trust his children because of the prophecy which stated that one day his children will do the same thing, he did to his father Uuranos" he explained as Percy let out a relieved sigh "The Titan Lord ate all of his children with the exception of Zeus, Rhea the Titaness of Motherhood as well as wife to the Titan Lord tricked him into eating a rock instead of Zeus. However, years later, Kronos hired young Titan by the name of Zeus, an actual God in disguise, as his cupbearer. Kronos was very entertained by the latter's excellent singing, dancing and 'Satyr Jokes', thereafter, Zeus would encourage the Titans to participate in drinking contests. As the Titan King, Kronos would always win, since he couldn't let his siblings, nieces or nephews overcome him in anything."
"One evening when Kronos was dining together with his brothers and nephews, Zeus prepared a special set of drinks for them all. Zeus prepared nectar mixed with the sleeping potion to Kronos' guests, while he prepared an extremely powerful the end of the grand banquet, Zeus encouraged all of the Titans to have yet another drinking contest and handed out the prepared goblets. As before, Kronos won the contest but the emetic caused him to disgorge all his swallowed children, and since Kronos's siblings were knocked out by the sleeping potion they were not able to stop the Gods from escaping."
"All six of Kronos' divine children quickly declared war against their father and other Titans, which resulted in the terrifying eleven-year-long Titanomachy. Kronos, their brothers and their children initially had the upper hand in the battles, since they were very skilled and much more experienced warriors. However, the gods quickly became skilled warriors as well, and with the help of their new extremely powerful weapons; Zeus' Master Bolt, Poseidon's Trident, and Hades' Helm of Darkness and the aid of the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires, the gods finally prevailed. In the aftermath of the battle, the Titans were all chained up by the Elder Cyclopes, after which the Hekatonkheires forced them to kneel before the gods. Zeus proceeded to take his father's sickle and slice him into a thousand pieces just as the Titan Lord had done to his own father, before casting him into Tartarus, along with his brothers Hyperion, Krios, Koios and Iapetus. Only Kronos' mighty former second-in-command, Atlas, received a different punishment, as he was forced to hold up the sky while being chained to the ruins of Mount Othrys."
Seeing the stunned look of Mr. Brunner along with Percy and the other students, Naruto couldn't help but smirk at them, his father has told him this story a hundred times already. "Excellent! you did well." Praised Mr. Brunner, he then looked at his watch "On that happy note, it's time for lunch. Ms. Dodds would you led us back outside?" The class drifted off, the girls holding their stomachs and the guys behaving like idiots, the trio of friends were about to follow the group outside when Mr. Brunner said "Mr. Jackson" Percy told Naruto and Grover to keep going as he approached Mr. Brunner whatever the man was gonna tell him.
"Sir" Percy asked as Mr. Brunner has this look like he already knows more than he lets on, "Persues, you must learn the answer to my question."
"About the Titans?" Asked Percy.
"About real life and how your learnings apply to it" he said "Oh!" Percy mumbled though Percy had a sinking feeling the man was not finished yet, "What you learn from me" he started "is vitally importnat and I expect you to treat my teachings as such." This made Percy a bit angry at the man, sure he was coonl in the class when he started the those tournaments but he always pushed Percy a bit hard. Percy mumbles something about trying harder next time before leaving. Mr. Brunner looked at the girl on the stele sadly before he sighed and rode out of the museum. None of them noticed a pair of rippled eyes with eight-tomoe watching their every movement before fading into black lightning.
The class gathered on the front step of the museum, where they could watch traffic flooding The Fifth Avenue, the boys noticed the clouds brewing and storming in the sky with thunder booming loudly. "Hey Naruto, what do you think is going on….with the weather and all?" Naruto gave Percy a deadpanned look while he groaned internally. He had learned from his mother that the sky always react like this, whenever his father would through his infamous temper tantrums 'What could make dad, this mad?!' "I don't know Percy".
The two boys, Percy and Naruto, joined Grover at the fountain and sat down to eat. They had chosen a spot further away from the others, so no one would bother them. Percy didn't like being in school; he thought it was for freaks. Naruto didn't care for a civilian school because he was a ninja, but they didn't need to know that. "Detention?" asked Grover. "Nah," Percy said. "Not from Mr. Brunner. I just wish he'd lay off sometimes. I mean, I'm not a genius." Naruto chuckled and said, "Maybe you're related to one of the Greek gods, Percy. Maybe that's why he's interested in you." Percy laughed heartily at Naruto's joke, while Grover nervously laughed.
After that, they became quiet for a bit. Grover asked Percy for one of the apples, and Percy gave it to him. Percy seemed deep in thought. "Thinking about your mom?" Naruto asked softly, seeing the boy nod. "Yeah, we're kind of close to her place. I hope she's okay. I mean, she's been living with Gabe, after all," Percy said, a little angry that his mother was living with Gabe. "Percy, I'm sure she's okay. I mean, she's put up with that pig this far. I still don't know why she married him though," Naruto lied. He knew exactly why Percy's mom married Gabe: to wash Percy's demigod scent. It was rather impressive that it only took this 'smelly Gabe' to wash Percy's big three demigod scent. Naruto had watched over Percy's family and secretly sent money to his mother with Hermes' help. Every time he watched over them, he had to control himself from killing Gabe and dumping his body in the sea.
Percy nodded and was about to unwrap his sandwich when Nancy Bobofit and her annoying friend came over, dumping her food at Grover. He and Percy glared menacingly at her. "Oops," she drawled out as she grinned at Percy, as if expecting him to start causing trouble. Naruto could tell that Percy was pissed and was trying to calm himself, failing miserably. Then Naruto noticed the water at the fountain rose up and pushed Nancy onto her butt. "Percy pushed me!" she screeched. Ms. Dodds came over and glared at Percy as if she already knew he was going to cause trouble. They heard whispers around them, and apparently, not only Naruto saw that. After Ms. Dodds checked Nancy to see if she was hurt, she turned to Percy and said, "Now, honey." But Percy cut her off. "I know. A month of erasing the class board," Percy grumbled, though that was not the right thing for him to say. "Come with me now," she ordered him. Grover cried out, "Wait! It was me who pushed her!" Percy was stunned that Grover was trying to take the blame for him, and Naruto smiled softly at Grover's action. Ms. Dodds glared at Grover menacingly until his chin trembled. No surprise there, since he was a satyr, he could feel the hate. "I don't think so, Mr. Underwood." "But-" "YOU-WILL-STAY-HERE," she said with anger, each word making Grover cower under her glare. "It's okay, man," Percy reassured his friend while Naruto patted his shoulder. With that, he took off, but not before giving Nancy a dirty look, while Naruto's eyes gleamed as he glared at her. She noticed this and shivered as a blush took her cheeks, feeling aroused under their powerful stares. They turned to look at Ms. Dodds and saw she was already at the entrance of the museum. Percy wondered how Ms. Dodds got there so fast, while Naruto narrowed his eyes, sensing hate and malice from that old hag. Silently, he followed them from the shadows.
Percy followed Ms. Dodds as she led him through the museum. He wondered if she was going to make him buy Nancy a new t-shirt to replace her wet one, but that thought quickly dissipated as they passed the gift shop. They walked until they reached the Greek and Roman gallery of the museum. Percy heard Ms. Dodds growl as she looked at the marble pictures of the Greek gods. "You have been causing trouble for us, boy," she said, causing Percy to look at her oddly. He wondered if Ms. Dodds had found out that he was selling candy in class. "Ma'am, I don't understand-" Percy said, but Ms. Dodds hissed loudly, "Your time is up!" She began to change, her eyes glowing like barbecue coals, her fingers stretching into talons, and her jacket melting into large leathery wings. Percy gaped at her for a moment before making a run for it, stumbling to the ground as Ms. Dodds lunged at him. He raised his arms in the hope of reducing the pain.
"Shinra Tensei (Almighty push)!" Suddenly, an invisible force struck Ms. Dodds, and she was thrown across the room and disappeared in a golden dust. The force was so strong that it made the gallery wall fall off along with the marble picture of the Greek gods. Percy turned his head slowly, seeing Naruto standing behind him with his palm facing the direction where Ms. Dodds had been. Naruto's red flaming eyes had a ripple with an eight-tomoe pattern in them.
Naruto sweat dropped, realising that he really needed to practice chakra control when he got to Camp Half-Blood. "Naruto... what... what was that?" Percy asked dumbly. "I don't have time to explain, Percy. I'll tell you later. For now, let's go," he said firmly, putting his hand on Percy's shoulder, and they disappeared in black butterflies. They arrived just in time for Chiron to see the destruction that had been left behind, along with the butterfly. He narrowed his eyes, wondering who could cause this much damage. 'I have to report this to Olympus', he thought to himself.