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Reading: Fils de l'Amour: The Lost Hero

Chapter 1: Mom's Wake Up Call

"Now what?" Leo asked, biting a Slim Jim.

"I dunno," Percy shrugged as there was a flash of light and something plopped on the table, "…Oh come on!" he complained, not more reading on the stupid blond!

"Fils de l'Amour: The Lost Hero," Piper read after picking it up, getting her mother to squeal.

"Son of love? Oh yes, time for love to rein supreme!" the love goddess pumped her fist in glee.

"What?!" Apollo said, looking at the title again and groaned, "Aw man, no more of my awesome kid?" he complained.

"Seems so," Artemis frowned.

"So, who wants to read?" Annabeth questioned as Piper grinned.

"I got this," she said with smug, time for love to shine indeed.

"Go sweetie, go!" Aphrodite cheered.

"Oh here we go," Artemis palmed her face, she'd never live this down, she just knew it.

Piper excitedly began to read about her new awesome brother.

The sunlight peaked through the window of a rundown apartment in Konohagakure no Sato, where a sole teenage boy lay in bed. Well, 'in' is being a bit generous. The teen was sprawled across the bed while lying on his stomach, sheets falling partially on the floor along with a leg while a bit of drool came out of the corner of his mouth.

"Well," Annabeth looked to her boyfriend, "Seems you aren't the only one to do that."

"It is a very common thing." Percy defended himself, getting Annabeth to just smirk at him in amusement.

His head was covered by short messy blond hair, spiking uncontrollably in several places, and on both of his cheeks were three thin marks, looking akin to whiskers.

"Which makes him adorable and handsome," the proud mother said.

The teen's arms suddenly wrapped around the pillow his head rested on and he smiled in his dreaming state. He giggled sleepily and addressed his dream in mumbles, speaking to the pillow softly.

"Do we even want to know?" Leo asked the question, getting many headshakes of no.

Whatever he was dreaming of was interrupted by the loud buzzing of his alarm clock, startling the blond from his sleep with jolt. Blearily, he looked around for the source of his current state of consciousness and found it. Raising a clenched fist, the sleeping teen then dropped it on the device, shattering it with ease.

"He must go through a dozen of those if that's his reaction." Apollo said, glad his invention was making profit.

"Who keeps buying those stupid things? And setting them for so early?" asked the blond with a growl. He closed He deserved to sleep, damn it. Wasn't saving the world from a madman trying to become a god enough for that at least?

"Wait what?" Percy asked Piper as she read in the side text.

"Yep, some guy was trying to become a god, freaky weird." Piper said.

It had only been three months since the end of the Forth Shinobi World War,

"Whoo!" Ares cheered, "Fourth world war! Damn, where was I?" he demanded, upset he missed it.

the cold war between the five great shinobi nations now over.

"Boo," Ares jeered with a thumbs down.

The nations were separate but allied and peace was reigning supreme over the small continent known as the Elemental Nations.

"Now that's just bullshit!"

"Ares," Aphrodite frowned, "My son brought peace to a warring continent, that's something amazing."

"…But it puts me out of a job." The war god whined childishly.

The chakra entities known as the Biju were mostly gone, hiding away from humanity to protect the world from another would be revival of their original form.

The Shinju, a primordial entity that was partially responsible for the emergence of the shinobi that dominated the continent.

The gods shifted uncomfortably at the mention of a primordial entity.

Its defeat would go down in history as one of the hardest battles known to shinobi. And Naruto was right there on the frontlines. He still had the occasional nightmare about it coming back, about this peace just being a dream.

With another groan at being unable to go back to sleep, the blond pushed himself up and got off of the bed. Groggily, the blond stumbled from his bedroom to the small kitchen in only his boxers. He walked past an amused looking redheaded woman, her violet eyes twinkling as she watched him wave at her tiredly,

"Isn't that Kushina?" Apollo questioned.

"Yep," Hermes grinned, "But since Dite is his mom…"

"Oh this is going to be weird, yet amazingly funny." Apollo snickered.

exposing a small circle in the palm of his right hand.

"Morning mom," said the blond.

"Good morning, Naruto." The woman said with a small giggle.

"He doesn't even realize it." Hazel giggled.

"Give him a minute," Piper said, defending her awesome brother, "He just woke up."

The blond, Naruto, nodded tiredly in acceptance of her and continued his trek to the kitchen. He opened his fridge when it hit him.

His mother, Kushina Uzumaki, had been dead since he was a baby.

"We all aren't the brightest after just waking up." Jason said as Percy nodded, he knew that all to well.

So that meant one of two things: either he just said hello to the worst assassin on this side of the planet,

"That would be seemingly terrible." Nico admitted with a nod of interest.

or he was still dreaming.

"Sad fact is no, sweetie." Aphrodite smirked, wondering how her other was going to tease him.

Finding the first option to be ludicrous, hell it was downright laughable, Naruto just decided to go with the dream and continued to pull out his morning serving of milk for his cereal.

"Good for him!"

"Oh be quiet." Hades grumbled to his wheat for brains sister.

"So which dream is this? You guys are alive again?" Naruto asked as he grabbed a bowl for his 'morning' breakfast.

"Your father is still very much dead," said Kushina informatively. She had a small smile on her face as she watched her son prepare his breakfast nonchalantly.

"Well, Minato in this one is mortal, but still so handsome," the love goddess blushed, oh, she wondered how they met? Was it the same how Kushina met Apollo?

"Never had a dream with just you alive," said Naruto, with a thoughtful hum. He poured his milk into the dry cereal waiting in the bowl and then put the milk back into the fridge. He walked out of the kitchen to look at his mother still sitting on the couch patiently with a small smile on her face. "Never had a dream with just dad alive either for that matter. Am I Hokage yet?"

"No." the demigods answered as one.

"No," said Kushina, another giggle escaping her lips as her son pouted with a spoon in his mouth.

"Damn, seriously?" Naruto asked. He dropped his spoon back into his cereal into his bowl. "Lamest. Dream. Ever."

"I know the feeling bro," Leo nodded solemnly, all those hot chicks never being real.

"It would be if this was a dream, Naruto," said Kushina with a small titter of laughter at his confused face.

"But...It has to be," said Naruto with a frown. He pointed at her with his spoon in hand. "I mean...you're supposed to be, you know..."

"Awkward death remark," Hades said as he got some looks that he shrugged too, "What? I can be funny."

Kushina's smile dimmed a little at the reminder of that night sixteen years ago. Curse the frailty of mortal bodies, making her leave such a brilliant baby alone as her then husband died alongside her. Splitting a small portion of herself off into a mortal shell was no problem, considering her flexible and constantly growing domain, she was rather powerful and often overlooked.

"I know," the lady of doves nodded, "it is so true." She glanced at Artemis, "Isn't that right Artemis?" the huntress just scowled at her with crossed arms.

"Yes, well, I may have died in that body, but I live on in my main form," said Kushina. Naruto arched a brow and set his bowl of cereal down.

"Because that isn't going to confuse him." Athena tolled her eyes.

"Main...form...Are you a chakra entity?" Naruto asked. "But you feel...like a civilian?"

"Finally became a bit more observant, haven't you?" Kushina said. A smile tugged at her lips. "In a way, I am a projection, a clone of sorts. I need you, your family needs you. I would've come sooner, but you were needed here."

"Road trip!" Leo joked getting some laughs.

"Y-yeah, whatever you want, Mom," said Naruto, a bit taken aback. "Where do I need to go?"

"I will take you as far as I can," said Kushina, standing with a smile on her face at his acceptance. "Then you must find Camp Half-Blood."

"Ah, there we go." Athena said but looked to the goddess, "Not even going to explain it to him?"

Aphrodite shrugged, figuring it would be better if he was found. Plus she had faith he would do fine.

"H-Half-Blood?"

"It will become clear to you when you arrive, sweetheart," said Kushina taking a step towards him. He took a step back.

"Afraid of mother?" Artemis tauntingly asked the love goddess, smirking at the scowl she got.

"Alright, but can I...can I say goodbye?" he asked.

"See!" Aphrodite told her rival, "He just wants to say good bye to his friends."

Artemis huffed, "Yes yes." She waved off.

Kushina bit her lip, she didn't have a lot of time here before they noticed her absence from North America.

"Yes, notice." Zeus said, glancing at the love goddess, who in turn had a sheepish smile on her face.

An idea hit her. "The clone technique. Use your clones to say goodbye, you know the secret about them, don't you?"

"Yeah, I retain-You're a genius Mom!" said Naruto, making his mother smile back at him.

Aphrodite sent a smug glance to Artemis and Athena, "Hear that?"

The godly daughters of Zeus just rolled their eyes.

"I try," she said. "Hurry, we haven't much time."

Naruto nodded and stood straight up, holding his hands out in front of him. His index and middle fingers formed a cross in front of him. There was a flux of energy before the room became filled with duplicates as Naruto named his signature technique.

"Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multi Shadow Clone Technique)!"

"Best move ever." Annabeth pouted, it was like they were taunting her!

"Alright guys, you know what to do," said Naruto to his clones, making each of them nod before they vanished in small explosions of chakra infused smoke, similar to their dismissals. The blond smiled proudly back at his mother. "Ready to go!"

"Good," said Kushina. She walked over to her son and put her hand on his shoulder. "This could get a bit bumpy."

"You are actually teleporting him?" Zeus asked the love goddess.

Said goddess rolled her eyes, "Well yes, Zeus, it seems I am." Her tone held uncaring of his accusing tone.

"Why?"

"I'm not exactly supposed to be doing this, but it's necessary for what's to come," she said.

"See, necessary." The goddess said and Zeus just grumbled.

He tried to ask her more about it, but before he could the air folded around them and the smell of lavender filled his nose. Their bodies became translucent and slowly faded away. He didn't feel anything for a second, and then they reemerged, and he felt it. The burning, the pain in all of his body. Saying it hurt a lot was an understatement. It felt like he was re-growing skin that had been torn off one bit at a time. He heard himself cry out, felt his legs give and could feel gravity taking its hold on him. Naruto hit the ground unconscious, his body perfectly fine and intact, though his clothes had been changed to more appropriate jeans and a solid white t-shirt.

"So…" Piper said slowly, "After nearly killing him from sheer pain, you still changed his clothes."

"Well, yes, he needs to blend in sweetie and those pajamas weren't going to cut if for my child."

"Okay mom, just checking."

Kushina knelt down next to him, her form flickering lightly. She cupped Naruto's face with both of her hands, kissing him softly on the forehead to give him a bit of a helping hand in this new world, before pulling back. Her time was up, she succeeded in her goal and was being called back to be questioned by Zeus. She smiled sadly, rubbing her thumb along Naruto's cheek one last time before returning to Olympus to explain herself.

"Oh like he'll do anything about it." Aphrodite rolled her eyes.

"Yes I would." The king argued.

"No he won't." the rest of the Olympians said as one, getting Zeus to flare his nostrils.

"Be strong, my little maelstrom," said Kushina before she disappeared once again, leaving Naruto unconscious on the cold dirt as a cool springtime breeze washed over him.

"A good name for a child of yours, Aphrodite." Poseidon nodded as the goddess winked at him.

Athena rolled her eyes, "Please, just because she came from sea foam."

"And you came from a split headache, your argument is mute." The sea god smirked as the wisdom goddess clicked her jaw shut and gave him a glare.

Waking up with a groan, Naruto blearily examined his surroundings before holding his head. His clones sure had to deal with a lot of different reactions, it was a good thing he sent three to Tsunade and Sakura, how the third clones managed to get through the rest of their chiding of him "just accepting someone pretending to be your mom" and "leaving to who knows where on a whim being irresponsible" he hadn't a clue.

"Stupid pink haired wench." The lady of doves spat, like that girl was worthy of her child. Ha!

At least Kakashi and Iruka were more supportive, though they had their own suspicions. Hell, the person he was really worried about was his brother-in-arms/rival Sasuke.

"Aw, he's all buddy with that douche." Apollo whined.

"He turned good or something?" Percy questioned, getting Jason to shrug.

"It could happen."

Apollo snorted and crossed his arms, "I don't see it."

All that bastard did upon hearing Naruto's apologetic farewell was slam the door on his face.

"Wow, what an ass." Piper frowned.

The douche.

"I know!" Apollo agreed with his not son, man, it sucked that Naruto wasn't his kid in this story.

"...Man, why is everything always so complicated with him?" Naruto asked with a whine. His best friend was a pain in the ass to understand. It was like dealing with a girl sometimes.

"Well he acts like one, an attention seeker." Dionysus said from reading of the boy.

With a grunt, Naruto rolled to his upper back and kipped onto his feet like he hadn't just landed with what felt like the force of a freight train. The blond twisted his body to loosen his core muscles and then stretched out his arms above his head. "That was one hell of a Shunshin no Jutsu. Wonder if I can get Mom to teach me that?"

"Gods only sadly." The gods said in a huff, just because they had cool teleporting powers didn't mean they were going to share them.

"Hey buddy!" a voice called out to him, making Naruto turn and look at the speaker. He was a decently short guy, around Naruto's height, wearing a strange hat that looked like a duck's bill attached to a bowl of some sort, his curly hair sticking out this way and that from underneath it. He had a small beard on his chin, an awesome orange shirt and had long pants – similar to the ones Naruto woke up in – as well as some covered sandals on his feet.

"Wow, that's really lucky that a satyr found him so fast." Annabeth blinked.

"Well," Thalia said, "He is an older demigod, so no doubt his scent would be all over the place."

"True."

"Hi!" Naruto said, greeting the newcomer as he always does when not annoyed: energetically.

"Joy," Nico rolled his eyes, it wasn't that he disliked energetic people, it was just they could be annoying at times.

"You do know that you're not supposed to venture this far into Central Park without a weapon, right?" asked the bearded guy.

"Oh he thinks he knows." Leo muttered, but snickered a little, man was this going to be funny.

"...Sen-tral Park...?" Naruto asked. "Where's that?"

The bearded guy looked at Naruto like he was an alien. "Y-You do know what Central Park is, right?"

"He could be from another country!" Leo exclaimed as some rolled their eyes, he was!

"I'm guessing a park of some kind," said Naruto, a blond eyebrow arching in confusion and amusement.

"...How old are you?" the guy asked.

"Whoa whoa, goat boy," Hermes said, "At least ask his name and buy dinner first."

"Uh...Seventeen?" said Naruto, as though it were obvious.

"S-Seventeen?" The guy looked horrified, which honestly looked hilarious on his face. "You do know why you shouldn't be out here alone, right?"

"...Should I?"

"Di immortales!" said the bearded guy. "What are you, new to this? How can you have never been attacked?"

"Now that isn't true," Apollo said, "He's been attacked by ninjas."

"Still not monsters." Artemis pointed out.

"Are they Arte? Are they?"

"I've been attacked tons of times," said Naruto with a frown.

"Wh-what? Really? So you know about the camp, then?"

"...Camp?"

"I feel sorry for the goat." Demeter frowned, it sounded frustrating.

"...Why does this always happen to me?" the bearded guy said, moaning as he rubbed his face with both hands. Dropping his hands to the side, he sighed and then looked at Naruto with what could be called a serious glare. "Alright look, we don't normally get greens your age, but there's a camp for kids like you."

"That's not a very encouraging start." Hazel winced.

"...I highly doubt that," said Naruto as he tensed a bit and got ready for a fight. This guy's anxiety was going off the charts. And then there was the feeling in the air; like that the natural chakra here was poisoned. Or like something very important was missing.

"Like Pan." Hermes frowned, sigh, such a good kid.

"Haven't you ever wondered who your parent was?" asked the bearded guy.

"I know who my parents are!" Naruto said hotly, his eyes narrowing and his pupils became small slits.

"I think you should have the satyrs go through so PR training, D." Hermes pointed out.

"Meh," the wine god shrugged, "Not my problem." He said.

"You think you do," said the guy. "So who raised you, mom or dad?"

"For your information, neither of them did."

"And point one goes to goat boy." Nico said, really tact man.

"...Oh...Oh! Oh man, buddy, look I-"

"Save it," said Naruto brushing past the guy with a frown on his face. "I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"I'm sure we can find some good PR programs."

"Oh stuff it Hermes." Mr. D snipped.

"Wait, I-!"

"I said leave me alone," said Naruto as he walked away. He may have accepted that he had awesome parents, but that didn't mean he wanted to remember them not being there. Especially after how his father's reanimated corpse sacrificed himself to save the blond. It was like losing the Third all over again.

"Okay," Hades groaned, feeling a headache coming along, "Who raised the dead?"

"I doesn't say," Piper informed the god.

"Greaaat."

The guy with the beard and the strange hat followed him as he wandered through the woods. "Wait!"

"Stop following me!"

"No means no!" Leo cried out.

"Stanger dranger!" Nico followed up as they laughed.

"I will if you just stop and wait! Let me finish what I was saying!"

"Reminding me of what I didn't have?"

"Ouch," Hazel winced, really, bad fuanus.

"...Okay, usually with kids like you-"

"We're the same age!"

"If you would just listen-"

"Pass."

"This is important!"

"It really is," Athena remarked, but still, the satyr failed his opening so it was only natural for the boy to shut him out.

"Don't care. I got something more important to do."

"But!"

"Look, unless you can tell me where my mom is-?"

"Yes!" Naruto stopped to look at the guy. "Well, maybe. You need to find your mom?"

"Yes and no lying or you get ninja knifed." Ares laughed.

"She brought me here to help the rest of my family," said Naruto with a firm nod. He promised to help his mom, and Naruto Uzumaki never went back on his word.

"Has the almost same attitude, though he seems less of a smartass." Thalia commented with a quirked lip.

"Aw," Leo pouted, he liked smartass Naruto, he was funny as hell.

"Least he isn't going to be messing with me." Percy said.

"Yet." Said the demigods as one, getting the son of the sea to pout.

"Okay, well as I was saying earlier-wait, no this is related to your mom! I promise!"

Naruto rolled his eyes and stopped walking, turning to face the bearded guy. "Well?"

"Look, there's a camp for kids like you, who need to find their parents, so to speak. Just come with me and we can sort this all out with the head counselor's help."

"…It sounds so creepy the way he says that." Annabeth complained, seriously, where was Grover when you needed him.

Naruto looked at the guy, his blue eyes searching the guy's brown. Empathetically, he knew that the guy wasn't lying. Logically, he's given no reason to be lying. Still, he had to be careful. Naruto didn't know where he was and what the reason behind his "mother's" sudden arrival was, so he had to play it carefully. The war had made him realize that sometimes not all was what it seemed.

"War is good like that." Ares gave a stern nod, it was a cold hard truth.

"Alright, you've got my attention," said Naruto.

"Awesome, I wonder if this is how Underwood felt when he met Percy Jackson," said the bearded guy with a smile on his face.

"I highly doubt that." Percy said in a dry tone.

"Agreed." Said Thalia and Annabeth, no way was it like how they met the goat boy either.

He held his hand out. "Name's Billy. Billy G. Overtree."

"…Why do Satyrs have last names like that. I mean, Underwood, Hedge, and now Overtree?" Leo questioned.

"Nature spirits." Dionysus answered.

"Weird name," said Naruto as he took the hand and shook it. "Naruto Uzumaki."

"And you say my name is weird?" Billy asked, taking his hand back.

"He's from Japan." Apollo countered.

"And it isn't weird." Poseidon argued, it was an amazing name!

"So, you ready to do some hardcore walking?"

"...Walking?" Naruto asked, smiling in amusement.

"Yeah, unless you know how to drive?" Billy asked. He was a bit hopeful in that aspect.

"Uh, what like a cart?"

"…They really are barbarians." Leo said aghast.

Billy's hopeful expression turned into one of horror once again. "Please tell me you're joking."

"Are you talking about one of those train things? You have those here?"

"Di immortales you're not joking!" Billy dragged a hand down his face. "Okay, Naruto, I guess it's a good thing you and me are going to have a long walk..."

"Ah, the explanations of modern civilization." Athena smiled, this was going to be amusing.

Billy led Naruto out of Central Park, explaining the advancement of technology and summarizing the history of the United States as best he could. Naruto, as soon as he made it to West Fifty-Ninth St., gaped at the lights and sounds of the cars. Billy smirked at it. If the blond thought that was impressive, wait until he got to Times Square.

"Oh man, that was a fast lesson." Annabeth snickered, "You think he understood it?"

"He's smart, I'm sure he did." Nico supported the blond ninja, still liking him even if Bianca was gone in this dimension. It sucked, but hey, at least he saw one where she was alive and that made all the difference.

They had to hurry, though. Billy could smell the monsters gathering. Whoever this kid's parent was, they were strong.

Artemis snorted at that as Aphrodite glared at her, "I am!"

"Yes, of course."

"I'm right here." Piper frowned at the moon goddess.

"Forgive me, Piper. I meant nothing by you." Artemis smiled at the girl.

I just really hope it's not one of those three and that it is his mother, Billy thought.

"Well, the oath is no more." Zeus pointed out as Hera glared at him, "No that I would indulg-"

"Bullshit." Said Hades and Poseidon, getting the king to glare at them for cutting him off.

He watched as Naruto looked around, swiveling his head this way and that in childlike wonder. It was...interesting to see how this guy acted. One moment he was reminded of cabin six - the glare that was set on him was that damned Athena glare, he was sure of it –

"Oh?" Athena asked in amusement, "What's this?" she asked as Annabeth perked up at that tidbit.

but something told him that wasn't the case. There was something about this guy that reminded him of Grover, too.

"That would be the sage thing, very cool by the way." Jason noted.

"Wow, this is amazing!" Naruto said as he and Billy walked down Seventh Street. He was in awe at how large this city was. Konoha had nothing on it. "And you're saying that this is one city of many states?"

"Yep."

"Get the boy on a computer." Leo suggested with a twinkle in his eye.

"Wow..." Naruto whistled as he turned around while walking, his eyes on the towers that just continued to rise. He nearly walked right into the street, again, only to be saved by Billy, who pulled him back from the road just as a car raced by. "Thanks."

Thalia snorted with a snicker, "Oh man, that is just plain funny."

Piper frowned, "No it isn't. He could have gotten hurt."

"…Your dad hit him and he was just fine."

"…Shut up."

"No problem," said Billy, shaking his head in disbelief. This kid is too much. At one moment he looks like he's going to kill me, but at another he's carefree as can be. There's only one Olympian I know that matches that description, but he doesn't give off the 'dreamy' vibe and I haven't felt compelled to do anything he says yet.

"Not all my children have it." Aphrodite said.

"Yeah, just me and Drew, good call on the latter mom."

"Now now, no talk back young lady."

"What's all that light up ahead?" Naruto asked, curious of the blinding light that stood out even among the bright headlights of the cars that drove past. Billy smirked, knowing what would come soon. His smirk fell as the horrid smell of underground hit his nose.

"It isn't horrid." Hades scowled.

Poseidon rolled his eyes, "Just because you can't smell it."

"…It isn't that bad, is it?" Hades asked and not no answer.

His eyes were wide, his breathing sped up, and the young satyr kicked his shoes off so he could run better, revealing his hooves.

"We need to move, now!" Billy said, shoving the blond forward into traffic. "Don't get hit by a car and keep running!"

"Why?" Naruto asked as he easily kept pace with the satyr.

"Wow, that's kinda hard." Percy said, Grover was a speedy goat when he wanted to be.

A horn blared, making Naruto look to the left and see a car coming at him and Billy. The driver looked irate that someone dared to run across the street when he had an obvious red light. His irate look turned to shock when the crazy blond that chose to run across the street grabbed the other teen and cleared the rest of the fifty-five feet in one jump.

"Wow, Spiderman leap." Apollo whistled, good on him.

"He just jumped fifty five feet…in Time Square." Annabeth said in a slow tone, trying to let it sink in.

"The mortals are going to flip, I just know it." Percy said with a smirk since he had that kind of lucky and so it Naruto. It was a universal truth.

"Th-Thanks," said Billy, a bit shocked from the sudden jump. Naruto grabbed him by the back of his shirt and helped him back to his feet as they continued to run towards the brightly lit portion of the city. Naruto spared a glance behind him and saw a large cloud of shadow, several red lights coming from it.

"A horde of Hellhounds, nice way to start the morning." Percy said sarcastically.

"I think that's cool."

"They wouldn't bother you Nico, so of course."

His eyebrows narrowed in thought before returning his attention ahead of him.

"So, we running from the giant black cloud?" he asked his new friend.

"It's a cloud!? It's never a cloud! Di immortales, why is it a cloud!?"

"Curse you cloud!" Leo proclaimed, but a cough from Zeus, along with a pointed glare, shut the Latino up.

"I take it that's not normal, then?" Naruto asked as they ran. All he got were more concerned whimpers from the satyr. They broke into the small square of blindingly bright lights, which made Naruto pause from culture shock and awe. Noise was all he heard and the lights were so distracting, he barely heard Billy telling him to hurry up. He did hear Billy cry out his name in warning as the cloud engulfed the blond foreigner.

"Aw, dead in five minutes, sucks for him. Just like last time for Apollo's version."

"Ares!" Aphrodite cried out at her boyfriend.

"Wha? Was being honest."

Billy fell to his knees as he heard the snarls and the tearing. The kid didn't even make it to camp, poor guy. And this was his first one too.

"Ouch," Thalia winced, that had to suck for a first time satyr.

Hopefully it got easier like Grover said it would. Guess not everyone can be like Grover Underwood, getting the son of Poseidon to camp alive with ease.

"Ease?" Percy asked questioningly, "Last I check, I pulled him over the property line."

"He also got a son of Hades and found the daughters of Hades and Zeus also." Nico pointed that tersely.

Still, there was a small part of Billy G. Overtree that hoped the new guy would make it.

"He will." Piper said knowingly, a smirk coming onto her face at the coming lines.

There was sudden yelping and Billy had to drop to the ground to avoid being hit by a flying giant black mastiff, a Hellhound. Billy looked back at the cloud with wide eyes, seeing it grow up and the yelps increasing.

"I said...GET OFF!" Naruto said, standing abruptly with one of the Hellhounds held above his head.

"Cause he's Her-Cu-Les!" Leo sang out jokingly from the old show. Getting some laughs since it looked like something from the opening sequence.

Hera scowled, "Be silent Leo Valdez."

"Yes grandma."

The other Hellhounds were forced to tumble back as he stood, quickly recovering and snarling at the blond. Naruto glared back at the few in front of him. "Don't forget your friend!" The Hellhound in his hands learned to fly before being reunited with two members of its pack, and taking out a streetlight with the distance they got.

"And it's good!" Hermes cheered with a little flag.

A Hellhound tried to take Naruto by surprise, leaping at him from behind. Naruto turned and punched it square in the nose, stopping it midair and making it fly back. When another tried the same tactic, he spun on the ball of his foot and brought his heel across the side of the monster dog's face, sending it flying. Seeing that these simple attacks were doing nothing, the Hellhounds rushed him once again.

"Must be masochist hound."

"Percy!" Annabeth said, scandalized.

"What? It's true."

Billy watched as the blond punched, kicked, and in one instance bit, the Hellhounds like they were as light as a feather and their teeth were made of clouds.

"Who bits a hellhound?" Frank said in bewilderment.

"It's to prove dominance." Ares said sternly, show'em who's in charge!

This was insane, what he was seeing. What he heard next kicked his adrenaline into overdrive. Sirens, mortals had invented them to alert, and alert they did. The Hellhounds' assault continued as the white and blue vehicles of the New York Police Department swarmed Times Square.

"Oh joy," Zeus groaned, and they just cleaned up Manhattan for Order's sake!

The sounds of a helicopter were heard and a light was shined down on the fight between what Billy knew were Hellhounds and Naruto Uzumaki. A few more helicopters joined the scene and a couple of the mega screens in Times Square changed to the news, showing the fight as it happened.

"See, he's already so popular Piper." Aphrodite smiled, "Great to have a famous big brother, right?"

"I don't think that is the best kind of famous, mom."

"Nonsense." Apollo said, "No such thing a bad press I say."

"Says you." Hades grumbled.

There was another yelp that got Billy's attention and he dove to the side to avoid being flattened by the flying Hellhound.

"Amazing how good his aim is for almost hitting the satyr every time." Hermes said dryly.

"I think it's funny." Ares argued.

"And that says a lot about you."

The Hellhound in question dissolved as soon as it's back hit the ground, revealing that Naruto had given enough internal damage – possibly a collapsed lung or something of the sort – to kill it. The news cameras zoomed in when a blue light appeared in the center of the mound of 'lions' that the cameras saw.

"Lions? Really?"

"Mortals see what they want Percy." Hazel told the boy.

"But lions!"

"We released one in Vegas." Annabeth brought up.

"That's Vegas."

"RASENRENGAN!" Naruto's voice cried out as the Hellhounds were sent flying from the pile they were in, dissolving into gold dust that scattered in the wind. Naruto drove what appeared to be a blue ball right into the face of the last Hellhound, grinding it into golden dust and leaving him alone with two blue spheres glowing in his hands.

"Who else wants some chakra?!" Leo asked in a Rocky voice.

High above the Empire State Building, the Olympians watched through Hephaestus' massive televise-screen, a holographic image that duplicated the effects of a television, acting like a sort of one-way Iris Messaging. One Olympian in particular smiled proudly at the image of the blond with a glowing ball of energy eviscerating the Hellhounds sent after him.

"Of course you're all watching this." Thalia muttered, why not watch a demigod fight for his life…though Naruto looked like he was just exercising to be honest.

"Damn," said a man with light blond hair, dressed like a work-first businessman with the Bluetooth device in his ear. He lowered the stylish, yet professional sunglasses down his nose as he watched the fight before him. Hermes was impressed with what he saw, and said what many were thinking.

"Thanks for that, Hermes."

"Anytime, Apollo."

"Whose child is this?" asked the Queen of Olympus. She was intrigued, but the boy was strong like another certain oaf

"He does seemed interesting, just as his other…" Hera trailed off, plus if Kushina did marry Minato…well, amazing that Aphrodite had her first proper demigod. Interesting indeed.

and he only became that way after ingesting something that was not rightfully his.

Hera gave her husband a pointed look, which he readily ignored for his sake.

"Yes, whose is it?" The green-eyed man wearing the Tony Bahama shirt and sandals asked, smirking at the well-dressed blue-eyed man that sat next to the queen.

"Oh blond hair and blue eyes, he must be mine." Zeus mocked.

"Not mine," said Zeus with a frown. He was certain that he'd only had interactions with Ms. Grace.

"Thank Order for small mercies." Hera said in distaste, getting Thalia to glare at her and Jason to shift a bit.

A giggle came from the beautiful woman seated next to the creator of their screen. Her eyes flickered to purple and her hair to red for a brief moment that had a woman with raven colored hair narrowing her gaze.

"Ooh, Athena is thinking." Poseidon said in a mocking stage whispered.

"At least I do, Squid God."

The raven-haired woman looked from the smiling Aphrodite to the screen and back several times before her grey eyes widened in realization.

"You...I don't know how...But you were the loudmouthed tomato!" Athena said, glaring at the smirking goddess of love.

"Seems Minato was your son Athena." Aphrodite smiled coyly, "Hello mother-in-law~!"

"Be silent, now." Was the cold tone of the war goddess.

Aphrodite just gave a cat who ate the canary smile.

"Guilty," said Aphrodite, practically singing the word. She leaned back on her throne with a smile as the other Olympians looked at her. "What can I say, love works in mysterious ways."

"So very true~!"

"I will find out what you did, Aphrodite," said Athena, scowling. She returned her gaze to the blond on the screen. "And I will make sure you do not corrupt another."

"How dare you!" Aphrodite fumed, "I did not corrupt Annabeth, I made Percabeth possible!"

"Exactly, you corrupted her."

"Mom!" Annabeth exclaimed, but the goddess didn't even acknowledge her cry of displeasure.

"You can try, Hooty," said Aphrodite,

"Hooty!"

"I like that one. I think I'll use it."

"Just try Squid God."

"I will, Hooty."

smirking as Athena's scowl deepened. "He's already been in contact with his mother."

"Aphrodite," said Zeus in displeasure at the openly disobedient comment. "You know the law."

"She should." Zeus added.

"But I wouldn't." Aphrodite added in a sing-song tone.

"I never raised him," said Aphrodite with a pretty frown. "I merely brought him from his father's home-"

"Yes, nothing wrong with that at all." The love goddess huffed.

"Where he should have remained to follow in his father's footsteps!" Athena said with a scowl.

"Yes Aphrodite, to be the military leader of his state. And you whisked him away from that."

"His family needed him." Was the goddess of love's retort.

"Like those old crones would've let him try," said Aphrodite with a scowl. "They're more biased than Romans. A lot more volatile, too."

"Hey." The Romans in the room frowned.

"She isn't wrong." Athena begrudgingly agreed.

"Sounds like my kind of people," said Ares with a grin.

"They are!"

He withered under the glare his girlfriend sent his way.

"After all the hell Naruto went through to unite the countries, I would never let you uproot it, Ares," said Aphrodite, scowling at the god of war. "It's partially your fault that he had to bother with it to begin with!"

"Honestly Ares." Aphrodite and Athena frowned at him, but both were proud that their blood brought peace to his continent. That was a big achievement for any demigod.

"...Oh you're talking about the moving continent!" Apollo said, snapping his fingers when he caught on.

"I thought it was in Antarctica?" Artemis noted.

"Seems not this time."

He looked at the image that was paused. "I never would've guessed. Looks like an east coast kid!"

"Well he does seem like my kind of kid." Apollo joked, getting some laughs.

"He got all those handsome qualities from his father," said Aphrodite, sighing in bliss at the memory that made Ares scowl.

"Someone jealous?"

"Fuck you, cripple!"

Surprisingly, Athena joined her blood lusting brother in scowling at the goddess of love's words.

"Amazing." Zeus muttered, them joining together for a common goal…also kind of scary.

"We were told not to intervene with the lands of the moving continent, Aphrodite," said Athena. Zeus nodded as he recalled making that decree.

"Yet you still had Minato anyway," said Aphrodite with a smirk.

"Burn."

"Be quiet Hermes." Athena glared her grey eyes at her younger brother.

"And I didn't intervene. I simply...spread the love with absentminded control, much like Apollo does with the sun or Artemis the moon."

"Well, you are absentminded," Artemis conceded, getting the goddess to scowl prettily at her.

The twins nodded in agreement with that, using their godly energy to keep track of the island they were originally born on.

"Whoa whoa!" Apollo halted Piper, "Now it's on the island we were born on?!" he questioned as his sister was smirking, such nostalgia.

"Seems so." Athena said in intrigue, "It must jump around in each dimension or something."

It was probably why that land was so potent with strange energy that mimicked their own coursing through their veins. Of course, the titan that enlarged it to the size of a small continent was sleeping and wouldn't reveal the reasons behind why she had.

"Wonder who she is?" Percy wondered.

"Probably mom." Apollo answered the boy.

"Still, you disobeyed that decree when you brought the boy here," said Zeus, looking at the blond as he looked around at the mortal authorities. "While I'm sure the mortals could handle him, I believe a final test is in order."

"Oh here we go." Poseidon groaned.

"Pah, the boy can surely handle it." The god king waved off.

"I think Zeus just wants to see the wind attack." Hades mocked, getting Zeus red in embarrassment at the accurate statement.

"Is that really necessary?" Poseidon asked his brother.

"Uncle P, you can't play favorites because he's named after stuff that happens in your domain," said Apollo, getting strange looks. "What? Naruto Uzumaki. It's Japanese, I know this stuff."

Poseidon brooded at that, it was the same reason he liked the boy, plus he was from Aphrodite, sea foam. The kid had his support unlike Apollo's version…Squid God, little brat.

While Poseidon brooded at being called out on why he was so intrigued in the boy, Zeus looked back at the blond. Naruto was looking around with wide eyes at the flashing lights and the screens with his face on it from different angles. Underneath him was the headline "Superheroes Exist? Teen Destroys Lions in Times Square." Zeus scratched his beard in thought before nodding.

"They do and the dude gets the spotlight! Where's our spotlight?" Leo demanded.

"We get it in our little community." Hazel told him.

"So not the same, Hazel."

"The boy will be tested." Zeus said, confirming his decision while Aphrodite scowled and Athena frowned. "Send in a Hydra."

"Father." Athena frowned as Ares laughed giddily.

"It sounds fair." Zeus shrugged.

"Of course you would agree with yourself." The sea god rolled his eyes.

"Message sent," said Hermes, finishing the request to Hades for a monster.

"Yeah, more work for me." Hades said in a sarcastic tone.

He looked at his father. "You sure he should be doing this in Times Square?"

"I know." Hermes nodded, seriously, Time Square was a bustle for business, and to destroy it? It was one of New York's best sights!

"The mortals will forget by tomorrow," said Zeus. "Hecate and Hypnos will ensure that."

"Of course you would say that." Hera rolled her eyes, but was intrigued to see what was to come.

"Hey Billy?" Naruto asked his friend as the NYPD trained weapons on him.

"Y-Yeah?" said the stunned satyr. He'd never seen anything like that, even during the war, no demigod had survived a swarm.

"Alone, no." Annabeth nodded, but looked to her boyfriend, "Except a certain mister impervious."

"I try." The sea child smiled brightly.

"What are they doing?" Naruto asked, gesturing to the cops setting up a perimeter.

"Uh, well, kids like you aren't, uh...aren't exactly normal," said Billy, who was rapidly trying to think of reasons why this was happening. Man if it was his fault the mortals rediscovered the Olympians, he was so going to get it.

"Still looking into how to torture satyrs after they die." Hades helpfully added.

"Good." Zeus nodded, seriously, if this wet behind the ear satyr let the secret out, he was going to get it.

"But what are they doing? With their hands?" Naruto asked, seeing all the small objects in the uniformed men's hands.

"Kids about to find out about guns the hard way." Ares snickered, but cowed when his girlfriend glared at him. Great, he couldn't joke as much since he was Dite's kid now.

He guessed this was the city's military considering all of the similar uniforms. The blue clothes didn't look very protective though, and those hats were ridiculous! He bet his whole supply of kunai could finish these guys off.

"He is good with knives." Annabeth noted, he probably could before a thought hit her and she smiled, "He's my nephew! Ha! Treated me like a little sister but now who's the one in charge?"

Percy rolled his eyes as Annabeth was thinking about how her other would use this tidbit of information.

"Put your hands above your head or we will shoot!" said one of the policemen.

"Uh, like this?" Naruto asked, raising his hands up. He wasn't really in the mood to deal with the city's military, but he wasn't exactly eager to fight them either.

"Smart." Athena nodded, just escape…or wait for the Hydra.

"Favoritism."

"Ha, funny coming from you Squid God." The goddess retorted, getting a glower from her rival.

"Get on your knees and put your hands behind your head!" said the policeman. Well, now he was just being silly. Naruto had already surrendered, hadn't he?

"Naruto, just do what he says," said Billy, doing exactly as the policeman ordered. Naruto gave his new friend a confused look before complying, getting down on his knees and interlacing his hands behind his head. Police started to move forward, their weapons still trained on the blond kneeing in front of them, but then the ground suddenly moved between them and the blond.

"DON'T MOVE!" An officer ordered, keeping his gun trained on Naruto.

"Yes, blame the godling for moving the ground." Hades said with a mocking nod of his head, please, that was his children.

"It's not me!" Naruto said back, watching as the ground cracked and shifted. An unfortunate officer standing too close to the cracking was sent flying as the concrete covered ground shattered and a large scaled head shot up from under the ground. It looked like a diamond and shortly afterward, four more heads that looked exactly the same sprouted close beside it.

"Get up on the Hydras back!"

"Leo!" the kids groaned who got the reference.

"Fall back!" "Get the people out of the way!" "Run!" were the cries of the policemen as whatever they saw scared them enough to retreat.

"Least they know what's important." Percy mumbled, still, never on your side until you really needed them.

"B-But it was dead!" Billy said, falling to his butt and scooting back in fear of what stood before him. Settling on a massive lizard-like body was the Hydra, five heads focused on the unclaimed demigod that knelt before it. Billy's eyes widened when he recognized the target. "Naruto, run!"

Naruto didn't need to be told to move, because he rolled out of the way as soon as one head dove at him with its mouth open wide. Avoiding being bitten by razor sharp teeth was at the top of Naruto's to-do list at the moment. He dodged again, this time avoiding another head, before deciding to make some distractions. He crossed his fingers in front of him and focused the chakra.

"Ah, the cannon fodder move." Ares rubbed his chin, best move ever for a mini army.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto said, making eight clones appear next to him. They rushed at the monster while Naruto went to help the now bulging eyed Billy up from his seat.

"What-how-but-you-I?" Billy failed to find words, stumbling over himself as Naruto got him to his fe-hooves.

"Yeah, bet the goat didn't see that coming." Jason laughed.

"I bet I was surprised too with Apollo Naruto." Annabeth added with a quirked lip, still, seeing that as a child would have been exciting.

"Explain later. What is it and how do I kill it?" Naruto asked, pulling Billy with him when a clone was dispelled due to a ball of acid sent from one of the Hydra's mouths. Well, that just replaced the razor-like teeth at the top of Naruto's to-do list.

"Acid or teeth, pick your way to die." Nico instructed in a smooth voice.

"H-Hydra," said Billy, pulling himself together. "Every head you cut off, two replace it. Sharp claws and teeth, acid spit and reported to have fire breath."

"A textbook analysis, good for a satyr." Athena nodded, impressed by the on the feet analysis.

"Good, thanks. So how do I kill it if I can't cut the heads off?" Naruto asked.

"Uh..."

"So much for being good under pressure." Piper winced, Hedge was more on his feet, hooves, whatever!

"...Well?!"

"I'm working on it, alright, I'm working on it!" Billy said. "Geez, I'm not a member of cabin six, cut me some slack!"

"Like he's supposed to know what that means, even if Naruto is a legacy." Annabeth said.

"What am I supposed to do until then?" Naruto asked. Billy shrugged haplessly before pulling the blond with him out of the way of another shot of acid.

"Avoid dying?" Billy said as they both got up from the ground.

"Well," Hermes said, "That is the general idea, most of the time anyway."

"So improvising," said Naruto. He nodded with a grin. "I'm good at that!"

"Like any skilled tactician." Athena nodded with pride.

"Boss!" A clone shouted, making Naruto turn to look at it. Making eye contact with the clone that signaled him, it dispelled and Naruto got its idea, now technically his idea, and he beamed.

"You said don't cut off the head, right?" Naruto asked.

"Unless you can cauterize the neck before it regrows two more heads," said Billy,

"I got an inkling that blondie is going to do more than that." Leo snickered.

remembering that tidbit from the legends. "That's how Heracles killed it."

"Who-a-cles?"

Hera smirked at that.

"Explain later, duck!" The two dropped as a stream of fire was shot from one of the now six heads – apparently, the clone that had dispelled used a Rasengan on one head – and Naruto winced as another clone was forcibly dispelled. Those tails were something to watch for, too.

"Still, a befitting technique for a legacy of mine." The war goddess beamed, she wondered who invented it.

"So close range is no go for me," said Naruto. He put two fingers in his mouth and whistled, signaling two of his clones, before waving them over. When they managed to break away and join him he pointed at the Coca-Cola sign not too far away. "Go gather Natural Chakra, we're going to Shuriken that thing!"

"Yeah he is going to do what we think he is." Jason grinned, wanting to see it firsthand.

"Sure he can get enough nature chakra from where he is?" Frank asked, "New York isn't exactly a nature place." He pointed out.

"The boy is good at getting things done," Hades said, actually rooting for the boy.

"Alright!" "You're the boss, Boss." The clones leapt over the police barricade, running for the building they were told to go to at top speed and then, much to the onlookers' surprise, up the side of said building.

"Because he's The Amazing Spiderman." Apollo whistled as Aphrodite sighed in content.

"Oh, I hope he gets that many girls to fall for him." She squealed at the very thought giddily.

Naruto watched them go, creating more clones to buy him some time. Now with the knowledge of his plan, the clones knew just to keep the Hydra's attention instead of trying to kill it. He waited and stalled for a good fifteen minutes, before sending another clone up to the two meditating ones.

When both were dispelled, Naruto's eyes dilated, becoming toad-like and golden as he felt the area's nature chakra fill him, an orange pigment appearing over his eyelids.

"So that's the proper form of it." Demeter said with a muse of interest.

"It looks stunning!" Aphrodite said, beaming at her son's 'makeup'.

It wasn't a lot, but it was enough.

"Wonder why." Hermes frowned with another sad sigh.

With his permanent chakra battery sleeping off the after-effects of the war, Naruto would have to make due with his minor Sage Mode. Glaring at the Hydra with his fist clenched, the blond was sure it would be.

His hand was lifted above him and another Rasengan started to form, but a clone was created beside him, holding both hands up at the small blue ball of energy. The Rasengan changed, becoming larger and more like a throwing star, a shuriken.

Zeus and his demigod children had eager looks on their faces.

Naruto's clones dispelled at once, confirming his thoughts on the civilians moved far enough back to not be killed by the coming attack.

"Good call." Annabeth nodded.

The clones gone had the Hydra shifting all six heads on him, making Naruto grin at it. All six of the Hydra's heads roared at him challengingly, and he felt its anger. Not at him specifically, but what he was.

"So he's empathic?" Artemis said in interest.

"Seems so, my children are good at feeling emotions after all." Aphrodite commented.

A word floated between Naruto's empathic link with the Hydra: Godling. Hm, well that was something to ask Billy about.

"Oh yeah, it really was." Percy smirked, it was weird for him too.

For now, Naruto reared his hand back and then launched the attack forward.

"Fuuton: Rasenshuriken!" Naruto said as he threw the ball of energy at the Hydra.

"And cue our reactions!" Apollo shouted like a director.

Olympus watched the attack connect and their eyes widened as the intensity of it eradicated the Hydra's body. Not even golden dust remained, or the trophy fang that was expected of it.

"…Dude." Leo whistled, wind one was better than the light one. Hands down.

"Amazing." Zeus appraised and felt cheated that his grandson lost such an amazing move. Stupid Hades.

"A pity he lost the spoil," Artemis commented, "It was well earned after that feat." He may be a child of Aphrodite, but credit where credit is due. At least he was a legacy of Athena, so it made it easier.

Zeus in particular was in awe, having felt all the thousands upon thousands of winds descending on the monster, and felt them shift just appropriately to stay within the dome it created.

"It must have felt like a poke between the eyes." The god commented, but still, thousands upon thousands of winds? Quite the number.

"Dibs on fighting him first!" Ares said, his fiery eyes burning with bloodlust.

"Of course he would say that." Aphrodite said in a dry tone, did he not just see that move?

Hermes and Apollo burst into laughter at his exclamation, making him scowl. "What?"

"You-You did see what he did to the Hydra, right?" Apollo asked with a smirk as his laughter died down. Apollo raised his hand palm up and made an explosion gesture. "Boom, gone! You want to fight a kid that can do that?! Ha!"

"I could take him." Ares crossed his massive arms.

"Suuure." The gods mocked as one, getting the war god to grit his teeth angrily.

"He finished it." This was all Athena could manage to say, her eyes narrowed as she watched Hephaestus replay the attack. She smirked at her scowling brother. "Considering you lost to Percy Jackson when he was twelve and untrained,

"Burn!"

"Fuck you cripple!" Ares raged and glared at the laughing Percy Jackson. One day dammit, one day!

I believe you wouldn't last a second against Naruto Uzumaki."

"No I wouldn't!"

"Did you not see what he just did to that Hydra?"

"Jackson," Ares seethed to the point you could see the veins in his neck.

"Screw you, Owl Pellets," said Ares with a scowl.

Aphrodite just smirked quietly, watching as the god and goddess of war bickered over who would win. Naruto would beat Ares hands down, according to Olympian law Ares would have to fight 'fair'.

"Dite! The hell!"

"Facts are facts Ares, sorry."

Had Ares been allowed to use all of his god powers, then perhaps he'd win, but against a hero, he was limited. Ares' arrogance would be his downfall.

"Like with Percy."

Ares glared at the sun god, "All of you, to the pits."

"Aphrodite." Zeus' voice made all of the gods stop talking and look at their King as he addressed the demigod's mother. "Your son used my domain."

"Someone's pissy." Poseidon said mirthfully. Zeus grunted. Yes, because the boy was not of his line now he would most likely be pissy.

"My son created those winds," said Aphrodite, smirking at Zeus' scowl. "He didn't manipulate your domain, he made his own."

"Which is a very interesting skill." Athena noted.

"That is impossible!" Demeter said, frowning.

"Not so," said Athena. "The people from the moving continent have done similar for centuries, it is expected of a child born there to be able to create their own element from their life force. They create the element within and expel it outwards with their techniques."

"The fact remains that he used my domain outside of the moving continent," said Zeus, giving Aphrodite a pointed glare.

"Big baby." Hades mocked, getting a pointed look from said baby.

"He is the grandson of Ouranos," said Aphrodite with a pretty smile, making Zeus' scowl deepen.

"True, you cannot blame him for that fact. He is related to the original sky lord after all." The love goddess said with twinkling eyes of mirth.

Zeus seethed at the reminder.

"...I will let this altercation slide," said Zeus. He held a finger up. "But know this, if he so much as tries to manipulate the sky, I will end him."

"Now, Zeus," said Poseidon, gaining his brother's attention. "Considering the latest...developments, I think it would be in your best interest to let the boy be. After all, the people from the drifting continent live on my domain as much as under yours. You've known they can do this, you're just jealous the boy did it in a way you can't comprehend."

"I can comprehend it!"

"I am no-"

"And," said Poseidon, cutting his brother off. "That he isn't your offspring. Had this been Thalia Grace, for example, you would've shrugged it off."

"My other speaks the truth, Zeus." Poseidon informed, getting Zeus to frown (pout).

"I would still love to figure out how to do that." Thalia said in a giddy tone, Jason nodded in agreement to that.

Zeus scowled at Poseidon for bringing that up. Great, now he looked biased. And as the god of justice, he wasn't allowed to be biased. Well, dammit, that's just not fair.

"Aw, poor Zeus." Hera rolled her eyes, getting a betrayed look from her husband.

"Fine...I won't kill him," said Zeus with a scowl. "Happy?"

"It's improvement," said Poseidon with a chuckle.

"Can I kill him?" Ares asked hopefully.

"Like you could." Hermes snickered.

"I so bet I could!"

"I wouldn't allow it." Aphrodite simply told him.

"Absolutely not!" Aphrodite said before the king could retort. She glared at her 'boyfriend' with heat in her now oddly purple eyes. "Touch my son Ares and there will be hell to pay!"

"Aww." Ares whined, he hated when his girlfriend was like this.

"...Well, that's no fun," said Ares with a scowl. His scowl fell at Athena's added glare. His sister then shifted her gaze to the demigod's mother.

"You should've left him on the continent," said Athena with a frown. Aphrodite returned it with her own frown.

"Oh come now, Athena, let the boy be with his family."

Athena glared at the goddess, "Yet you ruined his early chances to become the head of his homes military. He could as been hailed as the youngest to enter office."

"Details."

"Considering that the camp has only fought against monsters and rogue campers, I figured it would be best if we had someone who could help them deal with what was coming," said Aphrodite. Apollo blinked, recognizing what she meant by that. Of course, his twin beat him to the punch.

"Why would one of your children know how to deal with that?" Artemis asked with a frown.

"How rude!"

"Well, it's usually true." The huntress mumbled with crossed arms, Aphrodite had very few exceptional children who make a difference in wars and battles.

"Well, he has a monster inside of him," said Aphrodite, glancing at the king. "A beast he can control and use to his advantage." She glared at Athena. "One that I had under control, except your son decided in all of his brilliance to deal with in his own way!"

"Ooo." The gods said as Athena glared at Aphrodite, who was nodding to her other.

"Minato was doing what he felt was right," said Athena with a scowl.

"Of course you would defend your child's actions." Poseidon rolled his eyes, "If wrong in the eyes of others it is brilliant to you."

"At least mine can think." The goddess sniffed and Percy pouted at the jab.

"Um, Minato? Who's Minato?" Hermes asked.

"Minato was a child of mine, who lost his father shortly after his birth," said Athena with a frown. "He was raised on the drifting continent and eventually became the leader of one of the small military villages."

"Small?" Hazel muttered, "That place was a city."

"I know, it was like New Rome." Frank nodded.

"Really? Boring job that had to have been," said Ares with a snort.

"You say that, but you don't know Minato like I did," said Aphrodite, interjecting and making Athena scowl once more.

"Yeah, we figured you know him real well." Artemis rolled her eyes as Aphrodite beamed at being with such a handsome man.

She looked at the screen and waved her hand, making two images pull up: a picture of Naruto as he was today and a similar looking blond with a narrower face and piercing blue analytical eyes.

"Huh, strange, he doesn't have our grey eyes." Annabeth muttered.

"It's more a greyish blue." Athena told her daughter and yes, if you looked closer, it was a greyish blue.

"Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Fire Shadow, a title used for the village hidden in the leaves for their dictator, was the kindest, smartest and strongest for ten years after his promotion to jonin, or expert shinobi."

"I would have loved to meet him." Annabeth smiled, she had an awesome big brother again it seems.

"...You're saying that pansy was a ninja?" Ares asked, once more getting a glare from Athena for the comment.

"Oh, calling Athena's kid a pansy. Bad move Ares."

"Oh go stuff your cell up your ass, Hermes."

"Minato wasn't a 'pansy'," said Athena, having taken notes of her son's life and given it to her daughter after the Second Titanomachy to keep them in the loop and to reward her cabin for such great performances and loyalty during it.

"How is that a reward?" Percy asked aloud, it sounded boring.

Annabeth rolled her stormy eyes, "Duh Seaweed Brain, I would love to read about someone that great. Just imagine what you could learn from his life? His strategies, he's policies as a leader, a war hero, his actions that helped shaped his current government. It's fascinating!"

"…I'll take your word for it." Percy smiled at her enthusiastic answer.

"Minato, during the continent's third war, had eviscerated a squad of over one hundred enemies in less than five seconds."

Athena was positively glowing at the reminder of her amazing son.

"Beat my record by one second," said a pouting Aphrodite and getting odd looks from her. She blinked and her eyes shifted back from purple. "Sorry, still assimilating Kushina Uzumaki back in."

"You what?!" the gods said in shock, getting the demigods to jump at the reaction.

"Assimilating...YOU SPLIT YOURSELF TO WALK AMONGST MORTALS!" Athena said with a look of rage. "That was forbidden even before the Silver Age began!"

"Whoa," Piper whistled, "Go mom."

"I try."

"But you shouldn't!" Athena scolded.

"It was forbidden for minor gods and other deities," said Aphrodite with a scowl. "Not for Olympians. I'm surprised none of you have ever tried it. It's quite refreshing."

"She has a point." Hera said and had a smirk on her face, "That also meant you 'married' this Minato like Apollo had married Kushina. Again, a proper siring of a demigod. The boy really is something special."

Zeus tried his hardest not to roll his eyes.

"Aside from that new idea," said Hermes, snapping the Olympians from the thought of walking amongst mortals. "How did Minato move so fast?"

"Yeah, since I didn't make it this time." Apollo pouted, still an awesome move.

"He was inspired by a legacy of Zeus," said Athena, waving her hand and bringing up the image of the 'legacy', a white haired man with red markings and a serious look on his face.

"Hey, that's the second Hokage guy, right?" Thalia asked.

"Yep," Piper nodded.

"Tobirama Senju. A master of what they call Fuinjutsu, he developed a space-time technique that allowed him to teleport. Minato made a jutsu based off of that, the Hiraishin no Jutsu."

"Suck up." Ares gagged.

"Named it after grandpa, did he?" Apollo asked in amusement. He looked at Zeus. "Flying Thunder God."

"Smart boy," said Zeus with a small smirk.

"Indeed." Zeus nodded.

"Wait, wouldn't that make Naruto your great grandkid?" Hermes asked as a smile came to the king's face. He was even more proud now. Ha! Take that Hades.

"It allowed him to teleport," said Athena, glaring at the archery god for interrupting her. "Granted, he needed to use a special kunai to do so, unlike his predecessor."

Piper read a side note, "It also says he was a master at using water techniques."

"What?" Poseidon said, eyes narrowed.

"And created a reanimation of the dead technique."

"What?" Hades glowered.

Zeus looked smug, "Not so funny when it happens to you now, is it?"

His brothers just glared at him.

"Hah, so your brat wasn't as good as you say," said Ares.

"Battalion, five seconds, dead." Athena mocked, "What do you not comprehend?"

"Fuck off, that's what."

"Better than you at times," said Aphrodite, making the god gape while the room laughed at him.

"Burn!" Apollo and Hermes laughed loudly as Piper looked green in the face, not needing to read that out loud.

Ares' teeth were grinding together at that as he glared heatedly at his brothers.

The purple color in her eyes faded and Aphrodite flushed. "I...Um..."

"Wow!" Apollo said, laughing at the look on his brother's face. "Well now that we know about Minato, tell us about the kid."

"Yes, let's go over again what we already know." Artemis rolled her eyes.

The lady of doves just smiled widely, "Oh, you're just pissy that he isn't your nephew now."

"…Be silent."

And so Aphrodite did, ecstatic to get onto a different subject. She told them of his growth from a troublemaking youth – "he was so cute growing up, wearing his bright orange jumpsuit!" – to a hero of the people. At age thirteen he had liberated several villages and countries from tyrants alongside his team.

"Well, he is a hero." Percy admitted, at least he didn't know Annabeth this time, so the son of the sea was far cooler with this version of Naruto. Hopefully he was less of an ass too.

At fourteen, he lost his virginity and was a little shy about doing so.

"Dude was younger than us!" Leo exclaimed in disbelief and a bit of jealousy.

Aphrodite looked proud as could be though.

Athena scolded Aphrodite for watching that but she claimed she couldn't help it, Kushina's attached soul got a look at all of Naruto's dirty little secrets.

"Aphrodite!"

"Like my other said, she couldn't help it."

Aphrodite then continued, after scaring Ares into silence while threatening his jewels if he kept laughing about Naruto's loss of virginity, telling them that at fifteen he was learning to manipulate nature to become stronger, mastering his summons after his and Minato's sensei died. Athena gave a frown at this, conflicted over the death of the man that helped train her star child of the previous generation.

"Oh course I would be," the war goddess said as she turned her gaze to Annabeth, "He and the star child of this generation could have learned much from one another." Her daughter beamed at that, she too would have adored to meet her older brother.

Hermes however...

"Wait, wait, wait, back up," said Hermes, holding his hand up with eyes narrowed. "He...He took in Nature?"

"Yeah, I would be shocked at that." The traveler god nodded.

"Became part of it," said Aphrodite. She looked to her husband and gestured to the television. "Can you move it back to the fight with the Hydra?" Hephaestus rolled his eyes and rewound the images until it came to the fight in question. "At the end, just before the Rasenshuriken. There!" She pointed at the screen. "Can you zoom in on his face?"

"Yes, show that handsome face."

"Dite, we get it. He's your kid." Apollo pouted with crossed arms.

"Now, now, no need to be jealous Apollo. You had your time, now it is my turn to have the handsome strong son."

"And mine as well, Aphrodite." Athena added, but the love goddess just shrugged and said whatever.

"Child's play," said Hephaestus. He waved his hand and blinked at what he saw. "A glitch?"

"Sage mode," said Aphrodite. Her eyes were purple as she looked at her 'husband'. "Thank you, Hephaestus."

"Wait what?" the smith said with a shocked blink. The other gods paused as well.

"Seems this assimilation with Kushina has improved her manners." Hera commented off handedly.

The love goddess huffed. Her manners were perfectly fine, thank you very much!

The gods looked at her oddly and Hephaestus was stuck in a state of shock. Aphrodite didn't notice, pointing at her son's eyes. "His eyes become like a toad's, a side effect of learning through them how to manipulate nature.

"You'd think it would be more goat-like due to Pan." Percy mused.

"Goatman." Leo nodded in thought, "I could see that as a thing."

Apollo rubbed his chin, "Maybe…"

It enhances his strength and speed, making him as strong as Heracles."

"And yet he is far better." Hera added.

"Hopefully not as pigheaded," said Hera with a huff.

"Well he isn't, so good for us." The queen of heaven nodded to her other as Zeus just shook his head.

"Not even," said Aphrodite with a titter. "It also makes him extremely empathic."

"Really?" Artemis asked, intrigued. Empathy was a rare trait, even among Aphrodite's children.

"Indeed." The lady of love nodded, so rare and both a blessing and curse at times.

"He's particularly connected to negative emotions," said Aphrodite with a sigh. "My poor baby...such a happy boy shouldn't have to worry about these things."

"Would he like a bottle of warm milk with that?" Ares mocked, but grunted under the glare sent his way.

"Aphrodite...focus, please?" asked Demeter.

"Well aside from the mastery of sage mode and the war he was the primary reason the fourth war in the moving continent was won," said Aphrodite. Athena smirked when Aphrodite looked at her. "He seems to take after his father in that aspect."

"As he should." The weaver smirked.

"Of course." The gods mumbled, seriously, just because her kids were some of the best generals in history.

"War heroes runs in the family," said Apollo, stroking his chin. "Great story...Anything else?"

"The beast, for instance," said Zeus, insistently.

Aphrodite sighed as all eyes went to her, this could take a while.

"Yes, talking about a powerful demon in his gut could take a bit of chatting." Hermes nodded.

"Not your kid's best move Athena." Apollo said, he knew that it was terrible for his other to do to his version of Naruto.

"And yet it needed to be done." The goddess said, her voice never wavering.

While the Lady of Doves divulged her son's darkest secrets and Naruto recuperated with Billy, a strong entity stirred within the crusts of the planet.

"Gaia." Percy and Jason said as one, their hands clenched.

A small tremor went through Times Square.

"But why would she be stirring there?" Hazel asked aloud.

"Who knows," Leo frowned.

It was as though something was searching for the source of power that was recently shown.

"Uh-oh." Annabeth muttered, "Seems Naruto just got the wrong someone's attention."

"Big time." Frank nodded.

Partially out of concern and partially out of curiosity.

"Oh that's never good." Piper frowned for her brother in concern.

Gaia was interested in whatever happened in Times Square, very interested.

"Bitch, you lay off my baby!" Aphrodite glared at the screen.

"Well, seems things just got more interesting for the story." Jason said as Piper nodded along with him.

She also wondered what kind of difference Naruto was going to make for Cabin Ten and the camp in general.

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Well, another challenge has appeared. Thus, I do a reading on it, I tip my hat to you Bones. Honestly, I've saved these for a while when we were working on it. Hope you folks enjoy it.

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