A/N: Anyone who wants to do a story where the characters read 'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes' series is allowed to do so as long as they tell me before hand.
In this chapter and the next chapter there will be parts based off of SoulReaperCrewe's Son of the Huntress: The Lightning Thief
I don't own Percy Jackson series or Naruto series, or any of the characters of either series. Nor am I the writer of the Son of the Huntress series
Warning: Read these stories if you haven't before reading this story:
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Lightning Thief'
'The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: The Sea of Monsters'
I do not own the Percy Jackson or the Naruto series nor do I own or any other fanfics that inspired some of the scenes in the stories.
Hades' Secret is Revealed
Percy and Annabeth were glad to hear that Naruto was staying until after Christmas break, but it turned out Naruto wasn't the only one with a surprise. Percy made the announcement that Tyson was coming to visit next summer and was going to see if he can stay long enough for the trip to the Village Hidden in the Sand since he missed the last trip.
After an hour long of celebration, they decided to go back to Camp Half-Blood.
Compare to Mount Olympus, Manhattan was quiet. There was still three days before Christmas and yet hardly anyone was on Fifth Avenue. Fortunately Argus, the many eyed security chief, picked up Annabeth, Grover, Percy, and Naruto at the Empire State building with a brand new Camp van (since the last one was destroyed) and ferried them back to camp through a light snowstorm. The Long Island expressway was almost deserted.
As they trudged back up Half-Blood Hill to the pine tree where the Golden Fleece glittered, they realized they never would see Thalia in camp as a camper again. The next time they see her, she would be a hunter visiting Camp Half-Blood.
Chiron greeted them at the Big House with hot chocolate and toasted cheese sandwiches. Grover went off with his satyr friends to spread the word about their strange encounter with the magic of Pan, and now their search for demigods has expanded to the Elemental Nations. It wasn't long after an hour there were satyrs running around either asking where was the nearest espresso bar was, or preparing for a trip of a life time that could get them their searcher's liscense.
Annabeth Percy and Naruto sat with Chiron and some of the other senior campers—Beckendorf, Silena Beauregard, the Stoll brothers and Clarisse—who had apparently returned from her secret scouting mission in their absence. She had a new scar on her chin, and her hair had been cut short and raged, like someone had attacked it with a pair of safety scissors. With Annabeth's return, Naruto was no longer substitute counsellor of Athena Cabin but he was allowed to attend because of his part in the quest.
"I got some news," Clarisse mumbled when she noticed that Percy and Naruto were staring at her. "Bad news."
"I'll fill you in later," Chiron said with a forced cheerfulness. "The important thing is you have prevailed. And you saved Annabeth!"
Annabeth smiled at Percy gratefully and playfully rubbed Naruto's blonde spiky hair.
"Luke is alive," Percy said. "Annabeth was right."
Annabeth sat up. "How do you know?"
"What do you mean Luke is alive? Was he supposed to be dead?" Naruto asked.
Percy and Annabeth told Naruto what happened while he was fighting Sasuke and Percy brought up how Poseidon confirm Annabeth's hopes for Luke surviving the fall.
"Well," Annabeth shifted uncomfortably in her chair. "If the final battle does come when Percy is sixteen, at least we have two more years to figure something out."
Chiron was gloomy at the reminder of that.
"Two ear may seem like a long time," Chiron said. "But it is the blink of an eye. I still hope you are not the child of the prophecy, Perc. But if you are, then the second Titan war is almost upon us. Kronos' first strike will be here."
"How do you know?" Percy asked. "Why would he care about camp?"
"Because the gods use heroes as their tools," Chiron said simply. "Destroy the tools, and the gods will be crippled. Luke's forces will come here. Mortal, demigod, monstrous… We must be prepared."
"Well, then it is a good thing the Olympians approved for search of demigods in the Elemental Nations then," Naruto said. "And with the Sand and Leaf Village already on the search for them, it shouldn't take long for us to reinforce our numbers."
Chiron nodded. "I planned on sending satyrs to the Elemental Nations with letters to every Kage and Ninja and Samurai village leader recommending them to enter their village and why. As for now, Clarisse's news may have given us a clue as to how Kronos' army will attack, but—"
There was a knock on the door, and Nico di Angelo came huffing into the parlor, his cheeks bright red from the cold.
He was smiling, but he looked around anxiously. "Hey! Where's… where's my sister?"
There was a dead silence. Percy stared at Chiron in disbelief as Naruto's shoulders slumped as it came clear that the one thing they dread has finally came too.
"Hey, Nico." Percy got up from his comfortable chair. They left in silence.
Naruto wanted to go with him, but Chiron recommended that Percy does this on his own and dismissed the meeting for the night.
"Are you okay, Naruto?" Annabeth asked.
"Yeah. I just can't shake this feeling something is wrong," Naruto responded. "Why wasn't Hades at the Winter Solstice meeting?"
Annabeth shrugged her shoulders. "It could be that Hades choose not to go. Him coming to the winter solstice isn't mandatory."
"Maybe, but I can't shake this feeling," Naruto responded.
Just then, the earth shook as if it closed onto something like a door.
"What the heck is that?" Naruto responded.
"I don't know, but we better check on Percy," Annabeth responded.
They found Percy at the dining pavilion standing next to a large crack in the earth in complete shock.
"Percy, what happened?" Naruto asked.
"Nico happened," Percy said as he told them what happened. Apparently Nico took the news the wrong way and believed that Bianca was dead. Then a bunch of spacti showed up and Percy was about to defend Nico who kept yelling: "No! Get away!" until the earth opened up and swallowed the zombie warriors. Then he ran away from Percy while he was in shock.
"Shoot Percy, if what you said is true, then Nico is the son of Hades!" Naruto responded. "Only Hades has that kind of power."
"You think I don't know that!" Percy responded.
"We have to tell Chiron," Annabeth said.
"No," Percy responded.
"Percy, Nico is a son of Hades," Annabeth said. "This is serious! This means Hades has broken his oath!"
"Not necessarily," Naruto responded. "Bianca and Nico have been out of commission since before the oath was made at the Lotus Casino."
"What?" Annabeth responded.
Percy and Naruto explained to Annabeth about their conversation with Bianca.
"She and Nico were stuck there for decades. They were born before the oath was made," Annabeth said.
Percy and Naruto nodded.
"But how they get out?" Annabeth protested.
"Bianca said a lawyer got them, but I think what really happen was that Hades send a fury to get them and drive them to Westover hall," Naruto responded. "But there's something else—if Bianca is the daughter of Hades, that means—"
"Hades send a fury to kidnap his own daughter," Annabeth said. "Bianca is still alive!"
"Which means Nico had run away for nothing," Percy groaned. "We got to find him!"
"What about the prophecy?" Annabeth asked. "This could mean that the prophecy was talking about Nico, or Bianca if Hades somehow broke her blessing."
"No it won't," Percy said. "Because I choose the prophecy. It will be about me."
"Why?" Annabeth cried. "You want to be responsible for the whole world?"
"I can't let Nico or Bianca be responsible for it because their father's actions," Percy responded. "I'm not going to let that happen."
"But if Luke gets hold of him—" Annabeth said.
"He won't," Naruto said. "Because we're going to find him and somehow reunite him with his sister. It's the only way to snap Nico out of his hatred."
Just then Grover came scrambling out of the big house, tripping over tin cans toward them. His face was haggard and pale.
"He spoke!" Grover said. "Guys! He spoke!"
"Whoa, Grover, what are you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"I… I was playing music in the parlor," Grover stammered, "and drinking coffee. Lots and lots of coffee! And he spoke in my mind!"
"Who?" Annabeth demanded.
"Pan!" Grover wailed. "The Lord of the Wild himself. I heard him! I have to… I have to find a suitcase."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Percy said. "What did he say?"
Grover stared at Percy. "Just three words. He said, 'I await you.'"
Naruto Annabeth and Percy looked at each other skeptical. It seems that things just got more crazy.
A/N: That's the end of this story. I'll try to get the first chapter of the sequel: "The Legacy of Athena and Hermes: the Battle of the Labyrinth" before April. If not, you'll have to wait until I put it on poll again.
Thank you too all the readers that continued reading the story. :)