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Son of the Traveler and Sage of Rome: Son of Neptune

Chapter 5: That Damned Book!

It was the afternoon after the Senate meeting and it had been a long day. After an awkward lunch and preventing Terminus from turning Percy into a cockroach, the four romans had hopped on a BART train. Despite his time in Tartarus and the Underworld in general, Naruto still hated trains. It wasn't the claustrophobic conditions that would bother most people but the train itself. A giant steel box moving that you had almost no control over? No, thank you.

Percy had kept most of his old stuff along with some extra clothes courtesy of Naruto who was friends with the manager of New Rome Convenience Store. Although Percy did look a little awkward in a purple shirt. Sticking out of the back pocket of his jeans was his trusty ballpoint pen that Percy obviously used to write the complex stories he loved so much.

Naruto could barely think of that with a straight face.

Hazel had slung a bag over her Camp Jupiter shirt and her light brown aviator jacket, a gift from Naruto so she could match her brother. Her Stygian Iron spatha was wrapped in a sheet and strapped to her back but you could still feel the cold radiating off of it.

Frank fiddled with a canteen of nectar strapped to his hip so it was strapped correctly. He had already packed a few packets of ambrosia along with a few extra quivers since running out of arrows was one of the worst situations for an archer. He had strapped his bow and dragon tooth spear to his back, careful to wrap them so they looked less like deadly weapons and more like hockey gear.

Naruto adjusted his black jacket and resealed one of the many hidden scroll pockets on it. The jacket sat on top of Naruto's ever present Camp Jupiter shirt which itself hid a mesh armor shirt. Celerior was already in his pocket along with an orange book that Hazel had made him promise not to read in public.

She had been trying to take it for at least a month but Naruto's agility and sealing techniques made it impossible for the young girl to take it from him for good.

"Next stop: Oakland" The speakers announced.

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise. "Huh, it's odd hearing the announcer for once. I'm used to New York's subway speakers"

"New York? What were you doing in New York?" Frank asked, confused. New York was known to be incredibly dangerous to all Roman demigods and not many demigods had the guts to go into the nest of the monsters.

"Uh…" Naruto stuttered before reaching into his pocket and pulling out the orange book to avoid answering.

He was once the self-proclaimed king of the anti-perverts but ever since Ero-sennin died, he decided to pick up the books to see what his mentor's life work was like. In the end, it was more a thing to remember Ero-sennin with then anything.

Not that he didn't like it…

Hazel scowled. "Really?"

Naruto didn't respond and just stood up, walking out of the opening train doors with his other three teammates behind him, a frown still on Hazel's face.

"It's an hour and a half walk from here to Alameda" Frank pointed out.

Naruto frowned. "What about by car?"

Frank shrugged. "Fifteen minutes, give or take"

Naruto nodded and walked to the street. He looked both ways before smiling at a black 2014 Chevy Trailblazer SS with the mischievous grin his father was known for. He confidently walked to it as he knew looking scared or awkward made you look suspicious.

It was crime 101!

He pulled out Celerior from his back pocket and opened one of the many screwdriver tools on it with a single hand.

With a sound that reminded Naruto of the old Transformers' morphing sequence, the swiss army knife transformed into a celestial bronze pick gun. With the skill of a trained criminal, he placed one hand on the door to silence the alarm with his son of Mercury magic while placing the pick gun into the keyhole.

"Hazel," Naruto called and the girl nodded. With a wave of her hand, the mist was bent so it looked like Naruto was putting the key into the car and the three of them were waiting for the doors to unlock, not that Naruto was about to break in with a badass pick gun.

"You're gonna steal it?" Percy asked, his moral compass slightly against this.

"The fate of the camp and the world is at stake, I think this counts as a necessary evil." Naruto pointed out. "I'm sure Trivia will figure something out for the owner"

A press of the trigger shot all of the tumblers above the sheer line and the door popped open, allowing Naruto to slide into the driver's seat. "All aboard kiddos!"

"You're not that much older than us" Percy pointed out as he got into the shotgun seat while Frank slid in behind Naruto and Hazel behind Percy.

"As long as I'm older than you Aqualad, you're going to be a kiddo" Naruto said with a grin. A finger placed on the ignition started the car and Naruto shifted it into gear.

"Everyone got their seat belts on?" Naruto asked over his shoulder. He received three nods. "Good"

His foot slammed on the pedal, launching the three Romans forward into their seatbelts painfully as the SUV went flying down the streets of Oakland.

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?" Hazel roared in anger.

Naruto turned away from the road and looked toward her, his fingers spread apart about a centimeter. "Un pequeno"

"EYES ON THE ROAD!"

Frank placed his face in his hands, silently weeping. "We're all going to die…"

"Now while I may like to go fast," Naruto jerked the wheel and made a sharp left onto Buena Vista Ave. "It doesn't mean I'm a bad driver"

Hazel wasn't amused. "I swear if you weren't driving, I would kill you"

Naruto rolled his eyes as he merged into a lane. "Whatever happened to the quiet, well mannered, non-homicidal Hazel Levesque?"

Hazel crossed her arms and pouted. "She was forced to deal with the Couillon named Naruto Uzumaki"

"It's not nice to call people idiots in another language" Naruto grinned. "At least make it a language they don't know"

"Tchew" Hazel mumbled under her breath.

"I know I am" Naruto responded with a grin.

The four drove in silence before Naruto remembered something. "So once we get on the Armada, where are we going?"

Frank paused. "That's a good point."

"Perhaps we should have thought about that before we got to the pier" Naruto mumbled as he made a left at Grand St. before making a right at Clement. Percy smiled as directly in front of them was the Alameda Marina and the sparkling water of the San Francisco. He was at home...

"Thank you for riding" Naruto said as he jumped out the car. "Please pick up all of your belongings on your way out"

"Ha ha, very funny" Frank mumbled as he got out of the car, his legs a little wobbly.

Dozens of boats were moored at the docks, everything from million dollar yachts to everyday fishing boats. They stretched as far as the eye could see, each slightly different from the next.

"Um … you guys know what we're looking for?" Percy asked. Hazel and Frank shook their heads. Naruto shrugged.

"I didn't even know we had a navy." Hazel sounded as if she wished there wasn't one.

Naruto and Frank quickly scanned the Marina before both of their eyes caught the same boat. Naruto facepalmed while Frank groaned.

"What?" Hazel asked in confusion.

Naruto pointed a shaky finger down the docks. "There"

At the end of the pier rested a small dinghy, an ancient SPQR tarp wrapped around it.

Percy uncovered the boat, his hands working the knots like he'd been doing it his whole life. Under the tarp was an old steel rowboat. The boat was so crusted with tar and salt it looked like one massive nautical bruise. The name PAX was still readable on the side, lettered in gold. On board were two wooden benches, a bunch of trash and a mound of frayed rope with one end tied to the mooring.

"Behold" Frank said with rather impressive jazz hands. "The mighty Roman navy."

"There's got to be a mistake" Hazel said. "This is a piece of junk."

Naruto stared at it for a moment with a frown. "I can get it to work but it's not going to last long"

Percy shrugged. "It's better than nothing"

"Give me a minute" Naruto said as he stepped onto the boat, frowning at the creaking it made with every movement.

Sounded like Reyna's pull out bed.

His hands formed his favorite (some would say signature) hand seal. "Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

5 clones burst into existence with puffs of smoke and immediately got to work scrubbing the sides of the boat and cleaning out the trash.

Percy's jaw dropped. "What the...?"

Hazel crossed her arms and smirked. "That's the reason why Reyna is always so happy every Sunday morning and needs help walking for a few hours after"

Percy and Frank blushed at the innuendo.

Naruto frowned from where he was cleaning. "I heard that!"

Hazel's smirk became more sinister. "You're not denying it either!~"

"Why do I have to make everyone I teach a smartass? First Reyna, then Jason, now you…" Naruto grumbled under his breath.

"It's called the Shadow Clone Jutsu and it allows Naruto to make clones of himself that transfer the memories back to him" Frank explained with a sigh.

That technique was scary. The first time Naruto had used it was during their second spar and He had knocked him around like a big chinese-canadian hot potato.

Percy's eyes widened at the implications. "Damn. I know a girl who would kill for that…"

"Annabell right?" Hazel asked.

"Annabeth" Percy corrected.

Naruto jumped out of the boat with a big grin on his face, clapping his hands together to get rid of the dust on them. "Done!"

The three romans looked past him and their eyes almost popped out their heads. Gone was the tiny, crappy rowboat and in its place was a ten foot sailboat made of the body of PAX and the scraps Naruto found around the marina. The SPQR tarp had been strung up and tied so it would work like a triangular sail. The body of the boat had been scrubbed clean and repainted somehow, now a dark blue with the name PAX painted on the side in gold.

Frank's jaw looked dislocated. "How…"

Naruto shrugged as he climbed back into the boat. "Jack of all trades, master of some"

Percy jumped in and paused for a moment, a hand clenched into a fist as he gained control over the sailboat. The sail unfolded itself with a telepathic command and ropes began to fly around, tightening and loosening expertly so the boat was released from the harbor.

Frank stepped on with Hazel behind him, although she seemed a bit hesitant. Naruto knew it wasn't because she was a Child of Pluto so it had to be something else, something she hadn't told him.

He was snapped out of his thoughts by the sudden movement of the boat and Frank's mumbling of, "Let's get this show on the road"

The four Romans had been sailing for about an hour or two and Frank and Hazel had fallen asleep. In each other's arms too…

Frank was going to get it when he woke up.

Naruto looked out over the boat's edge into the water and sighed heavily. It wasn't as clear and beautiful as it should be. The water was contaminated, sullied with the "progress" of humans.

He took a deep breath, searching for what little nature he could find.

Naruto expelled another sigh as an endless sea of brown surrounded him, the results of humanity's conquest over Nature. A lot of humans claimed themselves sophisticated, that they were superior to the geniuses and masters before them. But unlike the people of old, the humans of today began to destroy the world around them, burning fossil fuels, fracking and massacring millions of Nymphs in their destruction of forests.

It was a shame how much destruction one can cause when they see themself as a god and treat the world around them as toys.

Toys break and quickly after, those that play with them break.

Naruto took a deep breath of sea air, the skin around his eyes slowly becoming orange as he separated the brown energy around him into the red and green that formed it.

His golden toad-like eyes opened, watching the sun set beyond the Golden Gate Bridge and bask the world in its orange glow.

"Now what?"

Naruto looked up at Percy who was taking a break, an open water bottle in hand. He had been pushing PAX for the last few hours and any prolonged use of one's powers was tiring.

Naruto let the nature energy leave him as he sat down next on the opposite bench to Hazel and Frank, glaring at the Chinese-Canadian for a second before sighing.

"I have an idea" Naruto said after a moment. "If we can get to Mendocino State Park, I can get us some transportation"

Percy raised an eyebrow so Naruto pulled out his phone. It was a simple Galaxy S6 Edge but was pure black due to it being made of Stygian Iron.

His fingers were a blur as he quickly searched for the answer to his friends question. "39.3045° N, 123.7995° W"

Percy nodded, the coordinates immediately being inputted in his head and compared to his current coordinates. Another plus to being a Son of Neptune.

"That's another few dozen miles away" Percy said.

Naruto smirked. "Then I would get moving"

The two sat in silence for a minute as Percy will the sailboat to move at a speed reminiscent to a speedboat.

"So what kind of powers do you have? You know, beyond having an army of boats," Naruto asked with a grin.

Percy shrugged. "Well I have Hydrokinesis"

Naruto raised an eyebrow and there was a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "How good are you with it?"

Percy took a half step away from Naruto. "Pretty good I would say"

"Can you create a water dragon? Or summon water from the air yet?" Naruto asked, an amused smile on his face. If he had a Son of Pos-Neptune as a friend, his water abilities should be at least Chunin in level.

Percy took another half step away from Naruto. "Um no…"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Hm. We'll have to work on that"

Naruto pulled out his orange book from his pocket and put it in front of his face to block the evil look on his face. "What else?"

Percy looked at Naruto like he had grown a second head."What do you mean?"

"You should have Atmokinesis as well as Cryokinesis" Naruto continued.

Percy scratched his head sheepishly and turned back to face the bay. "I'm not really as good at those"

"Well you just have to practice. It's not good to become good at only one thing" Naruto said. "I don't have Hyoton (Ice Release) or Ranton (Storm Release) but I'm sure I could show you a few things."

Percy turned back to Naruto with wide eyes. He had seen enough ninja movies to know that ninja training was no joke and would most likely break him for life. "No, it's oka-"

Naruto waved him off, his eyes not leaving the page. "Don't worry about it. Who do you think taught Jason how to properly use wind?"

Naruto grinned widely. "Besides, I have to kick your ass back into shape. Being asleep for eight months doesn't improve your skill set"

"Um...thanks?"

"Oh don't worry, you won't be so happy with me afterwards…"

It was that at that moment that Percy realized he was fucked…

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

"RISE AND SHINE LADIES, GENTLEMEN, FRANK!"

Hazel's golden eyes snapped open and she groaned. This was how Naruto usually woke up the Fifth and it was never welcomed, especially after the dream she had last night.

In his hands were a pair of cymbals that he had pulled out of who knows where and were clanging loud enough to wake Typhon.

"WAKE UP FRANK!" Naruto roared. The bear-like Roman barely stirred, a visible drool stain on his chin.

"Ok that does it" Naruto said with a frown.

He picked up Frank with ease and held him over his head, the son of Mars not even registering the movement.

"Naruto Style: Frank Throw!" The super ninja yelled as he chucked the poor boy into the San Frank-cisco Bay.

Ah, he cracked himself up sometimes.

No matter what Naruto and Percy said, Frank did not squeak when he touched the water. He did however make a pretty impressive impression of a humpback whale as he resurfaced.

"What was that for?" Frank squea-um-roared manly.

Naruto shrugged although you could see the twinkle of amusement in his eyes. "You weren't waking up so I had to wake you up"

Frank grumbled as he climbed back into the boat, his clothes drying off from Percy's hand on his shoulder.

"Where are we?" Hazel asked. She quickly rubbed the sleep from her eyes, otherwise she'd be the next one to get an early morning dunk.

"Mendocino State Park. We've got to change transportation as PAX" Percy pointed at the leaky sailboat. "is about to go Titanic on us"

"They both could have survived if they had tied Rose's life jacket to the bottom" Naruto said.

The other three each gave him a weird look.

Naruto shrugged. "Mythbusters tested it and if those two sons of Vulcan say so, I'll believe them"

Percy was about to respond when he registered what was said. "Sons of Vulcan?"

"Yep" Naruto said, popping the P. Naruto stepped out of PAX onto the wet sand, Percy, Frank and Hazel following behind him.

As soon as Percy stepped off, the poor ship quickly began to suck in more water than a sponge, sinking in seconds. It seemed sheer willpower was the only thing keeping the boat afloat.

"So why are we in a state park?" Frank asked as they started to walk into the beautiful woodlands.

"With the permission of Faunus and Ceres, I was allowed to build safe houses in at least one state park in every state." Naruto explained, although a bit sadly when he mentioned Faunus. "We should be able to get a ride and a few extra supplies there"

The other three nodded in understanding and continued to follow behind him, all the while doing the math in their heads despite how much it hurt Percy. That was at least fifty safe houses. Damnnnn...

The woodlands were silent, the only sound was the crunching of the grass around them…It was a bit too quiet...

Naruto pulled out Celerior, flipping open the saw blade instead of his normal knife. The celestial bronze swiss army knife quickly expanded although this time into a six-foot japanese longbow.

A puff of smoke erupted from Naruto's back as a quiver of arrows appeared on his back, most likely from the various seals on his vest.

In an instant, a celestial bronze arrow was nocked and the bow was at full draw. "Come out!"

"What are you doing?" Hazel yelled.

"Get behind me!" Naruto ordered before loosing an arrow. The three Romans looked at each other in confusion but did as Naruto asked. If he sensed something they didn't, they should listen to what he said.

For a second there was silence when suddenly, "(I never took you as one for Kyujutsu) Naruto"

Naruto's eyes widened in shock before he nocked another arrow. "(You have to adapt sometimes)"

Four figures dropped to the ground.

The first was a man with incredible gravity-defying silver hair and a mask that covered everything from the nose down. His left eye was covered by a headband a symbol of a spiral leaf that Hazel was sure she had seen at least once on Naruto etched on a metal plate. He was wearing a long sleeve blue shirt and a flak jacket similar to Naruto's own except a forest green. His dark blue pants were tied down with bandages from the shin down to his shinobi sandals. In his hand was the infamous orange book that was the bane of Hazel's existence.

Okay first it was Gaea then it was that book.

The person next to him had short brown hair and black eyes. He wore a similar jacket, shirt and pants to the other man but his forehead protector surrounded his face.

The next was a girl around Naruto's age with pink hair. Not dyed hair or light red hair. No, her hair was more pink than the inside of Aphrodite's cabin. She was wearing a red vest and a pair of tight black pants under a pink skirt.

The last girl was pretty, it was obvious to anyone observing. She had long dark blue hair that went down to her waist but still retained her signature hime-style in the front. Her figure was rather...full but hidden under her large jacket and pants.

Naruto smiled, it reminded him of the XXL hoodie Reyna had. She would crawl inside of it and wrap herself up like a cocoon as she watched an American Ninja Warrior marathon.

Gods he missed her.

"Yo!" The silver haired man said with a peace sign raised.

Naruto did not lower Celerior. "(What are you doing here Kakashi-sensei?)"

Kakashi ignored him and gestured at Naruto's Roman companions with his book. "(Your team?)"

Naruto shrugged. "(You could say that)"

The pink haired girl clenched her hand in a fist. "(You have a team already! Naruto no baka!)"

Frank stared at them in confusion. "What are they saying Naruto?"

Naruto didn't turn around. "Give me a second"

He looked directly into the pink-haired girl's emerald eyes with his ice blue ones. "(Team 7 is no more)"

The girl growled and began to release her chakra, her fists becoming cloaked in the energy.

That alone was enough to snap Naruto into action. "Frank, Hazel, Percy, you guys have to get out of here. Go to the mark!"

He let loose an arrow, forcing Sakura to dodge as she charged at him with a fist raised. Naruto quickly retracted Celerior and activated Ceres's blessing, his eyes immediately glowing golden as he sucked in all of the Nature chakra around him.

Naruto disappeared in a blur and met Sakura's fist with his own, the two blows creating a shockwave that resonated through the forest.

"Get out of here!" Naruto roared to his teammates. Percy nodded and took off, Hazel and Frank behind him as they sprinted out of the way. This wasn't a fight against a monster, these were people with monstrous powers unlike anything they had faced before.

Naruto turned back around, only to barely dodge a right hook from the pink haired girl. "(What the hell Sakura-chan!)"

He raised his right arm to block the incoming left cross before retaliating with an uppercut to the gut that knocked the wind out of the medical-nin, causing her to double over. Her head shot up as she was met with a knee to the face before she was sent was sent flying back with a senjutsu enhanced side kick to the chest.

Hinata leaped forward, her hands aglow with chakra as she began to attack his tenketsu. Naruto quickly began to activate his enhanced speed, careful to dodge the many strikes coming at him.

He knew better than to block Juuken strikes. He didn't need any part of his Chakra Pathway System block, thank you very much.

"(Naruto-kun, please return)" Hinata pleaded as she went for a palm strike to the chest only for Naruto spin out of the way and strike her in the stomach with a palm strike of his own.

"(I'm sorry Hinata-chan but I cannot. There is much I must do here)" He said.

Naruto was about to perform a knock out strike on Hinata when he was forced he dodge a roundhouse kick from Sakura.

"(Can't you see she loves you?)" Sakura cried as she began her assault on him.

Naruto growled in anger as he delivered a sidekick directly into Sakura's ribcage, fracturing a few in the process before following it with a roundhouse kick to the head, launching the pink haired medic into a tree with enough force to knock her out.

"(You had no right to say that)" He said angrily as he lowered his still extend leg.

He turned to Hinata who looked like she was about to break down right there. "(I'm sorry Hinata but I have a girlfriend who I love…)"

Hinata was silent for a moment, her head hanging low as she took in what he said. Naruto would have sworn he saw a tear fall.

Suddenly her head shot up, her byakugan blazing and her hands coated in blue chakra lions. "Juho Soshiken! (Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist!)"

Naruto sighed. "(I'm sorry Hinata…)"

Just when she was about to strike him with her original technique, Naruto disappeared.

Then for her, everything went black.

"Mokuton: Mokujin no Jutsu! (Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!)"

Naruto spun around only to be blindsided by a giant fist made of dense wood that sent him flying through a few dozen trees. He struck the ground with a bang, creating a rather meteor-like hole in the earth. Shit, Ceres was going to be mad at him.

"Damn that hurt…" Naruto groaned as he stood up from the crater he had made.

He cracked his neck before disappearing, reappearing in front of the wood giant with an arm raised and a sphere of energy the size of a bowling ball swirling in his palm. "Odama Rasengan! (Big Ball Rasengan!)"

He drove the ball through the golem like a hot knife through butter due his momentum, causing the entire thing to crumble into tiny chunks of firewood.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow. Naruto was fast, very fast and he could make an Odama Rasengan with a single hand? He's gotten stronger, much stronger since the battle with Pain. The Gokage would be very interested…

Poor Naruto.

The Son of Mercury disappeared so fast, he left an afterimage. In a blink of an eye, he reappeared in front of Yamato with an apologetic look on his face as a fist was slammed into the ex-ANBU member's gut. "(Nothing personal Yamato-sensei)"

Yamato smiled solemnly as he slid to the ground, out cold.

Naruto turned to his teacher who was still reading his orange book and leaning against one of the trees nonchalantly. Naruto smirked before pulling out his own orange book.

Kakashi's single eye widened to astronomical levels. "(YOU'VE FINALLY ACCEPTED THE ICHA ICHA!)"

Naruto disappeared, striking at Kakashi with a backhand while still reading how Naomi enjoyed suc-

"(Your Taijutsu has gotten better, Naruto-kun.) Kakashi commented as he managed to block Naruto's strike, although with a little difficulty. (And you've gotten much faster)"

Naruto nodded as he blocked a roundhouse kick to the face with one of his own. "(A gift from Pops)"

"Who were those guys?" Percy asked as they ran through the woods.

"I don't know who all of them are but the guy with the silver hair is Kakashi Hatake, Naruto's teacher" Hazel explained.

"He seemed cool" Percy admitted. He had that nonchalant badass feel to him that every little kid wanted to grow up to be like. James Bond, Batman, etc.

Hazel growled, a black aura surrounding her. "He had that cursed book so he is the enemy!"

Frank and Percy looked at each other and gulped. Hazel was scary...

"So what mark was Naruto talking about?" Frank asked as he ducked under a low hanging branch.

Percy shrugged. "I don't know"

All of the sudden, there was a loud thud and the earth began to shake. The three looked up and there were no words to explain the shock they experienced when they saw a wood giant punch Naruto through a bunch of trees.

"The hell is that?" Frank yelled as he ran even faster out of the way.

Percy rolled his eyes. "A giant ogre made of wood. Duh"

Frank looked at him with wide eyes. "Is this really the time for sarcasm?"

Percy shook his head in disappointment. "It's always the time for sarcasm"

"Hey! I found something!" Hazel called out.

In front of her was a giant oak tree that was at least one hundred feet in circumference and about one hundred and fifty feet tall. However the thing that interested Hazel was the odd symbol carved into the side of it.

It looked like the sign for females however it had a small half circle on top.

"It's the symbol of Mercury" Hazel mumbled under her breath as she pressed a hand to it, causing the symbol to begin to glow a bright blue.

Percy put a hand to his chin in thought. "In the movies, it's usually not good for a symbol to begin glowing…"

"(Why are you after me?)" Naruto asked as he blocked a right hook with his arm. He parried the hit to the right side, striking Kakashi's tricep muscle with the back of his hand.

Kakashi grunted at the strike to the nerves. "(The Fourth Shinobi World War is upon us. Madara is after the jinchuriki and the alliance needs-)"

"(They want the Kyuubi)" Naruto deadpanned, a frown on his face.

Kakashi shrugged. "(They need to keep it safe)"

Naruto scowled as he tried to kiss Kakashi in the head. "(I can take care of myself and the Kyuubi)"

Kakashi jumped back, his eyes still on his book.

"(Take Yamato, Sakura and Hinata home and don't come back for me yet)" Naruto sighed. "(Tell Hinata I'm sorry when she wakes up)

Kakashi thought about it for a minute before shrugging and turning around, his non-booking reading hand raised with two fingers. "(It's good seeing you Naruto)"

Naruto smiled as he watched his eccentric teacher leave with Yamato, Sakura and Hinata's unconscious bodies in a shunshin. "(You too Kakashi-sensei)"

Then once more, Naruto was gone.

Hazel watched in awe as the entire tree suddenly turned blue and began to radiate energy.

"It's...BLUE!" Percy roared in happiness. He began to jump around, performing his 'happy dance' as the base of the tree trunk slowly opened.

Because of this happy dance, he did not notice the person that appeared behind him. "I thought I said find the mark, not press the mark"

Percy leapt so high into the air, Naruto wasn't sure if he was a son of Neptune or Zeus. "DON'T DO THAT!"

Naruto smirked. "Anyway…"

He took a step inside of the hollowed out tree trunk. "Come in to my wonderful tree. Nice and room"

The three exchanged a roll of their eyes before they followed him in, only for the floor to immediately start moving downwards like a lift.

Frank didn't know if he wanted to facepalm or stare at everything in awe. "You have a tree elevator?"

Naruto smirked but gave no response.

The celestial bronze platform continued to take them downwards into the cold dark earth, the walls made of densely packed soil and tree roots. The hole was perfectly circular, a giant tunnel deep into the earth that rested directly under the noses of thousands of tourists. It was a bit claustrophobic being underground with the only part of the outside world that could be seen being the tiny hole at the top that let in a little light.

It was that small pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

They had been going down for a good minute when the platform suddenly stopped and all of the lights suddenly flicked on.

Frank's jaw dropped. "Woah"

Hazel's golden eyes blinked a few times in surprise. "That's…"

Percy nodded in understanding, his jaw hanging lower than that time he and Annabeth got to second base. "Insane"

"Welcome to Caducus #37!" Naruto grinned "Mi casa es su casa!"

The safe 'house' if you could call it that was an underground cave the size of an airplane hangar. In the very center was a big lake with beautiful blue water that shimmered like a pure sapphire. There was a lot of little buildings and what looked like a house but the biggest spectacle was the white large building.

It was huge and from the amount of heat and smoke radiating from it, something was going on in there.

"This is one of your safehouses?" Percy asked in awe.

Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Yep. Although it's more a base…"

Naruto chuckled and began to walk to the big building on the side. "Anyway, let's pick up some supplies. You guys already got some sleep and Percy could take a quick dip in the lake to freshen up"

He placed a hand to the doorknob and it quickly clicked open, revealing a hidden world.

"Woah" Frank mumbled under his breath. It seemed like a bunch of things were surprising them today.

The inside of the building was like being in Vulcan's workshop. The half dozen work tables were all covered in dozens of blueprints and half-built machines. A full blown forge was in the back, roaring with white-hot flames. The thirty foot tall walls were covered in weapons and armor. Swords, shields, spears, tridents, bows. You name it, it was probably there.

"I interned with Hep-uh-Vulcan two summers ago at Mount Saint Helens. I picked up a few things." Naruto said with a grin. "I made a seal that allows me to store all of my stuff into a pocket dimension and when I need it, I can reach it. It's awesome as that means I can work at any of my safehouses and don't have to leave anything behind"

"This is awesome…" Hazel mumbled under her breath.

She was a bit peeved that Naruto hadn't taken her here yet but they hadn't really left the camp since she got there.

"This is cool" Frank said as he picked up a golden bow off one of the tables. It was a longbow about as tall as he was and seemed to be made of a combination of Imperial Gold and some kind of silver metal.

"The silver metal is a piece of pliable stygian iron that imparts greater amounts of kinetic energy into the arrow." Naruto explained. "It gives a recurve the penetrating power of a longbow so you can just imagine what a longbow could do.

Frank looked at the bow with wide eyes, his bottom lip trembling as he tried to think of words to say.

Naruto pointed at one of the walls. "Take it if you want, I have a few other bows on that wall"

Frank took off at a speed Naruto had never seem out of the big Chinese-Canadian, already going goo-goo over all the new weapons. The son of Mars was finally coming out...

Hazel looked at all the weapons with a small frown.

Naruto shrugged sadly. "I don't have that many Stygian Iron weapons as your dad tends to hoard that stuff"

Hazel nodded. "I'm fine with my Spatha. I'll go find some supplies"

"It's in the back on your right!" He called as she walked away.

Naruto looked at Percy who was looking at one of the blueprints on the table, a design for building for New Rome.

Annabeth would have liked it.

Naruto's voice broke the son of Neptune from his thoughts. "I think I have some nice tridents if you want to try?

Percy pulled out his trusty ballpoint pen from his pocket and smiled down at it, remembering all it represented. "I'll stick with Riptide"

Naruto smiled, it reminded him a bit of him and Celerior. It was one of his first real birthday gifts."I have some shields and armor over here if that's more your cup of tea"

"That'd be nice" Percy said, remembering a shield he once had that someone he loved gave him.

Naruto guided Percy to a wall but not before something caught the son of Neptune's eyes. "Is that what I think it is?"

"Ero-Ō Master Bolt? You bet it is?" Naruto said with a bright grin as he picked up the three-foot tube of celestial bronze. "Well at least my attempt of reverse engineering it. It's not as strong as I don't have god level explosives but it's pretty fun if you want something to explode"

"Ero-Ō?" Percy asked.

Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Means 'Pervy King'"

Percy grinned. "You're a crazy dude you know that?"

Naruto slung his arm across Percy's shoulders and mirrored the grin. "Ah my dear Percy, we're all crazy and that's what makes us awesome"

STSR CHAPTER 5 IS COMPLETED! YAY!

So the Alliance is after Naruto! *gasps of shock*

Naruto has embraced the Icha Icha! *gasps of shock*

Hinata becomes sad because of Reyuto (Let me know what the shipname should be. We have Percabeth, Frazel, Jasper, etc.) *gasps of shock*

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PS. Next chapter may not be next week as I'm starting a new school and I'm not sure what my schedule will be. Maybe two weeks?