Shinobi Amongst Godlings Book Two

Summary: Hello Sea of Monsters, meet Naruto/Percy a reincarnated Shinobi son of the sea god. You may now proceed to hide whimpering under your bed crying for mommy.

LONG Author's Notes that you might or might not care about: Since Someone was rather VOCAL about the first person view point of the first story, I'm going to switch to third person on this series. (And yes, it will be a series, I have like six or seven different universes planned for this including a Straw Hat Luffy three universes down the road who isn't made out of rubber but has the ability to STEAL and store other people's Devil Fruits among other things.) It's just as well seeing how much trouble I had trying to stay in first person while writing the first book, and honestly, I think I still slipped up at least once every two chapters if not more. Now while I had twelve chapters of this on my laptop already, I'm not going to fully follow the path that one took because quite honestly even I saw some pretty big holes in its plot so while some things will remain the same for those who asked about it, others will be changed. And yes, the switching between Naruto and Percy IS intentional, he's a reincarnated soul, both names fit him in my opinion. Anyway, I've prattled on long enough, here's Book Two.

1. Training Preparations

Story Start: Coliseum

"Let me see if I get this straight Mr. Jackson, you intend to put the whole camp on lockdown in five days for one month in which time you will dilate said time to instead last one year in order to train every member of the entire camp who wishes to be trained, regardless of Godly parent, or race for that matter." Chiron said as he paced in front of me in the center of the arena. The moment Percy felt the centaur's return from Mt. Olympus, he had summoned him, Mr. D, and the entire camp, campers and staff alike, to the coliseum.

Percy could still feel the incredulousness and not a little amount of awe pouring off said demigods. Some of the non-human residents also looked interested as they watched on. The reincarnated son of Poseidon nodded and he continued "You also intend to discover who the parents are for the unclaimed demigods and in turn make 'liked-domain' cabins for the 'minor' gods and goddesses by yourself using materials which you shall acquire with your own money during said month and that will be delivered before the time dilation field is raised."

"That about sums it up, yes." Percy said as he idly traced a minor seal in the air by his waist with chakra writing before dismissing it with a wave. Still looking at Chiron, he said "Not only is Cabin Eleven running out of room with its policy to accept all comers who either aren't Claimed or are the children of the so called 'minor' gods and goddesses of Olympus, but denying those children a cabin of their own just because their parents aren't on a council is like constantly saying that they aren't good enough and just barely tolerated. I intend to change that."

There was a not so little amount of muttering from where Cabin Eleven was seated along with some from the rest of the gathered audience. Chiron let it go on for a couple of minutes as he studied Naruto for a moment before he raised a hand and silence immediately fell. A moment later, the Immortal Teacher let out a wry chuckle and said "Maelstrom indeed, your first parents named you aptly Mr. Uzumaki. Very well, what do you require of me?"

Naruto couldn't help the grin on his face at the first part of Chiron's words but quickly became serious as he said "For starters, I need you to order any and all food this camp will need for the year long period. Don't worry about funds as I'll cover them and stasis seals will keep the perishables from spoiling so don't just settle for canned goods. I'm also going to need a full list of every god and goddess in the Greek Pantheon and what their domain is, preferably sorted by said domain if you can though that's not necessary. If you can have it ready by dinner time would be excellent. Everything else can be handled on my end."

"And what exactly do you intend to teach Johnson?" Mr. D asked with crossed arms beside the centaur. His question had everyone perking up and giving their little group in the center of the arena even more attention.

Percy looked upwards and said "Elemental chakra techniques are unfortunately out, the coils of everyone in this world just aren't made to be used in that way without some serious genetic overhauling that would take years of research even if I used seals to do it." Ignoring the disappointed muttering that understandably drew from the gathered camp, he continued "Let's see, we've got physical training, taijutsu, or hand to hand combat, cryptology, which will include the language of plants by the way, tracking and evasion, wildlife survival, undercover information gathering, kunai and shuriken throwing, I could probably design something with seals to allow you guys to use the tree climbing and water walking techniques along with maybe a way of short to mid ranged flight so those'll most likely be taught as well," THAT got some excited muttering "lock picking, escapology, squad level combat techniques for both four man and twelve man levels and finally I've got an idea for a long ranged weapon that I want to get Cabin Nine's help with in making that if works as I think will allow those not suited to archery to still have a long range weapon in their arsenal." That last one got a more curious in nature mutter from the gathered people around him.

Chiron blinked a couple of times as he said "Well now, you certainly don't do things by half Percy."

Percy gave a half shrug before one of the Apollo kids stood up and said "Excuse me, but will this be an all or nothing deal or can we choose which 'classes' we take?"

Percy considered the question for a moment before he said "Everyone who wants to receive training will have to take part in the PT and CQC courses, that's nonnegotiable, however, if the trainee doesn't want to take all of these 'courses' then they can choose to only take between three more or all but one of them. I'll be abusing the HELL out of my Shadow Clone Jutsu in order to be able to teach multiple classes of the subjects each day so they can make a schedule they're comfortable with. However, if they do this, the trainees MUST go through the entire course, no dropping out because the work got too hard so make sure you choose your schedules carefully. That said, not all of the courses will be year-long ones so if you finish one course and want to add another to replace it you can. I'll have a schedule posted before the time dilation field goes up so you can make a proper decision in what you want to learn. Any more questions?"

An older unclaimed member of Cabin Eleven stood up and asked "How sure are you that you will be able to determine who our godly parent is?" All of the unclaimed tensed at that, looking at Percy with hopeful eyes.

Said shinobi shrugged and said "How sure are you that the Earth is the third planet from the sun?"

That earned an excited chatter from the unclaimed even as the one who asked nodded his gratitude to the hydrokinetic as he sat back down.

When no more questions were asked, Percy clapped his hands and rubbed them together as he said "Right then, schedules and roster sheets will be attached to your Cabin Tables and the columns of the mess hall by lunch tomorrow. I suggest you all use the time between now and when the time dilation field is raised to seriously consider if you want to accept the training. While I strongly encourage ALL of you to take this opportunity," Here he gave the Aphrodite Cabin a pointed look "I will not force you to. Dismissed."

The arena quickly filled with noise as cabinmates and friends discussed whether or not they would take the courses even as the majority rose out of their seats and began leaving the arena. Mr. D in particular was rather quick to leave the area. Just as quickly, Annabeth and Grover were right next to him, the excited to learn as much as possible daughter of Athena barely waiting until she was within two feet of him to ask "We're not actually going to be waiting five days for the others to join us, are we?"

"Oh, log no, you two will be personally trained by the original me or clones made just for you guys from tomorrow until the last campfire of the season, maybe even longer if I become a year rounder like you Annabeth." Percy said before he cocked an eyebrow and said "I was actually wondering if you two were interested in helping me with the building of the so called minor cabins, if only in the planning stage if you don't want to help with the actual construction."

A not quite mad glint appeared in Annabeth's eyes and Grover chuckled as he said "Do you really have to ask her? I don't mind giving a little bit of insight either though if you don't mind. Could be fun being known as the Satyr that helped make the cabins a few decades down the road."

Percy clapped his hands once as he said "Right then, consider your training beginning now, starting with reconnaissance training. From now until dinner time, we are going to be surveying the entire camp, mapping it out and finding locations where cabins can be made, either single, small groups, or large collections. We'll go over your maps over dinner time and discuss the best methods of cabin placement." He took out his sealing notebook and unsealed the paper, both lined and grid, clipboards, and pencils he had taken from Sally's apartment before they left that morning and then unsealed three compasses as well. Divvying up the goods, he also created two clones and said "These two will be your instructors for the day. Be sure to ask any questions you have."

The two nodded and were then lead in separate directions, the original moving in another direction as well.

Time Skip: Dinner Time

Most of the focus of the diners was on Poseidon table that night. Annabeth and Grover were sitting with the original pouring over not only the maps they themselves had made earlier that day but also an 'official' map drawn by a demi-god ten years ago who had since joined a company that surveyed stretches of land both large and small and made highly accurate maps. The list Chiron had given Percy had obviously had the twelve Olympians but it also held the twenty two 'head' 'minor' gods and goddesses followed by a rather impressive list of deities that were more often than not in charge of relatively small things like rivers or particular mountains. The number of said gods and goddesses for that last category was rather impressive. It would make ensuring they each had at least a room in the liked-domain cabins a bit of a tough one to follow through with if they weren't willing to compromise on having their Cabins be sorted by geographical region instead of individually.

Which led up to the Iris Message Conference calls that Percy had started roughly ten minutes into the meal, multiple gods and goddesses being contacted together in order to best figure out how the cabins of their children, whether present or future, should be made to best represent them, whether they wished to contribute to the acquisition of the materials needed to build said representations, are they actually okay with being lumped together with that god or goddess even peripherally, and about a dozen other details for each call. Annabeth was constantly writing notes, emulating a veteran senator's aid with how detailed they were and she impressed more than one deity with her architectural suggestions, Grover wasn't doing too bad himself when he offered suggestions related to his species' specialties.

While this was going on, a clone was seated at the table working on the identification seal. Every god or goddess that was contacted was asked to and did send a very small bit of power to the clone which the seal stored in order to match it with the blood of the person being tested to ensure that the test results were accurate. Another clone was walking the tables, accepting a drop of blood from each councilor and anyone else volunteering in order to cover the Olympians. Cabin Five tried to refuse but chakra enhanced speed allowed the clone to prick Clarisse on the shoulder with one of its kunai and he swiped a drop of blood from the boy next to her as well leaving the Ares kids swearing up a storm as he walked to Cabin Six who all to a camper offered a drop of blood willingly even as they snickered at their rivals.

Meanwhile another clone was pouring over a copy of the original map with Chiron at the head table figuring out where the best places to hold each class was going to be, the number of students per course allowed, what resources would be needed, and about half a dozen other things, the pair huddled together like a pair of pranksters planning a masterpiece of a prank with how intently they were going at it.

Cabin Nine was entertaining their own clone, Charles Beckendorf and his half siblings practically drooling as they went over the weapon schematics of the long-range prototype Percy had come up with, a weapon with the body of a rifle that instead of shooting bullets fired a six inch rod of Celestial Bronze very much like a MAC gun via seals. A rod that could be imbued with one of the five elements, release an explosion on impact that had five different levels of detonation with endurance and repair seals allowing the bolt to be reused again, had a return to sender ability to save on ammo construction costs, and would fly straight no matter the distance or weather conditions. Oh, and the weapon could either be fired single, semi-automatic, or full auto. Even the campers from surrounding tables were a little awestruck as they listened in on the discussion of the weapon called the Sarutobi Rifle, in honor of the Professor.

Cabin Four also had a clone, co-councilors Katie Gardner and Miranda Gardiner discussing what could be done to ensure the strawberry fields and minor vegetable gardens the children of Demeter grew for themselves didn't die out from the time dilation affecting the weather patterns inside the camp. If the slightly predatory looks the entire cabin was giving the clone were any indication, quite a bit was able to be done with the reincarnated shinobi's sealing skills.

Once dinner was over and the last Iris Conference call was ended, Percy and his fellow victorious questers following tradition lead a procession to the bonfire, laurel wreaths on their brows as they proceeded to the bonfire where they proceeded to burn the burial shrouds their cabins had made in their absence. Annabeth's shroud was absolutely stunning, gray silk with extremely detailed embroidered owls. It was almost a shame not to bury her in it though Percy had enough tact not to state that fact.

Percy was unsurprised to see that in lieu of having cabin mates of his own the Ares kids had taken the chance to further spite him and had taken an old ratty sheet with smiley faces with x's for eyes along the border and the word LOSER written down the middle. He merely gave them an unimpressed look before to everyone's surprise he unsealed a much nicer sea green sheet made out of silk with a red Uzumaki spiral at the top and a navy-blue trident under it.

Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Naruto shrugged and said "What? I looked up burial traditions after Chiron's lecture at the stele in the Metropolitan Museum of Art when our class took a tour. It only seemed right to follow tradition even if I was sure of our success, and since I was the only member of Cabin Three…" He shrugged again before he walked over to the fire and draped it over the fire, giving it a salute before walking back to the other two questers. He noticed Chiron had an amused look on his face at his actions as he sat back down, the centaur rolling his eyes when he saw he had Naruto's attention. Then Apollo Cabin was leading the first sing-along-song, a song of a victorious army marching through a former enemy's captured capital, fitting really considering what Naruto did not forty-eight hours ago, and the moment passed.

Time Skip: The Next Morning

A forty-year-old Naruto talked with the manager of a company that sold 'bulk' quantity supplies to construction companies that built multi story buildings or several small to medium buildings at once, Annabeth standing by his side and introduced as an enthusiastic daughter of one of his friends who wanted to be a chief architect when she grew up. She 'played the part' rather well too, asking several questions that she already knew the answers of but still had the manager giving five-minute-long in-depth answers two out of three times. All the while, the three were looking through the stock that was kept on hand, the diversity of the pair's shopping list having piqued the manager's interest shortly after they arrived.

An hour later had Naruto using his debit card to pay for the purchases and a shipping order for three flatbed trucks' worth of material with a drop off point on the road leading to the camp at the base of Thalia's tree tomorrow at noon. Naruto assured the manager that he had a set of all terrain forklifts capable of getting all of the materials up said hill and to where they needed to go and the two shook hands before they headed out, the manager giving Annabeth a good luck in her future studies as he headed back to his office.

Once they were back in the camp's SUV and Argo was driving down the road, Annabeth finally allowed herself to stare at Naruto in awe and said "I can't believe you only discovered this place two hours ago, after performing a five minute search on a computer in one of New York's branch libraries. You acted like you had been in construction your entire life with how detailed you were in your explanation to the guy."

Naruto smirked and said "Back in my first life, one of the missions out of the village was escorting a quote unquote 'Super Bridge Builder'. I stayed in contact with him years later and he and his grandson helped rebuild the village when it was attacked once. I had quite a few interesting conversations with him when I helped rebuild." Naruto shifted back into Percy as he continued "Never underestimate what you can learn from people on missions Annabeth, you'll be surprised just how much you can learn that will come in use later down the road."

Annabeth considered this for the rest of the trip back to camp, eyes distant as she reviewed her memories from years ago, wondering what she had missed in the past during her cross-country trip with two other kids and a satyr.

Time Skip: Lunch Time

The pavilion was filled with the excited chatter of the campers pouring over the schedules, talking between friends about which classes they'd like together and arranging the times for the classes that one or the other wasn't interested in taking. Surprisingly to Naruto, a few of the Aphrodite campers were actually seeming to consider receiving training and even the Ares kids seemed to be grudgingly going over the schedules.

It wasn't just the demigods who were showing interest though. Satyrs, wood nymphs, naiads, hell, even a harpy here and there were eagerly surrounding the columns and putting their names down for the offered courses. Even Chiron was getting in on the act, the Immortal Teacher most likely wanting to be able to teach any students he had when Percy passed away that would be interested in the information offered, though figuring out how to adapt Naruto's knowledge of CQC to fit a centaur's body type was going to be an interesting challenge.

Percy was only half paying attention to all of that though, the other half focused on the Iris message that showed a cyclops frowning as he rubbed his chin with one hand even as the other fiddled with something and he said "Yes, Mr. Jackson, we can build what you want, but it is not going to be cheap. We primarily build weapons down here, not vehicles, and certainly not what you're proposing so material costs are going to be high."

"Cost won't be much of an issue, I once won so much at a mortal casino the manager actually personally asked me to never come again. All I need to do is find a gambling center that deals in drachmas and we're set." Percy said, a Cheshire grin on his face and the cyclops gained an interested light in his eye as he drawled out "Reeeallly?"

The cyclops studied him for a moment before he said "Well then Mr. Jackson, if your luck is so good, then I might have something for you. Word from up top says that Tyche is hosting a poker tournament on Mt. Olympus soon, with the winner getting on top of the prize money the chance to play another luck based game against her in a one on one setting. Rumor has it that if the winner can last a certain amount of time against her she'll multiply your winnings by an amount matched by the number of minutes you lasted past that time. I suggest you get in contact with her and see if she'll let you in the game for a future favor or two."

"Sounds like a plan. Thanks Leroy, I'll call you if she lets me in or when I get another bead on payment options to talk price."

"Looking forward to it Mr. Jackson, this will be one of the most interesting builds we've done in centuries." The now identified Cyclops said before the message shimmered out of existence.

Another drachma thrown into the mist had another call connecting and the moment the goddess saw who was contacting her, she gained a feral grin as she said "Mr. Uzumaki, I had been hoping you would call again in the near future. I sensed the power of a foreign luck deity in your spirit during that conference call last night and I've been metaphorically dying to get an up close and personal look at it and see how well you could handle a little poker game I'm holding in a few days." Her grin turned sly as she said "But you already know about my game don't you?" At Percy's confirmation, she cocked her head and said "So tell me young Shinobi, what do you need Olympian money for so badly that you're looking into an extremely high stakes game so soon after your entrance to our hidden world?"

Time Skip: Dinner Time Again

The diners were all just about finished with their deserts when Percy stood up on the bench of his table and clapped for attention. When everyone was looking his way, he said "Alright everybody listen up! The meat of the identification seal was finished last night and today my clone made it so that other seals could link to it. Satyrs, I'd like for all of you who are or plan to be on Demigod retrieval duty to come to Cabin Three at some point to pick up your seal copy. Once everyone has received one, I will make fifty others to ensure that all satyrs can have one in the future." Said hybrids nodded while a few gave excited whispers to each other as he continued "Now then, the seal is being housed in the Big House in Chiron's office. Anyone who wants to be tested should talk with him. As you probably guessed from the preparation from last night, the seal merely needs a single drop of blood to match the demigod with his or her godly parent's bio signature. I suggest anyone who would like to have a possible hand in building their future cabin test themselves tonight because tomorrow at lunchtime the supplies Annabeth and I bought from the mortal company that is providing the bulk of the building supplies will arrive and the rest will be arriving via Lord Hermes shortly after. As soon as the supplies are properly divided, clones will be breaking ground for the foundations and they will be working very quickly. There is a very likely chance that the cabins will be completed within twenty-four hours." That got quite the chatter from the campers, who ignorant of matters of construction most of them were, still didn't think such a thing could be done so quickly.

Percy gave them a moment to settle down before he continued "Moving on, we have four days until we'll be going under time dilation. Starting tomorrow to the night before that happens, I will be making clones that will perform supply runs to the city. If there are any book series, games, or other non-electronic past times you wish to have for the upcoming year, leave a note with Chiron. I'll collect all requests every morning and the clones will leave them in the Big House. I would like to say that these supplies will be made available to all of the camp so no porn magazines please." Percy gave the older campers a pointed look, especially the Stoll Brothers, much to the wry chuckling of said older campers. Chiron briefly looked heavenward but didn't say anything as Percy continued "Finally, I must stress the fact now and every night from here on that once the time dilation field is raised you cannot leave Camp unless you want to miss a lot more time in it than what you took out of it. The field perimeter will be easy to spot so anyone complaining about missing a day or two simply because you wanted to get away for an hour or two will receive no sympathy from me. You guys have been warned."

Percy hopped off the bench and walked out of the pavilion. He had more preparations to take care of.

Time Skip: The Next Day, Eleven Fifty-Five

A mini army of shadow clones transformed into fifteen crawler type forklifts and their 'drivers' rolled up Thalia's hill. When they reached the top it was to the sight of a small convoy of flatbed trucks coming down the road. The crawlers continued on their way and reached the road only half a minute before the trucks reached them and stopped with plenty of space for their own forklifts to maneuver in between them. Cab doors opened and three drivers quickly hopped out, popping straps off as they went down the bed before they hopped into their fork lifts at the backs of the trucks and began lowering them to the ground, one of them sparing just enough time to have the original Percy sign a small bit of paperwork. The unloading was quick and efficient and within two minutes of their arrival the first pallet of concrete bags was already being transported over the hill.

Even as the Mortals continued unloading their supplies, on the other side of the hill, another clone was speaking with Hermes as more clones swarmed the lightly glowing 'mega flatbed' that was loaded with building materials provided by the deities of the cabins about to be built. When he first came, Hermes had complained about having drive such a 'slow and ugly rig' but had quickly got into a conversation with the clone about the possibilities of incorporating seals into his delivery services.

The supplies, both mortal and divine, were quickly brought to the building sites where groups of even more clones scattered with a few newly claimed demigods began breaking the ties of the pallets while more clones finished cleaning up the trenches they had dug for the cabins' foundations. Concrete was quickly mixed and poured, seals were used to quickly dry and frames were raised and the roofs secured. Electrical wiring for lighting was the next to be used, the lines connected to solar power converter seals (And hadn't that been fun working out how to keep the outflow properly calibrated centuries after he left the world). With wiring done, the walls and floors were put into place and after a quick break for dinner the work was really kicked up a notch as internal and exterior decorating were done in tandem, each cabin very unique not only from the original twelve but the other cabins that were being raised at the same time.

In an astonishing display of what having a construction crew made almost entirely out of shadow clones of a seal using shinobi could accomplish, within eight and a half hours the last cabin had its door painted. Immediately after, there was an exodus from Cabin Eleven as just under two thirds of the cabin members moved their possessions into their new homes. The bonfire that reflected the mood of campers that night was nearly double what it usually was and happily crackling as the 'minor' demigods excitedly chatted about all of the details of their new cabins. However, despite several people wishing to thank and/or congratulate him, Percy was not at the fire that night, and no one, not even Annabeth or Grover knew where he was.

Scene Change

That's because Naruto was at Mt. Olympus, or more specifically Tyche's temple. Said goddess of luck was giving the Shinobi a rather thorough scan in order to study the signature and influence left by a foreign god, 'poking and prodding' at it to see what she could learn. This metaphorical 'physical exam' was Percy's fee to enter the Goddess' Poker tournament, and apparently, a lot more interesting than he would have thought considering they were reaching the fifteen minute mark and the scroll hanging in the air still had notes being taken with the corresponding pen while Tyche muttered under her breath. So far, she had scanned him in his Percy persona, had him change to various ages of his Naruto persona, transform into several different people of all kinds of races and ages, had him flare his chakra, and even use his hydrokinetic and somewhat still limited storm generation abilities. Evidently, different uses of his abilities did their own poking and prodding to the 'gift' the other luck deity had given him, being affected in slightly different ways each time by it and as stated before it absolutely fascinated her.

Finally though after eighteen minutes, Tyche nodded to herself and said "Alright, that's everything Percy, you can change back now."

Percy let out a sigh as he dropped his modified 'Orioke' jutsu and shifted back into a twelve year old boy as he said "So did you get any new ideas from all of that?"

"Oh dozens, whoever gave you that blessing was an absolute genius. They didn't just give you a conditional luck boost, they gave you something that dealt with every aspect of your life, from your charisma to your ability to come up with plans on the fly. It really is a fascinating thing to look at. And the fact that you were part of an incarnation chain before you came to this universe just added a whole new side to it as well since while you couldn't remember those past lives, more likely than not it was given in a previous life which means it could have actually transferred over even when your soul was supposedly wiped clean. That alone has given me several ideas to try with those trying to go for Elysium."

Percy cocked his head and said "Huh, you know, it's been a long while since I considered the fact I was Asura and Hashirama's incarnations. So long I think I might have actually forgotten about it."

Tyche let out a grin as she said "Well you remember now." She gave a shooing motion as she said "Now get on out of here. I'll see you at the game tomorrow but for now I've got several ideas to try out."

"Yes ma'am." Naruto said with a salute before he left the temple. Tomorrow was probably going to prove rather interesting.

Time Skip: The Next Day, Eight PM

Naruto was wrong, the tournament wasn't interesting, it was hilarious.

"HOW?!" Boreas, the North Wind god wailed, damn near tears as he pointed at Naruto and continued "How in the name of Tartarus is he so good?! He's not cheating by slipping cards, he doesn't even have long sleeves, and the table is made out of glass so we'd see if he was slipping cards out from under it anyway. How is a mortal so good?!"

Said god was not the first to wonder at Naruto's 'Luck of the Devil', just the first at this current table. The poker tournament had started with a thousand and one participants, Naruto being a late entry that Tyche had personally sponsored and so allowed in, to not a little bit of grumbling from some of the other deities about Tyche only letting him in due to how badly he had beaten the various odds on his quest to recover the Master Bolt. Each round had three hands and eight players and only the two with the best combined scores were allowed to proceed to the next round. Despite what several deities and other mythological beings had thought, the kid hadn't wiped out after three or four rounds and instead had easily won all of his games up to the finals, usually coming in first and rarely second at his tables. Tyche seemed to find Boreas near hysteria rather amusing if the mad laughter that had come from her chair on the balcony overlooking the table was any indication.

Dike, a spirit of justice, shook his head and said "Clearly, Mr. Uzumaki has great need to win this game, why else would he be doing so well?"

"Nah, he's just my kind of guy." Dolos, the spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery, and guile said with a Cheshire cat's grin on his face at seeing the Shinobi at work even as he placed one card down on the table and accepted its replacement.

Eunomia, goddess of good order and lawful conduct called down from the wrap around balcony that surrounded the table "You only say that because he's a prankster."

"That's the best kind of person!" The deity of chaos called back.

The other four deities currently playing opted to remain silent on the matter although they each would give Naruto wary looks as they played. It was the final hand of the tournament and they were determined to reach the finish line in the top spot. A couple of minutes later, all of the hands were laid out and Dolos and Naruto were smirking at each other over their Royal Flushes and crossed arms while the other players let out curses or otherwise bemoaned their own hands.

Tyche rose up from her semi throne seat clapping gaining everyone's attention as she said "Well played everyone. Dolos, Percy, congratulations on winning the final tournament, unfortunately, not all suits are equal so Dolos, while your Royal Flush of Hearts is impressive, Percy's Spades beats out yours. Therefore, while you both will receive the grand prize of the tournament itself, Percy is the ultimate winner of this game in that he will be the one to be able to challenge me in another game to further increase his winnings."

Dolos shrugged as he reached over and shook Percy's hand as he said "Eh, the Grand Prize is more than enough for me, especially after watching a mortal that emulates my domain so well in action. Good game Mr. Jackson, and I look forward to some truly awe inspiring pranks in the future."

"Thank you, sir, I'll try to impress." Percy said with a nod and a grin before he looked back up to Tyche and said "So what now Lady Tyche?"

Lady Tyche grinned and said "Now? Now it is time to murder some fruit." She snapped her fingers and the large room they were in changed. No longer was there a poker table with balcony overlooking it. Instead, there was a movie theater style seating area in front of two seventy two inch tvs that were linked up to a jumbo tron behind them. On the screens was a wall with slashes in it with three fruits hovering in the air with circles surrounding them that had the words Classic, Arcade, and Zen written twice, the words Fruit Ninja hanging over all of them in bold letters.

Percy and Tyche were in front of the tvs and she gestured at hers as she said "No matter how lucky you may be, challenging a god or goddess in their domain is the height of folly. Therefore, we shall play ten rounds of this game. We will have all power ups, dojos, and swords available to us from the start. As the challenger, you can decide which rule set we follow for each round. For every round that you either match or exceed my score, your final winnings from the poker tournament will be multiplied. This means you must beat me at least twice to see your winnings start to grow. Are you ready?"

Naruto grinned as he cracked his knuckles and said "Let's do this."

Time Skip: One Hour Later

As Percy and Leroy took the elevator back down to the Empire State Building's first floor, the Cyclops was cackling and rubbing his hands. Naruto had won seven matches against Tyche, three of them rather handedly at the end by at least doubling her score once he was comfortable with the game. Which meant rather than using 'mere' Celestial Bronze for his order, Leroy and his fellow workers were going to be able to get their hands on something called Mythantium, an alloy of mithril and adamantium (Which apparently were actual metals, who knew?) Sure, it would damn near wipe out all of Percy's winnings, leaving him with only about a thousand Drachmas left afterwards, but it would make his order damn near indestructible even if dropped into a volcano's magma chamber, and that was before Percy could do HIS end of the work with his seals. Very rarely would a cyclops get to make anything out of the extremely expensive metal other than decorative pieces or very short daggers, and his group got to make an entire vehicle that was rated to carry up to forty people out of the stuff. Hence Leroy's near maniacal laughter for five hundred and fifty floors.

Using the last fifty floors to get a hold of himself, the Cyclops gave one last chuckle as the doors open and he clapped Percy on the shoulder as he said "Excellent work up there Percy. We'll start work on your order as soon as the first batch of Mythantium arrives. I'll contact you once we're ready for your part."

Percy nodded and said "If you guys are as quick as I've been lead to believe then that might be when we're under time dilation, so if you do finish within a month, it might be better to write a sign then try to communicate verbally. If you do finish before we rejoin the outside world's normal flow of time, I'll send a super charged clone to you guys."

"I'll keep that in mind." Leroy said with a nod before he headed out of the car and made for a set of access stairs that the mortals didn't seem to see. Percy walked out of the car as well, leaving the building altogether and quickly heading into the nearest alley. One would be mugger whimpering as he ran away holding a broken arm later, Naruto disappeared in a whirlwind of leaves as he headed back for camp.

Time Skip: Two Days Later

Naruto was at Thalia's tree, placing sealing tags on the side facing the camp every ten feet. He was in Sage mode so he could see Thalia keeping pace with him and watching curiously as he connected the time dilation field with the barrier that was already in place. When the last seal was in place, he spoke into a seal on his shirt's right shoulder and his voice echoed out over the entire camp as he said "Alright campers, staff, and soon to be minions= I mean students." He grinned knowing that at least ten people were most likely laughing at his joke and continued "Time Dilation field will be initiated within the next half minute. Like I told everyone during dinner last night, everyone inside the field will see a blue barrier, so don't get too close to it if you don't want your body operating at two different speeds if you accidentally stumble." He stopped speaking and activated the last seal before hopping out of the tree. Just as he landed each of the tags pulsed once before a blue shimmering wall of energy shot up all around the camp before meeting up in the air. Training preparations were now complete.