A/N: So, so, so. It's been a month, and I should've finished this a week ago (the chapter). But what can I say? I'm lazy. Oh, and if there's any mistakes, please tell me. But only big mistakes that mess up the whole thing. And sorry. I know that it says Capture the Flag, but there's not going to be that much action, unless I continue it into Chapter Thirteen. So anyway, I know there's a bit of talking in this, but oh well. And by the way, I should get this story started. Buh-bye! See you later.

Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto or Percy Jackson and the Olympians. You idiots who think I do own it should go see a doctor. Uh-huh, I just called you crazy psychotic losers.

September 23, 2009

Chapter Twelve: Capture the Flag

POV of Robert Uchiha

I stared at the ceiling of my cabin. So much has happened since everything started, and it hasn't even been a month. That day was actually a Friday. Chiron informed me of Capture the Flag. Something they do every Friday night after dinner. "They" being Camp Half-blood. I wasn't exactly sure how this Capture the Flag was going to work out. I mean, a bunch of super-powerful kids in a dense forest with weapons and monsters…. That's just not safe….

"Robert," someone said, knocking at my doors. I sighed and went over to the door, letting Chiron in. He was in his wheelchair, so he clambered in. It's kind of amazing that he can change from a horseman into an old man in a wheelchair. All of this magic still gets to me. Well, I can't say "still." I mean, it's only been a few days.

"We've been thinking about the prophecy," he started. I was almost tempted to yell out, "And why wasn't I involved?" but I held it in.

"Yes?" I asked, stifling my anger.

"And we've concluded that there will be eight members to the team. You, Elizabeth, Jordan, Taylor, Amanda, Kakashi, and Rebecca. Even though the prophecy explains you eight… there is a chance some of you may die."

I locked my jaw. Death. It was a horrible thing.

"But death shall fall," I shot back. I wasn't sure what it meant, but it sounded good.

"That doesn't mean much, Robert," he retorted. Great. My friends were going to die, just like my dad. Well, stepdad really. "Look, prophecies have many meanings, Robert. Just… choose who's coming with you that fit the description. Meet me at six o'clock tomorrow at Half-blood Hill. Have fun at the game tonight."

I nodded and he left the cabin. I had to choose who was coming with me who fit the description. First of all, there was fire and water. I didn't know any gods or goddesses. How could I figure out who fire and water and magic and beasts were? I mean, I guess magic could be Amanda since she found that book on her bed. She had told me it was full of a bunch of gibberish except for one page. Each time she read one of the words, something happened. For example, she used a spell to make a block of ice. So Amanda's totally coming. But what about beasts and fire and water and wisdom? Ugh, nothing is making sense anymore!

I went around Camp, trying to figure out what everything was about. Thanks to Cole-that jerk who, turns out, was a son of Hades-I figured out that one of those fury things came back to life and shot a poison arrow at me. It hit me, but I had miraculously survived… even though the poison was fatal.

As I had predicted, there were strawberry fields where half man-half goat people playing these harmonicas that made the plants grow. It was a peaceful time. I could easily think about the prophecy there. Still, I wanted to explore Camp more before I left. So I continued on to the horse pens. I browsed the pen, and spotted something on each animal that made me gasp. Really, I took a step back. On each of the horses backs were wings!

"Beautiful, right?"

I turned on my heel, turning on my heel at the same time. In front of me was a black haired boy. He seemed to be about twenty, and his green eyes were kind of creepy. I don't know why, but I recognized him. Yeah, I know. Sounds stalker-like. That's why I dismissed the idea immediately.

"Uh, what is?"

"Well, the Pegasus of course!" he cried out. I took another step back. Creepazoid.

"Yeah, they do look cool…," I muttered under my breath.

"That black Pegasus there is named Blackjack. He's mine," the boy said proudly. "By the way, my name's Percy. You're the noobie, right?"

Ack. Noobie. I hate that name.

"Yeah," I said, but before I could say anything else….

"Hey! Seaweed Brain!" I heard.

Wait. Seaweed Brain?

"Did you have a dream about me?" I asked before the blonde could say anymore. Yeah, yeah, I know. It sounded like I was a crazy nut job, but I had to ask. What if there was really something going on? Chiron seemed to think so. And I hadn't described to him what the people in my dreams looked like, so he didn't know. I also hadn't told him that the blonde called the black-haired and green-eyed boy Seaweed Brain.

Percy suddenly tensed up. He wasn't all fun and games anymore. "I'll have to thank Apollo at dinner…," he thought aloud, then turned back to me. "Yes. You better thank Apollo. I didn't expect that prophecy. I assume you have the weapons? Good. I hear you can spit fire. 'Fire and water must unite on this quest' obviously mean you and I. Grey eyes is Annebeth while death I suppose is Nico. Magic is your friend from the Hecate cabin, while beasts might be that masked fellah. We have a team."

I stared at him with a puzzled face. He had just figured everything out in less than five minutes. But I was positive that he was wrong. I knew who the team was already. Well, except for the curse and beasts. My jaw locked and I glared at him. This Percy wasn't going to take over my leadership role no matter how old he was or how smart. I knew what I was doing even though I was a "noob."

"No," I shot back calmly. The blonde had reached us by then and was listening to our conversation. She took a step back when I spoke in my defiant voice, no matter how high it was.

"Look, I've been doing with business for a good dec-"

"And I know what I'm doing."

His eyes narrowed and he clenched his teeth. I saw him reaching into his pocket.

"Percy," growled the girl. "He has it."

I frowned and felt my pocket. There was a decent sized lump in my thigh. I reached in and grabbed the brown bag. I was surprised that Chiron or someone hadn't taken it when I was in the hospital. I looked in and took out the pen. It was the first thing I touched. I uncapped it and in an instant, a sword appeared. The blade was glowing bronze. It was literally glowing. I looked at Percy and frowned.

"This was yours?" I asked him. He nodded. "Here," I said, handing it over to him.

"No, it's yours. I have a new one," he told me, reaching into his pocket. Percy took out a pen and uncapped it. "Its name is Backbiter. It's half celestial bronze half steel. I wanna trade with you. You're going to be dealing with humans. The masked fellah told me a bit about how your girlfriend-"

"Girlfriend?"

"Yeah, that Taylor. Anyway, he said that she said that some people hooked up with this evil organization and that is human. I guess that if you don't want us to come, you can take who you want, so I'll take Riptide back, you can have Backbiter."

Oh. Uh, wow. Percy's just a little bit strange. Giving some stranger a cool sword after he yelled at you…. Just a little strange.

"Anyway, you should go meet some people in Camp," Percy told me, putting a camp on Backbiter and it turned into a silver and gold pen. He gave it to me while I gave him the black pen. With a small thanks, I left him at the stables. I decided to go to the arena and see if I could sword fight with anyone. I needed to practice if I was ever going to kill that Cronos.

Within a few minutes, I met two kids from the Zeus and Athena cabins. Oliwer and Aleksander were their names. They taught me all I needed to know for sword fighting for tonight's match of Capture the Flag. After about two hours of practice, the three of us were dripping with sweat, and I decided to take a dip in the ocean. They left for the showers after telling me to meet them at six there tomorrow. Yeah. About that.

"You again?"

I cringed and turned around. With that, I fell on my butt. Uh-huh, right into the sand. And of course the water just decided to rise to me. I got soaked. Well, I was already soaked, but whatever. Now I was soaked with saltwater.

"I guess so," I said, wiping myself off and getting up. Without another word, I left him on the beach, going off to the showers to clean off. While I was in the shower, I thought about everything that has happened since the die he died. Since the day my foster-dad died. I wished that I had known that I was adopted, not that it would make a difference, but it would've been nice to know. Since I do know that he was my foster-dad, it didn't make a difference. I'd rather have him as a father instead of that Itachi fellow. And my mom, Artemis-oh, the Camp still thinks I'm unclaimed-is still not making contact.

Jerk.

I dried off and walked over to my cabin, changing into a fresh pair of clothes. Somehow, all of my clothes from the hospital and the house appeared in my cabin. I grabbed a white T-shirt and a pair of jeans. I bit my lip, and decided to put on a black hoodie and a black pair of jeans. If we were playing capture the flag, I needed to be covered in black so I could blend into the shadows.

"Hmm… I could give you some eyeliner," I heard someone say behind me.

I turned and found Becca. She was in her usual attire: all black. Including extra black eyeliner. "Uh, no thanks," I quickly retorted.

"Oh, well, just wanted to help with the whole Goth thing," she said with a shrug, and turned out of the room. I sighed and looked in the mirror. I stared at my reflection. I didn't look at myself I used to. There was something in my eyes. Something that I couldn't place. I looked over at my hair and frowned. My hair had grown much longer and was in a total mess. I bit my lip as I styled it so that the front of my hair was messily spiked while the back was straight down.

I looked across my new dresser. It had a mirror. I wondered who gave it to me, but decided not to worry about it. This dresser came with a mirror, the one I used to style my hair. It also held a bottle of gel, which I used to style my hair. I then looked at the pair of sunglasses that were open. They were small enough to fit my face, and I placed them on. They were jet-black with hardly any frame. I sighed and decided to mess up my hair by putting my hood on.

Wait. I owned no black hoodies.

I gasped and took a step back as I stared at the mirror. I stared at the wall behind my. I took my hood down and grinned. My reflection appeared again. I had a new weapon; a new advantage. Now I had Aetos, this black hoodie that I had an urge to name, and my fire-breathing techniques. My team was so going to win Capture the Flag, no matter what.

"Okay, so you all know the rules," Chiron's voice boomed through the forest.

"Uh, I don't," Amanda commented.

I hit her in the arm, but Chiron shrugged. He started to explain that there is no maiming of any kind, you aren't allowed to use weapons that are able to kill on sight, and you have to make sure that you get the flag across the borderline before it touches the ground. I sighed and felt my hood and my glasses. I didn't see a reason to wear the glasses, but they seemed cool.

"Okay…," Chiron said tentatively. "Blue Team is going to be made up of Morpheus, Apollo, Ares, Unclaimed A, Athena, Hecate, Dionysus, Hades, Poseidon, and Hypnos. Red Team is Zeus, Unclaimed B, Hephaestus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Metis, Hebe, Nyx, Erebus, and Gaia. Everyone else, choose your teams. Cabins may split."

I was on a good team, I guessed, since my team was cheering, and the other wasn't. One of the members of Apollo cabin had told me that Morpheus and Hypnos kids will make a perfect offense, and the Ares kids will pummel everyone in sight. Athena will think up a great strategy to get everyone involved. That strategy came quickly. Actually, as soon as we reached a place called Zeus's Fist, they came up with the plan.

"Okay," one of the boys named Ethan said. "Morpheus and Hypnos are going to go in first, making as many people as possible fall asleep. Then Apollo comes in with a barrage of arrows, followed by Ares, Athena, and Poseidon. Dionysus, Hades, Unclaimed, and Hecate will be on the defense. Hades, create as many skeletons as possible to distract the offense of the other team."

A bugle sounded and I ran went to my post, which was on the border where the river is. I raced over there, trying to remember the few Jutsu I learned. Still, none of them would really help me. The best I could do was make a circle with the rope and light it as soon as someone got in the perimeter of that circle. That would trap them, but not keep them out of the game.

"`Ello, there!" I heard a cheery voice say. Before I could react, vines started to wrape around my legs. I bit my lip and made hand signs for some unknown Jutsu. I called out the first name I thought of and large balls of fire started to bust out of my mouth. I spun my upper body and twisted, shooting the flames in all directions. Then a flower appeared right next to me. It grew rapidly, changing from white to a white with pink highlights.

"Daughter of Demeter, nice to meet you," she said to me when the flower opened.

She drew something from her waist and snapped it. A whip. It hit me, and I cringed as the vines entangled me and started to grow points like a rose's stems. I winced and heard someone cry out. Oh wait. That was me. I wailed at the top of my lungs, hoping that someone would hear me, that someone would come save me. My wails echoed through the forest, and fire blazed in a wide circle around us. The girl gasped and backed up, only to find more fire. The rose stem still grew around me still.

"Get away from him," I heard someone say darkly. The girl didn't move. "I said: let. Him. Go. You're breaking the rules. Don't make me break your face."

She took another step back, and I still screamed. "Hmm. Fine, suit yourself." A flash of light, and the girl was thrown into the fire. The vines immediately let go and I got out, noticing all the cuts and lacerations I obtained.

"Amanda," I heard someone say. "You know that's against the rules." The fire was doused and smothered by some invisible force, and the voice continued by adding, "Even though she's a jerk. Oh, and get your brother out of the forest. He's probably in loads of pain."

The strange thing was that I wasn't in any pain. Actually, I had no pain at all. I actually felt pretty peaceful. I looked around the area. It was burned and dry, but I wasn't thirsty either. That's when I remembered that Demeter girl. She was thrown into the fire by Amanda who was helping me. I sighed and looked at my clothing. It was definitely cut up.

"C'mon bro," she said to me, appearing next to me. God, those spells are cool. "We gotta get you to the hospital."

"Why?" I asked her.

She gave me those wide eyes. "What are you talking about?" she cried. "Look at yourself!"

"Uh-huh," I said, looking down with a fake confused look. "Um, what am I looking for?"

"Blood!" she screamed.

I continued to stare at the dried blood that covered me. "Uh, nothing…," I muttered.

She sighed and looked over me once more. "Hey, Ethan, cure those burns on her," she ordered.

A/N: Lalalalala, ha, ha, I told you I was going to tell you I was gonna say hi again. Okay. Well. See you in a few months.