Previously on Percy Jackson: Ninja,

Zoe giggled, remembering something. "I also think someone is messing with you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well, in your previous life, you couldn't do stealth or ranged weaponry at all. And … now you are in a world full of ninja."

Zoe started laughing outright after that.

Percy mock glared at her. "Yeah yeah. Laugh it up."

Percy ate his breakfast contentedly. Maybe … maybe this world wouldn't be so bad.

The next day at seven, Percy had just exited his bathroom. Zoe was sleeping on top of his head. She had decided to make his head her personal bed.

BANG!

Percy jumped at the sudden sound. It was as if a gun had been fired.

The demigod looked out of his window and sighed. "I didn't think he'd be here this early. Damn."

True to word, Naruto was already there, banging away at the door without a care in the world. The whiskers on his cheeks curled as his face was in a perpetual state of eternal happiness.

"How the hell can someone be so excited in the fucking morning?", Percy grumbled.

"Zoe.", he muttered slowly. "Wake up."

A light yawn came from above him as Zoe woke. "What?"

"Pen form, Zoe. We don't need to freak him out."

"Eh? He's here already?", she grumbled in annoyance, but she complied. There was a streak of light that shot to Percy's hand, and Zoe was in her pen form.

Percy trudged towards the door, opening it.

"Hey! Percy-sensei!"

Percy grimaced. His name really didn't fit well with Japanese suffixes. "Right. None of that sensei crap. No san, sama, chan or whatever. Call me Percy. That's it."

Naruto nodded. "Sure sensei."

Percy sighed and opened the door wider. This kid really needed to listen sometimes. "Sit down Naruto.", he said, pointing at a dining chair.

The blond looked confused.

Percy sighed. "You didn't even eat breakfast did you?"

It wasn't a question. The demigod could practically hear his stomach rumbling. It was subtle and almost imperceptible, but to someone like Percy, it was like a tractor ploughing through mud.

That was another one of his abilities. He thought perhaps it was something all ninjas had. Zoe however, had a different theory. She'd analysed several ninjas of the village. Discreetly of course. According to her, none of them displayed the heightened senses that Percy seemed to possess. They did to a certain extent, but not to his level.

It was strange. Percy thought he was reborn. So why the hell did he still have his demigod powers? Zoe didn't analyse his DNA yet, but he knew for sure it would reveal his godly side intact. It made no sense to him. Unless … he wasn't reborn. He wondered if Kronos merely reverted him to his baby form instead of actually doing something else. The fact that he possessed chakra may have had to do with his exposure to it for such a long time.

Percy glanced at Naruto, getting an uneasy feeling. The only other time he had such a feeling was when he received a prophecy. Looking at Naruto was just like that. Somehow, he knew that the boy would become a very important person later on.

"Oi! Sensei! You're spacing out!"

Percy looked apologetic. "Ah. Sorry.". Truth to be told, the lack of action from potential enemies was weird for Percy. To be thrown from a world where Kronos sought to rise to a state of peace was very jarring for the demigod. Were he a lesser person, Percy knew he would have snapped and done something he would later regret.

He stared at the blond boy for a second. For some reason, Zoe already knew he was the Kyūbi's container. For lack of a better word, she wanted to study him. Her reasoning was somewhat sound. The Kyūbi was probably the strongest thing in this world. It would stand to reason that any hope of getting back to his own world would need a massive amount of energy. And in terms of power, the Kyūbi was the strongest of the tailed beasts.

Percy shook those thoughts out of his head temporarily. "Firstly, don't call me sensei. We're the same age. And you said you were in the Academy right? Know any ninjutsu?"

The boy rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Actually, it's only history and maths for the first year … uh sen– Percy?"

"Percy? What's wrong?", Naruto asked. The blond was concerned. Percy's eyes were wide and he looked like he had seen a ghost.

The demigod banged his head onto the table. "History. Math. Why?!"

The blond ignored the exaggerated reaction and waited for Percy to calm down, which he did … after cracking the table with his forehead.

Naruto sweat-dropped. That was some class A insanity right there to keep banging your face against the table.

The demigod sighed. "Hmm. You've accessed your chakra yet?"

Naruto frowned in confusion. His face etched in a cute scowl, reminding Percy of several of the younger campers.

"Chatora?"

The demigod sighed. 'This is supposed to be Konoha's nuclear deterrent? Why did I agree to help him? This is going to be troublesome.'

"Hmm, how should I explain it … Chakra is a form of energy you possess. Everyone has it, but not everyone has equal amounts of chakra."

Naruto frowned. "So how is it like?"

Percy sighed. Zoe would definitely explain this better. She was essentially a goddess without a body at the moment. Her brain capacity was far far above any human could ever dream of. Seriously, Percy wondered how any god could be stupid. And he sure as hell had met some dumb ones.

'Zoe? A little help here?'

She understood what Percy meant. A few months after they had landed in this world, they quickly discovered that they needed to blend in. Percy swore up and down that he wasn't going to stay in any damned orphanage, so Zoe used her powers to create an image made of light rays that looked exactly like her. The only issue was that she couldn't grab objects. Luckily, she was able to use her telekinesis to fool people into thinking they came into contact with her.

Zoe went by her real name, as she had no reason not to. Zoe Nightshade she was called. A woman who arrived from the western continent of Nilfgaard, that existed outside of the Elemental Nations. It also helped her explain the odd name, since Zoe Nightshade isn't a name heard anywhere in the Elemental Nations. Somewhere along the line, she also formally adopted the young two-month-old Percy. She was definitely old enough to be his mother, although Percy would never say that to her face. You don't just call a woman old.

Zoe appeared in her five foot eight inch tall glory, quite literally appearing as a flash of light. She looked similar to her form when she joined the hunters of Artemis, although she no longer had that slight silver glow around her body. She also appeared a couple of years older, around twenty five, since she had to appear physically aging due to spending almost seven years in Konoha.

Her sudden appearance shocked the seven year old Naruto, who had a look of amazement on his face. "WHOA! Can I also do that?! How'd you do that?!"

Zoe looked somewhat amused. "Maybe, with practice. This is a secret ninja technique after all."

Percy resisted the urge to snort. She really could've tried harder to bullshit.

The boy didn't even notice the lie and then frowned, as if finally realizing that he indeed did not know who she was and why she was here. "Who are you?", he asked.

Percy answered before Zoe could. "Zoe Nightshade. She's my mother.", he said. "Sort of."

Naruto frowned. "Eh? Sort of?"

"I am adopted. I never knew my real parents."

"Oh."

Zoe took a seat and sat next to the boy.

Naruto looked slightly uncomfortable. He wasn't used to people taking him all that seriously. And yet there was someone who was willing to help him?

Though Percy was his age, Naruto felt he looked a lot older than that.

"So Naruto,", Zoe started, "Percy tells me you need help with your Academy work."

The boy rubbed the back of his head. "Uh yes. I … I can't understand anything in the classes."

Zoe smiled assuredly. "It's alright, Naruto. Everyone has to start somewhere. Now let us begin."

"See Naruto, basically,", Zoe started.

(6 months later)

Percy wasn't always patient. He could count several instances in the past where his inability to stay still had drawn more trouble than he would have liked. But seven years of calm and quiet had helped.

That was exactly why he was able to help Naruto with his Academy work without losing his shit. Seriously, the kid had no knowledge of things, in the beginning at least. He … got better. Plus, it meant Percy had something other to do than just train.

Percy sighed. It wasn't as if Naruto was inherently dumb. Far from it in fact. But the boy had zero interest in anything academic. He just wanted to learn jutsus … which Percy didn't know.

Percy had retained most of his demigod abilities, except for the ungodly speed he used to have. Now that he didn't, it felt odd. His absurdly inhuman level of water affinity didn't let him use the fire affinity at all. He literally could not even light a candle with his chakra. He had a pretty medium affinity for wind and surprisingly a medium affinity for lightning. His earth affinity was somewhat okay, but not that great. He'd be lucky to perform a proper Doton: Doryuheki.

'Huh. I guess Zeus doesn't hate me as much as I thought, or dad's Stormbringer title lets me have it. Never expected such a high affinity for lightning.'

Percy took another glance at Naruto, who was busy copying down notes from the book he had given him. The whiskered boy seemed to be in full concentration mode. The blond normally didn't like to study anything, but the fuinjutsu book was very interesting to him. Plus, it was written by the person he admired most, the Yondaime.

Not very surprising. Before the Yondaime, Konoha had pretty much only Jiraiya of the Densetsu no Sannin to rely on for seals. And everyone knew his reputation. No way he was going to write educational books. So pretty much every fuinjutsu book in Konoha was written by the Yondaime or his wife, who Percy found she used the alias 'UK'.

He was honestly a little curious, so he did some digging. He didn't need to go very far. There was a monument in the centre of the village.

There the woman's name was there. Although only her first name. Kushina. For some reason her last name wasn't there. And for the life of him, he couldn't figure out why. He had a feeling she was someone very important. But he didn't dig any further. He had better things to do.

"DONE!", Naruto exclaimed.

Percy nodded slowly, looking over the boy's work. To say he was impressed would be putting it lightly. In six months, the boy had covered enough fuinjutsu material that would take most people ten years to complete. And he was just getting started.

The blond had created a modified sealing scroll. It was better in that you could choose which item to pull out. Percy had helped him a little to make it combat grade. There was no puff of smoke, and the item appeared almost instantly in the hand of the user.

Percy based it off of what he saw gods doing. He had always wanted to simply hold his hand out and will Riptide into his hands. Much easier and more convenient than flicking the cap off a pen.

The seal before them was a culmination of six gruelling months of work. Naruto's skill in fuinjutsu skyrocketed, and he was good enough to go for the fourth level of fuinjutsu. By the Uzumaki schooling system, they taught fuinjutsu in ten levels. One was beginner, and ten was master.

Percy himself was just at three, and he pretty much hard capped it there. Anything else was explained to Naruto by Zoe.

Yep, in six months Naruto was ahead of Percy, who had been studying it since the past few years. Admittedly fuinjutsu wasn't one of his strong points, but still.

Fucking Uzumaki and their crazy skill in seals.

"All right whiskers. Let's test it."

Naruto scowled at the raven-haired boy. That was a nickname Percy had refused to stop using. And though he knew Percy was doing it to piss him off, he still got pissed off. The worst part was that the blond couldn't find a way to make fun of Percy. His name wasn't associated with any object or person to tease him with and his face didn't have any odd features.

Though Naruto didn't mind. He would die before he removed his whisker marks.

Nevertheless, Naruto went ahead. He took one of the brushes and placed it on top of the seal. He pushed the barest minimal amount of chakra he possibly could. A very difficult feat, until Percy helped him with his chakra control.

Now it was nowhere near good enough for even the easiest genjutsu, but he could at least do fuinjutsu, which required some decent control.

He had wanted to try fuinjutsu without a brush, using chakra to make the seals, but quickly threw that idea out. Apparently, you needed extremely precise chakra control. Even more so than what is needed for medical ninjutsu and genjutsu. The Yondaime must've had a ridiculously bullshit amount of chakra control. Probably perfect. Them seals don't draw themselves after all.

Percy nodded to the boy once the brush went in. "Do it."

Naruto held his hand above the seal and concentrated. In less than a second, the brush appeared in his hand, already ready to use. There was no puff of smoke, but the air blurred around the object for a few seconds.

Naruto frowned at the seal, as if it had offended him greatly. He clicked his teeth. "Not good enough."

Percy raised an eyebrow. One thing was for sure, Naruto was a perfectionist when it came to fuinjutsu. He refused to leave it incomplete. Like a true Uzumaki.

But this wasn't the time. The blond was spending almost all the time in Percy's house, continuously studying fuinjutsu. He spent time on it as if it were his religion.

The demigod shuddered. The last thing he needed was for Naruto to make an altar with the statue of the fuinjutsu brush and pray to it. That was a bit too much.

"Naruto. You've been at this a long time. Too long. You need to relax man. Come on, dinner's on me."

The blond looked at him for a few seconds. "Ichiraku's?"

Percy nodded. "Ichiraku's? That ramen shop? Sure why not."

"YATTA!". The blond shouted with glee as he ran out of the front door, forcing Percy to catch up with him.

On the way to the ramen shop, Percy noticed hushed whispers and discreet glares directed at them. Or rather, at Naruto. The demigod pretty much realized why, but he didn't know that Naruto's condition was common knowledge.

'Huh. You learn something every day I guess. A shame they can't understand the difference between a container and the beast itself.'

'Humans.', Zoe spoke venomously. 'Only such vile creatures can think so.'

Percy silently sighed. Immortals generally despised humans, and Zoe was no exception. To be fair, she was willing to give them a chance, but the nymph got very irritated when they spoke of Naruto as the 'demon'.

It was like calling Hercules a hero in her presence. You were likely to die painfully.

The road to the ramen shop was unfortunately not very peaceful.

It wasn't very late at night, but the bar near Ichiraku ramen was already full. As Percy and Naruto walked by it, a drunken shinobi came bumbling out. Judging by his vest, he was probably a chūnin.

His eyes landed on Naruto. "Just my lucky day. It's the damn demon. Cm here demon! Lemme beat you."

Naruto shook in slight fear. A civilian he would have not been scared, but this was a shinobi. And the man was completely drunk and out of it. Normally no one touched him, choosing to speak behind his back instead. This was the first time someone spoke directly to him.

The other civilians quickly gathered like moths to a flame.

"It's that demon."

"What's the Ky–"

"Shh! We're not supposed to talk of it-who-should-not-be-named."

"Pfft. Who cares?!"

The thirty-year-old drunken chūnin stumbled towards the duo, baring his fists.

Percy took a glance at Naruto and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "It's alright. He won't do anything."

The drunken man heard that. "Eh? How dare you! I am a shinobi of Konoha!"

Percy didn't look impressed. "Shinobi? You? What kind of weed are you smoking? Get out of here.". He then turned to Naruto. "Let's go Naruto."

The two of them simply walked past the drunk. The man was about to take a swing at them, but years of looking behind your shoulder for monsters saved Percy. You never know when a monster might strike you from behind, so Percy had learnt to adapt.

Before the chūnin's hand came anywhere near his head, the demigod whirled around struck at his exposed torso. Normally, no respectable shinobi would leave his guard so exposed, but the man was drunk.

The force of the punch sent the man sprawling several metres away. He held his stomach in pain. His drunkenness was temporarily pushed aside as his stomach violently ejected all of the alcohol he consumed.

"YOU BASTARD! DIE!"

A civilian cheered for the chūnin. "Yeah! Die demon!", before he was whacked in the head by another. "Don't anger it you fool! What if it escapes?"

Before the man got within ten feet of Percy, he was kicked in the face and crashed to the floor again. Naruto stood there with a furious expression, glaring at everyone of the civilians.

"IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, THEN SAY IT DATTEBAYO! I'M SICK OF THIS!"

The blond probably would've yelled some more, but Percy put a hand on his shoulder. "That's enough Naruto. Let's not cause too much of a scene and get blamed for this. They're not worth it."

The boy slowly calmed down. Percy sighed in relief. Minute amounts of Kyūbi's chakra had started leaking out. It wasn't visible though, and couldn't be really sensed.

The demigod walked up to the unconscious chūnin at stared at him with slight anger and disappointment. Anger since he was one of those typical Konoha citizens who saw Naruto as the Kyūbi.

Disappointment since the raven-haired boy had been training for years now on pure physical condition. He would've liked to measure the limits of his abilities. Fighting a drunken man was worse than fighting no one. It was like as if a handicap was placed onto the opponent.

Percy hated people that held back against him.

Naruto sighed as he calmed down. "Thank you Percy… no one else has ever done this for me. Except Iruka-sensei.". At this, the boy's eyes watered again.

Percy sat up straight, stretching his arms. The two of them sat near the Ichiraku ramen stand. It was closed still, and would open in a few minutes. "Who's that?"

"Oh. Iruka-sensei teaches at the Academy. He teaches us history. He's an awesome guy dattebayo! He's the only one who doesn't call me a–"

Naruto suddenly shut his mouth. "Never mind."

Percy raised an eyebrow. Did Naruto even know what he was? He must've heard people calling him a demon. Maybe he thought that they thought he was the Kyūbi?

The demigod shook his head. "Not never mind. What were you gonna say?"

Naruto looked down. "I don't know why dattebayo!", he exclaimed loudly, tears brimming. "They think I never hear them. They call me all those names!"

Percy sighed. He had wondered all night whether he would tell him about his jinchūriki status. In the end, he decided choose the option he would've wanted if he was in Naruto's position.

'Percy …', Zoe warned. 'Careful. I've recently found out that there is some law set in place which doesn't allow the ones who know to tell him anything. They can't tell their kids either or anyone who doesn't know.'

'I have to Zoe. Just look at him. He's miserable not knowing the reason. He honestly believes it is his fault.'

Zoe sighed but she didn't reply.

"Naruto. I'm going to tell you something. But you have to promise me you can't tell this to anyone."

Naruto stared at the former demigod tentatively, wondering what made Percy look so serious. He looked like an adult. His eyes didn't shine the usual green warmth. They were darker.

Naruto nodded solemnly and sat beside Percy at the empty ramen counter. "Okay."

Percy took a deep breath and sighed. "You know that people say the Yondaime killed the Kyūbi right?"

Naruto frowned. "He did kill it … right?"

Percy shook his head. "I doubt it. The Kyūbi is a being of pure chakra. It cannot be killed."

Naruto went white. "The Kyūbi is my father?"

SLAP!

Percy's forehead went red at the force of the face-palm. Truly, there was no bounds to Naruto's idiocy. Briefly, Percy wondered if he himself was this dense when he was younger. 'Yes.', Zoe replied. 'Definitely.'

"NO YOU DUMBASS! ARE YOU A FOX?!", Percy yelled in genuine indignation. He was appalled that the boy could even think that. For fuck's sake, Kyūbi is an entirely different species!

Thankfully, no one of importance was nearby to hear them. Except a white eyed little girl, who Percy somehow did not notice.

Naruto shook his head vigorously.

Percy sighed and spoke softly. "The Yondaime had no choice but to seal it. In a person. A baby."

Naruto's whole boy trembled. The boy wasn't that stupid. "H-He sealed it in me?"

Percy nodded. "Probably."

Naruto's head hung low. "So it's true. I'm a demon."

THUD!

"OW!", Naruto shouted, clutching his head after Percy bonked him with his fist. The blond swore there was a red lump rising there.

Percy glared at him. "Are you a fucking idiot? What part of sealed don't you understand? You aren't the Kyūbi. You're simply it's jailor. It's warden. You are the one who is tasked with making sure the Kyūbi doesn't get out.. Come on, you should know this, you study fuinjutsu.". 'I think.'

"Oh."

Then Naruto's face contorted into a frown. "How come … how come Jiji didn't tell me? I asked him so many times why the village hates me!"

"He probably just wanted to protect you. After all, he can't always be there right? He's just a civilian and all."

Zoe interrupted. 'Eh Percy. Not quite.'

'Huh? Meaning?'

Zoe didn't clarify.

Naruto shook his head. "He's not actually my Jiji, but I just call him that. Jiji is the Hokage."

Percy stared at him in shock. "W-What? The Hokage is your what?!"

Naruto nodded with a pleased expression on his face. "He takes me to eat ramen every week! Actually, he's coming today!"

Percy frowned. He felt something shift in the air. Three hundred metres to the left. The edge of the training ground. Percy wasn't a natural sensor or anything, but since there was no one else in the area, it was easy to sense someone coming nearby since Konoha was pretty humid. More than say … Suna.

There were several presences. None of them were particularly large, but one of them had nearly as much chakra as Naruto did.

The demigod called the surrounding water molecules in the air and a water sword formed in Percy's hand, making Naruto gasp in surprise and excitement.

"Whoa! Percy. How'd you do that?! And what's going on?"

Percy didn't reply immediately. "Several people are coming. Ninjas."

Naruto frowned and looked at the direction Percy was seeing, before his face lightened up. "AH! That's just Jiji and his ANBU!"

"Oh.". For a twenty-three-year-old stuck in a seven-year-old body, Percy felt really stupid. He had grown paranoid since the Hyūga incident. Zoe had told him all the details.

Zoe rolled her eyes at him. 'Percy. Kumo isn't stupid enough to try and kidnap Konoha's Jinchūriki from within Konoha. That is just asking to be invaded.'

Percy was glad. In the six months he had known Naruto, he was pretty attached to him. He'd murder any enemy ninja who tried to harm the boy.

As the group got closer, Percy saw it was indeed the Hokage and his ANBU. They wore non-descript black and grey with white animal face-masks.

"JIJI!", Naruto yelled, pouncing on him.

The Hokage's wrinkled face literally seemed to get younger as he caught Naruto. It was as if he had just escaped something and he landed here.

Percy let the water sword disperse. An action that hadn't gone unnoticed by the Hokage or his ANBU, who blinked in surprise under their masks.

Percy merely lowered his head ever so slightly. "Hokage-sama."

Hiruzen seemed to look happy and somewhat curious. Happy that Naruto had a friend but curious about how exactly the boy did … that.

"Who are you, child?", he asked.

"I'm Percy. Naruto's friend. I met him a few months back when he ran from some chūnin."

The blond's face lighted up upon hearing that. That was one of the best pranks he had performed in ages.

The Hokage laughed. Percy was surprised. As in, the Hokage actually laughed. "Ah yes, that day. The jōnin complained all day about their disfigured lounge. So … did anything … happen here?"

Percy looked at the water on the ground and at Naruto. He was honestly surprised that the Hokage found them so quickly. Is the Kyūbi's chakra really that potent to be sensed from almost a mile away? He certainly couldn't sense much. It spoke volumes of how sensitive and trained the Hokage's senses were.

Percy nodded. "There was this jackass chūnin. Drunk by the way. Naruto got pissed off and released some of the Kyūbi's chakra."

The Hokage nodded. "I see … WAIT WHAT?!"

If the ANBU weren't wearing masks, one would've noticed their deadpan expression at the Hokage's late reaction, though they too were shocked that a kid knew of such sensitive information.

The old man's demeanour turned into one of absolute surprise. "How do you know that?!"

Percy shrugged. "I'm somewhat of a sensor.". He didn't elaborate.

The Hokage nodded again. "I see … of course that explains everything."

Percy smiled. "Of course."

Naruto's head swivelled across back and forth between the two in confusion. He felt that the words they spoke had hidden meaning to them.

"Anyway, what did you do to this … person?"

Percy glanced at the unconscious chūnin. When Naruto had stomped on the man, a small crater had been created due to Kyūbi's chakra enhancing the boy's strength. The demigod grimaced. "He was attacked."

The Hokage scratched his beard, glancing at the six-foot-wide crater. "Attacked … I see. May I ask what you used as a weapon? A boulder?"

Percy shook his head. "A foot. Chakra enhanced of course."

"Of course." The Hokage repeated, as if he wasn't remotely surprised. Then he shook his head. 'Kyūbi's chakra makes him stronger it seems. But at what cost? Luckily Minato's seal held firm.'

The Hokage looked at Naruto with a proud smile while he discreetly gave his ANBU instructions to take the chūnin in for interrogation. "I heard that you both are studying together. I'm glad to see you are taking the academy seriously Naruto. You can't fail this year again. It's your last chance."

Percy raised an eyebrow. "He failed? Isn't this his first year?"

Naruto laughed nervously. "Ehehe. Hehe. It's my third time repeating the first year."

"Oh.", Percy stated. The situation was pretty clear. The jackass decided to enrol himself into the academy at age five itself, thinking himself a genius. But naturally he wouldn't be able to understand the subjects or keep up with the instructors. So he failed. Twice.

Suddenly Naruto piped up. "Hey Percy! You want to eat ramen?"

Percy sweat-dropped. "Dude. I'm the one who asked you to come."

Naruto grinned. "Awesome dattebayo!", he shouted, turning around and smacking into the closed shutter of the ramen stand. The blond fell back first and crashed to the ground, rolling in pain while clutching his head.

The sound of crickets chirping could be heard as the Hokage stared at the downed form of Naruto. 'You know what, I'm starting to think that maybe the Kyūbi messed with his brain.', the Hokage thought.

Percy sighed. A genius in fuinjutsu and a dumbass in other aspects. That's Naruto in a nutshell.

(Ten Minutes Later)

"What the … hell?", Percy questioned the Hokage.

The Hokage himself looked like he'd seen this situation many times before. Percy rubbed his eyes. "Holy … "

Naruto had already eaten ten bowls of ramen, and he wasn't showing any signs of stopping.

Percy shook his head and focused on his own bowl. He himself was just in his first one.

Zoe however, was not amused. She ranted in his mind. 'Such an unruly boy. What kind of table manners is that?! He's worse than you Percy!'

'HEY! When did I ever eat like that?'

'Hello Percy! Pizza? You eat Pizza just like that!'

Percy blushed slightly. 'Hehe. Maybe a little.'

"So, Percy was it? May I ask how you were able to form that weapon out of water?", the Hokage asked.

Percy chuckled. "Funny story actually."

"I'm sure."

"When I met Naruto all those months back, all he did was claim he'd take the hat from you."

Hiruzen nodded, like he expected Naruto to have said it. And he probably had. Multiple times.

Percy looked slightly uncomfortable of the topic, unsure whether to reveal Naruto's feelings to the Hokage. "He's kind of lonely, you know. I've seen no one ever talks to him. So I thought why not. From what he told me, he's having trouble at the academy. While training with him, I sort of realized I could control water."

The Hokage looked shocked. "That isn't mere controlling of water. You formed it out of thin air."

Percy shook his head. "I've found I have an unusually high water affinity, as in very absurdly high. I don't need any hand seals or even any jutsu. I can will it to take any shape. Since then I've been practicing it. Downside is I can't do fire at all."

The Hokage looked even more shocked. Shocked because no one could lie to him. He was the Hokage. Plus Naruto confirmed it when he nodded. "T-That's … Percy, do you know what you have done?"

Percy nodded. "Yes actually. I heard it's something only the Nidaime Hokage has done."

Hiruzen nodded. "Yes. That's why I must ask you not to show this to everyone. You haven't even started the academy yes?"

Percy nodded. "Next semester I'll start."

Hiruzen nodded. "You could join this semester itself, enrol in Naruto's class."

Naruto's face brightened up. "Really?! He can?"

"Yes. This year's batch looks to be promising. All of the clan heirs are present. I wish for you to be in this batch as well Percy. Especially since you will be the same age as well. Maybe you could help Naruto pass this time."

Percy nodded, but he was confused. "But I will be joining in the middle of the year. Is that alright?"

The Hokage nodded. "Normally, I would advise against it, but I feel you will be able to cover the portions of the previous semester easily."

Inwardly Percy snorted. He could directly take the genin exam as of now, but he couldn't. Ever since three months back when Itachi Uchiha murdered his clan, no student was allowed to skip years ahead. You had to spend the full four years and the teachers now tried to make everyone interact with each other to form bonds.

(Unknown Location)

Two beings stood on a large platform. The platform was seemingly transparent, and the earth itself was visible from above.

In truth, this was a pocket dimension. A hidden point in space, but still existing within the particular universe.

The first being was a tall pale skinned man with long black hair. His eyes were sea green and he was spinning a deadly sharp blade that seemed to change sizes continuously.

The second man wore white robes with a rice hat. His most distinguishing feature was the lightning that sparked around him every few seconds in a rhythmic form.

"Raijin. Did you feel that?", the man with the sword asked.

The being known as Raijin frowned. "It feels like … your power. But a little different. In fact, this isn't the first time. For the past seven years it's been growing steadily. Susanoo, I hope you didn't do something."

The being known as Susanoo rolled his eyes. "I hope you are not implying that I made a mortal woman pregnant. Izanagi-sama has forbidden us from producing demigods."

The thunder god Raijin frowned. "That does not explain anything. I've looked into it. The boy's name is Percy. He has what those mortals call Kekkei Genkai."

Susanoo rolled his eyes. "Bloodlines. Pfft. They are gifts from the heavens. Frankly it was a bad idea to give them those."

Raijin scoffed. "Don't even bother. You gave the Uchiha clan the ability to summon a personalized avatar of you when they awaken their Mangekyō Sharingan."

The ocean god chuckled. "Not one of my greatest ideas I'll admit. But then what of this Percy. What abilities does he have?"

"It's troubling. He has all the abilities that a demigod child of yours would have. His control over water puts that Senju mortal's to shame. So far, I have definitely seen him breathing underwater. The skies around him turn stormy when he's upset. Etc. You get the point right?"

"Should we let the other gods know?"

"I suspect most of them already do. They're too busy with that other one."

For a brief second, the god of the oceans shuddered as a shiver went up his spine. "Oh yes. When is our shift?"

Raijin looked at the stars. "In a few years I think."

Susanoo looked slightly pale even thinking about it. "What did he call himself?"

"Kronos."

Kronos had landed alongside Percy seven years ago in this universe. The only issue for Kronos was … he hadn't quite landed on the same planet.

The other gods kept watch as sentries after the gods of creation Izanagi and Izanami fought the mad titan to a standstill before trapping Kronos within the gravitational field of six neutron stars.

He was even now being pulled in six directions simultaneously by the force of the six dying stars continuously. The other gods were understandably worried when he didn't simply get disintegrated by the sheer force. They wondered what kind of monster he was. Because even after seven years, Kronos was still in one piece, and yet the gods of creation were still licking their wounds.

The twin creation gods were severely exhausted, almost to the point of fading. They had endured crippling blows and had depleted nearly the entirety of their power, which had been accumulating since the dawn of creation. In other words, they were weak enough for a sufficiently powerful mortal to destroy them.

The thunder god and the ocean god really hoped that the monster of a being died off before the stars around him began to die down completely.

Susanoo had no doubt that the boy called Percy was connected to this Kronos. The coincidence of their arrival into their dimension was too much of a coincidence.

Luckily, based on what the mad titan roared continuously about, this Percy was his enemy, which was good enough for them.

The Lord of the Oceans watched the demigod closely. "Yes … ", he muttered. "He will grow strong."

Raijin nodded. "He may not look like much now, but I too can see it. Divine energy and chakra both is possessed by him. He has the potential to even reach our level."

Susanoo snorted. "You jest. Surely he does not have that much potential?"

The thunder god didn't answer immediately. "I have seen his memories. His past life. With all his power, and now that he has access to chakra. Soon, even the mighty bijū will be naught but mere ants to his power. He may very well become the strongest human in history. He will be useful against the one called Kronos."

"What of the other two? The current reincarnations of the children of the Sage of Six Paths?"

"Ah yes. The current Kyūbi jinchūriki … tsk, what a foul title to give someone. If I am not mistaken, he holds within him the potential to surpass the even the Sage, does he not?"

"Without a doubt, those two will grow to possess terrifying and unrivalled power. I fear the fragility of that planet cannot handle their power."

"And the other one? That Sasuke Uchiha?"

Susanoo frowned. "He does not have the drive. He has nothing to strive for. He has a healthy and happy family. An older brother he looks up to. He will become nothing more than cannon fodder against that mad titan … unless …"

Raijin frowned. "What are you thinking?"

"This Kronos has been absolutely the worst enemy we have ever faced. Currently we have at most four or five of us who are in fighting shape. If that cursed monster breaks out of his prison, we need help, much as I hate to say it."

"I hope you are not thinking what I think you are. Interfering in mortal business is forbidden."

Susanoo waved his concerns aside. "Don't worry. I will be discreet. This has to be done."

The thunder god hesitantly agreed. "So what is the plan?"

"Uchihas are generally driven by strong emotions. Love, hate … revenge. And when no one is around to keep that in check, they grow and bask in their hatred. I shall take away Sasuke's family and his older brother. That should help him awaken his true potential."

Raijin's eyes widened. "I hope you don't mean to massacre the entire Uchiha clan! That is absurd, even for you! Every god in heaven will know it was you."

The ocean god didn't respond, choosing to sigh. "It must be done. We are running out of time. This is a golden opportunity. Soon, we will have three of Earth's finest warriors ready to face against Kronos. Hopefully by then we too will have regained our powers."

Raijin sighed as he teleported away. "This is a bad idea.", he muttered.

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A/N: Phew. Here's the first real chapter. It took me a while to write, but it's done now.

I'm aware that this chapter might not really be up to the mark, sorry about that. I'll write better next time.

Anyway please tell me your thoughts and review below, whether you liked it or not.

By the way, since most people reviewed that they wanted a good Sasuke, it shall be done.

Also, how'd you guys like my version of who will cause the Uchiha massacre? Gods are after all fucking assholes who only care about themselves and their goals. I wouldn't put something like this past them.

And holy crap, do you know how damn enticing it was for me to give Percy the Sharingan. Even just the regular one only? Just think of the possibilities. As a master swordsman with immense speed, I think the Sharingan would be really fucking useful for someone like him. He might not copy jutsus and all, but damn.