AN: There, I have started another fic. Oh well, I hope you enjoy the story and I'll see you at the bottom.

Chapter 1: Another Life

They did it. They finally were able to kill Madara and, in doing so, had ended the war. Though it was not easy, the combined might of both the Allied Shinobi Forces and a certain blond-haired Jinchuuriki was too much for the great Uchiha to handle. Thus, the last remnants of the vile Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei was now gone completely with the death of Madara. However, it was a bitter victory since many shinobi's from the Allied Forces were either killed or MIA. But what hurt most for the hero of the war was the loss and death of his best friend, Sasuke Uchiha. It couldn't be helped; it was either utter defeat or personal loss and he chose what he dictated to be the lesser of two evils. But that was the turning point in the war. Because of Sasuke's death, he was finally able to make peace with the young ignorant Uchiha and find the "Will of Fire" and defeat both Obito and, finally, Madara. Now in the aftermath of the war, our hero can be found sitting on the edge of a cliff gazing intently towards the bottom of a waterfall.

"Dad, how would you react right now? I know I should be feeling happy and relieved and yet, I feel empty and incomplete. I always believed that if I ever became a hero then everyone would love me and respect me. But now those childish thoughts are meaningless. What's the point of being a hero if you can't save everyone?" Groaning, the boy wiped his eyes that were still tinted with tears from his moments of grieving. Our forlorn whiskered boy could not think properly while around a cheery and celebratory environment. That is why he quietly left his friends and peers and sought out this secluded place with only the sound of the waterfall making any noise there. This gave the boy the chance to catch up with his emotions and thoughts since he had not done so in such a very long time. Sighing out loud once again, Naruto couldn't help but notice that the sounds of crashing water from the waterfall only helped to make his thoughts that much clearer. Because of his deep thoughts however, he did not hear the footsteps of the ninja walking up to him until the man put his right hand on the boy's shoulder. Flinching instinctively, the boy swiveled his head quickly to the left and was welcomed to the sight of his sensei's signature eye-smile.

"Yo." The man greeted simply before sitting beside the conflicted boy. This made the boy grin a bit before nodding the man's presence and moving a little to the right in order to make room for the man.

"What are you doing here Kakashi Sensei?" The blond-haired teenager asked while rubbing his cheek from nervousness.

"I could ask you the same thing, Naruto." The said man retorted before pulling out an orange book and beginning to read from it. Both ninjas soon became content with the silence and were quickly engrossed with their own personal activities. Except for the occasional perverted giggles from the one-eyed man, everything went back to the way it was before the man had shown up.

"What is the purpose of being a shinobi?" Naruto suddenly asked while still gazing towards the bottom of the waterfall. This question prompted the man to close his book since he knew this conversation would be long and insightful.

"Well the primary purpose of any shinobi is to carry out any tasks that is deemed necessary for the greater good of the village. For us, The Hidden Leaf Village, we follow the Hokage's orders because we believe his dreams and aspirations are what is best for our village and the prosperity for our future children." He stated before looking up towards the blue sky. Naruto did not react to his sensei's statement but rather kept his stoic look while never blinking once from the explanation.

"So then, we're just tools?" Naruto questioned before finally peering back at his Sensei. This made Kakashi scratch his head in thought before he spoke up once again.

"Well if you think of it like that, then yes, we are in a way just tools. But alas, that is the fate of all shinobi's and we are no different. For if we are not tools, then we are weapons and you can clearly see the consequences of becoming one." Kakashi nodded towards a random direction in order to get his point across. Naruto understood perfectly well the man's inferred meaning and example. Still, he was not completely satisfied with that revelation. But it had managed to quell one of his many lingering conflicts that had plagued his thoughts.

"That makes sense I suppose. Thanks for the conversation Kakashi-Sensei." Naruto smiled while thanking his Sensei which ultimately led to the end of their little chat. Kakashi merely gave Naruto another eye-smile and a pat on the back before getting back up and leaving the young boy once again alone with his thoughts. Rubbing his forehead in thought, Naruto quickly replayed his little conversation with his Sensei and couldn't help but to frown at his former teacher's explanation. Shaking his head, Naruto decided that he had given himself enough time to be a depressed little boy and that it was now time for him to rejoin his friends and to celebrate along with them.

Suddenly, a large beam of light breaks through the sky and envelopes the young shinobi and stops him dead in his tracks. "What the-" But before Naruto could utter another word, the beam of light materializes him into many finely fragmented pieces of gold dust that then get shot back up to the sky and vanish. The Valley of the End was quite once more with only the waterfall crashing down making any disturbances in the serene environment.

~Entrance to Camp Half-Blood~

"Mom!" A young teenage boy with jet black hair and bright sea green eyes screamed out while watching his mother get crushed and dematerialize into golden dust in the Minotaur's hand. Falling on his hands and knees, the boy bangs his fist, from anger and frustration, into the ground with such force that it leaves a several bruises on his knuckles. But the boy is unaware of the pain because of his absolute hate and anger towards the menacing monster.

"Percy, we have to go now!" A familiar voice cried out, breaking the boy's thoughts and diverting all the attention towards the strange looking boy with goat legs. But Percy was not going to leave until he defeated the monster who killed his mom. Without thinking, he pulled out his pen and uncapped it. Instantly, the pen turned into a sword which gleamed dangerously from the moonlight. "No, don't do it!" But the Satyrs warning fell on deaf ears as the boy lunged towards the Minotaur's chest, hell bent on impaling it with his sword, Riptide. But the bull effortlessly smacked the foolish boy with one of his hooves and hit him aside into a neighboring tree with a loud thud!

"Oomph!" Percy grunted out while bringing his left hand to his chest. It quickly became apparent that he had broken several bones in his ribs and that defeating the Minotaur would be no easy task. The said monster then let out an ear piercing roar before charging the now seriously injured boy. Percy could only gasp in shock at how fast the bull was charging him and desperately looked around for anything useful that could save his life. Grover could only close his eyes and whimper at the thought of once again failing to protect anyone. When the monster was just inches from impaling the helpless demigod, a sudden ball of blue light came crashing onto the monster's left side and effectively knocking the monster out of his trajectory, and thus saving the boy's life. "Rasengan!"A mysterious voice cried out while the blue spherical ball continued to grind against the Minotaur's body. Eventually the force became to great, and the ball of light cleaved the monster in half. When the monster dissipated into dust, a strange looking teenager with an ungodly amount of orange on his outfit with a red swirl on his back appeared from within the midst of dust from the now defeated monster. Slowly getting back to his feet from his kneeling position, the boy glanced slowly towards Percy and allowed his gaze to momentarily rest upon him. The mysterious boy then abruptly broke into a wide-eyed grin.

"Yo." The strange blond-haired boy greeted before falling head first into the ground from exhaustion. Percy could only blink from the single word the other boy had said to him before he too collapsed into a pile of heap from exhaustion. Grover however had his jaw on the ground in utter amazement at what he just witnessed. He quickly recovered and carried the two now unconscious boys into the camp.

~A Few Moments Ago~

Naruto woke up with a major headache and a sore body when he opened his eyes. While picking himself up, his hands quickly skimmed along the ground, and that was when he realized that he was currently laying in a bed of grass and dirt. Wiping off the dirt, he looked around his new environment only to realize that he was now in a forest. "Wha- Where am I?" Naruto thought out loud before hearing a pained scream from a short distance away. "I've heard that kind of yell before." Naruto realized while reminiscing about the past. He knew that someone was in danger, and quickly ran towards the source of the scream.

When he got there, he saw two boys fighting what appeared to be a human sized bull. Shaking his shock from seeing such a beast, he quickly saw that one of the boys was hopelessly trapped between a tree and the bull. Thinking quickly, he raced down the small hill and began forming his signature Jutsu. But he soon realized that he was surprisingly tired all of a sudden. Knowing that this would be his only attack, he put everything into it before crashing his right palm that was holding his Jutsu into the side of the monster. "Rasengan!" He yelled while pushing the spherical ball farther into the beast's side into it cut in half. Falling on his knee in exhaustion, Naruto couldn't help but smirk a little from seeing the monster turn into flakes of golden dust. It was odd that he found satisfaction from seeing a living thing turn into gold dust rather then painted in blood. Noticing that the two boys were now staring at him with no decency as to blink, he painfully got back to his feet before staring back at the younger boy by the tree. "Yo." Naruto was able to manage to speak out before passing out. While falling towards the ground once again, he saw the boy's eyes widen in shock before he hit the ground and was greeted to darkness.

~The Next Day~

Naruto opened his eyes abruptly and saw immediately a tan colored sky. Blinking in confusion, he tilted his head to the right side and finally noticed that he was, in fact, in a tent. Rubbing his eyes in disbelief, he slowly tried to get back up before a gentle hand kept him in place. Looking towards his left side, he noticed a calm looking man gazing at him questioningly before he retracted his hand from his chest. Naruto was about to ask him who the man was before the said man beat him to the introduction.

"Hello young one, my name is Chiron. And I am the Activities Director for this camp." The now identified man introduced. Naruto merely nodded at the greeting before letting his eyes drift towards the floor. He immediately noticed the man was actually half of one to be exact. Where the man's legs and lower body should have been, there was a horse body instead. Widening his eyes in befuddlement, Naruto's mouth quickly took the form of a gaping fish, which was begging for air. "Ah, I see you've noticed my oddity." Naruto nodded dumbly now while never taking his eyes off the "oddity". "Yes, well as odd as it may be, it's still not polite to stare young one." This statement quickly made Naruto tear his gaze from the man's horse legs. Laughing nervously, Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly in embarrassment.

"Sorry about that horse-man. My name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto apologized immediately afterward. This new name for himself made Chiron raise an eyebrow however.

"The proper term for my kind is that I am a Centaur." Chiron said while pretending to feign anger. This made Naruto hastily put his hands up in a apologetic manner. "Hahaha, I'm just messing with you. Though I am curious about you, I'm sure you have many questions about where you are right now, correct?" Naruto, again, nodded. He didn't want to speak so soon or else risk appearing to be rude to this man again. "Well, you are currently in Camp Half-Blood; the medical wing to be exact." Chiron stated simply. Naruto let his eyes roam freely and could see similar patients in their beds that provided proof that he was indeed in the medical area of the camp. Hearing a cough, Naruto reverted his attention back towards the Centaur. "Now, do you know what makes this camp different than all the others?" Chiron asked. He soon got a shake of the head from Naruto and let a small smile grace his face before continuing, "This camp is special in that only demigods can participate in this camp." Seeing Naruto's question look, Chiron guessed the boy did not quite understand what a demigod was exactly. "A demigod is a child born directly from a god." Naruto now had his jaw on the ground and his eyes were now practically bulging from his eye sockets.

"Whaa- do you mean everyone here is a demigod? Even you?" Naruto muttered out in disbelief.

"Yes, indeed everyone here is a demigod, including you. Me on the other hand, well let's just say I'm a special case." Chiron winked at Naruto who was now trying desperately to piece his head around the new found information.

"So let me get this straight. gods are real?" Chiron nodded towards Naruto's implied question. "Gods can have children and thus are called demigods?" Again, Chiron nodded. "Well how many gods are there?" Naruto asked innocently enough. This however presented Chiron with another dilemma.

"Naruto, how well versed are you in Greek Mythology?" He got his answer in the form of a tilted head from Naruto which showed the boy did not understand a thing about the subject. Sighing out loud, he decided to give Naruto a crash course in it with his explanation.

"Okay, well to answer your first question there are many gods. However, the most important gods you should know are the Twelve Olympians. They are the most powerful and respected gods in this world. The most powerful god being Zeus, the king of the gods. He is also the God of the sky. Next, is his wife Hera, she is the God of Marriage. Poseidon is the second of the three most powerful gods, the first one being Zeus, and is the God of the Sea and Earth. But most people don't seem to realize the second title since he is perceived to being only the Sea's ruler. Hades, is the God of the Underworld and completes the triumvirate of the three most powerful gods. Then there's Ares, the God of Bloody War. After him, there's always the ever so lovely Aphrodi-" Chiron was unexpectedly interrupted in his lecture about Greek Mythology by a beautiful teenage girl with flowing blond hair and mesmerizing steel colored gray eyes.

"Sorry Chiron but the Hermes Cabin has done it again," The girl spoke in an annoyed tone, "they repainted the Ares Cabin during the middle of the night neon pink." Naruto couldn't help himself from smirking from hearing the Hermes kids prank, he would have to meet these "geniuses" soon he thought quietly to himself. "What's even worse, the Ares Cabin is declaring war on them with Clarisse demanding their blood!" The clearly upset girl cried out while unknowingly tugging at her hair.

Chiron could only chuckle before rubbing his chin in thought. "Well I can't say that the Hermes Cabin doesn't deserve to be punished, I still cannot allow needless violence to occur in this camp regardless. Even so, I compromise that Clarisse and her cabin not hurt any Hermes children until Friday." This declaration made Naruto frown in thought, what was going to happen on Friday? Another thing, what day was today? He'd have to ask Chiron later about it.

"Of course! I'm so stupid! Why didn't I think of that! How could I possibly be one of Athena's children if I can't even think of such a simple solution." The girl muttered into her hand that was currently being used to hide her anguish on her face.

"Now, now, don't be so hard on yourself Annabeth. You are still by far the smartest person here in the camp." Chiron said patting her hair while trying to reassure the troubled girl. Looking up from her recent meltdown, she could only smile gratefully at her father figure.

"Thank you Chiron. You truly are the wisest here." Annabeth complimented back making the Centaur smile in appreciation.

"As you are wise also." The girl nodded back before noticing that another person was in the "room" with them. Turning her head to the side slowly, she quickly became wide-eyed from realization that the mystery boy that she heard about from Grover was in the bed in front of her. Carefully, she got up and made her way to the boy until her face was mere inches from his.

Naruto could only gulp in nervousness from the close proximity of the girl. It appeared that she was analyzing all his facial features, which quickly made him feel very uncomfortable and out of place. But his nose did wisp up a faint scent that emanated from the girl. She smelled faintly of... olive oil? What a strange scent Naruto thought silently to himself. What happened next shocked both Chiron and Naruto, the girl in front of him, out of the blue, reached her hand up to Naruto's cheek and delicately rubbed one of his whiskers. Besides blushing slightly from the contact, this also made Naruto give out a subtle "purr" from the tantalizing sensation. The girl's eyes narrowed from this reaction and, to Naruto, she appeared to be looking at him even harder then before, that he was sure that she would be able to see the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed within him. To everyone's' relief, she finally pulled away from him and crossed her arms in a thoughtful pose.

"Well, I'll let you two kids get acquainted with one another. I must leave and continue my duties as Camp's Activities Director." Chiron stated before waving farewell and leaving through one of the many flaps found inside the tent.

Naruto now looked back at the curious looking girl before understanding the look that now graced the young blond's face. It was the same look his Shinobi friend's had when they questioned him about the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed within him. Knowing that at any moment, this girl would bombard him with millions of questions, he decided a simple introduction would quell the future torrent of questions.

"Yo, my name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said while placing an outstretched hand out for her to take, and for her to reciprocate the gesture and do it as well. But she merely stared at the hand with disinterest before finally shaking his hand, much to Naruto's relief of avoiding any awkward interaction.

"Annabeth Chase." She replied back but her tone was indistinguishable so that Naruto couldn't tell what she was feeling, let alone thinking. She peered at Naruto's figure from the bottom-up and to the top-down before frowning. "So you're a demigod, huh?" She asked mostly to herself. Naruto came up with the thought that she would do this many times later to him. But Naruto thought about it before nodding anyways in confirmation. It then looked as if she was about to begin her interrogation of the poor blond before Naruto put his hand up.

"I understand that you may have some questions for me, yes?" The girl quickly nodded her head. "Some questions? More like too many questions!" Naruto groaned inwardly before continuing on, "Alright, let's make a compromise. I ask a question first, then you ask yours. And we repeat until we are both satisfied with each others information, agreed?" Again, she nodded her head in agreement. Now taking a thinking pose, Naruto thought came up with several questions, but decided to choose the best one he could think of. "You mentioned earlier while talking to Chiron that you were the child of Athena. Who is she? Is she also a God?" Naruto asked innocently.

Annabeth rolled her eyes in impatience before answering back, "Yes, my mom is a God. More importantly, she is one of the Twelve Olympians. Specifically, she is the God of Wisdom and War." Naruto heard the last part and became puzzled by it.

"Wait, I thought Ares was the God of War?"

Again, she rolled her eyes at Naruto's lack of Greek Mythology before replying back, "No, Ares is the God of Bloody War. Athena is the God of Respectful War. Oh, and that counts as two questions so I now have two questions to ask you." Naruto quietly mumbled to himself about how unfair that was. Ignoring his complaint, she went into her first question, "Where are you from, from what I've heard around camp, you appeared from a beam of light last night. Along with your lack of knowledge in Greek Mythology for a teenager, you are definitely not from this world." She stated while narrowing her eyes. This made Naruto sweat a bit before calming himself to answer her question.

"I guess you could say I'm not from this world. The place I'm from is called the Elemental Nations. My home specifically being the Hidden Leaf Village." He answered back. The girl again took her thinking pose before asking her second question.

"That would explain your odd get-up. But I am curious, it's obvious from looking at you, that you're a warrior of some sorts. Tell me, what was your profession back home?" This made Naruto scratch his cheek in thought before he answered back.

"Well I was a Shinobi for my village. My village had ninja's for soldiers and to more accurately answer your question, I guess you could say I was a soldier in my other world." Annabeth gave a nod of understanding to Naruto before looking at him expectantly. Naruto gave her a dead-panned look before she threw her hands up into the air in frustration.

"Ugh, it's your turn to ask a question now whiske-" She quickly clasped her hand over her mouth in order to prevent her slip-up, but Naruto instantly recognized the nickname since he was called that many times in the other world. The girl had a slight red hue over her cheek and was now looking down onto the floor in embarrassment. Naruto let the awkward moment last a few seconds longer before he considered her moment of embarrassment to be enough for her. Chuckling out loud, the girl looked at Naruto in a curious way before Naruto spoke up.

"Don't worry, you're not the only girl who's called me that. Still, I'm always a little surprised when girls do call me that anyways." Naruto stated before leaning back into his bed. Suddenly, he remembered the events of last night and fighting the bull looking man. Looking back at Annabeth quickly, he asked her where the two other boys were and if they were alright.

"Yeah, in fact, Grover was the one who carried you into the camp." She responded back much to Naruto's relief. "The other boy though was in the same state you were in. Now that I think about it, you shouldn't be awake until at least tomorrow morning." She rationalized.

"About that, people have told me that I'm a faster healer and being a warrior and all, well I'm used to passing out." Naruto laughed sheepishly while getting a strange look from Annabeth. But she just shrugged her shoulder with a look of indifference. "Man, for being a girl, she seems to be very emotionless." Naruto concluded to himself. He would never tell her that since he had learned the hard way that telling a girl whatever he thought about her at that moment usually resulted him in a battered heap.

"Since you're new here and I got nothing better else to do, why don't I give you a tour of the camp, hmm?" She asked before grabbing onto Naruto's hand and dragging him out of the tent, not even caring what his answer would have been.

Once they were outside, Naruto was finally able to get a good look at the entirety of Camp Half-Blood. To Naruto, it looked a lot more like a war camp than a regular camp. But since the kids in these camps were not regular, then it was fair to say the camp shouldn't be either.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Annabeth now stood beside him. She too was marveling at the sight of the camp with him.

"It's pretty cool I'll give you that." Naruto replied back while giving her a huge grin and a thumbs up. For the first time that he met her, she giggled a bit at his childish behavior. "Finally, some progress." He thought to himself before glancing back at the camp.

"Here, I'll show you my Cabin first." She said before grabbing his hand and dragging him again to Athena's cabin. While walking, Naruto couldn't help but feel the piercing stares coming from the camp members, but Annabeth didn't appear to notice. When they finally got to her cabin, Naruto noticed that the building was colored blue and gold with an owl carved over the doorway with plain white curtains. Around ten kids were outside playing around the building also.

"Are all these kids playing around the cabin also children of Athena?" Naruto asked while admiring the cabin.

"Yep, that reminds me. Because you haven't been claimed yet, you'll have to stay in the Hermes Cabin." Noticing Naruto's questioning gaze, she reverted back to her impatient self and answered his untold question, "Every demigod has to be claimed by their parent god first before they can live in their respective cabins. However, if the person is not claimed then they must stay at the Hermes Cabin." She explained while twirling her hair.

"What if no one claims them?" The thought had popped into his head, and he was curious as to what the answer was for that.

"Well I won't say that it's common, it's also not uncommon either for a god to never claim their child. Whether it be for personal reasons or pride, the demigod then must live in the Hermes Cabin indefinitely." She replied back sadly. Naruto had a feeling that was the answer before-hand, but hearing it all the same was still painful for him. Watching some children of Athena play around outside, he noticed that two cabins appeared to be empty when they ran past them. Curious as to why they seemed empty, Naruto poked Annabeth's shoulder in order to gain her attention.

"Hey, why are those two cabins down there empty?" Naruto asked while pointing at the two empty cabins. Annabeth followed his finger and frowned slightly before giving him her reply.

"Those cabin belong to two of the three most powerful gods; Zeus and Poseidon. As for the reasons why their empty umm..." She was lost in thought before continuing on with her explanation, "Right, long ago the three gods made an oath to never have any children. They even swore an the River Styx which is the greatest oath a god could make. And before you ask, swearing on the River Styx is absolute. If you break the promise, you pretty much die." Now it was Naruto's turn to frown. There was just something odd about her explanation.

"Wait, you said there was three powerful gods. Where's the third, Hades Cabin?" This question made the young girl tense with uneasiness.

"Naruto, I don't know if Chiron told you this but even though he is technically an Olympian, he is not officially recognized and thus does not have a seat on Mount Olympus. That also means he doesn't receive a Cabin here then." This irritated Naruto greatly. How could family treat each other with such disrespect? If he kept hearing explanations like these, he feared that he would never fully understand this new strange world.

"Sorry, but I think it's time to show you to Hermes Cabin. I have other stuff I must do later tonight." She stated apologetically while motioning for him to follow her. He was kinda surprised that she didn't grab his hand and drag him again, but he shrugged and followed after her.

A few moments later, Naruto came upon a really worn looking cabin that, he thought, could use a makeover. Turning his head over his right shoulder, he saw Annabeth standing behind him with a nervous grin.

"Again I'm sorry, but the Hermes Cabin is the oldest and most populated cabin out of all the gods cabins." She muttered out disappointingly. But Naruto didn't really mind it. If it was really bad though, he could always sleep outside, so there was always that.

"Okay, which one of you conniving cowards painted my cabin?" A feminine yell was heard on the other side of the cabin. Inquisitive about whoever was making all that ruckus, Naruto quickly ran to the other side of the cabin. Annabeth however knew right away that only one female would have the galls to yell out with that much anger. When they both rounded the corner, they could see a girl with long, stringy hair with pig-like brown eyes. She was currently holding a small boy by the gruff of his neck collar and glaring daggers into his eyes, or soul. Naruto couldn't tell. If he could make any comparisons with anybody he knew with her than she would be very similar to a certain pink haired kunoichi. Finally noticing that two new people were staring at her, she carelessly dropped the poor boy and began marching towards Naruto and Annabeth.

"Brace yourself boy." Annabeth whispered which made Naruto narrow his eyes towards the approaching threat. Instinctively, he brought his left hand towards his weapon's pouch in case things got messy.

"Oi! You're the new blood around here am I right?" The girl paused in her walk while eying Naruto questioningly. He gave a slight nod, which made her grin slightly. "So you're the one who defeated the Minotaur. I am surprised that such a newbie could defeat a monster so easily though. You must be pretty powerful." The girl whistled out before noticing the other girl standing beside him. "Hey there miss smarty pants. What are you doing hanging around a warrior like him? Shouldn't you be reading your little books and doing whatever "smart" people do?" She jabbed at Annabeth.

"Well whatever I do choose to do, I can always do it better than you muscle head. Besides, you should ask your daddy about that, I bet he could tell you his personal experience of being bested from my mother." Annabeth smirked from the now enraged look the girl now had on her face.

"Oh you'll pay for insulting my father Ares, wise girl!" The girl hissed while slowly drawing out her spear. But Naruto quickly noticed that her spear was no regular spear since a spark of light flashed from the tip of it.

"Oh please Clarisse don't patronize me, we all know your whole family is filled with dogs who only bark, but can't bite when it comes down to it." Annabeth grinned even wider from seeing her insult affect the War God's daughter even more.

"Why you little bitc-" But her derogatory statement was interrupted by a cough from a blond-haired boy.

"I know you girls want to kill each other but I think Annabeth has something to tell you from Chiron personally." Naruto said while trying to cool off two angry females. Annabeth was about to retort with an insult to Clarisse before Naruto gave her a stone cold glare. Sighing out loud, she relayed her message.

"That's right, we have the weekly game of Capture the Flag this Friday. Perfect, I can kill both the Hermes Cabin and you with one fell swoop!" Clarisse exclaimed while kicking another table over. She then began to walk past the two teenagers before she stopped directly in front of Naruto. "You know, any person who can kill a monster that easily is okay in my book." Clarisse commented while winking at Naruto. This made him raise an eyebrow, but shrugged it off and he muttered a quiet thank you. Though he would admit she was very pretty for such a violent person, previous history with violent women had taught him to stay away from such females, in a romantic form anyways.

"Ha, you should read a book first then." Annabeth snorted while getting in the last word, not caring that what she did was very unladylike. Clarisse only responded to her insult with a death promising glare before she marched away angrily towards her own cabin kicking anything smaller than her over. Hearing a sigh escape the girl next to him, Naruto put a hand on her right shoulder in worry.

"Are you going to be okay wise girl?" Naruto asked with evident worry in his tone. But Annabeth lifted her right eyebrow at his name calling.

"Wise girl, eh? I don't remember giving you permission to call me that."

"Well it's only fair since you called me whiskers." Naruto responded back. This elicited a response from Annabeth. Her cheeks got red again from embarrassment and she once again gazing at the ground.

"Idiot..." She mumbled out quietly much to Naruto's amusement. Realizing that they were the only ones outside, Annabeth said her goodbye to Naruto, her head was still looking at the ground when she did this, and swiftly left for her cabin to turn in for the night. Naruto chuckled at the girls predicament before entering the Hermes Cabin.

To say the cabin was filled would have been an understatement. There was absolutely no place to walk, let alone sleep in. Groaning to himself, Naruto exited the Cabin and decided to look for a place to sleep. It was logical to conclude that he was not allowed to go into any other cabins to sleep in, so he decided to go to the edge of the camp and look there. He finally found a decent spot to sleep and sat down underneath a large pine tree. He couldn't understand why, but he felt a safe, comforting aura emanating from this particular tree. Shrugging his shoulders, he thought nothing more of it, and soon fell into a restful sleep.

Hope you enjoyed the intro. This is all experimental but if I get enough feedback from this chapter, I'll definitely keep writing this fic. Suggested pairings are always welcomed. Anyways, I love Greek Mythology so I am already leaning towards continuing this story. So REVIEW! Oh, and I'll answer some reviews also. Until then, ciao!