7 Chapter 7

Hoping to find out more about her counterpart's role in the story/alternate universe, Athena barred her grey eyes onto the page and immediately started to read, not catching the slightly concerned glance from Thea.

There had never been a better morning; in the millennia that she had lived, never had there been a morning so perfect, so comfortable, and so right. She woke as if she was a cloud floating weightlessly in the blue sky. Hovering above the troubles of the world, completely separated from the rest of existence, she floated in bliss. It was as if all her cares and troubles had vanished and only her happiness remained. After centuries, millennia, ages, eons, she had finally found peace. And she would have never thought that her true peace would come in the form of one mortal man.

Dite sighed in bliss. It felt very interesting to have her life described in such ways; it added a new perspective to the situation and made Dite appreciate it even more.

'She looks so happy,' muttered Aphrodite inwardly as she glanced at her counterpart.

'Naruto…' she spoke inwardly as a blissful smile graced her beautiful face. 'Oh, my wonderful Naruto~'

Hearing her father's name, Lace couldn't help but look around the room and wonder if her daddy would come later – she missed him.

She knew her lover had his arms wrapped around her waist and she was resting her head against the crook of his neck. She knew that their legs were tangled together and their chests were attached firmly, and it all felt perfect and natural. It was as if she had been completed; like two pieces of a puzzle, they were perfectly aligned and attached. It was where she belonged; it was her home; it was the once place that made her feel at peace and happy: with him.

Apollo scratched his head, "It's going to take some time for me to get used to you talking like this, Dite."

Dite merely smiled and winked.

"Dite…" he softly whispered as his lips brushed against her forehead.

She smiled at the voice and the fact that he was still asleep. It appeared that exactly like her, he was still dreaming of their night together after so long. The mere thought of it made her smile; it was the best night of her life. It was perfect; never had she felt so loved or cherished. He noticed every twitch of her body, every expression of her face; it was as if he could dwell into her mind and pleasure her in ways she never thought possible. She was happy; her husband was perfect in the bedroom.

Annie and Lace covered their ears with their new earmuffs again, not wanting to hear what was being read.

"Wow, he just keeps becoming the perfect package," muttered Aphrodite

Dite grinned, "You have no idea." She winked at Thea, "Just ask Thea!"

"WHA-," gasped out Thea, "I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU FADE!"

Athena spluttered as everyone choked on their breaths. Automatically, everyone started to stare at Thea, then to Athena, and back again, wondering if they were dreaming. All the while, Zeus was turning purple and his Masterbolt was shaking with power, threatening to end humanity with a swift stroke.

Rhea held her fingers to her lips, "Oh my…Athena."

"This…" The King of Gods muttered, "This little shit dare defile my favorite daughter?!"

Athena glared at her father, "No, don't even say that!"

Zeus slumped down on his throne, 'My…my baby War Muffin is no longer my baby War Muffin.'

"S-S-Sister…" whispered Artemis as she shakily looked at her favorite sister, "How could you?"

Apollo pointed at Hermes, Hephaestus and Ares with a victory grin and sign. "Ha, in your face! I knew it! You suckers all owe me a million drachma, each!" The other three gods could only grumbly dumbly.

Demeter squealed and turned to Thea, "I'm so proud of you, Athena! Oh, if only our Athena would be as daring as you!" Hestia sighed at her sister, but the Goddess of Harvest continued, "How was it? Did it hurt? Was he really that goo-"

"I WILL NOT DIGNIFY THIS WITH A RESPONSE!"

Annabeth would have fell off the couch if Percy and Thalia hadn't caught her. 'Mom…isn't a virgin anymore?'

Dite was laughing almost to the point of falling off her seat, "Oh, if only I brought my phone with me – what I wouldn't give for a picture of your face!"

If looks could kill, Thea's glare would have sent Dite to Tartarus. "I will deal with you later!" She looked over at her counterpart, despite her golden face, "Keep reading!"

For some reason, Athena couldn't even bring herself to look down at the book – something that she never thought would happen.

Hermes chuckled, "I think she's broken."

Hera sighed while shaking her head, "I'll read." Snapping her fingers, the book appeared in her hands, and with a glare, she silenced the room.

She could feel his body against hers at that very moment and she loved it. It was a wonder on its own that a simple candy store owner would have such a perfect body; Adonis couldn't have compared. Her love for him may have improved her vision of how he looked like, but that didn't matter, her lover, husband, destined one was perfect.

"Good morning…"

Aphrodite slowly parted her eyes as her perpetual smile grew to match the one on Naruto's face. His arms were tightened around her as he pulled her closer, rubbing her body against his as he did so. His warmth enveloped her and she snuggled more into him, determined to be as close to him as possible.

"How'd you sleep?" he asked, his voice a whisper.

"Like a mortal in Elysium." She kissed him softly on the neck and breathed in his scent. "You make an amazing pillow."

"Best part of snuggling and cuddling," chirped Dite.

He chuckled and ran his hand gently across her flawless skin, "A role I live for." He sighed in bliss and hugged her tighter against him, "You are just so soft and warm; just hugging you like this makes me want to sleep in."

"Can we?" she whispered softly with her eyes close, letting the warmth and bliss take over. "Let's just sleep the day away."

"It's Halloween tomorrow," he replied with a small smile. "The girls will be up early and would want to make cookies and carve pumpkins."

Lace, who had just taken off her earmuffs, grinned at the mention of Halloween. "Hey, this is about Halloween!" She patted Annie's arm, who then took off her earmuffs, "They're talking about Halloween!"

Annie smiled, "Cool!"

Thalia sighed at the sight, 'I miss little Bethy.'

Aphrodite smiled at the thought and snuggled closer into him again, "That would be fun too."

"How about we go take a shower then wake the girls?"

She giggled as she pulled away a little to look at him, "Just take a shower, or are you thinking of something else."

"I'll have you know that I'm very good a multi-tasking."

She laughed as she kissed him tenderly on the lips, nibbling on them as she pulled away. "Alright, good; but I am a little sore from last night so you will have to carry me to the shower."

"Come on, when are these dumb scenes going to end?!" exclaimed Annie, making Dite giggled and kiss her hair.

He smiled back and winked, "Your wish is my command."

As soon as the couple stepped into the master-bathroom, Aphrodite snapped her fingers, and the room morphed before their eyes. Naruto watched in fascination as the white tiles he had gotten used to over the years completely changed into elegant black marble, the white walls change to the same shade of purple as the bedroom, and the small bathtub expand into a massive black hot-tub. A new steam shower stood in place of his old one and, along with the new black porcelain sink, was traced with golden rims. All in all, it was very nice; Naruto chuckled at the amazing change and marveled at the sight – he had always wanted a woman's touch in his home.

Annabeth, who had since recovered from her shock, marvelled at the usefulness of such power.

With a swipe of her hand, the hot-tub was filled will water with the jets on full blast. "There we go, perfect."

Naruto chuckled as he held his lover in his arms and carried her over to the water, "I'm going to get so lazy if you keep doing this stuff."

Aphrodite just smiled and kissed him playfully on the chest as they both sat down into the water, both sighing in relaxation at the hot water rushing against their skin. Naruto pulled Aphrodite onto his lap and held her close, letting her rest her head on his shoulder.

"Now, do you want to do this with or without soap?"

Aphrodite grinned, "Always with soap."

Dite winked at her and nodded, "Always with soap."

Hestia had to admit, their new home wasn't too bad. It wasn't as luxurious as their old home on 5th Avenue, but she had never really been a Goddess to care about such things. Unlike their gigantic apartment, their new house had a nice fireplace with a wide chimney, one where she could form a very nice fire and make some delicious s'mores – Artemis and Persephone would love it.

At the mention of her aunt's food, Artemis forgot about her sister's counterpart no longer being a virgin.

"Oh, that is a good idea."

Hestia giggled at one of her favorite nieces.

She could already see some nice family dinners in the near future, but seeing that Naruto lived right next door, inviting Ares or Hephaestus might not be a good idea.

"Tia, come here for a minute."

The Goddess of the Hearth looked away from the nice fireplace and walked back into the kitchen to meet with her mother, who was dressed very much like a normal mortal woman. With a pair of tight blue jeans, form-fitting tank-top under a black blazer, the Mother of the Gods looked no less elegant and graceful than usual.

"Nice outfit, Rhea!" Aphrodite winked at the mother of the gods.

Rhea smiled as she fiddled with her new kitchen appliances – she bought a completely new set of equipment personally designed by her grandson, Hephaestus. "What do you want for breakfast, dear?"

"Ohh, Grandma's cooking is good too…" whispered Artemis.

Rhea and Hestia giggled at how cute Artemis looked, especially since she was in her child form.

"Anything is fine."

"I would pick something good," replied Rhea with a bright smile. "I conjured up some chairs on the balcony in the master-bedroom; we could have our breakfasts there." The Titaness snapped her fingers as twin plates filled with eggs, sausages, bacon and toast appeared in front of her. "If my timing is correct, the show should be starting soon."

Hestia gave her mother a stern look, "Mother, this is a matter of family, not some soap opera on televisions."

"You're right, this is way better than the garbage on TV."

Rhea gave Apollo a look, "Yeah, you and your descendants should work harder in Hollywood, Apollo."

"We're trying, Grandma." Apollo nearly pouted like a kid.

"You are just gorgeous."

With a smile, Naruto pulled the freshly dressed Goddess into his arms and kissed her tenderly on the lips, nibbling at her lower lip as he pulled away. She was perfect; she was beautiful without trying, elegant without effort. With just a simple pair of tight grey jeans and a red t-shirt, she was still the most beautiful woman in the world. Her long red hair was tied into a simple ponytail, and it made Naruto's heart flutter – he had always loved ponytails.

"Huh, really?" asked Dite to no one, "I hadn't realized that actually."

Aphrodite combed her fingers through Naruto's soft and spiky hair with a smile, "You're quite handsome yourself." Lacing her fingers with Naruto's, the Goddess led them out of the bathroom. "No wonder so many women around you have feelings for you."

"Yeah," muttered Naruto with a sigh, "Those single moms at the girls' school are quite forward sometimes."

The Goddess giggled and shook her head, "I'm not talking about them, silly, I'm talking about Percy's mother, Sally."

"WHAT?!" wailed Poseidon and Percy loudly.

Thalia smirked, "What a twist!"

Naruto almost tripped on the new carpet at her words, "What?!"

"You're still as dense as ever when it comes to these things," said Aphrodite with a smirk; she could still remember when she first met Naruto and all the hints he missed from her. "Yes, I can feel that Sally has somewhat of a crush on you; it was quite obvious, really. When she saw us kissing yesterday, I could clearly feel jealousy, even though she hid it very well."

Dite winked at Annabeth and Annie, "Be thankful, girls. If it wasn't for me, you girls and Percy may have become step-siblings."

"Dite…" whined Annie with a small blush.

Annabeth giggled at Percy, who shuddered at the thought. "Dear gods, I don't even want to think about it."

Poseidon grumbled and crossed his arms, a little willing to let Zeus smite the puny human.

Naruto closed his eyes and scratched the back of his head, "Well what should I do?"

"Just let it be; she knows that you're with me now and should give up soon." Aphrodite needed no reassurance; she knew perfectly that she was the most beautiful in the world and had no competition from any mortal woman. "Besides, she might be your future in-law, so you want to keep a friendly relationship with her."

"Don't even joke about that!"

Aphrodite laughed at his horrified expression and pulled him down stairs. "Come on, I'm a little hungry and I want you to make me some breakfast." She smiled back at him and winked, "We still have to think of some way to introduce me to the girls."

"Ahh that was fun." Dite smiled at the girls.

"Right…" mumbled Naruto as he scratched his head; he may be good at thinking up strategies for many things, but introducing a woman to his daughters would be much harder. "We better start thinking about something; Annabeth is far too smart for some lame excuse." He smiled at his lover, "We'll tell them who you really are sooner or later, but we should think of a nice cover story for now."

"How about," the Goddess started as she sat down at the dinner table, "We say that I'm your high school sweetheart and we started up again after all these years?"

"Hmm, that sounds pretty good."

"We can have a lot of fun with this!" Aphrodite giggled and winked at Naruto. "We can be a really cute couple, who met in high school and were really in love, but my parents don't approve of you and we end up splitting up." Naruto chuckled at the excited look on the Goddess' face. "We went to different universities in different cities, but we still have feelings for each other and when he met again a few weeks ago we ended up getting together again."

"Wow, that sounds familiar," said Rhea dryly.

"That's the plot of hundreds of movies I've seen on television."

"Exactly."

Dite huffed at Rhea, "Well, I was the one who originally thought of it."

Aphrodite smiled proudly, "I was the first one to give Apollo's sons such good ideas to make into movies."

Naruto smiled and placed a cup of coffee in front of his lover, "Okay, so we're high school sweethearts and sometime during after we split, we get together and make a child together."

"Yep, and they both resemble you more and inherited your blonde hair."

Naruto leaned against the table with his mind wandering the possibilities…

Dite smirked and nudged Thea.

Thea turned away from Dite, still not talking to her.

Ding Dong!

The doorbell knocked Naruto out of his thoughts and made him turn to the door; it was still quite early in the morning and nobody should be visiting them. Aphrodite followed after her lover, wondering if it was one of those people she had heard about from Hermes – the people who like to knock on doors and advertise about some god named Jehovah. She sure hadn't met a god with such a name.

"Hello?"

As Naruto's eyes widened, Aphrodite's smile vanished.

"Busted!" exclaimed Apollo.

"A-Athena?" the last thing Naruto expected in the morning was for Athena and some other lady to ring his doorbell.

Aphrodite bit her lips and gave the other two goddesses a smile, "Hey, what's up Athena, Artemis?"

Naruto's eyes widened again and resisted the urge to jump away; after reading so much on Greek Mythology, he knew perfect who Artemis was. Seeing how he was a man and was a father of two demigod children with separate goddesses, he was expecting the Goddess of the Hunt to strike him down. Thankfully, Athena and Aphrodite were present, so he was probably safe.

"The man is a good father, so I wouldn't kill him." Artemis' eyes trailed to Thea, "But…considering what he did to my sister, I should kill him."

Thea's cheeks burned gold again, but grunted, "No."

The Goddess of Wisdom seemed to avoid Naruto's eyes and focused on Aphrodite, "We need to leave," spoke Athena stoically as she grabbed Aphrodite's arm and started to pull her away.

"A-Athena, wait!" cried Naruto as he watched Aphrodite being pulled out of his home.

"What in Hades are you doing?!" cried the Goddess of Love as she resisted, flaring her power as she did so. "Let go of me you stupid owl!"

"Don't argue with us, Aphrodite." Artemis scowled at her eternal opposite and sighed, "You've already spent enough time here, and you have to return to Olympus before you get into serious trouble."

Athena nodded along, "We have interrupted with his life enough."

Aphrodite winced, "Probably the wrong thing to say."

"Terrible thing to say," muttered Dite as she glanced at Thea.

An unsurmountable anger filled Aphrodite; how dare they mock her love for Naruto! "I'm not going back!" Aphrodite glared at both Goddesses and tuned her Charmspeak, "Let go of me right now!" Without another word, Athena released Aphrodite. "What I do here is none of your business, so leave me alone!"

Naruto, who was still shocked at the scene, finally broke out of his stupor and ran up to the goddesses. He quickly grabbed Aphrodite's hand and pulled her back a little. "Dite, what trouble are they talking about? I know about the rules, but what will happen to you?"

"Nothing!" She glared at Athena and Artemis as her power grew, "What I do in my domain is my business, and no god can tell me what to do. I've finally found true love after so many years, and I'm not going to give it up just because of some rules!" Aphrodite pointed at the other two goddesses and stepped forward, "I am warning you now! If any of you try to get in my way, I will curse you for all eternity!"

Athena and Artemis were shocked at how angry Aphrodite was; they had never seen her like that before.

Ares shivered at the sight shown on the plasma screen; having seen Aphrodite's anger before, he couldn't help but shiver.

"I will curse all your descendants; aside from Annabeth, all your children will suffer the worst fates with love and all of them will kill themselves afterwards!" Her power flared again as the ground started to shake, "And I will curse all your hunters, Artemis; all of them will be forced to fall in love with the worst men in existence and all of them will abandon your order!"

Thalia and the hunters all shivered at the threat and avoid looking at Dite and Aphrodite.

Artemis glared at Dite, "How dare you?"

Dite smirked, "That's not all."

"Dite, calm down!" Naruto hugged her from behind and pulled her back a little, "Please, this will not help the situation."

Artemis growled at the Love Goddess and summoned her bow and quiver, "Don't you dare threaten my hunters!"

"Oh, I dare!" Aphrodite's power was growing rapidly and was slowly exceeding that of Artemis', "I will even curse you; even you will be forced to fall in love!" Artemis would never admit it, but she felt a hint of fear as she stood in front of the raging Goddess of Love. She had almost forgotten that Aphrodite was one of the eldest Olympians and was a daughter of Ouranos, the Primordial of the Sky, and was extremely powerful.

Dite smirked again, happy at the scowl on Artemis' face.

"If you dare harm take me away from my love, I will curse you to fall in love with Apollo!"

"There it is!" Dite grinned proudly at her threat, winking at Aphrodite who looked enlightened. "My ultimate threat to you."

"EEWWWW!" shuddered the twins.

"You're sick!"

Apollo shivered, "Never even say those words!"

Athena stepped forward, "This is going too far, Aphrodite!"

Naruto was straining to stand on his feet because of the power emitted by his lover, "Dite, stop this!"

"No!" Aphrodite looked back at Naruto with pained eyes, "I will not lose you again." Naruto's and Athena's eyes widened at her words. "I love you, Naruto, I really do. I meant everything that I said last night, and I will not allow anyone to interfere with our lives!"

"You are the one putting Naruto in danger!" Athena stepped forward, adding to the pressure, making the streets shake. "Ares will come and kill Naruto himself if you keep doing this!"

"I will never let that happen!" Aphrodite stomped her foot and stepped forward, "I will personally castrate him if he dares come close to Naruto!" Athena was once again shocked at her viciousness and conviction. "Love and hate is only a flipside, Athena, and I swear of the River Styx that I will personally send Ares or any other person who tries to harm my love to Tartarus!"

"And I plan to keep that vow," Dite whispered as she glanced at the War God, who shivered and looked away.

Thunder boomed in the sky, marking the acceptance of the sworn oath.

Athena's eyes started to glow as she suddenly summoned her golden spear. "I will drag you back to Olympus myself if you don't stop this madness." A golden helmet formed on her head and she glared at Aphrodite. "You very presence here threatens the safety of Naruto and my daughter, and I will never allow that!"

Artemis' eyes widened at the sight of the potential battle between Love and War.

Hermes grinned, "Cat fight!"

Athena glared at him, "Silence, you little imp!"

Naruto jumped into the middle and stood between his two loves. "Please stop this!" Both Goddesses' eyes softened at his plea, but still stood strong.

"Move out of the way, Naruto!" Athena stared at the man she loved and frowned, "No matter how this may seem at the moment, this is for the best."

"Get over yourself, Athena." Aphrodite's red hair flared and stood upright in the air. "The only reason you're mad at me is because I've done what you couldn't!" Athena's form started to flicker, making Artemis wonder if she should jump in and stop the fight. "I know you love Naruto just like I do, but you don't have the courage to act upon it. No matter how confident and wise you are, the notion of love frightens you to no end and no matter how much you want to do exactly what I am doing right now, you can't."

Naruto couldn't help but look over at Athena, his first love, wondering what she was thinking despite her stoic expression.

"You spent your entire immortal life trying to convince yourself that you would never fall for any man, and now that you've fallen for one you're terrified at what would happen. You'd rather hide and run away from love, trying desperately to convince yourself with as many excuses as you could think of that this is only a phase and you would get over it." Aphrodite stepped forward as Athena's façade started to break. "It's pathetic! I will never run away from something like this and I would rather fade than let it just pass me by!" She walked up to Naruto and tugged him over to her side, "I know for a fact that this is something special and unique and I'm going to cherish it."

The room was once again silenced.

"Wow, this gets intense quickly." Demeter shifted in her throne, looking down at her niece and her niece's counterpart.

Thea had her eyes closed, refusing to acknowledge Dite's words.

Athena on the other hand, couldn't help but wonder what she would do in that position. She had never been in love before, so she wouldn't know, but she really wanted to find out.

"Dite…" Naruto had no idea how to react; as much as he loved Athena, he had to admit that what he felt for Aphrodite was stronger at the moment.

Thea scoffed, "Not anymore…" she whispered.

"Wishful thinking~" Dite sang softly to Thea.

"Feel free to run back to Olympus and hide in your temple, but I'm going to stay here!"

Athena had her eyes closed as her spear vanished, and her shoulders were slightly shaking; Naruto couldn't help but step closer to her. He gave Aphrodite a pleading look, making her sigh and let go of his arm. As the auras of power started to diminish, Naruto stood in front of Athena and placed his arms on her shoulder, trying to stop her from shaking.

Thea sighed, "We can skip this part…"

"No way!"

"Athena…"

Slowly, Athena started to bite her lips and tears started to leak from her closed eyes, making her turn away from Naruto. He felt his heart ache at the sight and slowly brushed his thumbs across her cheek, drying her tears. Her eyes parted as she looked up at him, tears still flowing freely from her eyes. The softest sob finally broke free and she buried her face into his chest, making him wrap his arms around her.

The readers didn't know which was more shocking: Athena crying, or Athena being comforted by a man?

Annabeth looked at her mother, who looked just as shocked and confused as everyone else in the room. 'Who knew mom could feel like that?'

Aphrodite's eyebrow twitched at the sight, "Naruto, she's fine, just let her go."

"Just let her have a moment!" Artemis cried as she glared at Aphrodite, "You are so insensitive sometimes!"

"Should you really be talking, you dumb deer hunter?!"

Naruto had never once thought that Athena would actually shed tears – she appeared far too powerful and dignified for such things – but he could feel her tears soak his shirt. Her usual confidence and godlike aura were replaced by an overwhelming amount of sentimentality. Naruto couldn't bear seeing his first love in such a state – he wanted to see that peculiar affectionate smile she would give him whenever he would make a joke, or even that angry glare that would petrify him; anything but seeing her cry. He delicately combed his fingers through her long black hair and held her closely.

A small smile slowly creeped onto Thea's face, reminiscing Naruto's soft touch and gently caress.

"It's okay, Athena."

Athena held onto Naruto shirt with her eyes shut tightly, "I-I'm just so confused…" Aphrodite rose in eyebrow and continued to listen in as Artemis felt a little uncomfortable and out of place. "I've lived for a long time, but I've never once…felt so strongly about someone." Her shoulders were shaking as she tried to focus her thoughts, "I-I'm a Virgin Goddess, Naruto, and I'm not supposed to feel like this!"

Athena had to close her eyes to focus entirely on thinking through the simulation, simulating the whole situation in her mind. But even with her godly mind, she couldn't figure out a way out of the situation without admitting being in love.

Thea gave her counterpart a smile, hoping she would figure it out and eventually experience it herself.

Aphrodite crossed her arms and nodded to herself; she knew perfectly that she was correct in her assumption. Athena had never been in love her entire life and was absolutely petrified at the fact that she was falling for a man. Never had the Goddess of Wisdom had to face an obstacle greater than her intellectual powers, but such a powerful love wasn't something she would reason through. Aphrodite's domain was rather irrational, she'd know.

"You don't have to force yourself into anything," Naruto whispered with his brows furrowed. "You don't owe me anything, and no matter what you do with this, it won't change how I feel about you."

Athena lightly shook her head from within the warm embrace, "The problem is that I want this. I want to do what Aphrodite has done and I want to know what it feels like to have a family." She bit her lips as her pride prevented her from voicing her remaining words, 'I want to know what it's like to have a husband, a lover.'

"Well, you know now~"

If Annie and Lace hadn't been on their laps at that moment, Thea would have tried to stab Dite with her spear.

Athena avoided the gaze of her family and did her best to supress all the ichor rushing to her face.

Zeus was close to having a brain aneurysm…

"You do have a family," the blond said as he brushed some tears from her cheeks. "You are the mother of Annabeth; we are her father and mother; we are a family. Nothing will ever change that."

"But I've never even spoken to her…" Guilt and shame filled Athena as she held onto Naruto.

Thea hugged Annie close, making the little girl wrap her hands around her neck.

Many of the goddesses smiled at the sight, and Athena smiled at her own Annabeth.

"Then why don't you just stay and meet her, like me?" Naruto and Artemis turned to look at Aphrodite in surprise, "I'm not saying that you should be staying here all the time, but what's stopping you from just coming here once a week to play with Annabeth? The ancient law prevents us from helping our children and stops us from interfering with their possible glory, but nothing stops us from just being a part of their lives; as long as we don't guide or lead them down a particular path and just let the make their own choices, there is nothing stopping us from being here." Aphrodite scoffed and shook her heads, "Most of us can figure this out, but many just don't care enough to actually take the time to visit the children." She sighed, "Lacy is the only child of mine that I care about at the moment, as horrible as it is for me to say that, it's true."

Artemis sighed and rubbed her temples, "Her logic is sound. Based on what I know of Apollo, he often visits his children at the camp inside his cabin, and Father often overlooks it."

"Arty!" cried Apollo as he feared for his life, "Shut up!"

Artemis actually looked a little sheepish.

Thankfully for the God of the Sun, Zeus was still suffering from shock and his mind was too overwhelmed with his ideas to torture Naruto if he ever fell into his hands to actually hear what was being read.

The Huntress' eyes linger on Naruto as he held Athena and narrowed, "Though if Father were to find out that you're in love with a man, I have no doubt that he'd blast him to ashes."

"Kill!" Zeus muttered angrily, "Kill little shit!"

Rhea and Hera sighed and shook their heads together.

"Not if I can do something about it!" Aphrodite glared at the Huntress, "Even the King of Olympus will not stop me from taking love away!" The Goddess of Love flared her power a little, "Don't you dare tell your Father about this or I will follow through with my threat! I will watch the world fall apart without my domain!"

The Huntress glared back at the red haired Goddess, "I won't, and you can rest assured of that."

Athena gently pulled away, showing Naruto her slightly red eyes, "So, would you mind if I stop by on occasion to visit you and Annabeth?"

"Are you kidding?" asked Naruto with a bright smile, "I would love it!"

"Just as long as you don't stay in the bedroom," Aphrodite gave the Wisdom Goddess a stern stare, "I said you can visit Naruto and Annabeth, but you better not think that I'm willing to share him. Naruto is mine and you better stay a virgin!"

"Too late!" Hermes announced, making Apollo laugh his ass off.

"Oh, I can't wait until the chapter when Athena breaks her vow!" chirped Demeter, making Dite and Aphrodite giggle.

"I promise it will be good~" Dite grinned.

"I will shave you bald!" Thea glared at everyone who laughed and flared her power. "Shut up!"

Naruto blushed as Athena seethed, "Mind your filthy words, you stupid pile of foam!"

"Bite me, Minerva!"

"Oh, I will kill you if you call me that again!"

"Ohh, did I strike a nerve there?" Aphrodite sniggered with a hand delicately covering her lips, "You should really calm down about the whole roman deal; you're going to get wrinkles on your face."

"What roman deal?" Annabeth asked.

"Nothing, just an age old joke." Demeter sighed and shook her head, "A bad joke."

Annabeth did not miss the look Demeter have Dite or the angry look on Athena and Thea's faces.

Athena let go of Naruto entirely and stomped the ground, "How about I carve some wrinkles on your face with my spear?!"

"Oh please, you can't even put on lipstick without going out of the edge; you'll never be able to carve the right wrinkles."

Naruto couldn't help but smile at the sight; Aphrodite was absolutely right when she said that Annabeth and Lacy acted exactly like her and Athena. Annabeth would stomp the ground and glare just like Athena did, and Lacy always had some clever quips up her sleeve to make her sister crazy. It was almost endearing to see the two Goddesses fight over words.

Hestia and Rhea laughed – it was kind of true.

"Would the two of you shut up?!" demanded Artemis as her eyes glowed a silvery light.

"You shut up, you wild boar!"

"I'm going to shoot your eyes out!"

Naruto chuckled as the third goddess jump into the fight, but he was smart enough to not get in the middle of it.

"Daddy?"

"Hey, it's me!" squeaked Lace, making Dite kiss her cheek.

Everything halted when the voice of a young girl pierced through all the arguments. Naruto felt a shock run down his spine as he slowly turned around to look at his front door. His mind was working a hundred miles an hour when he saw Lacy peeking through the door still wearing her little princess pajamas. She tilted her head to the side and scratched her loose blonde hair with confusion.

"Who are all these pretty ladies?"

"Ummm…"

"Dad!" cried Annabeth from behind Lacy. "Did you feel the house shake a few minutes ago?"

Naruto gulped when he saw Lacy turned to look inside the house, "Annie, come here!" Some dreaded footsteps were heard and soon Annabeth stood over her sister, also looking at her dad and the extremely beautiful ladies. "Do you know these people?"

Annabeth crossed her arms and focused her grey eyes at the group of women, "Dad, who are they?"

Now that she saw it on screen, Annie blushed at how rude she was being.

"Haha, you guys are in trouble!" Demeter was seriously loving the story.

At the moment, his little girl's eyes looked more frightening than Athena's; even Athena had to say that her little daughter really inherited her ability to glare at people.

Both Athena and Thea agreed to that.

Percy grinned, "Tell me about it."

"They are my sisters," said a sudden voice from behind the whole group.

"Thank Order for you, Hestia." Dite winked at her best friend's counterpart, who smiled back.

Lacy's eyes widened in joy and ran out of the door, "Ms. Hess!" The little girl ran passed everyone and jumped into the arms of her absolute favorite teacher of all time. "Why are you here?"

Hestia giggled at the girl and resisted the urge to laugh at the other Goddesses, "My mother, sisters and I just moved next door." She smiled at Naruto as she held Lacy close, "I'm sorry if my sisters were bothering you so early in the morning; they wanted to greet the neighbors and introduce themselves."

"I-It's no problem, I was awake already."

Hestia's warm red eyes appeared oddly frightening to Athena, Artemis and Aphrodite and they shivered when the eldest Olympian gave them all a sweet smile. "Mother is finished with breakfast, so you should all come home now, okay?"

"O-Okay," Athena muttered with a nod as she walked up to her aunt.

Artemis nodded along and stepped forward as well, "Yes, I love mom's cooking."

Aphrodite pouted, "Can I jus-"

"Now," firmly said Hestia.

"Okay…"

Hera smirked, "No one wants to be slapped by that blazing inferno you call a hand, sister."

"I only did that once!" Hestia only tried that once when Helios tried to kiss her.

"Oh, Tia, it's no rush!" Hestia almost palmed her forehead when she heard her mother's voice. "Breakfast can wait; we should be polite and properly introduce ourselves to our neighbors." One of the most beautiful women Naruto had ever seen appeared next to his daughter's teacher; she was even comparable to Aphrodite. She was definitely not old enough to be their mother!

Rhea laughed, "Way to go, me!"

Hera sighed, "Really, mother?"

"Yes, it would be so much fun!"

Athena's eyes widened as Artemis and Aphrodite made a weird choking noise, "M-Mother Rhea!"

"Oh, enough with calling me that, Arty, just be normal and call me mom." Rhea turned and smiled at Naruto, who blushed a little. "So, you're the father of the nice little girl my daughter is teaching?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Well we'll also be neighbors from now on; we just moved in this morning!" Rhea smiled at her daughters and giggled. "Maybe we could have a nice neighborly dinner sometime?"

Naruto smiled nervously and nodded, "That would be great."

"Now Tia, Thea, Arty and Dite, we should stop bothering this nice young man and his girls so early in the morning." The Mother of the Olympians smiled and gestured them to walk up to her, to which they all followed as strict orders. "Let us go home for now, you still have to pick your rooms and start unpacking."

Hestia sighed and shook her head, "Sure, let's go."

"Wait!" cried Lacy as Hestia placed her back on the ground. "Ms. Hess, do you want to come costume shopping with us later? It's Halloween tomorrow and we can go pick out cute costumes and make cookies and carve pumpkins!"

"Well…" Hestia was trying to think of the kindest way to decline the little girl's offer.

"Aww, how could you say no to my little baby girl~" said Dite as she snuggled with her Lace, who giggled.

"Sure, that sounds really fun!" Rhea smiled as she knelt down to Lacy and pinched her little cheeks, "You don't mind if we all come, do you little princess?" Hestia's jaw dropped as Athena, Artemis and Aphrodite's eyes widened.

"Oh this is going to be gold!"

Rhea nodded at her middle daughter's words and turned to Apollo, "And Apollo, I would appreciate it if you base the next sitcom around this."

"Done!"

"Of course not; it's more fun with more people!" Lacy smiled at all the gorgeous ladies and pointed at Annabeth, "Annie's boyfriend is coming with us as well!"

Athena's eyes widened again as Annabeth blushed at the mention of Percy in front of so many strangers and glared at her sister, "He's not my boyfriend you little troll!"

"I didn't even mention Percy, Annie." Lace grinned and winked at her sister.

"Shut up!" Annie hated being teased, and it didn't help that her older-self kept hugging and kissing the older Percy right in front of her.

She was still a little dubious about so many people moving into the next house; she thought an old couple lived there. And it was very strange that the mother of all the pretty ladies looked far too young to have so many daughters. Then there was that one lady – Thea was what her mother called her – she gave her a very peculiar and warm feeling, like she had seen her somewhere before.

Thea kissed Annie's head again.

Lacy laughed at her sister before she tugged at her dad's pant-leg, "You don't mind, do you daddy?"

Naruto forced a smile and tried to not to shake from nervousness, "N-No, the more the merrier."

Rhea gave everyone a sweet smile, "Great, we'll see you all in a little while!"

Athena and Aphrodite each gave Naruto a nervous smile as they walked away, but his mind was far too overworked to function properly. Why the hell did the girls' teacher suddenly show up and how did she know Athena and Aphrodite?! These thoughts haunted his mind, even as Lacy and Annabeth pulled him back into the house he was in a daze.

Then it hit him like a brick.

'Tia Hess…Hestia!' He resisted the urge to palm his face and groaned, 'My Gods I'm such an idiot!'

Hestia laughed at that.

And just before Naruto closed his front door, he heard Aphrodite laughing very loudly.

'What the hell is going to happen now?!'

"Oh, I can't wait for the next chapter!" Demeter summoned the book to her and grinned, "I got this!"