{June 12, 2007, Somewhere in Wyoming}
A fury of swords constantly clashing at high speeds two people engaged in a deadly dance of blades not giving up room for the other; Looking into the clearing between the trees two teenagers were the source of these sword fights clashing Black against Bronze. The male swordsman had Blonde hair with streaks of red in it. In contrast, the female had strawberry-blonde hair. These people could be easily identified by anyone who knew them; There are Harlequin Loines and Natsumi Uzumaki.
Harlequin suddenly gave slack to his blade making Natsumi jerk forward at losing the counterbalance. Within a moment King landed a strong kick to her side breaking the current spar since he landed the first hit that could have been fatal if he used a weapon or his full strength. "You lose this time Natsumi. Can you tell me what you did wrong?" Harlequin asked.
"Yeah, I did not expect you to let up at the last minute it caught me off guard Allowing you to land that hit." She huffed out in annoyance standing back up. King nodded to her explanation
"You are exactly right. You leaned too much into that crossing to make up for the strength difference between the two of us. That allowed me to get you. Remember no matter how advanced your Kenjutsu is you always need to stick to the basics of a steady stance." King lectured the girl who turned away in embarrassment from forgetting the lesson he always repeats. Before either one could say another thing they heard someone else clear their throat.
"Ahem- Harlequin, Natsumi can you hear me?" The older male voice spoke out. The pair turned their heads to the voice to see who was talking to them.
"Ah, Chiron it is nice to hear back from you!" Harlequin cheered out with a small smile while Natsumi nodded in agreeance.
"Yes, it was about time that I got back to you. Listen, King, Natsumi as you both know Chastiefol tree is dying because of Unknown causes. Unfortunately, Young Percy has attracted the attention of some monsters and Annabeth might have let the situation slip so they are both on their way here to the camp. I am afraid that with Percy's sent he will attract even more monsters that are more daring which will lead to more troubles in the camp. King, Natsumi, I am requesting that you come back to Camp so that we can start securing borders." Chiron explained to the teens.
"Okay, Chiron we are on our way give me a second to make the jumps," Harlequin responded before wiping his hand through the mist ending the call.
"Are you sure that we have to use the Flying Thunder God? It is not very comfortable." Natsumi complained.
King just scoffed at the girl and looked at his status screen.
[Flying Thunder God Jutsu: Level 15/100]
[An instantaneous transportation jutsu the higher the level the farther, faster, and smoother the jutsu can be used.]
"Well sorry if not everyone is as efficient as your dad as teleporting, I am getting there, however."
"Just use the skill disc already you have plenty even after working on your control over the basic elements," Natsumi argued, knowingly shooting a small glare at the boy. Said the boy just shrugged it off.
"My skill disc my decision. Besides no work no rewards. I might need the disc just in case I get something else that needs to get upgraded in a hurry." King shot back placing his hand on the girl's shoulder. Then with his other, he held a half-ram sign, and with a flash of forest green, they left Wyoming.
{5 minutes Later, Half-Blood Hill}
Annabeth knew that bringing Percy to camp would be a bad idea with the lowered protections that borders were now facing because of the tree being poisoned. She could only cringe at the thought of the tree dying, the same tree that Tahlia was almost stuck in. Now the camp was under siege by a trio of Colchis Bulls and that seaweed head ran straight to them! Not only that the idiot couldn't tell his new friend was a monster! Annabeth huffed at the situation and then loudly declared. "I Annabeth Case Allow you to enter the camp! Quick go help him!" After stating that the damaged barrier shimmered a little allowing the Young Cycolps a chance to enter Camp Half-Blood. Sighing in relief Tyson destroyed the bull that was about to kill the Son of Poseidon. She felt a tingling sensation on her inner forearm looking down she widened her eyes to see the tattooed symbol for Demeter on her arm glow followed by a flash of forest green.
"Natsumi take down the second one and keep it intact maybe the boys in 9 can reboot it if not then we can rewire it with seals." A confident voice spoke up making Annabeth's eyes widen, Harlequin just arrived at the camp.
"Hai, Got it I can feel another one going crazy near stop it before it can do more damage. Oh Hi, Annie." Natsumi flashed a smile before running ahead to put down the bull.
Annabeth looked at King and hugged him. "Your back! I thought Chiron said it wasn't safe for you." The young girl said with a tone of concern.
King shook his head. "With the son of Posideon here everyone is already in more danger because stronger monsters are going to want a piece of him. So Chiron figured all hands on deck to get everything situated. Enough talk however we need to make sure that we get the other bull come on!" King grabbed the girl's hand and started to make his way to where the other bull was who was currently surrounded by some of the Apollo and Demeter campers. "Okay, I will distract it you pin it down okay Annie," King asked to which he received a firm nod.
King jumped straight over the two cabins that were containing the 3rd bull which caused everyone to gasp in shock as they saw who it was. Coming down from his jump he quickly grasped the bull by its horns and brought them down with him flinging the bull over his shoulder causing the ground around them to crack as the bull was now on its back. All of a sudden a slip of paper was seen slapped on its stomach black markings spread across the bull pinning it's legs to its stomach rendering it unable to move. Taking off her cap Annabeth wore a smirk on her face at the handiwork of her seal. "One Bull all set for Cabin 9 makeover."
King also wore a smile on his face. "Nice Job wise girl, Natsumi properly is done with the one she went after as well." King brought out a scroll and sealed the bull inside. It was immobile so he had no worries about it breaking out of the seal.
"Harlequin!" A set of voices spoke out getting his attention. The people who spoke out to him were Katie and Emma. "It is great to see you are back King! Hecuba missed you she has gotten really big!" Katie said excitedly. Soon a loud howl of victory was heard throughout the camp startling some of the campers. "Oh, she must have helped with the third bull! She usually gives the signal that we are all clear of obvious threats."
"Glad she can help out because it makes sure that she does not get too fat lounging around the camp." King chuckled out.
"Like you are any better lazy bum," Annabeth interjected.
"Harlequin I got the second bull as well as some scrapes from the first all sealed up," Natsumi called out as she walked over to the group with two scrolls in hand and Hecuba next to her wagging her tail excitingly at King before the Direhound leaped at the boy tackling him and pelting him with slobbery dog kisses.
"Get off me you wild animal," King said playful swatting at Hecuba's snout. The Hound in question repeated his action pawing at King's chest making the boy under her oomph at the pressure inciting laughter from the campers. Finally released King stood up only to see Kyria soaking up all the attention that she could from Annabeth. "Wow Kyria no love for me you know the person who is supposed to be your owner." Kyria looked over at King and tilted her head sideways before bobbing her head agreeing with King who now was sporting a deadpan expression.
{One Hour Later}
After getting everything else settled with the camp and ensuring nothing else was encroaching on the borders a group of King, Natsumi, Annabeth, Percy, Tyson, and Clarrise started making their way to the Big House. "Thank the Gods that you are here King maybe now we will have some discipline in the camp and ensure that no one else gets hurt. It has been close a couple of times we have almost run out of Nectar and Ambrosia." Clarrise told the rest of the group mournfully.
"I will place an order to Hermes right away so that we can restock before we get hit with other waves of attacks. Run Emergancy evacuation drills with the younger kids we need to make sure none of them get injured or worse. Let's get the crew in 9 to take a look at the bulls and see if they can make some adjustments, If they can't I will see what I can whip up in terms of seals to get them under control and make this a priority to get done. Annabeth, Natsumi I have a project for you both." King paused looking at the girls in question. "I want you both to start working on a summoning scroll together. If we can get the bulls under control and maybe even reproduce lesser copies of them we can start up a summoning contract for the squad leaders that run border control, the cabin heads, and any other essential personnel. I am trusting you both on this." King then proceeded to hand over a rather large scroll to the girls.
"Got it we will start right after checking in with Chiron," Annabeth replied in response with a determined look that Natsumi copied.
Coming towards the hearth of the camp they heard the trotting of Hooves which caught the attention of them all. Chrion was seen trotting up to them with a somewhat solemn expression on his face. "Hello, brave heroes you all did an outstanding job defending our camp. I am disheartened to tell you however that due to the circumstances of the failing barrier I have been relieved of my duties here at camp. I know that this is an unfortunate piece of news however Lord Zeus has declared it so. Until things resolve that is the way things have to be." Percy started to cry out in disbelief and objections.
"Yeah just wait until you all meet Tantalus he is a real piece of work." Clarisse scoffed. King groaned out at the mention of the new camp director.
"This is going to suck so badly. Okay, Chiron we will hold down the fort until you get back after all this is your home as much as it is ours." King started with a smile before turning to the rest of the group, "Until Chiron is back we tighten up the borders during the day we are losing a big aspect in defense so we need to ensure that we can cover it. I know Tantalus is going to fight us on this so I will work on getting up something to help with the barrier issue."
"King we may have a solution." Annabeth offered up getting everyone's attention. "The gray sisters told us that they knew the location where we spoke I have some idea about it but I'm not for sure. They told us 30,31;75,12 anyone has ideas?"
"Coordinates!" Natsumi exclaimed. "Iruka Sensei drilled all kinds of things into our heads and coordinates where one of them."
King nodded agreeing with Natsumi, "Looks like we know where to go if I think it is the Bermuda Triangle… Which means the Sea of Monsters. After all, everything moved with the gods."
"So a quest then?" Percy perked up. "On the water sweet that's me I can get it done super easy!"
"It's not that easy seaweed brain! Even your father when he was a younger god had some issues with some of the monsters located there, they no doubt have stronger water control than you do." Annabeth lectured.
Chiron cleared his throat to get their attention. "You all need to listen to Tantalus and do not provoke his ire things will be very bad if you do. But if there is a quest that occurs make sure to do your best and ensure that you all get home safely." A loud crack of lighting was heard over the camp, which caused Chiron to sigh, "That is my signal that my time here is over. Good luck heroes stay safe." With that Chiron left Camp Half-blood.