Pleading Eyes

Hyuga's Nag A Lot

It was no one's surprise when six days later they finally arrived at the outskirts of the Hyuga's compounds. Percy having driven all three heirs to the limit as they reached their destination in double the less time then they were originally supposed to get there.

"Kami, please! Stop for a second! I'm not even sure if I'm still breathing or if I'm just hallucinating!"

Percy rolled his eyes at Hashirama's dramatics as the Senju basically became a puddle of limp limbs as he wheezed and gasped for breath as he lay on the cool grass.

Although now that he payed attention, Percy could see how all three kids were drenched in sweat, Madara looking like he wanted to join Hashirama down on the admittedly refreshing grass, chest heaving as he leaned against a tall tree, Tobirama on the other hand, was trying and actually succeeding at hiding his fatigue, though the telltale sign of sweat trailing down his flushed face and trembling limbs as he struggled to stand tall and proud, told Percy that he too was about to embrace his fate as Hashirama had done and fall to the ground.

The damaged hero sighed sadly and glanced to the dead demigod watching him from behind the tree Madara was leaning on, his wise girl.

Annabeth had been observing the Uchiha and the Senju siblings with an unreadable look on her face, hands twitching at her side as if she was suppressing the urge to do something, but she looked at Percy as if sensing his gaze and nodded softly at the son of Poseidon as if knowing what he was asking.

Percy's lips twitched upwards slightly as he watched his best friend disappear once more before his eyes, a twinkling gleam in the beautiful grey eyes that belonged to the daughter of Athena.

He still didn't know how that worked.

The sudden appearance and disappearance of his friends, it was as if they knew when to come and help him figure out his problems.

Though it seemed that not everyone had to appear before him, only the ones that knew how to help him and back then when everyone was there as they reprimanded Leo for dancing, it was to soothe his sudden fears and doubts at the illusion that maybe he had been insane to see hallucinate his fallen comrades.

Leo's hot moves had been reassuring as well as the teasing from his other family members, it had proved him that he wasn't going insane yet, close but not yet, and to see them still acting the same even after death was just what he needed.

But how Hades hadn't noticed the missing souls....

Well Percy didn't want to think about it now, still high on euphoria from knowing his friends hadn't left his side even in death.

And so Percy turned back to the tired boys and he smiled mischievously, crooked smile with half a light eyes, after all Percy still hadn't healed and if anything, his friends were only delaying the inevitable, slowing his descent into uncontrollable and vicious madness.

A startled yelp left the three young shinobi as they found themselves floating in the air once more, except that this time there was no visible water caressing them gently.

Percy wasn't using water...

He was using the air as the wind enforced his strength and challenged him in controlling its wild and free nature.

It wasn't like Percy to deny a worthy challenge and so he pressed and bent the air, the wind laughing as it fought him bravely for a tense moment before finally submitting to the intoxicating man who dared accept their challenge.

He was worthy of their power.

Percy's eyes flashed darkly for just a second, dark ink swallowing his sad sea-green colored irises as his dark pupil welcomed the sudden darkness without alerting its owner, and then..