[AN: Sorry for the late update lads, life caught up with me and decided that it was a good time to hit me with every single depressing thought I've had the last few months all in one day. Took me some time to get back in the headspace to write again, doing multiple releases to make up for it.]
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Leaving Karakura town was almost relaxing.
Almost.
Ichigo tried to play it cool when I said my goodbye, but the poor kid was still trying to process what the hell just happened. Rukia looked like she was one stray thought away from asking for my autograph.
Urahara was pretending to be casual but I knew he was already trying to dissect who and what I was from what he had overheard. Yoruichi still had the amused look on her face as she glanced at him from time to time, clearly she found my impression of Urahara very entertaining.
"Try not to do anything stupid before the meeting, yeah? Don't go rushing in and definitely don't set anything on fire… before I can come back to take pictures." I grinned while ruffling his hair.
He swatted my hand away with a glare and muttered. "No promises."
Rukia crossed her arms, "Where are you going Lord Satoru?"
"Summer camp," I replied with a serious face, "I left my cute wife and adorable children there. I'm worried they might have burned the place to the ground by now."
I thought about Mitsuri and the kids, I had left just as my mother had gone to speak with them. I could sense their energies from where I was, call it my dad senses tingling due to some sort of fuckery.
Urahara tilted his head, "A full family at your age? I almost envy you."
"Almost? I guess I'll take that as a compliment Urarara."
The corner of his mouth twitched, "It's Urahara."
I just kept smiling at him, Yoruichi patted Urahara on the shoulder before addressing me. "Tell your wife she has the patience of a saint."
I smirked, "Oh trust me, she knows."
And with that, I teleported away with a silent flash of blue light.
[Scene Break]
Camp Half-Blood was thankfully still standing when I reappeared on the hill with Thalia's tree. The smell of pine and roasting meat hit my nose and I smiled.
'This place really would be a paradise if the damn gods didn't send literal kids out to die just for a chance to get the recognition of their parents.'
Beyond the scent of nature and barbecued foods I smelled a faint tinge of iron. Frowning slightly I glanced around.
Nothing looked destroyed in the camp, then I turned to look outside of the barrier. There I spotted it, just towards the entrance. Some broken trees and fading splatters of blood.
'Huh… was there a fight? I'll check later.'
I teleported into the camp and looked around for my kids. I didn't have to look for very long.
"Tousan!"
I turned, Himari and Hikari were running towards me with matching grins. Behind them followed Akira and Ai with Mitsuri bringing up the rear.
I took a knee, "Hey guys. Didja miss me?" I smiled.
I was promptly tackled to the ground by my four kids. Mitsuri just giggled behind her hand at the sight of our kids dog piling me.
"Where did you go papa?" Ai asked.
"Home, or at least, where our home would have been if we lived here." I replied.
"You took quite some time to come back Dear." Mitsuri looked at me with concern. "Did something happen?"
"Nah, just put some people in their place, nothing big." I waved her off before getting up with my kids still dangling from me. "I'm home now."
"Umu…" a wide smile lit up her face, "welcome back."
"Welcome back Tousan!" My kids all chimed in together.
[Scene Break]
I had given everyone a short recap of what I had done in the last few hours. The kids all reacted appropriately. Akira immediately wanting to go find a sword for himself, Hikari being intrigued by the thought of a hidden spirit world.
Himari wanted to fight Ichigo, and Ai wanted to meet Yamamoto. Mitsuri just listened silently and shook her head with a smile as I retold my story.
"Only you, Darling." She giggled.
"What? It's not like I went out looking for a fight… that's a lie, it's not like I went out of my way to—"
She just gave me an amused look, "Whatever you say Dear…" she turned to the kids, "Ai, take everyone to go wash up, dinner is about to be served. Papa and I have something to talk about."
"Oh that doesn't sound good." I muttered.
"Oooo, Papa is in trouble." Ai snickered as she dragged her siblings away.
I turned to Mitsuri, "Can I apologise for whatever it is I've done even if I don't know what I did?"
She beamed at me, "It's nothing bad."
[Scene Break]
She was right, it wasn't bad. Mitsuri told me about how my mother, Izanami, had gone ahead and blessed everyone of my kids. Mitsuri also got a blessing, hers was much more versatile than what my mother gave my kids.
She gave the kids longevity which would kick in once they reached full adulthood. Basically their aging would slow significantly after they hit 18-25 years of age. While it wasn't immortality like Mitsuri and I likely had, I was still glad to know that I'd get to spend more time with my kids.
That was always something I didn't want to think about. No parent should have to bury their child.
Izanami also gave the kids divine grade weapons. Ai got twin stiletto daggers that looked similar to what Yor used. Akira got a kanabo enchanted to multiply in weight once he hit something.
The twins got two very different weapons. Hikari got a gun, like an honest to kami big iron. A Colt Python .357 Magnum that would never run out of bullets because it ran off of cursed energy. She was apparently trying to figure out a way to make it shoot Blue, Red, and eventually Hollow Purple infused bullets.
'Honestly that girl scares me sometimes… what am I saying, I'm so fucking proud of her… wish I had thought about that first.'
Himari on the other hand, got something that she had not let out of her sight since she got it from my mom. Mitsuri told me about how Himari had been swinging it around all day trying to get a feel for the weapon.
I looked over from where I was sitting by the big campfire in the center of the camp. Himari had the three sectioned staff out and was swinging it at some harpies who were squawking in indignation.
'Of course she'd get Playful Cloud again… it was her favourite weapon… wonder if she'll let me borrow it for when Ai brings a boy home. I saw what The Homeless Bum did to Dagon and I kinda wanna try it.'
I glanced around the camp, dinner had wrapped up about an hour ago. My family had been dragged away by various campers. The demigods really liked my family, and it wasn't hard to see why.
Mitsuri was sitting by the Aphrodite kids, she was telling a story it seemed and the kids were hanging on to every word she was saying. She was even doing the thing where she'd fiddle with her hair every time she was trying to recall a detail in a story.
The Aphrodite kids were giggling, and chattering while they braided the rest of Mitsuri's hair. They looked at Mitsuri as if she was a goddess of love instead of my very affectionate, very enthusiastic wife. Which… to be fair, she kind of was a goddess of love in her own way.
Not far from her, Ai and Akira were huddling with some Hermes campers. The moment I saw the glint in Ai's eye, I knew someone's bunk bed was about to end up in the lake by the morning. Either that, or someone was waking up on a mountain of glitter or frogs… or both.
By the Athena cabin, Hikari was in a heated debate with some of the wisdom goddess's kids. She was holding her revolver in one hand and making a reloading motion with the other. I figured she was probably explaining how her gun worked.
Yeah… my family was thriving. My Primordial Goddess of a mother meeting my family, her promptly blessing everyone. It all felt so… normal. I never thought my wild isekai journey would take such a domestic turn but I was all for it.
Still, my thoughts drifted back to what Chiron had told me before dinner. I had apparently missed something significant once I left.
The arrival of Percy Jackson.
[Scene Break]
The three new arrivals sat at the porch of the Poseidon cabin. Sally and Percy looked a little tired but overall perfectly fine. Grover, the port Satyr clearly notice me looking their way because he visibly gulped and tried to get the other two's attention.
I teleported before he could though.
Sally Jackson stood up the second I appeared in a flash of blue light. Despite her tired eyes, she still looked mostly composed and not like a woman who had been nearly kidnapped by Hades.
Percy also stood up, looking up to his mom buzzing with unasked questions and lingering adrenaline, and Grover… well, the poor guy was giving me the please don't eat me look.
I decided to have a little bit of fun while introducing myself to the new camp residents.
"You folks settling in alright?" I asked casually.
Sally bowed her head respectfully, "We are, thank you for your concern my Lord."
'Huh? Does she think I'm one of the gods?'
"Close enough I guess…" I muttered while looking at Percy and Grover.
Grover whimpered, Percy looked between us, clearly confused but curious. "Um hi, are you m—
"Names Satoru, you must be Percy," I glanced at the woman, "which makes you Sally."
"Um… Lord Satoru?" Grover said in a low voice.
"Yes Satyr?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry!!!" He yelped before jumping behind Percy, making me chuckle.
"Relax, I don't bite," I grinned, "my kids told me about how they saved you guys from talk dark and hairy. Figured I'd come meet you before turning in for the night."
Sally straightened, "Your kids? Right… I- thank you, I owe your kids more than I could ever hope to repay—"
I waved her off, "Don't worry about it, they've fought stronger monsters." I smirked, "they told me that it didn't even get to moo before the twins took it out with a combo."
Grover gulped, "Wait… those four were all your kids?"
"Yup… I'd say I taught them well. Gave the poor Minotaur a good ol' Jujutsu Kaisen jumping. Man, I wish I could have gotten a video, damn Gege Akutami."
The trio looked at me in confusion.
"Who's Gege Akutami?" Percy asked.
"Jujutsu Kaisen Jumping?" Sally tilted her head.
"Never mind that," I waved them off. I turned my attention to Grover, "say… do you know how long it's been since I've had a good traditional birya taco…"
Grover lit up at the thought of food, "I like tacos…"
"Oh Grover…" Sally shook her head, clearly trying to fight the smile treating to break out on her face. "Birya is goat."
"G-goat?!" Grover stuttered before slowly turning his head towards me.
I gave him my most innocent, disarming smile. "You wouldn't happen to know where I could find some goat would you?"
The poor satyr froze, eyes as wide as saucers. "NO DON'T EAT ME!!! I'M PROBABLY STRINGY AND TOO GAMEY! PERCY HALP!"
Percy had outright burst into laughter, "Relax Grover, I'm pretty sure he's kidding."
"Sure… sure… it was just a joke." The disarming smile didn't leave my face though.
Sally sighed, despite her clear amusement. "You don't have to tease him like that y'know."
"It's fun though…" I tucked my hands into my pocket, "besides, he did lie to your son so call it Karmic balance."
Grover muttered something about 'sadistic immortals' and scooted closer to Sally.
Percy finally caught his breath, wiping his eyes. "So… it really was your kids that beat up the Minotaur?"
"Beating up, is underselling it," I replied, "I'm pretty sure my youngest erased it from existence."
"Erased?" Sally asked, "Don't monsters usually reform in The Pit before coming back!"
"Sure… unless it gets blasted by absolute erasure. I'm fairly certain my youngest daughter finally learned my secret technique."
Sally exhaled, "I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Chiron did say that the camp has changed a bit since they got a few surprise visitors." She smiled faintly, "I suppose your wonderful family are the visitors he mentioned Lord Satoru?"
"Yup," I said, glancing back towards where Mitsuri and the kids were now sitting by the campfire singing along with the other campers, "they're something special."
Sally sighed contentedly, "It's peaceful here…"
"For now," I said with a smirk, "give it a day, I have a feeling that things are about to get very interesting here."
Percy grinned, "Can't be any weirder than my life so far."
I patted his shoulder, "Kid, you have no idea."