Mage of Hidden Rock
Hello, and welcome to the Discount Library Box. This is my personal place for story ideas that I can't use at the moment, either because I don't have anything to differentiate them from the dozen or so other stories that look just like them, I lack the inspiration to polish out the short scene idea I have, or I don't have the time to do the idea justice. In any case, the way this story will work is that there will be two types of chapters: Introduction Chapters and Continuation Chapters. In Introduction Chapters, there will be a scene or a series of scenes from the story in question, followed by a summary of the overall story idea. In Continuation Chapters, I will add them on as new chapters, with the title of Story +1, +2, etc. For example, if I wrote more scenes for the story below, Mage of Hidden Rock, those additional scenes would be titled Mage of Hidden Rock +1. More scenes beyond that would become Mage of Hidden Rock +2, etc.
Now, if any of these ideas inspire you, or you wish to continue them yourself, all that I ask is that you let me know, as I would like to add a list of stories at the end of each Introduction Chapter of stories that are inspired by, continuations of, or tributes to the shown story idea. If you don't want them listed, please still let me know, so that I can at least see the fruits of my efforts, and I will leave the story of the list at your request.
Now, with that out of the way, on to the idea. Oh, and I don't own Harry Potter or Naruto.
Iwagakure, 7/30/99 AKS (After Kage Summit)
Dokatsu Heshin was a genius. This, unfortunately, didn't make him particularly special, as Iwa contained dozens of geniuses, and the people Iwa termed geniuses would be merely above average in other villages, like Kumo or Konoha. Yet still, Heshin was a genius, and it was that genius that allowed him to do what no other ninja or seal master in Iwa could do.
He understood the Hiraishin.
Well, perhaps understood is too strong of a word. He was able to glimpse its internal mechanisms, the theory behind the technique, which was enough for him to design his trap. A masterwork of seals, etched on the floor of the warehouse he was working in, the trap was designed in three parts. The first, was designed to automatically attract the Yondaime Hokage when he used his technique and draw him to the center of the array. As far as Heshin had been able to discover, there was no true range on the technique, though it would likely be a bit more costly to travel larger distances. However, that fact would be irrelevant, as his technique should drown out all other beacons, forcing the technique to link to the center of his array. Then, the second part would trigger. It was based on a medical stasis seal and a couple of prisoner containment seals. Heshin would wager good money on the array being able to hold a Bijuu, at least for a while. As it was, he would estimate it to take the Yellow Flash at least thirty seconds to break free. Which is why his third level would trigger well before then. An inverted chakra conversion seal, it would turn a majority of the warehouse into energy, and then channel it at the center of the warehouse. Given his proximity, Heshin would almost certainly be killed in the backlash, a fact that he completely overlooked because, while he was certainly a genius, that did not mean that he was sane.
His plan was brilliant, and even stood a good chance of working, albeit with him dying for it to do so. There were only three problems. One, Heshin didn't fully understand how the Hiraishin functioned, so, the seals he made to lock the Yellow Flash in the center wouldn't really function. The Yellow Flash, if pulled into the array, would have escaped a moment later, resulting in the seal detonating for nothing. Two, the Yellow Flash was actually on a week-long vacation when Heshin tried activating the seal, so Heshin would have had to wait for at least a week before his seal could have caught hold of the Yellow Flash. And Three, he couldn't have anticipated Voldemort being an idiot.
Godric's Hollow, October 31, 1981 AD
Now, many may wonder how precisely Voldemort could affect a seal array in an entirely separate dimension. It is rather complicated, but it boils down to the love of a mother. Lily Potter loved her son Harry more than she could express, and she was willing to do anything to make sure that he was safe. When she heard the prophecy foretelling that her son would defeat Voldemort, she began researching any possible avenue that could lead to her protecting Harry from Voldemort. Magical barriers, cloaking spells, magical restraining orders, anything at all that seemed like it might help protect Harry was researched in exquisite detail. A dozen charms, potions, and rituals were performed, strengthening Harry's resistance to damage from any number of elements, ensuring that he would have a healthy strong body regardless of what happened to her and James. The one thing she couldn't find a counter for was the Killing Curse, the dreadful curse capable of ripping through any magical protection she could devise. It was in an old scroll found in the house of Bathilda Bagshot that she finally found her answer. An old ritual, capable of defending one being against all efforts of another by the sacrifice of a third. It was extremely simple, but in the theory Lily found her answer. The protection provided would take hold of all forms of magic and turn it against the attacker, and it seemed like it would at the very least neutralize the Killing Curse, at least if it was cast by Voldemort.
So, she prepared the ritual, just in case, and, when they time came, she enacted it, falling before Voldemort as her magic and life fueled the ritual. Voldemort felt the power in the air, but in his hubris, he assumed that it was the power of the prophecy that he was going to break, the power of his destiny. As he cast the Killing Curse at Harry, he felt absolute confidence in his power, which is why it took him several moments to realize that his Killing Curse hadn't killed the infant, but was instead connecting him and the child, and slowly turning gold. Frantically, Voldemort tried to pull himself free from the binding thread, but it was as if his wand was stuck in marble, and his hand glued to it. Then, in his panic, Voldemort did something very foolish. He War-Apparated.
War-Apparition was a skill thought by much of the magical world to be lost or a mere legend. It was a form of Apparition capable of not only moving through Anti-Apparition wards, but capable of tearing apart those very wards, and rendering the user immune to spells for a short time afterwards. Voldemort had discovered the secret to this lost skill through his use of Ravenclaw's Diadem prior to hiding it in Hogwarts. The secret was that a temporary ward was raised in the instant before apparition. When the ward, essentially a simple circle, was established around him, he could separate himself and his immediate surroundings from the outside world, including the effects of most wards. Thus, he could transition into the "not-space" which Apparition traveled through, and his temporary ward would follow, ripping through most Anti-Transport wards in his way. As he transitioned through the "not-space", the temporary ward would gain power from the raw magic contained in the gap between dimensions, and when he arrived at his destination, the accumulated power would burst outwards prior to his emergence, destroying wards and blasting apart enemies at his destination. The ward itself would linger, giving him the mythical immunity to spells for a second or two on arrival. He had used it to great effect when arriving on various battlefields, allowing him to strike an imposing figure of fear.
His half-thought plan was that the temporary ward would break off the connection, and protect him from whatever prophesied magic was at play here, and ordinarily, it might have worked. In this instance, however, the temporary ward intersected with the boundaries of the protective ritual, and the connection, pulling on the barrier-breaching properties of the Killing Curse, merged the two into a mishmash of the two. Glowing runes etched themselves backwards onto the surface of his temporary ward, even as he ripped his way free of reality, dragging with him the protection array and its solitary infant passenger.
Not-Space, 174659384758.781 MSI (Multiversial Standard Instant)
Voldemort's control over his ward lessened in relief at his escape, and as a result, the ward snapped, overwhelmed by the power of the protective ritual, which was trying to fight against Voldemort's magic. The energy Voldemort had poured into his ward flowed into the protection array instead, sending the array rocketing out into the abyss of "not-space", while Voldemort was forcefully reinserted into reality in half a hundred different locations.
Outside Dublin, October 31, 1981 AD
Part of Voldemort's right arm landed in a field, startling a pair of tourists who were on a hike.
Nottingham, October 31, 1981 AD
Voldemort's nose bounced off a building face and into a sewer drain.
St. Mungo's Hospital, London, November 1, 1981 AD
Most of Voldemort's skull bounced off of the wards of St. Mungo's, setting off alarms throughout the building.
North Sea, November 4, 1981 AD
Voldemort's heart and a few other organs landed with a faint 'plop' in the North Sea north of Azkaban, accompanied, like most of the rest of his pieces, by a tiny fragment of his soul. His soul, already weakened by his Horcruxes, had shattered to pieces. The piece lodged in his heart, wavered and then began to draw away towards the nearest fragment, which had accompanied several of his fingers to slam into the English Coast 3 hours earlier.
All across the space of the British Isles, and spanning a time period two weeks following Halloween, bits and pieces of Lord Voldemort emerged from "not-space" and bounced down, each piece accompanied by a bit of his tattered soul. He would eventually manage to coalesce into a single spirit, but it would take decades before he would be coherent enough to so much as remember his name.
Not-Space, 174659384758.783 MSI
The protective array around little Harry flared and twisted, seeking to keep the destructive energies from between dimensions from harming him, but, given that the energies weren't really directly linked to Voldemort, the array was quickly failing.
Iwagakure, 7/30/99 AKS
Heshin pressed his bloody palm to the activation marker of his seal, and the entire seal began to glow, casting out its signal to draw the Yellow Flash in.
Not-Space, 174659384758.783 MSI
The seal emitted a strong cord of power, which lashed out into "not-space", the space that the Yellow Flash traveled through when using the Hiraishin. This cord, searching for something moving through this "not-space", suddenly linked to the array around Harry, and yanked it away from the reality it had exited, and right into a different reality, directly in the middle of Heshin's array. The protections around Harry flared one last time as the explosion rune went off, ripping apart the warehouse and Heshin himself, leaving a small untouched circle in the middle of the destruction, where an utterly confused and rather terrified Harry Potter, began to cry.
Iwagakure, 99 AKS
Half and hour later, the ruins were crawling with ninja. Several Iwa chunin established a perimeter and reinforced the neighboring buildings that had been damaged in the blast, while jounin and special forces careful dug through the rubble, looking for clues about the cause of the explosion and how the infant had survived. As for Harry, he was laying, still whimpering, in a medical scanning seal, which was analyzing his body for any abnormalities, as well as working to find any potential leads on where the infant came from. Nearby, Onoki frowned as he glanced out the window of the hospital room, where he could just see the smoke rising from the ruined warehouse. A jounin entered through the window, and Onoki turned to face him.
"Well? What has been found?"
The jounin bowed. "Lord Tsuchikage, the warehouse belonged to Dokatsu Heshin, one of our local seal-masters. We have found what seems to be his remains, and some fragmentary notes in a side room that survived the blast. He was studying the Hiraishin, sir."
Onoki's eyes widened. "Are there any intact seals there?"
The jounin shook his head. "No sir. If there were any, the blast destroyed them."
Onoki huffed. Heshin was lucky to have died in the explosion, as Onoki would have had him executed for bringing one of those seals into Iwagakure. One of their most paranoid fears was that the Yellow Flash would be able to slip into their village through the use of his seal and attack them from within, and anyone bringing one of those seals into the city was considered an accomplice to the Yellow Flash and executed. Accidents were one thing (several Jounin had tags slipped on to them by the sly bastard), but this Heshin must have willingly brought it here, despite the consequences. Utter foolishness. Onoki turned back to the jounin, and noticed a look of sheepish fear on his face. "What is it? You found something else?"
"Well, one of the seal masters found something." The jounin was clearly hesitant to bring it up. "The explosion was part of a large seal on the floor, which seems to have been intended to pull the Yellow Flash here and trap him."
The jounin had to dive aside as Onoki almost instinctively lashed out, a large section of the wall disintegrating before his Dust Release. "WHAT?!" Brining a Hiraishin tag into the city was bad enough, but actively pulling the Yellow Flash here? That went...
Onoki snarled, "If we weren't so busy with this war, I would put the seal masters on a way to revive the dead, just so I could have the satisfaction of ripping this Heshin idiot to pieces myself."
The jounin nodded warily. "In any case, it doesn't seem to have worked, or, at least, not like he wanted. The seal masters have found a spacial disturbance in the center of the ruins, right around the area where the child was found. We believe that Heshin's seal may have pulled the child here instead of the Yellow Flash."
Onoki frowned as he turned to glance at the somewhat fearful looking child. "Why? There is nothing special about the little brat. It doesn't match the profile of any clans we know of."
The jounin nodded, then paused. "But, uh, the Yellow Flash doesn't have a clan, does he?"
Onoki stared at the man for several moments, before turning to glance at the child. The child of the Yellow Flash? It was preposterous. The child looked nothing like the Konoha bastard. Onoki frowned some more. Still, it couldn't hurt.
"We won't dispose of it then." The original plan was once they figured out what caused the explosion, and how the child survived, they would kill the child and dump it off somewhere. But, if the child had a connection to the Yellow Flash...it would be too valuable to simply discard. Onoki pointed at the jounin. "Get me a list of trustworthy couples. We'll find someone to raise the brat, and we will keep our ear out for any rumors of a missing heir to the Yellow Flash."
OK! So, this is the intro to the story Mage of Hidden Rock. The inspiration for this story came from the fact that all HP/Naruto crossovers have Harry ending up in Konoha, or at the very least, interacting with Konoha on a regular basis. So, I decided to write up a story about what might happen if Harry met some different ninja. Iwa was chosen primarily because it was enemies with Konoha, so there would be little reason for Harry and Konoha to interact.
A couple of world-building notes: First off, the year. A lot of stories do things like trace time since Konoha was founded, but I figured that many countries, such as Iwa, wouldn't trace their time back to Konoha's founding. So, instead, the years in this story would be traced back to the first Kage Summit, where the Shodaime Hokage handed out the Bijuu to the different countries. On my personal timeline, the Kyuubi attack happens around 101 AKS, so just two years after Harry shows up. And yes, this does mean that Harry is three years older than Naruto.
Now, to explain the storyline. First off, Harry's magic is discovered, as is the presence of the Horcrux in his scar. Without the amplifying power of the Blood Wards, the protection wears down and the scar spreads, resulting in darker behavior from Harry, who is now named Hoshi. A seal is placed on the Horcrux to hold it at bay, and Harry's magic is studied. Most ninja can't really sense it all that well, it is like a faint Genjutsu, but capable of affecting reality in strange ways. This "Invisible Chakra" is seen as being a definite boon, and is considered by some of the seal masters to be a side-effect of how Harry was transported there. They have been studying the rift in space that Harry's passage left behind, and they believe that it does connect to Konoha, given air samples, as well as the remnants of Heshin's notes.
Harry eventually grows up and is put onto a team. Now, one of the things with this story is that there would be a lot of OCs, because I feel it would be rather boring, and kind of a stretch to slap Harry on a team with the Tsuchikage's granddaughter and grandson, as they are really the only Iwa nin Harry's age that we know of. In later snippets, I may introduce those that I dreamed up, but I did have ideas for them. In any case, Harry and his team grow close, and eventually go to the Chunin Exams in Konoha. Yes, that Exam. This is due to a standing invitation for the Five Villages to attend any Chunin Exam, which will give Harry's instructor, a seal master, the chance to explore Konoha somewhat, and to surreptitiously find the other end of the portal, if it really is in Konoha. That would allow them to plan for a potential invasion if necessary.
In any case, Iwa gets involved during the invasion. Shukaku ends up awakening in the stadium, and, while Onoki is perfectly willing to watch Konoha burn, he jumps into battle when Shukaku smashes the box where his family was sitting. Akatsuchi manages to defend them, but Onoki gets mad and decides to prove how tough he is, beating Shukaku around, and forcing Gaara to run away. A bad back stops him from pursuing, though Naruto does.
Meanwhile, Onoki's tantrum ended up disrupting the barrier around the Kage Box, allowing the ANBU to intervene before Sarutobi dies. Orochimaru and the Sound Four retreat, and, in their retreat, they cut down one of Harry's teammates. Harry's rage at that causes the seal on his scar to break, and the Death energy that has been slowly gathering there is unleashed as a green flame. This has the side-effect of burning out the Horcrux. He then attacks the retreating Sound Four, killing Sakon and Orochimaru (though Orochimaru survives thanks to his soul seal/white serpent technique/snake clones he had hidden all over the place).
At that point, Harry's teacher had confirmed that the rift didn't lead to Konoha, and the seal masters take a chance and pry it open, leading to a semi-stable gateway to the ruins at Godric's Hollow. Harry's team ends up being chosen to scout out the new area, as there was a great deal of interest in the death flames that Harry made, so they figured they would hide him out of sight.
This is the point where my muse ran out. The time period would be around the Triwizard Tournament timeframe (thanks to time fluctuations between dimensions), with Voldemort still working to pull himself together. The diary happened, but Ginny was rescued. However, she lost most of her magic. My basic idea is that Dumbledore finds the ninja as they are scouting, and proposes that they help each other, with them providing security for the Triwizard Tournament, and he helping them get settled in. I didn't plan any farther than that.
As with all of the stories here, this story is free for anyone who wants to to adopt. Just please send me a link, so I can see a potential fruit of the seed I handed out.
