CHAPTER 1: THE LETTER AND HERITAGE
It was a beautiful morning in Konoha, the merchants were setting their goods up so people could purchase. The ANBU were making their patrols, and jounin were walking to receive missions from the Sandaime. Everything was peaceful until a shout was heard across the village, some of the ninjas knew that somebody had just been pranked by their resident prank master and jinchurikii, others just didn't care and kept on doing their daily activities.
11 years old Uzumaki Naruto was sleeping in his little apartment, dreaming about ramen and becoming Hokage when he heard something hitting his window, with great reluctance he got up to see a beautiful eagle owl pecking at his window waiting for Naruto to open it so he could deliver his package.
Naruto confused by the bird decided to open and see what happen, finally the owl hopped to his bed and extended his talon where Naruto saw an envelope with a seal he didn't recognized, he took it and saw the owl staring intently at him like expecting payment when a tiny mouse streaked by and the it jumped for it grabbing it in its sharp talons while hooting and landing in his bed again now enjoying 'breakfast' not knowing what to do after watching the owl kill and eat the mouse he stretched his arm and saw it fly and land on his arm and cooed a bit when Naruto stroked its wings and walked out of his apartment and decided to ask his 'jiji' what was going on.
Hiruzen Sarutobi also known as 'The Sandaime', 'The Professor' and 'Shinobi no Kami' was battling the enemy of every leader the dreaded paperwork while cursing the Yondaime for not letting him seal the Kyubi no Kitsune in Naruto or not even telling him how to beat paperwork, all the time wishing something happened to distract him from it.
While he was thinking this Naruto had arrived and asked to see his 'jiji' the secretary wanting nothing to do with the 'demon-brat' told him to just go in and to stop bothering her, Naruto just thanked her with a foxy grin and went to knock on the door, when he heard 'Ohh thanks Kami for the interruption Come In' he stifled a laugh and went in "Jiji look at this bird in my arm!" he said with a smile and pointing towards the eagle owl, the Sandaime was chuckling while he saw the happy expression in his 'grandson's' face when he took a good look at the bird Naruto had with him "Naruto-kun that is an eagle owl, how did you got hold of one they are very rare here in the Elemental nations" he asked trying to remember when was the last time he saw one.
"Well this morning he was standing in my window sill and pecking to get in to my room, and had this letter attached to his leg so I let him in, took the letter and came here to ask about it" Naruto told the Hokage will he stroked the owls feather with care. Hiruzen was speechless with the story he just heard and asked to see the letter he got from the owl, when he opened it he started to read what it said.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorcerer. Chief. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Uzumaki,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
When the Sandaime finished reading what the letter said he started to remember a certain red-headed that barged in the same way Naruto did with the same letter several years ago, 'Ohhh Kushina your son already got his letter for Hogwarts and I think it would be for the better if were to go so he could actually make some friends' he thought while Naruto kept on petting the eagle owl that was preening under his care.
"Well Naruto-kun this is a acceptance letter for a school of Witchcraft and Wizard, you are what is known as a wizard, and you must attend this school so you can learn how to control your magic, and let me tell you a little secret, your mother was a witch, if I remember correctly she was excellent with what is called potions and charms, that is all I will tell you for now if you want to know more about her you could accept to go to this school and I will tell you more, and the professors there could tell you even more about her."
Hiruzen told Naruto who was now bouncing of the walls with happiness and saying 'yesyesyesyes I'll go'. He couldn't help but chuckle at the blond 'Hook, line and sinker now he will go and be able to have a decent school without being held back by the teachers, but I will have to tell him about his tenant which is a small price compared to what he will get from that school' he thought and smiled while Naruto scribbled a 'Thank you' note saying he would be there but he would need a guide to get his school supplies and sent his new friend away with the note.
A week had come and gone since Naruto learned he was a wizard and also that he was the Jinchurikii of the Kyubi no Kitsune, and he couldn't believe that the Yondaime trusted him to carry such power, he made a promise to himself that day that he would become a great wizard and ninja, the Sandaime was happy to see Naruto smile the way he did that day and prepared several scrolls so when he came back from his first year of school he could take the academy test to become a gennin so he could keep his promise.
That was a week ago and here he was dressing more casually so he would look less out of place in London, two days after Naruto sent his reply they got another letter saying that he would be picked up at the Hokage tower so he could buy his materials and uniforms. So here they were waiting for this McGonagall person, the Sandaime was telling Naruto that he was expected to be in his best behavior today and when he left for school when they heard a 'POP' sound when they turn to look they were treated to a rather strange sight a strict-looking woman that was in her late 50's with her black hair in a tight bun with a rather odd looking dress robe and holding a stick in her hand, she made a rather imponent presence towards Naruto having felt his 'jiji' exude the same aura this woman was.
Minerva was expecting something different after receiving word from Kushinas son and Lily's godson, not a blond boy dressed in an orange jumpsuit looking like he wanted to shout at her entrance but was trying to stay in line from what she heard from the older person in the room
"Good morning my name is Minerva McGonagall and I'll be taking you to Diagon Alley today so you can get your school supplies we have little time because we have to pick another student and her parents so if you both please step closer we can get ready to leave" she said all the while giving Naruto a questioning look to see if he would start asking her questions like his mother did when she came to pick her up for her first ever trip to Diagon Alley, when he didn't she was relieved but figured he would start asking questions later "ANBU, I'll be going with Naruto please tell Shikaku that I want him to take care of everything"
Professor McGonagall just heard a set of 'Hai Sandaime-sama' but she never saw anybody else in the room, she grabbed the portkey she brought "Ok Naruto, Hiruzen please grab on to the portkey so we can go" she said when Naruto just stared at her like she was crazy for asking him to touch an old dusty boot after a look from the Sandaime he complied and felt like he was being sucked thru a small pipe when his feet touched ground and his face ate dirt where he groaned and rolled over when he saw a pair of shinny shoes he lifted his head to see a bushy-haired brunet staring at him with a calculating gaze, he sheepishly laughed and got up "Umm, hi my name is Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto and yours" he said while dusting himself a little and offered her his hand.
When Hermione heard that her parents and her would be accompanied by another future student she didn't know how to react so she waited, when they arrived she saw Professor McGonagall and an old man, hearing a groan from behind the two she saw a boy her age with blond hair and three whisker marks on his face she step to take a closer look when he got up and introduced himself as Naruto
"I'm Hermione Granger nice to meet you" she said shaking his hand, meanwhile Hiruzen walked up to Hermione parents and introduced himself to them, Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and told them that if they were ready they could leave right now for Diagon Alley when she received a nod from everybody she repeated the process she did in the Hokage's office.
When they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron Naruto couldn't help it and shouted
"What the hell is that old man?! It looks like and abandoned building why would she brings us here!" he asked loudly when McGonagall told him to trust her and she entered the pub everybody followed her, Naruto growling a bit but paying attention to his surroundings like he was taught in the academy, Hermione looking curiously at everything.
When they entered the back of the pub she told them to watch closely cause there would be times when they would have to come alone and tap a brick that was three up and two across from the dustbin, when she did the bricks started to separate creating an archway, when it finished she turned around to look at Naruto and told him like she told his mother many years before "Never take everything to face value young one, things might surprise you if you look underneath the underneath"
Naruto and Hermione were speechless at what they saw, "Ok first stop Gringotts Wizarding Bank, now Naruto Hermione I want you to promise me you will be in your best behavior and will be polite to the goblins." McGonagall told them that Gringotts was run by goblins and were a proud race of warriors. "Naruto remember what we talked in my office" the Sandaime said in what Naruto came to call 'Hokage-takes-no-shit' mode and stood straight just like Iruka-sensei taught him when delivering a mission report or being debriefed for a mission, he was grateful for Iruka cause he didn't treated him different.
Hermione saw how the 'Sandaime' told Naruto to remember something and he stood like a soldier and her father saw the same thing and decided to ask Hiruzen why would he talk to Naruto like that. "Excuse me Hiruzen, why would you speak to your grandson like he was a soldier, he is barely 11" The Sandaime looked back and saw that the Grangers wanted an explanation "How about we talk about that subject when we finish shopping we can go to my village if it's ok with you McGonagall-san and I will explain everything" the Grangers were satisfied by the answer and were looking forward to the explanation.
After arriving at Gringotts entrance everybody was in awe at the beautiful craftsmanship, McGonagall led them towards an empty booth "My name is Griphook how can I help you" he asked in a raspy voice, the Goblin was about a head shorter than Naruto with a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and very long fingers and feet.
Both Naruto and Hermione were surprised by his appearance but quickly answer that they were here to get money to buy their school supplies with their most polite tone and showing respect but no fear towards the gobbling, Griphook not expecting this of both youngster had shock written all over his face, like most of the teller in the bank that heard it, McGonagall and Hiruzen were proud of the way the children heed their advice and didn't make a fool of themselves. "Keys? Can I see your vault keys please?" McGonagall pulled a long silver key with a skull at the end of it for Hermione and gave it to Griphook "I'm sorry but we don't have the key for Narutos trust Vault nor Family Vault, may we speak with the manager?" McGonagall said and gave an apologetic smile towards both Griphook and Naruto.
Manager Shakhzar was the proud Leader of the Goblin Nation and Manager of Gringotts along with both the Uzumaki and Potter family Vaults, he prided himself in that nobody ever tried to take from those vaults even if it were the school trust vault, when he heard that the last living Uzumaki wanted to speak to him he was shocked he thought that Kushina was dead and never had a child but none the less he let them pass and what he saw shocked him to the core, he could see Kushina in this kid and also could see his father in there as well "Welcome I'm Manager Shakhzar, I manage the Uzumaki and Potter vaults" Shakhzar said with an imposing voice that demanded respect, Naruto and Hiruzen bow in greeting and McGonagall stepped up "Manager Shakhzar there is an inconvenient I was not given Narutos trust vault key and was wondering if there was anything we could do about it" she said with as much respect as she could muster, Hermione and her parents stood aside just listening not wanting to be a hindrance.
"Hmmm its strange that you were not given the key let me see who is supposed to be his magical guardian meanwhile I need him to prove he is an Uzumaki so if you please just cut yourself a little and place your blood in this parchment please" He said looking towards Naruto who looked towards the Hokage he just gave him an encouraging push, Naruto was nervous so he bit his thumb till it bled and smeared the paper what happened next was a surprise to everybody in the room.
Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze
Heir to:
Minato Namikaze and Kushina Namikaze nee Uzumaki
Salazar Slytherin
Rowena Ravenclaw
Magical Affinities
Potion; Prodigy
Charms; Prodigy
Care of Magical Creatures; Mastery
Battle; Mastery
Magical Abilities:
Parseltongue
"Umm Shakhzar-sama what does it mean where it says 'Magical Affinities' and 'Magical Abilities' I don't understand it" Naruto said looking between the Sandaime and Shakhzar, Hiruzen was also confused Kushina never showed him this when they came here while Shakhzar was surprised by his heritage
"Well Naruto the Affinities are the subjects that say 'prodigy' are the ones that you will find easy to understand like potions and the ones that say 'mastery' are the ones you will find easy but will have to strive to be better" he explained in the easiest way he could for the sake of both children "the Magical Abilities are special traits that a wizard or witch can have that are hereditary" McGonagall stated with a tone that Naruto dubbed 'Lecture-time-to-pay-attention' and was thinking that she would use that tone in class and he better pay attention.
Hermione was soaking all the information like a sponge and was already filing it for later. "So what is a Parseltongue?" The Sandaime asked and by the silence he got as an answer it was a bad ability to have.
"Well Hiruzen the parseltongue is the ability to speak with serpents, He-Who-Must-Not-be-Named was a parseltongue and if Naruto is listened he could be labeled a Dark Lord in the making, so Hermione I ask of you to keep this a secret" McGonagall said, Hermione nodded and step forwards and hugged her new friend promising him she wouldn't reveal his secrets.
Naruto was scared when he heard Professor McGonagall explain his gift but after Hermione hugged him he relaxed and decide he would change the views of the people on Parseltongue's. After a moment Shakzar returned looking grim "We have found that Kushina never left a Magical Guardian to take care of the vaults keys so we will have to give him a new key and we will need someone to be named guardian so we can give it to them" Shakzar said while lacing his fingers together making both Naruto and Hiruzen nod while Hiruzen said that he would keep the key safe.
"So if that is all you need from me today I have paperwork to catch up if you need anything just pop in whenever you can and I will deal with it and if you want advice I can try and help. Oh and your inheritance will be open for you in one week, we will send you an owl stating your possessions" Shakzar said and ended with a jovial tone, Hiruzen who knew the curse of all heads of state told him he sympathized with the Goblin Leader.
After they went to their trust vaults and gave a polite goodbye to the goblins that helped them Naruto and Hermione were ready to start shopping.
Robes were the first thing to get out of the way so they walked towards Madam Malkin's where they saw a silver blond boy getting his robes for school he turned around and saw them.
"What house do you guys think you guys will be?" he asked with an easy grin seeing Naruto, Naruto after picking McGonagall's' brain of the houses information returned the grin "I'm not sure but maybe Slytheryn, names Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto and you?" he replied with the cool gaze he had seen Sasuke use with the elders and sensei.
"Names Draco, Draco Malfoy and I know I will be in Slytherin, and you?" he answered and asked turning towards Hermione
"Umm w-well I'm not sure but if I had to guess I would say Ravenclaw" she replied a little bit nervous "hmmm well if you end up in a different house it won't matter to me we can still hang out" Naruto said while smiling.
Draco grinned at this and said "Well if you want we can hang out to, umm I hope I'm not intruding or anything but are you a half-blood or muggle-born?" he asked in a hushed tone and looking around for someone
"Well I am a muggle-born, I hope that doesn't cause troubles in the future Draco I really want to be your friend, you look like a good guy" Hermione said with a small whisper towards both not wanting to lose the friends she started to make here.
"I am a half-blood my mom was a witch and my dad was a civilian" Naruto answered with a timid smile, Draco had a small feeling in his gut not to let his father view of the world screw up this friendship he could start not by money but because they liked him
"Look I really don't care about that but my dad does. If you ever meet him please fake you are pure-blood so we can be friends without him trying to ruin everything." Draco said not knowing that his mother was standing behind him with a proud smile now knowing he wouldn't follow his father's step
"Ohh my baby dragon has finally made his own friends and stopped thinking like a fool" Narcissa Malfoy a beautiful silver blond woman that had aristocratic features said while hugging her son and smiling towards Naruto and Hermione, "My name is Narcissa Malfoy and I am Dragons mother" she offered her hand to the parents while Draco was trying to fix his hair while Naruto was laughing, the adults started to chat with each other and when they saw the children interactions decided to shop together for the three to know each other better.
They went around the Alley entering different shops for quills, potions ingredients, books parchments, ink. They only needed to get the wands and pets, while they were walking Draco explained some costumes and some stuff that has happened in the last 11 years from the fall of the Dark Lord to the apparition of Harry Potter 'The-boy-who-lived' Naruto and Hermione were surprised by the fact a kid the same age as them was known all across the Magical Community but let it slide maybe they would meet him in the Hogwarts Express.
"Ok next stop Eeylops Owl Emporium so you kids can get a familiar" McGonagall said while Draco, Naruto and Hermione ran inside the store to see the pets, Draco was looking at the owls when a Barny Owl landed on his shoulder and started to hoot getting his attention and started to pet it and turned around to his smiling mother both walked to pay for the owl now names Rex, Hermione was looking at the cats when a small orange kitten jumped to her arms and started to rub its head against her hand and purring when she scratched behind its ears her parents walked with Professor McGonagall to pay for the newly dubbed Crookshanks.
Naruto couldn't help but stare at two different animals, one was a small fox kit with two tails with a fiery red color and a viper that kept following his every movements
"Who are you young one?" the viper hissed trying to see if Naruto would react, when he turned around "I'm Naruto and I'm looking for a familiar" he hissed unconsciously while the Sandaime looked at him remembering that Naruto could speak with serpents.
"Well young ssspeaker I would be honored if you choossse me" the viper hissed back with a small smile seeing a speaker, "What did the viper said Naruto-kun?" The Sandaime asked wary of the snake, "Well he said he would be honored to be my familiar but I also feel a connection with this fox kit over there" he said with a frown.
"Well Naruto you could take both I'll make sure you don't get in troubles" McGonagall said with a thin smile, Naruto was excited so he went and opened the cage where the fox kit was staring at him, when he got the fox kit out of the cage he felt the viper slithering up his arm, he felt how both animals bit him a bit and saw their eyes glowed a amethyst color getting a small part of Narutos magic and chakra and in return the viper made Naruto immune to his venom, Hiruzen was happy to see Naruto smile and went to pay for both animals and their respective foods and treats.
After Draco, Hermione and Naruto got everything for their familiars they walked towards Ollivanders wand shop but Naruto stopped in front of a small shop with different blocks of wood in display
"Professor what is this shop for?" he asked while Draco and Hermione came and stood by his side inspecting the shop with him, "Well young man this is a Wand Crafter shop" a shadow was cast in front of the three students and introduced himself "I'm Horst, and I'm the owner of this shop, you want a crafted wand?" Naruto looked back at the Hokage with the dreaded jutsu that only women and small children were able to pull 'Puppy Dog Eyes no jutsu' he tried to resist or look away but Hermione and Draco joined in trying to get their parents to cave in, after a few moments they couldn't resist anymore and said yes, when they opened their eyes the kids were already inside the shop choosing the woods and core for their wands.
After 2 hours they paid for the wands and left for the Leaky Cauldron "Professor McGonagall is it ok if you transport us back to Konoha so we may explain everything to young Hermione and her parents and maybe also the Malfoys' should come to if they plan on being friends with Naruto, there is a lot of things to explain" The Sandaime asked, McGonagall just nodded and everybody surrounded an old scroll and grabbed it.
Izumo and Kotetsu were lazing around the gate not expecting The Sandaime, Naruto and other oddly dressed people to walk towards them "Sandaime-sama, Naruto-kun how was the trip" Izumo said with a smile that Naruto returned.
"Izumo, Kotetsu I hope the gates were safe and you weren't sleeping on the job" Hiruzen said with a smirk towards the pair while McGonagall, Narcissa, Draco and the Grangers were confused why they would speak to Hiruzen like that, so they just waved and walked towards the biggest building in the village.
While walking thru the village they saw several people smile and bow towards the Sandaime. The group arrived at the tower and climbed to the top floor, "ANBU please leave us, Naruto and I are in no danger" like last time McGonagall was here she didn't saw anybody else in the room except their group but a chorus of 'Hai Hokage-sama' and several blurs jumping out the window corrected her.
"Now that we are alone please ask what ever questions you have" he said with a inviting nod "Where are we and why were the villagers bowing to you out in the streets?" Hermione's' mom asked first.
"We are in Konoha that is located in the Elemental Nations outside of the Japanese Islands separated by a magic barrier from the rest of the world, we have a different source of energy and power and barely some people awaken their magical abilities like Naruto here. Why they bowed to me is because I am the leader of this village, we are a militaristic village and Naruto is part of the Shinobi Corps, well he will be when he turns 12 and he is ready to take the graduation exam" he answered them never hiding anything from them.
"So you are forcing Naruto here to be part of the army?" Hermione's' dad asked knowing what the army was like from his youth in it.
"No we never forced Naruto to join nor any youngsters to do so they all joined from their own free will" Hermione and Draco were surprised that their friend was a trained killer since he was little.
"Why would you join Naruto?" McGonagall asked to Naruto wanting to know his reasons.
"To protect my precious people, and I was entrusted with that mission since I was a baby by the Yondaime Hokage when he saved the village from a demon" that answer confused Hermione and Draco even more.
"What do you mean a demon?" they asked at the same time, Naruto looked towards the Sandaime and asked a silent question his answer came from an encouraging nod and a smile.
"The day I was born a demon attacked the village, the Yondaime fought it, he couldn't kill it so he did the next big thing. Seal it in a newborn baby with his chakra coils barely developed so it could synch with the youki of the demon, I was that baby, he entrusted me the safety of the village" Naruto finished with his head down not wanting to see the rejection from his friends, when he felt a hug and a pat on the back he looked up to see Hermione hugging him and Draco with a smile, same as Narcissa, McGonagall and the Grangers were smiling he got more precious people to protect he smiled at them and a few tears made their way down his cheek.
"Now Naruto why don't you give a tour of the village to Draco and Hermione and maybe introduce them to the Ino-Shika-Cho trio the academy is getting out in 10 mins." Hiruzen said with a warm smile Naruto gave a nod and grabbed Hermione hand and Draco followed.
"Inu please watch them for me I don't want troubles from the villagers" a man with silver defying-gravity hair gave a nod and jumped after them.
"So now this is Konoha is a big place and a great place to live, now the academy is where we learn the basics of being a ninja" Naruto said while he walked pointing to different things that either caught his friends attention or were important to know, Hermione and Draco were looking around mesmerized by the colorful village, while they were walking Ino, Shikamaru and Choji were wondering why Naruto wasn't in class today but when they saw him walking towards the academy with a bushy haired girl and a silver blond boy their confusion grew.
"Oi Naruto why weren't you in class today Iruka almost blew a gasket when you weren't there" Shikamaru said with a bored tone while he was giving a look at the two new guys.
"Hi Shika, Choji, Ino-chan, well I wasn't in class cause I had to go buy something's for a boarding school and this are my new friends Draco and Hermione, they are from England" Naruto said with a foxy grin towards his 'Twin' when she saw Draco, all process stopped and couldn't keep the blush from erupting in her cheeks, Choji didn't said anything but offered some of his chips.
"Tch troublesome blond what is this of a boarding school you will miss the last year to graduate, and we won't be able to advance without you baka" Shikamaru said, but knew Naruto would give him a good explanation for that, he never lied to them, even when he found out of the Kyubi he told them.
"Well remember that letter that I received last week?" at the nod from the three he continued "It was an acceptance letter to a school in England it's for wizards and witches, we found out I was a wizard thanks to my mom and so are Hermione and Draco" he finished with a smile to his first friends and his 'twin sister'.
Draco was staring with a small blush at the sight of Ino, and hit Naruto on his ribs and told him to introduce them "Oh right right, Draco Hermione this are Shikamaru Nara the genius in strategy games, Choji Akimichi the most loyal guy you will ever meet in the 5 nations and Ino Yamanaka the gossip queen of Konoha, and the future mind walker of the I&T department and my 'Twin Sister' and they are the clan heirs like you are Draco" Naruto stated while pointing at each one and smirking when he catch Draco blush when he pointed at Ino "Guys this are Hermione Granger Muggle-born witch and a genius in her own academic fields and Draco Malfoy future head of the Malfoy family and a Pure-blood" Draco walked up to Ino, grabbed her hand and kissed it with a smooth movement and a tiny blush while Ino had an atomic blush on her face and gave a smile at him, Shikamaru was snickering with Choji and Naruto and Hermione were speechless at Draco's' boldness.
"Anyways why don't you guys join us and help me give them a tour of the village" Naruto said breaking the tension in the air, Ino just nodded and walked next to Draco, Shikamaru just muttered that it would be to troublesome to not do so and Choji just smiled while eating his chips.
While this was going on The Sandaime called for Inoichi, when he arrived and saw the silver blond kissing his daughters' hand he started to see red and leaking killer intent.
"Well it seems my little Dragon got his dads' charm and that blond girl is pretty and will be gorgeous when she hits puberty don't you think Mr. Inoichi" he heard a woman speak and turned around to see an identical silver blond hair in the person standing next to him, he just nodded.
"Well then I would like to make a marriage contract with you for your daughters hand, but first I need to make a charm to see if they are soul mates if you would allow it" everybody was shocked when they heard Narcissa say that with a straight face, Mrs. Granger asked her if Draco would be comfortable with it, after Narcissa explained the customs that the Pure-Bloods had they turned to see what Inoichi would say.
"Sandaime-sama if it's for the benefit of the village I to accept the marriage contract between Malfoy Draco-san and Yamanaka Ino." Inoichi answered as well hoping Ino could find the happiness he lost when his wife was murdered when she was still a baby.
The Sandaime nodded his head and called "Tora get Inu and the children he is watching over here right now please" a masked woman with her purple hair done in a tall ponytail appeared and bowed while she received the instructions and left to carry them, thirty minutes later Inu appeared with Naruto grinning, Draco and Ino talking about the magical world and Shikamaru and Choji watching their little sister with a small smile.
"Mission to watch over Naruto-chan and friends accomplished Sandaime-sama" Inu said while snickering at Naruto's outrage of being called '-chan' and mutterings of 'gray defying gravity haired temes' while the Sandaime laughed at their sibling like relationship.
"Inu please take your mask of" everybody in the room turned around to see a man with another mask over his face but just covering from his neck to his nose, a headband with the symbol of Konoha slanted over his left eye and a lazy expression on his visible eye.
"Yo! Naruto-chan and friends" he said with its patented eye smile while waving at Naruto and his friends.
"Kakashi nii-san! It was you all along?!" Naruto said while pointing dramatically towards Kakashi while the rest of the adults started to chuckle and giggle in the case of the women.
"So this is where you were hiding all along eh gaki? Hanging out with new friends without saying hello to your nee-chan?" they heard the door swing open and a young woman with purple hair tied in a short spiky ponytail wearing a mesh-shirt, a small skirt, shin guards and a brown trench-coat entered and ruffled Narutos hair
"Hiya squirt missed your Anko nee-chan?". There was one thing why nobody dare to do more than ignore and curse Naruto, everybody knew that Anko was his sister and would kill, maim, torture, and all around drive insane anybody that tried that, when Naruto was five a drunk villager tried to kill Naruto when he was walking with Anko, he was in the Hospital till two days ago when he was able to form a coherent speech and could move without aid.
"Oh damn who is going to break the news to Hinata that Naruto is leaving for a while?!" Ino said while Shikamaru's and Choji's eyes bulged and stared at each other, while Naruto was thinking on how Hinata was weird always fainting when he talked or even looked at her, or how she would follow him everywhere like Sakura did for Sasuke.
"Who is this girl that you guys are talking about" Draco asked while fearing Naruto's safety.
"It's a girl in our class that has a massive crush for Naruto" Ino answered him "We have seen her follow us whenever we are with Naruto" Shikamaru said "And she faints when Naruto smiles in her general direction or whenever he talks to her" Choji finished between chips.
"She also follows me wherever I go when the academy ends" Naruto said, "Don't worry gaki's Hinata can't do anything because of her standing in the village as 'princess of the Hyugga Clan' her father would never allow Naruto to be with her even if he wanted to be with her" she said with a smile that made Hermione trust her more.
Narcissa step up and said "Ok Draco, Ino please hold hands, close your eyes and I'll do the rest" she said while performing some wand movements and chanting in Latin when a big green ball appeared and she clapped with glee and while Inoichi just smiled and walked towards Draco and kneeled.
"If you make her cry or you hurt her in any way or form, there will be nothing you can do to hide from my wrath are we clear" he whispered in his ear and Draco saw Shikamaru, Choji and Naruto nodding their heads and figured they were agreeing with Inoichi, he just nodded his head.
"I promise nothing bad will happen to her when I'm around" Inoichi smiled at this he liked the kid already.
"Ok Naru-chan you want to see what I got for you?" Anko said changing the subject again while Kakashi was reading his Icha Icha with the Sandaime doing the same everybody crowed around Anko who kneeled and unfurled an scroll with several seals on it and pushed chakra in the first one, when the smoke cleared they were staring at a guitar and several books on how to play it.
"This, Naru-chan is a guitar, it came with different books to learn how to play the different styles and it will help you relieve some stress I rather have you playing this than either drinking like me or reading porn out in the open like your nii-san ok?" she said with a grin towards Naruto who was staring at the guitar with awe just like his friends.
"Umm… nee-chan you do know that I already know how to play a guitar don't you?" Naruto stated while he scratched the back of his head and sheepishly laughed at Ankos' expression while Kakashi was chuckling remembering how he taught him that instrument so he wouldn't enter and try to burn his precious book collection. "I thought him how to play a guitar because I didn't want him near my book collection knowing you would kill me if he turn up like me Anko-chan" he said with a eye smile while putting his book away.
"Ok Naruto let's see what you can play" Anko said wanting to see for herself if her otouto could actually play.
(Play Dirt by Florida Georgia Line)
You get your hands in it
Plant your roots in it
Dusty head lights dance with your boots in it (dirt)
You write her name on it
Spin your tires on it
Build your corn field, whiskey
Bonfires on it (dirt)
You bet your life on it
It's that elm shade
Red roads clay you grew up on
That plowed up ground That your dad
Damned his luck on That post game party field
You circled up on
And when it rains You get stuck on
Drift a cloud back Behind county roads
That you run up
The mud on her jeans that she peeled off
And hung up
Her blue eyed Summer time smile
Looks so good that it hurts
Makes you wanna build
A 10 percent down
White picket fence house on this dirt
You've mixed some sweat with it
Taken a shovel to it
You've stuck some crosses and some painted
Goal posts through it (dirt)
You know you came from it (dirt)
And some day you'll return to
It's that elm shade
Red roads clay you grew up on
That plowed up ground that your dad
Damned his luck on that post game party field
You circled up on
And when it rains you get stuck on
Drift a cloud back Behind county roads
That you run up
The mud on her jeans that she peeled off
And hung up
Her blue eyed summer time smile
Looks so good that it hurts
Makes you wanna build
A 10 percent down
White picket fence house on this dirt
You know you came from it,
And some day you'll return to
It's that elm shade
Red roads clay you grew up on
That plowed up ground that your dad
Damned his luck on that post game party field
You circled up on
And when it rains you get stuck on
Drift a cloud back Behind county roads
That you run up
The mud on her jeans that she peeled off
And hung up
Her blue eyed summer time smile
Looks so good that it hurts
Makes you wanna build
A 10 percent down
White picket fence house on this dirt
Makes you wanna build
A 10 percent down
White picket fence house on this dirt
You know you came from it,
And some day you'll return to it
When Naruto finished Anko was shocked, her otouto just played with the guitar she bought and he was a natural, Hermione recognized the style he played just like her parents knew he was playing 'country' Draco was holding Ino in a hug while smiling and Shikamaru, Choji, Inoichi, The Sandaime and Kakashi were clapping having heard Naruto play before.
"Did you write that song Naru-chan?" Anko asked with a proud smile "Well yeah hehe one day I was walking by the park and heard to men discussing what happened to our souls when we die, one kept saying that we go to Kami's palace and that she would let us stay there for eternity. While the other said that we go back to the earth and our spirits help the plant life to grow better and beautiful" he answered with a grin towards his 'sister'.
Narcissa saw her watch "Oh look at the time it's time to go Draco say goodbye to everybody we might come this weekend so you can hang with your friends" she exclaimed and remind Draco that they needed to be present for dinner so they could tell Lucius about somethings, the Grangers decided to take their leave also and Hermione gave small hug to Naruto and Draco, hugged Ino who became a great friend and she promise to steal a hawk to send her letters, she waved goodbye to the rest of the gathered people and along with Draco his mom and Professor McGonagall disappeared,
"Well Naru-chan time to go home you got school tomorrow and we will be going over both your new textbooks and some scrolls" Anko said and waved goodbye to everybody while Naruto picked up his guitar and books and said goodbye.
"Well Kakashi it seems Naruto will be able to have a normal teenage hood. don't you think?" the Sandaime said while lighting his pipe and taking a drag, Kakashi just smiled, nodded and left reading while giggling over his book.
A month passed where Naruto literally didn't left his and Ankos' house because he was studying some of the scrolls the Sandaime prepared for him and studying his books and some history of the country and school he would be attending for the next seven years, he also kept on practicing with his guitar.
Naruto was in his room packing his clothes and school materials and scrolls while Randy and Kurama watched from the bed and having a conversation of their own of what would Hogwarts would be and if they would be able to hunt. While Naruto was packing he kept going back to the day he met the Kyubi in person.
-Naruto was reading about occlumency and how to do it when he felt a pull in the back of his mind, when he opened his eyes he was in what he figured was his mindscape.
"Well, I'll be damned, my mindscape is a sewer" he said to himself while checking the pipes he saw running down the walls, 'Come here, follow my voice kit' he heard something rasp out.
"I would follow the voice Naruto" Randy hissed to Naruto, both curious of what was calling him, he started walking towards the voice while Randy coiled around his shoulders and kept looking around for any signs of danger.
When they reached the end of the hall they saw a huge cage with a paper seal keeping it close and a pair of red eyes looking down at them "Wow that gate is huge don't ya think Randy?" Naruto said while his familiar just nodded
"WELL KIT YOU SEEM IPRESSED BY MY CAGE, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM AND WHO PUT ME HERE?" he heard the creature behind the bars say with a deep and malicious voice, Naruto started to think when he remember the day he got his letter
"You are the Kyubi and were sealed in my by the Yondaime to protect Konoha?" he said while pointing a shaky finger and trembling a bit.
"YES I AM THE GREAT KYUBI NO KITSUNE KIT! BOW TO ME MORTAL!" the Kyubi roared to both Naruto and Randy, who started snickering at the Kyubi .
"Well I am Uzumaki Naruto and I'm your jailer so tell me why you would attack Konoha?" Naruto asked with curiosity wanting to know the reason he ended up stucked in his gut.
"IF YOU MUST KNOW, I WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE THAT RIPPED ME OUT OF MY LAST CONTAINER THAT WAS KUSHINA, SHE BECAME MY FRIEND AFTER SOMETIME, AND WHILE I WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY A PERSON WITH A SHARINGAN YOUR FATHER HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SEAL ME INSIDE YOU TO PROTECT THE VILLAGE. BY THE WAY I AM SORRY FOR WHAT THE STUPID VILLAGERS DID TO YOU BEFORE KIT"
the Kyubi said while remembering that fatidic day he was forced to kill his best friend and her mate, when he woke up in this sewer mindscape he made a promise to Kushina that he would protect her kit like he was his own and he would be damned if he didn't try to do so.
Naruto sat there contemplating this revelation about the day he was born, "Well then let's be friends alright just like you were with my mom, by the way don't you have a name you know a simpler name" he said with a foxy grin that the Kyubi mirrored.
"GREAT NOW I'LL BE TRAINING YOU IN THE SHINOBI ARTS IN YOUR MINDSCAPE WHEN YOU HAVE CHANGED IT FOR OCCLUMENCY AND WILL TELL ABOUT YOUR PARENTS, AND YES I DO MY NAME IS KURAMA" he said and started to think about the sadistic train he would put Naruto thru like he did with Kushina and started to laugh maniacally.
"Hey do you mind if I call my Nibi fox Kurama?" Naruto asked figuring that name would fit for the chibi fox, to the question Kurama just nodded and told Naruto to leave so he could start planning the tor… training-
After that crazy day and telling his 'siblings' and 'jiji' about everything he talked with Kurama they started to study for Hogwarts, Sarutobi was glad that the Kyubi would train Naruto in the Shinobi arts that way he could keep all the shinobi here in case of emergency, Anko and Kakashi were put off after they heard what happened but were happy that the Kyubi would protect their otouto when they couldn't do so.
It was finally the day he would leave for London and then to Hogwarts two days ago an eagle owl arrived carrying a teapot with a letter attached to it saying that the teapot was a portkey and that it would activate September the first at 9 am so Naruto should be holding his trunk and pet cages close to him when it was time. Right now it was 8:50 and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and their parents were there talking with Naruto in the children's case and Anko and the Sandaime in the adults case,
"So you ready for school Naruto?" Choji asked while trying to smuggle some chips and assorted treats to Narutos trunk so he could eat during the train ride without Ino finding out and chewing them about it.
"Yeah I am but I'm also nervous for it I hope it won't be to hard" Naruto said while he scratched Kurama's ears.
"Don't worry nii-san I'm sure if you have troubles Hermione-chan can help you, she is really smart and has been studying just as much as you" Ino said with a smile when she heard Kurama purr when she scratched under his muzzle and licked her hand, he came to see Ino as a good way to get treats and to get groomed and spoiled whenever he wanted much to Ino's delight. "Besides I'm sure the professors will be more than happy to help you besides they won't know about Kurama so they won't have prejudice like the sensei's here but it's to troublesome to think about that right now, how is Draco doing Ino?" Shikamaru said with a bored tone and a small grin at the end when he saw Ino blush at the mention of the silver blond that she kept on writing letters and sighing dreamily about much to the chagrin of the three boys cause if she did in front of Sakura she would start screeching about her thinking of her 'Sasuke-kun' and start ranting and screeching and started to hurt their ears.
The boys started to snicker when they remembered Sakura started to screech in class Randy rose from Narutos skin and hissed menacingly at Sakura, Naruto started to laugh and translated to his friends when asked what he said 'he said that if the banshee didn't shut up he would bite her and make sure she couldn't bear the emo-king babies with his dry-bite' which made everybody laugh and Iruka ask if Anko let him sign the snake summoning contract where Shikamaru answered that Naruto didn't need the summoning contract to understand snakes and left it at that he liked the viper, it was a great shogi player.
When it was 8:59 Naruto put Kurama and told Randy to sink in his skin in his tattoo form he grabbed the portkey and like the last two times he felt like being sucked thru a slim pipe after a few seconds of spinning and using chakra to hold on to everything he landed in King's Cross right in front of the platform 9 with no one the wiser.
He started to walk around a bit till he remembered what McGonagall told him to enter platform 9 ¾, he walked casually to the wall and looking around to see anybody he walked thru and appeared next to a big scarlet train and a lot of people walking around holding children's hand or hugging and kissing son or daughters "Hey Naruto over hear mate" somebody called behind his back, when he turned he was greeted with Narcissa, Draco and another boy their age smiling he walked towards them smiling and waving.
"Yo Draco, Narcissa-san how was the rest of your summer" he asked his friend and shaking Narcissas's hand.
"It was good, been writing to Ino a lot and Hermione also wrote me to ask if we could wait for her here. Oh by the way this is Theodore Nott he is one of my first friends and we literally grew up together" Draco said with a grin at the Ino part and a smile when he introduced Theo.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Theodore-san I'm Uzumaki Naruto hope we can be friends" Naruto said with a smile and extending his hand, Theo just smiled and said.
"Oh we will be friends if you can bring this new character of Draco out and I must thank this 'Ino' girl for mellowing him out" all the time laughing and shaking Naruto's hand, their laugh became twice as hard when they saw Draco pout at the ribbing he received from his best friends.
"Hey guys thanks for waiting for me, have you seen if Naruto arrived?" they heard a voice from behind them and Draco turned with a smirk "Well Hermione if you stopped reading 'Hogwarts: A History' you could see he has arrived and greet him" he said and moved to let Hermione see Naruto wave and grin at her.
"Guys I found a compartment where we can sit I already put my stuffs there" she said when she finished saying hello, Draco and Naruto said yes while Theo asked them to wait for he had to go get his trunk, after a few minutes Theo returned with a woman Naruto guess was his Mother and was proven correct.
"Mum this are my new friends Naruto Uzumaki and Hermione Granger" he said while pointing at his new friends, "A Pleasure to meet you ma'am" they said in unison and blushed when Draco started to snicker when they said it "Ok children go to your compartment and don't forget to write us" Narcissa said when she stopped giggling and everybody nodded and said their goodbye's.
The group were walking down the train towards the compartment Hermione said when Naruto bumped in to someone lighter than him.
"Oh sorry I wasn't looking where I was going, I'm just looking a place to sit" the kid said while picking up his trunk and owl cage with a beautiful snow owl.
"No worries man, just be careful next time by the way I'm Naruto, this are my friends Draco, Hermione, and Theo what's your name?" Naruto said while pointing at each of his friends.
"My name is Harry, Harry Potter nice to meet you all, umm may I sit with you?" the newly introduced Harry asked, when Naruto turned to ask he saw Draco and Theo with their jaws hanging and Hermione trying to remember the name and scrunching her nose a bit, he saw Draco and Theo nod their heads and told him to follow them. When all were seated in the compartment Draco decided to break the ice.
"Soo, Naruto learned any new jutsu you want to show off like Ino-chan said in many of her letter" he asked while Naruto just cursed Ino and her love of gossips but he knew Draco was family in a manner of sense so he showed them.
"Well I did learned a few but I will just show you one 'Kage Bushin no Jutsu'" he said while putting his middle fingers in a cross sign and in a puff of smoke there were two Narutos smirking, Draco just smirked at Theo and Harry's faces when Naruto multiplied himself and both started to laugh, when they heard a hissing sound and a bark from one of the tunics when they saw a viper rise from Narutos skin and a fox kit poke his head from one of the pockets in Narutos jacket.
"W-what are y-you doing with a venomous snake mate?!" Theo stuttered while edging away a little while Hermione and Harry got closer.
"Oh this is one of my familiars Randy say 'Hi' this are my friends Draco and Hermione you remember from Diagon Alley and this are Harry and Theo" Naruto said with a smile and scratching under Randy's jaw "Itsss a pleasssure to meet you both" Randy hissed and made a bowing motion with his head.
"Damn I mussst be going crazy if I heard the sssnake talk" Harry hissed unconsciously which surprised everybody in the compartment.
"You can ssspeak to sssnakes like me?" Naruto hissed trying to see if he heard right.
"I don't know I mean a sssnake hissed at me in the zoo and I set it free when I underssstod when it wanted out" Harry hissed back, when he saw Naruto laugh and translate the everybody started to laugh.
"Harry mate you are a parselmouth just like our resident ninja here" Draco said with a smile, Harry just looked around incredulous.
"Parselmouth means you can understand snakes, speak to them and they will understand you and respect you now a day's being a parselmouth is considered a sign of being a dark lord but don't believe that man" Naruto answered with an easy grin towards Harry.
"Naruto what is the name of the fox kit? Is he like a sign of having the tricking abilities of one?" Theo said trying to remember Japanese folklore and mythology.
"Well, yes and no his name is Kurama and yes if you see he has more than one tail but first I need both of you to swear on your life that you will not reveal what you hear from this ok?" he said with a more serious tone when he received the promise he continued.
"the day I was born a demon attacked my village, my father fought against it when he saw he couldn't kill it he knew he would have to seal it in a baby no older than three weeks, he couldn't ask anybody for their baby if he had one so he sealed it in his son, me, the demon that attacked was known as the Kyubi no Kitsune and his real name is Kurama we met a few days after I met this two in Diagon Alley and he explained everything to me from there that little Kurama here was from his summoning plane and was captured when his family was murdered and I saved him" Naruto finished with a smile when he felt Kuramas tongue against his cheek and recognized the hand on one of his shoulders and the head resting on the other.
Theo just nodded and understood why he wanted to keep it under wraps for a while Harry understood his pain of not knowing his parents and having no one, Naruto didn't know he made two new friends and allies that day.
They spent the rest of the train ride playing cards games and Theo swore he would never bet against Naruto ever again and Draco said that he would have to take Naruto to a casino he heard Hermione's dad talk about to wipe them out of all the money and Naruto shared his snacks when Kurama found them hidden in one of his school robes 'Thank You Choji for hiding this and Kurama for distracting Ino-chan from finding them' he cried and everybody else started to snicker while Draco wrote a letter to Ino telling her that Choji smuggled snacks in Naruto's trunk and they used Kurama's cuteness to divert her attention and send Rex to deliver his letter.
They were interrupted by an announcement that they would be reaching Hogwarts in a few minutes and they should change in to their robes, the guys left the compartment so Hermione had privacy, well they left when she kicked them out. When they returned they found her talking with another girl.
"Ohh hey guys this is Cho she is in her second year, she was looking for a compartment to change because she was with only boys and they decided to change there so we started to talk when she asked to change here" Hermione said with a small smile.
"Hi names Cho Chang and I'm from Ravenclaw nice to meet you" Cho said with a warm smile towards the boy who introduced themselves, well Draco had to do it for Harry who was blushing and stuttering at seeing Cho.
"Well I'm Draco Malfoy, this is Theodore Nott, Naruto Uzumaki over there and this bloke that is stuttering is Harry" he said with a smirk at the glare Harry threw his way, they heard a bark and a meow and turned to see Kurama and Crookshanks sitting on top of Narutos orange jacket.
"Who is the owner of this cute fox, yes you are a really cute fox" Cho said while hugging Kurama who looked to be smirking towards Harry, if foxes could grin, while the rest of the boys and Hermione laughed.
"That is Kurama he is my nibi fox and he loves to be cuddled… just like you are doing right now" Naruto said while he put his hand behind his head and smiled sheepishly. When they arrived at the Hogsmeade they said their goodbyes to Cho and left to where they heard a booming voice.
"All First Years over her'" to see a giant of a man holding a lantern, they found his name was Hagrid thanks to Harry saying hi to him, they were led to some rowboats when they heard Hagrid shout "Four person per boat. Everybody in yet? Good FORWARD" and they felt the boats start to move Hermione grabbed Narutos' hand and he just squeezed a little to give her confidence. After a few minutes they were treated to their first sight of Hogwarts when the boats touched shore, Hagrid led them thru a set of stairs when they were greeted with the sight of Professor McGonagall.
"'ere they are Professor Fir' Years" Hagrid said while nodding his head towards McGonagall "Thanks Hagrid you may go in and take your seat, while you wait here to begin the sorting" McGonagall said and turned around and entered the Great Hall with Hagrid. Naruto, Draco, Theo, Hermione and Harry were talking when they were approached by a red-head kid.
"I heard Harry Potter was in the train today you him?" he asked, well demanded from Harry when Naruto interrupted.
"Mate you shouldn't be this rude he is just another student here like you and me, and besides who taught you manners? A monkey?" he said with a smirk that made Draco and Theo also smirk and Hermione to shake her head at her best friend's antic.
"Leave him be Naruto he is a Weasley they are a Pure-Blood Family but lost a lot of their fortune in the war" Draco said knowing of the 'family feud' the Malfoy's and Weasley had and turned to keep talking with his friends when he felt someone pulling on his robes.
"You stinking Death Eater bastard I'll teach…" that's all he heard from the Weasly kid when everybody heard something hit against the wall, Draco turned and saw Naruto had Weasley by the scruff of his robes and was inching for a pouch he remember had his kunai's.
"Oi mate you shouldn't be threatening my friends it will end up bad for you, do you understand me?" Naruto growled and kept inching his hand towards his kunai pouch when he felt Hermione whisper "Let him go, he is not worthy besides Draco is fine just got his robe a bit ruffled" while Kurama was also telling him that they should prank the weasel later, Naruto let go of the robes and walked back towards his friends.
"Thanks mate, I didn't knew you would react that quick but anyways thanks" Draco said while smiling towards him "Don't worry mate what is family for right, you will marry my 'twin'" Naruto said while laughing making the rest relax and wait to be led in.
After a few minutes they heard a scream and saw some ghost glide thru the students and talking "I tell you we should kick him out of the castle he is getting out of hand and only the Bloody Baron can control him" they heard one say.
"Ohh look new students, well I hope a lot of you end up in my house, the house of Loyalty Hufflepuff" the fat ghost said with a smile and went thru the door which opened up again showing McGonagall herding them inside and to the front where she set up a stool that had an old-looking hat, when a crevice in it opened like a mouth, and started to sing
Oh you may not think I'm pretty, You can keep your bowlers black, There's nothing hidden in your head You might belong in Gryffindor, You might belong in Hufflepuff, Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, Or perhaps in Slytherin So put me on! Don't be afraid!
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
When the hat ended his song the students started to clap when they heard McGonagall call forth the first student "Abbot, Hanna" a girl walked up and put on the hat after a few seconds the hat shouted "Hufflepuff" and the sorting went like that putting Draco and Theodore in Slytherin and Hermione on Ravenclaw. "Potter, Harry" at the name the Great Hall quieted down, when several seconds passed the hat shouted "Gryffindor" at that the table to the left of the hall exploded in cheers and Naruto saw one of his new friends be greeted by his new house mates.
After several names being called his name finally came up "Uzumaki, Naruto" McGonagall said and Naruto saw the greasy haired Professor straighten up and pay more attention to him, he sat down and let Professor McGonagall put the hat on 'Hmm another Uzumaki comes to his ancestral roots' he heard inside his head 'Ahhh you have a burden set on you to protect others and it is already helping you, good very good, you are as cunning as the most experienced shinobi, and you seek power but for selfless reasons, you are trying to bring pride to parselmouth's. Yes you will do well in…' "Slytherin!" at that Draco and Theo gave a cry of joy while Hermione smiled proudly at his best friend while Harry clapped as loudly as he could, Naruto also saw the greasy haired professor clap loudly and gave him a big smile, he gave back the hat to Professor McGonagall and gave her a sheepish smile when he saw her shocked face and walked towards the table that was situated by the right wall of the hall, the sorting continued and ended with him meeting a new boy names Blaise Zabini and the weasel going to Gryffindor and trying to coax Harry in to being friends and from what Naruto got out of reading his lips 'leaving those dirty rotten snakes because they would only bring troubles and he would be used' .
When the feast ended and the Headmaster dismissed them he walked with Draco and Theo by his side towards the dungeon following Marcus Flint a the fifth year prefect.
"Ok guys I want you to remember the path to our common room and to memorize the password for it" he said with a grin, they arrived at the end of the hall and stood in front of a portrait of a Snake Charmer with different type of snakes coiling around him when Marcus spoke "Alea iacta est" and the Charmer played a few notes and moved to reveal a passage to the common room. When everybody was in the common room the prefects started to set them up by grades with the first years at the front and seventh at the back when the greasy haired Professor entered and introduced himself.
"Welcome to the Slytherin House I'm your head of house and Potions Professor Severus Snape, now that you are in this house several other students will either label you future dark lords or lying back-stabbers, I ask that first thru third years stick together for the first month, while a prefect will guide first years to their classes for a few weeks until you get the hang of the castle, I expect you to keep good grades at all times and to follow the rules, if you believe that the rules are beneath you at least try not to get caught, you are in the house of cunning now I will be meeting with the first years in the following weeks to tell them what I expect from them personally now off to bed you have classes tomorrow".
Draco and Naruto were bunking together while Theo and Blaise were together, Naruto saw another door where two big guys with oaf faces walked in, he walked to his door and saw a room as big as his old apartment before he moved in with Anko and saw Draco pick the bed on the left of the room where he could see Rex with a scroll tied to one of his claws he didn't wondered what was in it but figured Draco would tell him in the morning so he just went to put on his pajamas and to sleep knowing tomorrow would be a long day.
Naruto felt something slither around his bed and a furry thing brush against his cheek he tried to ignore it but the attempts became more forceful until he felt a small mouth bite his nose, that definitely would wake someone up, and when he opened his eyes he swore he could see smirks in both Kurama's and Randy's faces, he turned to his alarm clock and saw it was five in the morning.
One thing Anko and Kakashi taught both pets was to always wake Naruto up at five in the morning everyday so he could exercise before the academy and it seemed they would keep on doing so at Hogwarts. Naruto just grumbled and went to get his clothes on when he pulled a scroll addressed to him with Ino's handwriting, curious he opened it and saw specific instructions for him to get Draco in his insane before school exercise, now Naruto could grin towards Draco's sleeping form and started to snicker quietly while slinking towards his friend's bed.
Draco prided himself in being a light sleeper, so his first night at Hogwarts he decided to sleep in a bit when he felt his covers being drawn away from him so his hand tried to follow, when he felt something slither up his hand, reacting like any person feeling something slithering up his/her body when they are asleep he opened his eyes startled to receive a bucket full of water in the face, courtesy of his best friend and 'future-brother-in-law' he started to sputter curses at Naruto's prankster and cunning senses being better than his and swearing vengeance when a scroll was thrusted in his face, recognizing his fiancés handwriting he started to read after finishing and rereading it just to be sure it was hers and not another prank he sighed and left the comfort of his bed to get some shorts and sneakers to train with Naruto.
He met him at the common room eating an apple while holding another in his left hand, when Naruto saw him he threw the apple at Draco and told him to follow him outside.
It was 6 in the morning when Naruto dragged a beaten Draco to the common room so they could shower and get ready for breakfast and classes, he was impressed with Draco when he could actually keep up with his routine, when they were ready the saw Theo and Blaise waiting for them at the common room.
"Holy shite mate, what happened to you it looks like a heard of Hippogriffs ran you over" Theo said while checking a nasty bruise forming in Draco's arm.
"Well it was most definitely not a heard of Hippogriffs but a blond juggernaut following his twins' instructions" Draco answered while glaring at Naruto who was wistfully talking with Randy,
"What do you mean by that Drake?" Blaise asked while they arrived at the Great Hall for breakfast.
"Well when my mum and I went to Diagon Alley we met Naruto and Hermione and we became friends, Naruto and his grandfather asked us if we wanted to see their home village and we accepted there my mum made a marriage contract with one of Naruto's best friend named Ino in a alliance sort of thing between Naruto's homeland and England's magical world " at their understanding nod at the marriage contract, Draco continued "Well this morning Naruto woke me up at five in the morning and gave me a letter for me saying I had to participate in his daily work-out routine because by the way things are run over there I will need to learn self defense, you saw how fast Naruto can move and from what I saw this morning that was his lowest speed and the people there will aim to kill so sometimes neither me nor Naruto will be able to use magic so here we are, me getting pounded in the dirt every morning" he finished with a sight at Naruto's evil grin that changed when Hermione walked over to them to greet them, everybody in the Slytherin table watching Naruto's reaction some smirked others just didn't care and kept on eating breakfast and others were disgusted at someone from an 'inferior' house get near their table.
"Hey guys how did you sleep?" Hermione greeted her friends, they told her about their common room and she laughed at Draco's new morning rituals, she saw her head of house started to deliver the first years schedule and left saying she would catch up to them later in the evening at the library, the guys saw Snape start to deliver their schedule and stopped eating.
"Mornin' Professor Snape" Naruto said while Draco waved a bit at his godfather.
"Morning children how was your first night at Hogwarts?" Snape asked towards his godson and son of one of his last true friends and new snakes
"Before I forget here are your schedules I hope you do well in all your classes and bring pride to the Snakes" he said with a sliver of a smile. They grabbed their schedule and saw they had Potions and Transfigurations with Gryffindor, Charms and History of Magic with Ravenclaw, Herbology and Astronomy with Hufflepuff and Flying with the other houses.
The first week of school was as always slow and boring filled with a lecture from every professor on what he expected to be done in his class, and how they were expected to work on the assignments, Draco found he was getting faster and Theo, Blaise and Hermione started to join in the morning work-out to which Snape after finding out about Hermione joining gave 5 points each for interhouse cooperation.
It was finally Friday and they had their first Potions lesson, Draco and Blaise were talking about Quidditch while Theo explained some things about the magic world to Naruto when they were joined by Harry.
"Hey guys how you been?" he said with a small smile at having another class with his friends, Blaise and Draco waved back before continuing their discussion on who was more important the seeker or the chaser, while Theo shook hands with him and Naruto smiled at him when they heard.
"Oi Potter I already told you that those snakes will just use you, you should stick to your own housemates" they heard an annoying voice shout to which Harry just sighed and ignored him while the whole first year of Slytherin glared at the weasel that was about to continue his rant against Slytherin when the door to the classroom opened and Snape walked by cape blowing around him when he heard Naruto whisper to his friends 'I swear he must be using a wind jutsu guys there is no draft here for his cape to blow like that' and damn was he right, this was the only jutsu he could gleam out of Kushina when they were in school that was not destructive nor taxing on him, but hell if he wasn't grateful it gave him a more menacing aura. Knowing that that evening he could finally talk to him he started his well rehearsed speech.
"There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few" he looked at Draco while saying this" Who possess, the predisposition" and looking at Naruto paying attention to every word he said, he couldn't help but remember Kushina and Minato when he went to their wedding "I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death." when he heard snickers coming from the front of the class, he searched and found the culprits, three Gryffindors, he ignored it for now and started to call roll when he heard the three Gryffs laugh a bit louder and decided to call them out.
"Weasley! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"
The weasel turned red and muttered "I dunno". "Speak up and clearly Mr. Weasley and its 'I don't know sir' not 'I dunno' Mr. Malfoy same question", Draco smirked and answered "The Draught of Living Death, sir" Snape, Harry and the rest of the Slytherin smirked.
"Mr. Thomas, where can I find a bezoar?" a lanky looking kid trying to be funny cracked a grin and gave a cheeky smile "In your storage room, sir." This made the Gryffindors laugh and the weasel and his friends to grin at their ingenuity.
"Five points from Gryffindor, for your cheek, same question Mr. Uzumaki?" Naruto smirked and thank both Anko and Hermione that forced him to read ahead in the book and answered "In the stomach of a goat, sir", Snape smirked and said.
"Well it seems its two wrong answers for Gryffindor, let's see if its zero for three shall we? Potter. What is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?". Harry was nervous until he remembered when Hermione explained to him and Naruto.
"They are the same, sir?" he answered a little bit nervous. Snape smiled a bit at Harry "Correct Mr. Potter, it seems there are some people that are interested in this class, today you will brew the potion that is in the board begin" Snape said and waved his wand at the board making the instructions write themselves.
Ron and his friends were sneering a bit at Harry who was in a table with Draco and Naruto. When they had five minutes left Snape started to glide around the class checking the potions over, when he arrived at Naruto's station he was surprised he did it in his first try.
"Naruto is this the first time you brew any sort of potion?" Snape asked which made Draco, Theo, Blaise and Harry get closer to hear.
"Well in a sense no it is not, back in my home I used to help my sister concoct some poisons to interrogate prisoners, she taught me a bit of how to treat the venoms we use and to always be careful with the ingredients we use" he finished to open his eyes at seeing both Harry and the rest of the class staring at him and thinking why would he be eleven and work on torturing and interrogate someone.
"Bollocks you must be lying mate there is no way you are allowed to do that in any part of the United Kingdom" he heard the Irish boy -Seamus if he remember correctly state.
"I am not from the UK man, I'm from the Elemental Nations, and besides I just brew the poisons and antidotes I never deal with the prisoners directly" after he finished stating that everybody just stared at him not knowing where the Elemental Nations were and if he was saying the truth.
"Well even if you been helping your 'sister' brew you also got your mother's talent just like Mr. Potter over here, his might not be perfect but with practice he might be able. 5 points for Gryffindor for being the only potion to exceed my expectations, and 5 points for Slytherin for a perfect potion, the rest of you bottle your attempts and leave them at my desk you are dismissed" everybody rushed to do as they were told so they could leave for the Great Hall to eat something before they either had to start homework or just explore the grounds.
Naruto, Draco, Theo, Blaise and Harry were walking down the hall talking about the different classes and asking Naruto how was his life back in the Elemental Nations when they heard someone shout.
"OI, you slimy lying snake!" they turned around and were not surprised to see the Gryffindor idiots staring them down "Why don't you stop lying mate, everybody knows that the 'Elemental Nations' don't exist" the weasel said while his friends laughed at the four snakes and the lone Gryffindor stupidity.
"I bet his mum dropped him on his head several times when he was a baby" said the Irish boy while snickering and pointing at Naruto who had his bangs covering his eyes and his knuckles were turning white "What did you do you morons!?" Draco shouted knowing what they just said hurt Naruto deep down and he could feel the rage of Naruto from where he was standing.
"I dare you to repeat what you just said teme" Naruto whispered but everybody in the hall heard him like if he was shouting.
"I said' I bet your mum-UCK" that's all Seamus got to say before he felt a fist in his stomach, before he could do anything he felt a kick to his temple and his world went black.
Ron and Dean were scared and tried to pull their wands out, when they finally managed Naruto turned to them and said in a low voice.
"I never even knew my mom, she died the day I was born along with my dad, I've been raised by my mom's and dad's students since I was five. Next time you insult either my friends or my families memories I won't simply knock you out, I will break your bones. Do you understand?!" the boys simply nodded to scare to do anything else and ran towards their Common Room.
When Naruto and his friends made it to the Great Hall for dinner that night several of the Gryffindor students were glaring at Naruto, he didn't care it was no different from Konoha. When they sat Professor McGonagall went over to him.
"Mr. Uzumaki may I know why did you attacked one of my students unprovoked after Potions class?" she said with a stern look that demanded answers.
"Excuse me? I'm sorry but I attacked nobody unprovoked after class ma'am" he said.
"Oh really? And why Mr. Weasley and Mr. Thomas came to me with a knocked out Mr. Finnegan with a swelling cheek?" her pursed lip proved the disappointment she had towards Naruto attacking.
"Ohh that guy, Draco what was it that he said to send me over the edge and attack him?" Naruto answered while turning to look at his best friend.
"He said that your mum dropped you on your head several times when you were a baby, I didn't think somebody would be stupid enough to say that to you mate" Draco answered while paying attention to his food. McGonagall was appalled at what she heard.
"So you kicked him and then threatened three students because they insulted your mom?" she asked while turning a sharp eye towards the 'Stupid Trio' "Please refrain from doing it again, I'll leave you to your dinner have a good night" and with that McGonagall left to speak with her students.
Alright I know I should be updating my other two stories but I simply haven't had time to do so, and I had this one finished a time ago so I thought why the hell not, now as the same as my first story I will ask for songs you think would fit into it, and ideas for what you would actually want to happen to Naruto and Harry.
Yes I know you will ask me about the crafted wands, since I was to lazy to search for materials and all that I would like for you the reader to send me your ideas for the wand.
the story will try to follow both the HP Books and Naruto's cannon.
Again thanks for reading my stories and remember any good critics are welcomed and will be put to good use, they are for me to better write so you guys get hooked to it. the flames well... yeah they will be ignored completely.