Of Magic and Chakra: Book One- The Stone

Prologue: Magical Awakening

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Summary: Being born in a wizarding family doesn't mean you will awaken your magical talent, in fact, genetics are only one factor that determines if you can become a witch or wizard. It is true however that being around magic makes the magic in a potential witch or wizard come to the surface easier. Kushina cast a spell on her son Naruto when he was an infant, to preserve some of her more useful tips and abilities from her time at Hogwarts. The magic that the containment spell lets off every day, though, caused several kids magic cores to activate.

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Naruto was walking down the street alone again. He passed by the docks near the Uchiha Compound where he saw Sasuke Uchiha sitting and staring at the water. From time to time Naruto entertained the idea of approaching the other boy, thinking he was probably just as lonely as Naruto himself. Naruto didn't though because if he approached Sasuke, the prodigy would most likely be able to see through his act. The blonde might of played the part of the dead last, but he was smarter than he let on, only because of his mother, though. For as long as he could remember, once a year on his birthday a scroll that was somehow sealed on his arm appeared.

He remembered the first scroll he got, saying that his mother was sorry that she passed on and that his father was sorry too. He had cried for hours after getting it, a small part of him had hoped his parents had abandoned him like some of the villagers said because that meant that there was a chance that his family would return one day. Knowing that they wouldn't, had been a hard blow, but the letter also talked about how much they loved him. The other thing in the letter was to hide the fact that he got them, and if he did he would learn from the next letter who his mother was.

In the next letter he learned a lot about his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, and more about the scrolls and letters sealed in his arm. Some would only unlock if a condition was met, and the others would come once a year. He learned a few things from her, about his father Minato Namikaze, a fact that he had to keep secret, and about himself. Him being a jinchuuriki was one such revelation. His mother talked about the Kyuubi, about Mito, her experiences as a container, and why the burden would be passed to him. Of course, the letters were written before she went into labor, so all Naruto knew is that the seal failed while she was at her weakest.

Shaking his head the blonde walked home. 'Of course, a few people know the truth.' He thought to himself. Hinata Hyuga had started watching him, borderline stalking him. She said she admired his courage when he confronted her, but she caught him acting like himself instead of the idiot he pretended to be. The other person who learned the truth was Kiba. The Inuzuka had noticed some odd things about the blonde using his dog-like senses. The brunette had explained that he couldn't smell any sweat from Naruto during the spars like the blonde wasn't really trying. Kiba had also mentioned that the blonde's heart race had changed when being asked questions the blonde got wrong which signified that Naruto was lying when he answered the questions.

The brunette had asked Naruto about it after the two of them had cut class together one day they had played a prank on Iruka and Mizuki. Kiba had turned to him once they were a safe distance and as tactlessly as possible asked Naruto why he acted stupider than he was. The blonde said that he preferred to be underestimated, but offered to train seriously with Kiba if the brunette kept it a secret. As the two trained together they got close enough that Naruto actually considered Kiba a friend instead of acquaintance which is what he considered everyone else at the academy.

Naruto finally arrived at his apartment and looked back towards Konoha, the sun was setting casting reddish-orange hues over the city's buildings and through its streets. Smiling at it all Naruto walked up a set of stairs and into his small apartment. He went to his bedroom before anything else and flipped his mattress to find a hole cut into the box-spring that was filled with several scrolls and letters. Smiling at them he rereads a few of the letters before putting them back and placing his mattress back into place before going to sleep.

(Naruto's Dream)

Three sets of eyes opened in the darkness, but that darkness was too thick to make out the color of the eyes. All that the owners of any of the pairs of eyes could make out were two other shadowed pairs. "Hello?" Naruto asked, but the moment he spoke the world tilted for a moment, and he almost hurled. He could tell that the other two people there must have had a similar experience by how their form wavered. That was when a glow became noticeable, but while the glow chased away some of the darkness, the owners of the two other sets of eyes were still hidden. They likewise, couldn't make out Naruto's form either.

Naruto looked and noticed that the glow was coming from his arm, the place where his mother's scrolls and letters came from. The glow was pure white and soon started coming from Naruto's stomach as well as the now visible stomachs of the two other children around Naruto's age, but while he could make out height now, all he could see beside that was fabric cover stomachs, and couldn't even make out genders. Soon the glow brightened until the entire dream was nothing but bright white light covered figures in a vast darkness.

(Dream End)

Naruto's eyes snapped open as he sprang from his bed to his feet. He looked outside and saw the silver light of the moon slipping through the old beaten up blinds that covered his windows. He wasn't quite sure what time it was but didn't care at the moment. What he cared about was the spot on his arm was glowing. Every time one of his mother's scrolls or letters appeared, his arm would glow like this. Sure enough, after several minutes several scrolls, a book, and a letter appeared. Naruto was quick to grab the letter, as the letters were normally more personal than the scrolls, with his current scrolls mainly being about chakra control and the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique) as Uzumaki had large chakra reserves so the normal clone jutsu required almost perfect control.

The Kage Bunshin no Jutsu was the main reason that Naruto was smarter. He hated the academic portion, but he could create the clones to read the material and do the homework. His clones, being him, complained of course, but in the end, they read the material, and then would partially complete the homework. Shaking his head of those thoughts he looked at the new letter.

Dear Naruto,

I had a dream about you last night, so I am writing this and several other scrolls and letters in case the worse comes about. Before we get to that though, I will tell you the same thing I plan on writing on every single one of my letters. I love you so much, your mother loves you. I know that if I am no longer there for you, you will of been the only other person capable of taking on the Uzumaki's burden, my burden.

However, if you are reading this, then you also inherited my gift... The gift of magic. I know how that must sound, but I will explain. Let me start with the dream I had last night. You should have already seen it, as I put a magical imprint of it into this seal. I saw you, my sweet darling boy, and two other children your age awakening their magical core. While this could have been just that, a dream, I believe it was a form of divination magic. Divination magic revolves around attempting to see the future or to see future events. Most prophecies are born of a similar ability or gift.

If you are reading this, then my dream wasn't a dream though, as the imprint of the dream and this letter, as well as the scrolls that should have released with it, were only set to release when your magical core became active. Which means you are in fact a wizard. I am sure soon enough you will be getting a letter of acceptance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, so I only connected a few things that should be studied right away, including your first fuinjutsu lesson as it will help make travel easier.

With Love,

Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze

Naruto was shocked as he read this but had no reason to believe that his mother would lie to him. He quickly picked up one of the scrolls, it was about solidifying chakra in order to make a core for a wand. Not really knowing what a wand was for yet, he moved on. He picked up the book next and read the title. A Beginner's Guide to Magic. Making a shadow clone, Naruto sent it into the living room to read the book. The next scroll was a handwritten one, with three seals at the bottom, and Naruto once again started reading.

Son,

Below this letter there are three books sealed within the scroll. It is important that you read the books one at a time, do not use several clones to read it all at once, and make sure you have a firm understanding of the first book before moving on. If you want to use a clone make sure to use only one at a time to read one book at a time. These books are about fuinjutsu which is an incredibly useful ninja art, but also an incredibly dangerous one. One line out of place in a seal can make it explode, implode, fizzle into nothing, rip the area you are into shreds with wind, burn an entire forest down, and so many other harmful things. I don't want to scare you out of reading the books as fuinjutsu is something the Uzumaki have always studied and your mother wants you to learn it whether we are there or not. Just remember to have a firm grasp on what you are doing before activating a seal.

With Love Your Father

Minato Namikaze

That came as a surprise to Naruto. Generally, his written scrolls and letters were made by his mother. He had only gotten one letter from his father over the past several years, but he would make sure to listen to the advice in the scroll no matter what and as such made only a single clone to unseal and start reading the first book. Naruto picked up the last scroll and opened it, it was dotted with a couple seals, all of which were labeled. Naruto read several of the labels. Hogwarts History, Potion Tips, Flying Tips, Quidditch Positions and Advice, and several other things, some of which confused Naruto. Still, it was simply more to read. Naruto was however still tired and went back to bed. His clones would disperse and wake him in a couple of hours anyway, and then he would get up and properly start the day.

(Three Days Later - Hokage's Office)

The Hokage was sitting at his desk doing paperwork when a chunin walked into the room. "Hokage-sama we just received a strange message for you."

The Hokage put down his paperwork and pipe and looked the chunin over. "Let me see the message, and tell me how it is strange?"

The chunin handed over the letter and took a breath in. "It came by owl." He said causing the old kage's eyes to widen. Quickly he turned the sealed letter over and saw the seal was from Hogwarts. Opening it faster then the chunin could see Hiruzen read through the letter.

Hiruzen Sarutobi,

It has been quite a long time since last we spoke, not since young Kushina attended Hogwarts for several years. The barrier that separates us is strong enough that crossing over to talk with old friends is a hassle even with port-keys unless one possesses both a magical core and a chakra network. We both know that having both lessens the strain of traveling through the barrier. However, this letter is for us to catch up. Several nights ago, three children of your village seemed to awaken their magical cores at the same time. It is strange that one didn't awaken first, and then awaken the other two, but I can guess that Kushina left some type of magic which called to the magical cores of the children.

Hiruzen we both know the danger of untrained magic. You saw what happened when Kushina got mad one day and accidentally pulled on her magic... So I will be straight with you, just like I was regarding Kushina. I wish for them to attend Hogwarts. I will be sending one of my teachers in a few days to find who awakened their magical cores, and to bring them to talk with you. Severus Snape is a good man and I am sure he will love to visit Kushina's son while he is there.

He will discuss the situation more with you when he arrives.

Signed,

Headmaster Dumbledor

A sigh came from the Hokage's lips as he finished reading the letter. One thing was for sure, things just got a lot more complicated.