Author's Note from Panda: Happy 2018 to all our old fans and new fans that will join us. Panda here, co-author to Cmartin. A quick apology for all the fans of our more popular series. Yes, this is a new story when we have so many others we need to update. What can I say? Life has gotten in the way. And its not just that we are going through a rough patch, its that we need to learn to make time to write and edit while we are going through the rough patch that is adult life. Highschool authors and adults who have their shit together, I envy you. We thank you for your patience and want to reassure everyone that we have not dropped any of our stories. The thing is, we need a little pick me up, and releasing this story seemed like just the right thing to put a pep back in our fanfiction writing step. For our old fans, you may recognize this as the triple crossover we have been hinting at for years. The Naruto/Harry Potter/DBZ fanfic. We couldn't have gotten this done without the help of our beta reader bradw316. Say hi Brad.
We thank you for reading and we hope you enjoy this story. So without further ado, here is the Quintwizard Tournament.
Chapter 1 – The Goblet of Fire (or The Magical Schools of Kame and Konoha)
"Welcome students to another year at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore announced to the hall of Hogwarts students. "This year is a special one as we have been selected for a legendary event; the Tri-Wizard Tournament. However, this year we have two new participants in the tournament, making it the first ever Quint-Wizard Tournament."
Harry looked at his best friends Ron and Hermione. So this is what Ron's family was teasing them all about all summer.
"Without further ado, I present you the first of the new comers to this legendary event. From Japan, deep within the Land of Fire, The Hidden Leaf Advanced Ninja Academy!"
The doors of the great hall burst open as dozens of young teens leapt across the dining tables. At least, Harry thought they were teens. They all moved so quickly, even his Seeker trained eyes could barely keep up with them. They leapt off of plates and student's cups with such grace you would think these newcomers were made of air. They did flips and acrobatics, running along and up the walls (some just standing there, their feet sticking to the walls!). It was clear that they were showing off their magic. Fireballs were going off like fireworks, one young man expanded like Harry's Aunt Marge. A swarm of fireflies danced around the candles hanging overhead. And Harry might have been drinking too much pumpkin juice, but he's pretty sure he saw a horse sized dog turn into a duplicate of a wild looking guy in a leather jacket and continued to do impossible gymnastics.
"How are they doing that?" Ron asked in surprise and bewilderment.
"It's unlike any magic I've ever seen..." Hermione commented.
"It's ninjutsu." A bored voice explained.
The trio whipped around to see the mystery person. He was a tall man, scrawny build like a scarecrow, with spiky silver hair and a mask covering all but his right eye. He looked preoccupied reading his orange book with foreign text on the cover. Hermione thought it was an Asian Spell book, small enough to fit in your pocket.
The man sighed and promptly closed his book. Then, he clasped his hands together in a quick succession of hand signs, making sure to slow his movement down enough to give the foreign magic users a demonstration. Everyone near Harry's seat and on the table opposite him were mesmerized by the foreign wizard's demonstration. Hermione in particular was eating it up to learn about a brand-new form of magic. Magic without the use of a wand!
Suddenly, the scarecrow man's right hand burst to life with electricity. Harry could see the man was holding a concentrated bolt of lightning in his hand.
"Bloody Hell, that's awesome!" Ron declared.
The masked man smiled through his eye. Oh how he missed seeing his cute little students act in awe of his jutsus. A little indulgence was so nice every now and again. The man raised up his hard and the bolt of lightning shot upwards, filled the grand dining room with a deafening sound of thunder. Which succeeded in getting the young ninjas to settle down. Like a well-disciplined platoon of soldiers, they fell in line in the center walkway of the dining hall in time for their headmistress's arrival.
An ink bird which had been flying overhead quickly burst apart, splattering the far end of the Ravenclaw's table with ink. Much to the dismay of those unlucky students.
Harry saw the fireflies and beetles that had been buzzing overhead all swamp back to a single one of the foreign students.
"Did he just absorb all those bugs into his body?" Neville asked.
"Gross..." Lavender whispered just before Professor McGonagall called for silence.
Just then, in walked THE most buxom woman Harry had ever seen. She was of average height with long blonde pigtails wearing a light green jacket and grey pants. And her chest... Harry hadn't seen a rack that big since he blew up his aunt. Not that this woman walking past him was in anyway fat, she was gorgeous, and looked no older than 30. But the amount of cleavage she was showing off was unheard of in the halls of Hogwarts.
Ron and several other guys couldn't help but bulge their eyes out, till Hermione slapped the back of his head.
"Don't stare!" She hissed.
"Sorry sorry, it's just... they don't build'em like that back home." Ron said as he got an eye full of the other girls they had brought along. Harry full heartedly agreed, while there were only five, not counting the foreign headmistress and her assistant, they were all athletically toned in all the right places as the entire school could plainly see. One even had pink hair and another had eyes that Harry bet could pierce into his soul all the way across the hall, she looked really nervous though. Which Harry could completely sympathize with, as he was often the center of attention and never liked it any more than she seemed to.
"They make'em just fine back home, thank you very much." Hermione replied, bringing Harry back to the table he was sitting at.
"Lady Tsunade. It's a pleasure to meet you." Dumbledore greeted the large breasted woman as she approached the front of the room
"The pleasure is all mine, Professor Dumbledore. It isn't often that I get an excuse to get out of my school for a few months and avoid all that ungodly paperwork." Tsunade replied, to which Dumbledore chuckled.
"Ah yes, I completely understand. I'm almost disappointed that the Ministry hadn't chosen some other school to host the tournament and spared me from another year's worth of paperwork." Dumbledore joked.
"Ahem." McGonagall coughed, hoping to get them both back on track. They had three more schools to introduce.
"Oh right. You may take your seat among my staff at the table behind me. Your students can take the bleachers to the right." Dumbledore said.
Tsunade nodded and motioned her students to take their seats.
They obeyed, although not in the way any of the young wizards were expecting. While some ninjas did opt to sit on the bleachers normally, a handful of the guys decided to show off by leaping up to the walls and stuck to them like their feet were suction cups, then they just sat on their heels.
"Next we have a school unlike any other. From the tropics in the land of Dragons, Kame House Martial Arts Academy, and their headmaster, Roshi!"
The doors opened again, this time 8 students appeared from what seemed like nothing. One by one, each student took to the air and did several forms of aerial acrobatics. Two students combined a few attacks to create shockwaves in the air as the others shot yellow balls of energy that circled the room before ascending upwards and exploding like fireworks.
"Merlin's beard!" Someone cried. "They're flying without broomsticks!"
All 8 students floated in the air in an octagonal pattern with their hands cupped to their sides.
"KA... ME... HA... ME... HAAAA!" They all shouted as 8 blue beams erupted from their outstretched hands and combined in the center, creating a large blue sphere.
The sphere grew to a large size until the taller one of the students pulled his beam away and then released a golden beam into the blue sphere. The sphere detonated and erupted like a million fireworks above all of the slack jawed spectators. A thunderous applause was heard, even from the Ninja's as the 8 students descended to the front of the crowd, and bowed respectfully as their teachers walked in. One was a short old man with a brown wooden walking stick, the other a tall man clad in orange like the rest of the students with black spiky hair that stayed a step behind the elderly man.
"Ah, Roshi my old friend. How have you been?" Dumbledore greeted.
"Training these students. They sure don't make them like they used to." Roshi stated. "Allow me to introduce my assistant and my top student, Goku Son."
"That's his top student?" Harry whispered to his friends. "He looks way too old to be a student."
"They did say martial art school. It's not a traditional education." Hermione replied. "Maybe the students can stay on longer than us regular students." The witch-in-training explained.
"You couldn't be more right, young lady." Roshi said as Hermione's eyes went as wide as dinner plates. "Goku here has been my student for almost 40 years. Yet, there is still always something new for him to learn." Roshi explained.
"H-how did you-"
"Hear you? Heheh, young lady, if you could live as long as I have, you'd pick up a few tricks here and there." Roshi chuckled. Hermione turned red at being singled out. Suddenly all eyes were on her.
Across the room, Malfoy was snickering to himself. "Class hasn't even started and the she's already playing the teacher's pet."
Harry and Ron shot death glares at Malfoy's comment, but it went largely ignored by Roshi.
"I dare ask if you will be allowing Goku here to participate in the tournament. It would be quite unfair to the rest of the younger participants." Professor Dumbledore inquired.
"Oh you don't have to worry about me, sir. I'm just an assistant to Master Roshi on this trip. I'm still bummed I won't be in the tournament. But it would be unfair to all the other schools." Goku said.
From the seat next to Dumbledore, Lady Tsunade scoffed. "I wouldn't count my young ninjas out quite just yet, even if you did enter the tournament. I've got my own apprentice here for the running and I'm confident she could give you a run for your money, Son Goku." Tsunade smirked. To which Goku gave a friendly smile back.
"Is that so? Well then it should be an interesting tournament no matter who gets picked. Not for nothing, but I'm also pretty confident in my own son, should he be picked." Goku bragged.
The halls erupted in even more whispers. Amongst the wizards and even a few of the ninjas. Who was this guy? And more importantly, who was his son?
Harry zeroed in on a spiky haired youth around his age. While not having nearly as messy of a hairstyle as Goku, the kid's onyx black hair and face all were too similar to the Goku character that there was no mistaking it. Whoever that kid in the middle was, he was the son of Goku and from the way the head masters were talking, would be a tough opponent to beat.
Once the Kame House students were settled in next to the Hidden Leaf, the delegates from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang made their own entrances. Which fell short in grandeur after seeing the two other schools with their wandless magic.
After the other two headmasters made their greetings, everyone settled down to listen to Dumbledore's grand unveiling of the tournament to come.
"As I was saying earlier. The Quint-Wizard Cup is a legendary event that has been hosted in over a generation. Usually it would only be held between 3 schools, hence the Triwizard part. In order to branch out to the farther eastern lands, our Ministry of Magic has invited the two most famous magic schools in all of Asia. In order to bring together these schools, their headmasters and a selection of their students will be spending the year here at Hogwarts. I trust that each and every one of you will extend every courtesy to our foreign guests while they are with us, and will give your whole-hearted support to the Hogwarts champion when he or she is selected." Dumbledore announced, enticing even more excited chatter from his students who already were bursting at the seam with questions.
"But enough of that. You all want me to make the grand unveiling don't you?" Dumbledore teased, sensing the mood of the audience. With a single wave of his wand, the veil had covered the object in front of the staff's table had been pulled back, revealing a stone goblet with blue flames.
"This…is the Goblet of Fire. The judge that will decide which student from each school may compete in the Quint-Wizard Tournament. Any student who wishes to participate need only write their name and school on a piece of parchment, sorry, scroll…" He corrected himself for the more eastern participants, most of whom made an "Ah" face. "And toss it into the Goblet. Be warned, when the Goblet has selected you, there is no turning back. You must compete in all three of the challenges spread out throughout the year." One of the female students from the Turtle school, the one with raven black hair and two pigtails, raised her eyebrow, curious as to how something like that would be enforced. She then figured magic, and repaid attention.
"Given the nature and great danger involved in these challenges, only those who are above the age of 16 may enter." This was met with a chorus of boos from the Hogwarts students, 90% of whom were disqualified from competing out of the blue.
"THAT'S RUBISH! THAT'S RUBISH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" Harry heard Fred and George yell, only to be met with a booming, "SILENCE!" from Dumbledore who was having none of it.
"These steps are in place to ensure the participants safety and ensure that only the most experienced young wizards may attempt the trials. I would like to remind you all, this tournament is NOT for the faint of heart…"
Harry looked around to see many of the students ignoring Dumbledore's warning and instead were picturing themselves as the school champion.
"Do not make this decision lightly, once a champion has been selected, there is no turning back. On that note, the final selection will be made in one week's time. I encourage everyone over 16 to mull over your decision very carefully before submitting your name. Until then, it is late, and I know how important it is to you all to be awake and alert for your first lessons tomorrow. Bedtime! Chop chop!"
With that, Harry and the rest of the Gryffindors stood up to leave for their dormitories. As they made their way to the exit they saw the ninjas all run up the walls and exited through the openings near the ceiling from where the owls came in every morning. Likewise, the Kame House kids all flew up to exit out the same way as the ninjas. It was as if the Asian wizards didn't believe in using doors. 'Weird.'
At their dormitories, Harry and Ron and all the other guys in their room were up half the night talking about the Quint-Wizard tournament and what it would be like if they had a chance to enter. Harry went to sleep that night dreaming about holding up the Quint-Wizard cup victoriously.
A week later, at the edge of Hogwarts's field, inside the wooden Japanese style mansion the ninjas had built for their stay, a young ninja with blond spiky hair and whisker birth marks sat outside awake.
All week long, Naruto went to bed looking up at one thing, that castle. In all his years he had never seen anything like it. It looked so mysterious, so...looming. it was crazy to think he had been inside such a monstrosity, let alone was expected to live next to it for an entire school year.
Aside from having to share a room with the 8 other guys from his class, he was happy. This was going to be the longest he had ever been outside the village and all Naruto could think was good riddance.
He never liked growing up in the Leaf. For reasons beyond his control he was always ostracized there. When he was twelve he learned the reason why. A demon sealed inside him by the 4th Headmaster of his school. When he was a just a baby no less. The villagers surrounding the academy thought him to actually be the demon reincarnated. The nicest thing Naruto could say about it is that it led to a lonely childhood.
It wasn't all bad though, he had a couple of friends here with him, not that many were left back at home mind you. But most importantly, he had Sakura-chan. She was his first friend and Sage help him that was all he needed.
'Sakura-chan.' He thought giddily.
Refocusing his attention on the looming castle above, he couldn't help but wonder if he could make any friends here at Hogwarts.
'Nah.' He thought. 'I'm barely gonna see any of those guys outside of this tournament thingy. They'll probably be more interested in that Teme Sasuke anyway.'
Story of Naruto's life, it didn't matter how good he was, because Sasuke "Duckbutt" Uchiha was bestowed upon this world solely to be better than him. No matter what he did, Sasuke was always one step ahead.
He made Genin before Naruto, he mastered the Chidori long before Naruto did with the Rasengan, and no doubt he would be selected to represent their ninja school in the tournament by divine intervention. So fuck it, Naruto thought. Like Neji always blathered on about, he was pre-designed to be the dead last so he might as well embrace it and have some fun cheering on Sasuke and hanging out with Sakura.
Naruto couldn't help but think back to his first night here at Hogwarts when everything had taken a turn for the worst, as it always did…
One week ago, deep inside the Forbidden Forest, the ninjas had set up camp for the night. Kakashi had assured them that Yamato was on his way with their long term living quarters and would be here in the morning.
The young ninjas and the Hokage were fine with the settings though. They were used to sleeping outdoors in tents.
In truth this was the closest the self-titled Konoha 16 had ever come to a group vacation. Life in the Leaf village gave them very few chances at down time. When they weren't in class or just out training in the fields they were called away on missions. Such was the fate of Genin in their village. Gone were the days of 12-year-olds leaving their basic education behind. Instead those hoping to become ninjas could expect to spend their first 18 years as both students and genin. What made the Konoha 16 special though, is each and every one of them had achieved the rank of chunin by the time they were 16, Naruto being the last. This was unheard of in the history of the Leaf Academy that so many undergraduates would qualify for the rank of Chunin, and nearly all of them came from the same age group. It was clear to everyone, even the civilians, that this was a special breed.
Despite his reputation, Naruto was grateful to be counted amongst all the young shinobi surrounding him. His whole life he had been called dead last and for the most part, those days were over. The jerks and the bullies from his boyhood had been swept aside by Naruto's new found fame at being counted amongst the best his generation had to offer.
After drawing straws, Naruto was selected as the third watch for the night. A seemingly pointless practice since they were technically on a friendly visit to another school, but for ninjas, old habits die hard.
Naruto and Sakura had decided to stay up until Naruto's shift began. Sakura spent most of the time talking about the brand new world they were in. How they were half a world away from their home and yet everything seemed so different. Naruto was content to just listen to her. She might berate him for running his mouth from time to time, but she was no different. You get Sakura Haruno talking about a subject she is interested in and she will just go on and on.
Eventually Naruto managed to shift the conversation over to them talking about what they would do if they were chosen to represent their school. Then they started listing off the pros and cons of having the other kids be the school Champion.
"I'm telling you, if Shikamaru was chosen he'd forfeit before the first challenge was even done. 'It's too troublesome,' he'd say." Naruto debated.
"Oh come on. Sure he's lazy, but he's the smartest guy in our class. He'd still be fierce competition until he would forfeit." Sakura debated back.
"Fine, fine, but you know who would be a serious competitor the whole way through? Rock Lee."
"Yeah, no duh, he'd be motivated by 'MY UNDYING FLAMES OF YOUTH'." Sakura said in her best Rock Lee interpretation, getting a chuckle out of her male blond friend. "Still, do you think he even qualifies? This is a magic competition and he can't even use jutsu."
"I say let him, it would be worth it to see all those wizards get beaten by a… what do they call them? Muddles?"
"Yeah, probably…" Sakura giggled. Soon Kiba came by to get Naruto to relive him. Sakura wanted to stay up with Naruto until his shift ended, but he insisted that she needed her rest. She had the 6th shift. After some teasing for Kiba on the two of them acting like an old married couple (which Sakura firmly denied) Naruto went off to the edge of the campsite to begin his shift.
'Shadow Clone Jutsu!' His fingers in his trademark cross sign, and two more Naruto's poofed into existence. The original sent them off to guard around the campsite in a 3-point formation. The clones were solid and could think for themselves, but they were vulnerable to the slightest damage. Worst case scenario, they would be destroyed and Naruto would know immediately, making them the perfect sentries.
The Whiskered Blond kicked up his feet and got ready for a long boring hour of nothing when the Duck Butt brigade decided that they had other plans.
To Naruto's credit, he sensed them coming before the three of them leapt down in front of him all dramatic like.
"Hey Loser, come with us." The white haired boy made of water spat at him.
"Good evening to you too, Asshole." Naruto spat back. The Hell did Sasuke want now?
"What'd you say?" Suigetsu said to him, he bared his shark like teeth at Naruto while enlarging his right arm using his water based transformation powers. "Cause I could have sworn you said, 'Oh please beat the shit out of me, Suigetsu-san.'"
"Oh would you put away that macho man crap?" The red head with glasses and an under-zipped shirt sighed, so sick of Suigetsu's shit.
"Heeehhh? You want some too, Skank?"
Wanting to nip his two companion's argument in the bud, the 7-foot-tall gentle giant with orange hair intervened. "Stop it Suigetsu, you too Karin." They both scoffed. The giant then turned to Naruto and spoke in a calm tone.
"Sasuke has requested your presence, will you please come?"
Now it was Naruto's turn to scoff, not that he had much of a choice in the matter.
"Wow, sending all three of you, I must be special. Does Sasuke have you three fetch his slippers every morning too?" To that end, Suigetsu sucker punched Naruto in the gut while his attention was focused on Juugo, whom was known to snap with the change in the wind. Naruto doubled over and it became clear they were done pretending to ask nicely. Naruto made a third clone and instructed it to stay here so no one would be any the wiser. Then the real Naruto followed behind the Duck Butt Brigade.
Five minutes later, which for a ninja was easily five miles deeper into the woods, the group came across the last Uchiha himself taking a rare break from training. All around him were slash marks and massive craters no doubt made by Sasuke's infamous Chidori. Taught to him by none other than Kakashi-sensei himself. Naruto couldn't help but notice the one female of their group looking starry eyed. A typical reaction at seeing the Village Heartthrob shirtless and out of breath.
"Dobe…" Sasuke spoke, not even bothering to look in Naruto's direction or to acknowledge his subordinates' presence.
"Teme…" Naruto replied, still clinging to his pride, only for him to be backhanded upside the head by Karin for speaking ill of her beloved Sasuke-kun.
"I don't suppose you know why I asked you to come here?"
"Let me guess? You wanna confess your love to me because damn the world? Well I'm sorry Teme, I know you must love it up the ass, but I don't swing that way. Might wanna give Suigetsu here a chance though. He's used to sticking large things into guys." Naruto joked. He had been saving that one since his last encounter with Sasuke when a failed prank backfired on him.
Karin and Suigetsu looked like they were gonna blow a fuse while Juugo was admiring some owls flying off in the nighttime sky above. Sasuke being Sasuke however, kept his cool.
"Hilarious, this coming from a virgin…" The trio of underlings burst out in a fit of chuckles, giggles, and laughs like a good pack of trained dogs. Naruto was fuming, that was below the belt.
"What do you want, Teme?" He said, trying to get to the point.
Sasuke put on his long sleeved shirt, much to Karin's dismay. "I want what everybody here wants, Dobe. The Hidden Leaf to win this stupid tournament thing. And unlike you, I'm sure, I have a plan to do it."
"Oh yeah? And pray tell what is that?"
"Simple, I'm going to be chosen as the Champion." Sasuke said.
"You're gonna be chosen as the Champion? Genius, why didn't I think of that?" Naruto replied sarcastically.
"Because you're an idiot." Sasuke replied, ignoring Naruto's attempts at wit. "But don't worry about that. You are actually going to help me with my plan. By submitting my name into the Goblet of Fire in place of your own…"
"And why, pray tell, would I do that?" 'This outa be good.'
"Do you honestly expect me to just stand around here for six months and watch someone else represent the strength of our academy? No. My time would be better spent back at the Leaf being trained by Orochimaru."
'Orochimaru…' Naruto thought with venom. The head of scientific research at the Hidden Leaf Village and the right hand to the Hokage. He was one of the three Sannin, or Legendary Ninjas of the Leaf Village. The same as Granny Tsunade, only Orochimaru absolutely gave Naruto the creeps. After Naruto and the rest had become genin, Orochimaru had taken an immediate interest in Sasuke. Many thought it was natural, the prodigy of the old generation taking an interest in the Uchiha prodigy of the new generation. There were rumors, of course, that the Snake Sannin had only taken Sasuke on as his apprentice because of Sasuke's Sharingan, him being the last remaining Uchiha. Naruto always wondered if Sasuke himself suspected those rumors, or he was just too full of himself to care.
"-The only reason I came here in the first place was to test myself against the strongest opponents these schools had to offer. Anything less than that is a waste of my time." Sasuke continued. "Besides, how would our school look if you were to be chosen as its champion?" Sasuke spat, touching a nerve on Naruto.
"You, who just barely made genin, and just barely, who remains constantly the dead last of our entire class." He listed off, each point cutting deeper and deeper into the Uzumaki. "I won't have my title as a ninja tarnished by being represented by you, so why don't you do the entire class a favor and submit a name worthy of the title 'Champion.'"
And just like that, Naruto went silent. He had always known that Sasuke was an arrogant bastard, hell everyone who didn't fawn over him knew that, but this was a new low. There was only one thing Naruto could say in a situation like this.
"Fuck. You." The blond turned around to leave with only his middle finger to trail behind him when he was stopped by Sasuke's three goons. Karin, who had been watching the entire time saw an opportunity to score points with her precious Sasuke-kun.
"Where do you think you're going, Baka? How dare you reject Sasuke-kun's offer? This is a kindness, you wouldn't want to embarrass yourself in front of 'Sakura-chan,' would you?" The evil red head smirked. Naruto went wide eyed with fear. She knew she had him.
"Oh yes, we all know about your precious 'Sakura-chan.' But wait… she's not yours, now is she? At least not how you'd like her to be?" She sang. Naruto felt his blood boil feeling somewhat betrayed. Now Karin was a bitch, there was no one to dispute that, probably hated him just as much as the rest of the village but to go that far…
"You wouldn't…"
"Wouldn't I?" She said in a sickly sweet tone.
"No way." Suigetsu chuckled, finally catching on. "He actually has a crush on that flat chested bitch?" He laughed.
"Shut up!" Naruto growled, the whisker marks on his cheeks becoming darker, something that went unnoticed by Suigetsu and Juugo under the pale moon light.
"Oh man, that is priceless." The shark toothed swordsman laughed. "Hey Sasuke, isn't Sakura one of those fangirls of yours?!"
"She once was, I believe." Juugo commented.
"Oh man, what if we had our boy Sasuke ask her out?" Suigetsu suggested, he couldn't see it, but Naruto's eyes turned into slits like an animal's.
Karin and Sasuke looked displeased at this idea. Karin, because the thought of Sasuke being with anyone else even for pretend filled her with dread, besides she only pursued this line to get a rise out her cousin. And Sasuke because the thought of having to waste his time dating annoyed him.
Naruto was fuming at this point, one more word, just one more word…
"Or maybe… I could have my way with her?" Suigetsu smirked. "Give that ass a ride you don't have the balls to give her-" Naruto lunged forward to attack Suigetsu, putting everything he had into his right punch to hurt the white haired bastard as much as possible. However he unconsciously held back doing so caused the punch to come off too telegraphed and Suigetsu had managed to bring his hand up just in time to block Naruto's fist. It was too powerful though, the force behind Naruto's blow was enough to make Suigetsu's hand exploded into liquid.
Juugo meanwhile, took the opportunity to transform his left arm into its curse state, turning it large and purple like a demon's hand. His swung his grotesque fist straight through Suigetsu's torso to line up a perfect shot at Naruto, knocking him back several meters flat on his back. The blond skidded to a halt right in front of Sasuke who planted his sword right next to Naruto's exposed neck.
"Pathetic." He said. Naruto could only grit his teeth to avoid shouted at Sasuke and waking up the entire country.
"Karin, go wake Sakura up and tell her whatever you like." Sasuke called out to his red headed admirer, smirking internally.
"NO WAIT!" Naruto cried out, desperate to stop them from revealing his secret. Karin stopped just hear what her alleged cousin had to say. Juugo and Sasuke were also waiting patiently for the blond's answer. Suigetsu was too busy reforming his body to care.
Naruto looked up at the night sky. His thoughts turned to Sakura. All the happy times he could remember with her. The pranks he had gotten her to help him with. The times she saved him a seat during lunch. The times she helped him with assignments he didn't have a clue on. The times she had stood up for him. And all the times she had scolded him because she cared when no one else did. She was his best friend, his first friend. How could he not fall in love with her? And how could he even think of risking his friendship with her?
"Fine… damn it, fine… I'll do it… Just don't tell Sakura…please…" He whispered loud enough for Sasuke to hear him.
Satisfied, the Uchiha sheathed his sword before walking away without a word.
'Coward.' Naruto thought to himself.
The rest of the Uchiha gang stood up to head back to camp. Leaving Naruto alone to stare up at the night sky and ponder his thoughts.
Later that night, Shikamaru found him out in the woods and escorted him back to camp so that the Nara heir could start his own shift.
That was a week ago, and all anyone had talked about since then was the tournament. Sakura especially seemed excited for a chance to prove herself. For once, Naruto couldn't share her enthusiasm. Sasuke's words just kept eating at him like an Akimichi at a buffet.
Tonight was going to be that fateful night. Tsunade had talked to them earlier in the evening that if any of them had gotten cold feet, now would be the last chance to opt out of submitting their names. For everyone else, they would line up single file after the feast and submit their names one at a time in front of the entire Hogwarts school. They were told it was to prevent cheating among the students if every school made a big show of it. Although Naruto noticed that no other school had to submit to this regulation. Naruto knew persecution when he saw it, he had been the victim of it more than enough times back home, but it seems to the rest of the world, ninjas were a sneaky, dishonorable, bunch of tricksters. It infuriated Naruto, but none of his peers seemed to notice or care, so he let it slide.
After a scrumptious feast of roasted pork and European delicacies, the ninjas all lined up as they were instructed with their slips of paper in hand.
Unsurprisingly, no one had decided to back out. Even Shikamaru, whom everyone had silently bet would forfeit out of sheer, mind-numbing laziness. It made what Naruto had to do all the more difficult.
As he stood up, he was eyed by Sasuke and his merry band of assholes. The sneers they were throwing Naruto's way would put a lesser ninja over the edge. But despite what everyone in the village assumed, Naruto was not some weak genin. He was a ninja, damn it, as good as any other- except…
Sasuke's words still cut deep into the blond. Who was he kidding? Even with that weird training he got from that perverted hermit in secret, he was nowhere near any one of his classmate's level. He might have been in the top tier of rookies, but he was still the bottom of the barrel.
Frustrated, Naruto clutched his blank slip of paper.
"Naruto, what's wrong?" A voice behind him asked. He turned around and there was Sakura, with a look of concern on her face reserved only for him.
"Nothing, Sakura-chan. Just nervous is all." He lied with his best fake smile.
Sensing his discomfort, Sakura decided to buy it for now. She turned her attention back to Ino, whom she was already having a discussion with.
Naruto looked ahead and noticed that Sasuke was staring at him intently, his Sharingan activated. He was spying to make sure that Naruto kept his end of the bargain.
Figuring it was now or never, Naruto pulled out a tiny ink brush gifted to him by his teammate Sai. He had told Naruto when he first laid eyes on the little brush it had reminded Sai of him. Never mind that now though, Naruto took the ink brush and began scribbling a name down on his strip of paper.
S-A…
Sasuke, feeling satisfied with the Dobe turned his gaze away and focused on observing his opponents, any one of whom could be in the room with them at that very moment. While he looked away, Naruto finished scribbling down a name in his rather sloppy handwriting.
…K-U-R-A…H-A-R-U-N-O.
He folded the paper quickly without anyone else noticing. The Sharingan might be able to pick up the most minute details, but it couldn't read what it couldn't see.
One by one the students dropped their strips of paper into the Goblet of Fire, finally it was Naruto's turn. Making certain not to open his note incase Sasuke stopped being his usual trusting self, Naruto plopped it into the fire and retreated back to the table where him and all his classmates were sitting; a mischievous grin on his face. The kind, Sakura noticed, he only had on when one of his infamous pranks was in motion.
"Narutoooo, what did you do?" She growled. Normally she enjoyed his pranks when they weren't directed at her or her undeserving friends, but if Naruto was going to mess up this prestigious event between all these foreign schools she would give him such a scolding later.
"Nothing, Sakura-chan, nothing at all." He replied nervously with a slight sense of delight.
"You're sure? You're not thinking of pulling any pranks right? Cause I swear to the Rabbit Goddess, Naruto-
"I promise its nothing you would object too. I promise." He held up his right arm to make an oath.
"Promise?" She was still unconvinced.
"May my lips never touch ramen again." He swore. Sakura was instantly convinced.
With that out of the way, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore, took the podium as the flames turned from a light blue flame into a deep purple. He took out his wand and gave a great sweeping wave with it; at once, all the candles were extinguished, plunging them into a state of semidarkness. All eyes were focused on the only source of light left in the room, the Goblet of Fire.
In a flash, it turned bright red and sparks flew out of it. Then a tongue of flame burst out of the goblet and a charred piece of paper fluttered out of it.
Dumbledore snatched the piece of parchment out of the air and held it at arm's length, so that he could read it by the light of the fire, which had turned back to a white blue.
"The champion from Durmstrang," he read, in a strong, clear voice. "will be Viktor Krum."
A storm of applause and cheers swept the hall. Naruto saw who he assumed was Viktor Krum stand up. Even from across the rows of tables, Naruto could see that Viktor was thin, dark, and sallow-skinned, with a large curved nose and thick black eyebrows. He was nowhere near Bushy Brow's level though, but that was mostly because he reminded Naruto of an overgrown bird of prey. He slouched over to where Dumbledore was standing; he turned right, walked along the staff table, and disappeared through the door into the next chamber.
Over all the cheering, Naruto could still hear Viktor's Headmaster shouting his approval the loudest. Apparently, Krum was his favorite.
'The Sasuke of Durmstrang.' Naruto guessed.
The applause died down as the goblet turned a dark purple again. And once again, it turned red and spewed out another name for Dumbledore to read aloud.
"The champion for Beauxbatons," said Dumbledore, "is Fleur Delacour!"
Once again the halls were filled with applause. Naruto saw what he could only describe as a beautiful girl. She was thin, average height, with silvery blonde hair caressing down her backside. She reminded Naruto a lot of Sakura's friend Ino. Both of them strikingly gorgeous with long blonde hair and both look liked they bathed in the attention of others.
"The champion for Hogwarts," Dumbledore began again, Naruto had been so enamored with that Beauxbaton chick's beauty that he hadn't even noticed she had long since left and another champion was being chosen, "is Cedric Diggory!"
The halls then exploded with cheer, mostly coming from the table with all the kids in yellow. Of course, this was the home team player, of course he would get the most applause. From what Naruto could tell, he looked like an extremely handsome boy. 'Probably another Sasuke.' Naruto thought, judging by the way all the girls from his table were swooning over him. Even a few girls from the other house tables were batting their eyelashes at him. 'Definitely another Sasuke.'
As Cedric left the great hall, another name came out of the goblet. It was down to either of the two Asian schools now.
"The champion for Kame," Dumbledore said, "is Videl Satan!"
Not to be outdone by all the other schools, the Martial Arts Academy students burst out into a roar of applause. "Yeah Videl!" One of them shouted above all others, but Naruto didn't get a good look at him.
Videl stood up with pride and walked confidently towards Dumbledore and then through the door. She was a little taller than Sakura with her same firecracker attitude. You could tell just by the way she walked. Her hair was short, black, and relatively unkempt, like she only fussed with it when she needed too. 'A real tomboy.' Naruto figured.
Finally, it was the Hidden Leaf's turn. The moment of truth….
For a brief moment, Naruto couldn't help but ponder what if? If he did have the balls to put his own name into the goblet and was he was selected as his school's champion, what could have happened.
He imagined his whole class cheering him on as he overcame each of the tasks with ease. Sakura-chan watching him every step of the way. Slowly realizing her feelings for him as she falls in love with him.
'Yeah right, while I'm dreaming, I'd like a sea of ramen, a chance to meet my parents, and to not have a demon sealed inside me that ostracizes me from the rest of the village.'
"The champion for the Hidden Leaf, is Naruto Uzumaki!" Dumbledore shouted as the hall roared with applause for a final time.
'Wait, what?'
Author's Note from Panda: Bam! Betcha didn't see that coming. Videl is the Kame school champion and not Gohan. Any other questions you have, PM us and we will be happy to answer. We love talking with you guys, honest.
The next five chapters should be released on a weekly basis, since they are done, we promise, we just want to spread the releases out. At least I do. Cmartin, you got any words for the fine folks at home?
Cmartin: Yes, in fact I do. To reiterate what Panda said at the beginning, life is getting quite hectic. Between work and lack of sleep, plus with my grandfather on his death bed, I'm having a hard time trying to focus on writing. My main concern is getting bills paid and keeping my clunker of a car running. I'm hoping for a decent tax refund this year so I can get a newer and better car to replace mine, but I'm not going to hold my breath. As it is, we're behind bills and I have no idea when or if we'll be able to pay them. But don't worry. I'll try to make time to write, but I'll do what I can when I can.
Again, I apologize for the extremely long wait for new chapters to our old stories. I promise you they will be updated. Chapter 40 of Legacy Of Heroes is nearly complete. The next chapter of Five Year Mission will be next, Slug and Fox will be next, followed by Zelda. I'm afraid Transfer Students may be abandoned. I can't find it in myself to think up anything new content wise. I'm more focused on what we've currently got working.