Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor Harry Potter. If I did, Naruto and Sasuke would be together and someone in Harry Potter would be gay.
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Chapter 2:
Arrival
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Team 7 stood at the main entrance of Konoha, waiting for their sensei. Needless to say, their patience was rapidly thinning. The three shinobi had been waiting for almost half an hour. To entertain himself, Naruto had sat down, leaning against a tree, pulling grass. Sasuke had shortly joined him, playing with Naruto's soft locks, which lulled Naruto to sleep, resting his head against Sasuke's shoulder.
Sakura watched the scene with slight jealousy. She knew she shouldn't be, since Naruto and Sasuke weren't even going out, but she couldn't help feel slight jealousy at them. Still, she had to admit the sight was quite adorable.
Suddenly, Kakashi appeared right in front of Sasuke and Naruto, startling Sasuke, which awoke Naruto.
"Oops, did I startle you? I apologize," said the silver haired man, though he didn't sound the least sorry. Without another word, Naruto and Sasuke stood, and grabbed their stuff, which was put to the side. They dusted their pants; Tsunade had suggested dressing in inconspicuous clothes.
So, Sakura had a plain white skirt, and red shirt, along with simple white sneakers. Sasuke was dressed in beige casual pants and a tight, black shirt. Naruto had murky brown cargo pants and a black, somewhat loose shirt.
"Come," said Kakashi, as he lead the trio away from Konoha and into the wild forest. They walked in silence for a while, Naruto rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and yawning every now and then. Kakashi was the one who broke the silence.
"We will be staying with a family called the Weaslys," explained the jounin as the walked deeper still, "they are close to our assignment, and will teach us some of their magic and assist us in retrieving our necessities. Since you three will be turning fifteen before the school year or around the beginning, you will be placed in the same year as the Potter boy."
"Kakashi-sensai," said the blonde shinobi, "when will the school year start?"
"In about a month and a half."
They continued walking. After a while, Sakura asked where they were heading.
"We are going to the middle of this forest, where Arthur Weasly will be waiting for us and taking us to the place we are to be staying using a means of transportation called a Portkey. The house is supposed to be called Grimmauld Place, and is the headquarters of an organization called the Order of the Phoenix. Only they know of our true reason of being there."
No more was said. The rest of the walk went on without another word spoken. Before they knew it, Kakashi was shaking hands with a red haired, middle aged man. He was kind and greeted the three with respect . He moved the side and stood next to an old shoe.
Everyone raised an eyebrow.
"This," said Mr. Weasly, motioning to the shoe, "is a Portkey, just touch it, one finger will do. Good. Now, any second now."
As if one cue, there was a sudden tug on their navels, and they felt themselves being jerked off the ground. It was as if an invisible hook dragged them into nothingness, and the world spun before them. Seconds later, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura crashed into soft grass, as Kakashi and Mr. Weasly landed gracefully next to them.
"No fair," whined Sakura as she lifted herself off the ground. Naruto and Sasuke just stood and dusted themselves once again.
"Come," instructed the albino as he followed Mr. Weasly.
"Harry Potter will be coming shortly today," the balding red head said. "We are to pick him up tonight. However, you three shall not be coming, Hatake shall. My children and their friend are going to fill you in on some stuff," he said before anyone could protest. "You three will be allowed into the Order meetings, but you must not let the other children know."
Naruto suddenly became aware that they had landed in some park. There were some kids playing on a swing set and other childishly interacting with For a moment, the blond felt jealous at them. He never had parents so he never felt what it was like. Yes, he had Sasuke and Itachi, who were like brothers to hi, but it wasn't the same.
It was all taken from him, thanks to Kyuubi.
Naruto had discovered about the Kyuubi years ago, having overhead Iruka and Kakashi talk about it. He didn't resent the fox demon; he had often talked with the fox and Naruto had discovered that it had all been a big accident, that one night. He just wished tings had turned out slightly different. But then, maybe, he wouldn't have been so close to Sasuke or Itachi. Naruto wouldn't trade Sasuke for the world. The black haired boy was the most important person to him in the world.
"… so, Naruto-kun?"
"Hmm?" asked Naruto. He had not heard what Sasuke had asked him.
"I said it's quite different here from Konoha, don't you think so, Naruto-kun?" Sasuke repeated himself. He raised an eyebrow at his friend. Naruto rarely let his guard down.
"Yeah…" Naruto said softly. He glanced around himself once again and noticed that they were now walking in street lined with houses. When did they leave the park?
"Here," said Mr. Weasly as he handed Sakura a piece of paper. "Read it, memorize it, pass it on."
"Arigatou, Weasly-san," said the pink haired kunoichi. She read it, gave it to Kakashi, who gave it to Sasuke, who gave it to Naruto.
The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, London.
He returned the paper to Mr. Weasly, who tapped it with his wand and set it on fire before dissolving to ashes.
Suddenly, a large house appeared before their very eyes, in the space between Eleven and Thirteen.
"Quickly, inside,"
Listening to the wizard, the four ninjas walked up the driveway, silently, and into the house. Immediately, they were met with pitch-black. For normal eyes, it would be incredibly hard to see, but for the trained ninjas, it was perfectly okay. They could see, if not perfect, well enough.
Suddenly, light filled the room.
"Follow me," the wizard whispered. "And please be quiet."
Not that was hard for the four shinobi. They reached a flight of stairs. Once halfway up, Mr. Weasly stopped.
"You three," he motioned to the teens, "head upstairs and go into the first door on your left(a/n: I can't remember what room they were in, so if I got this wrong, screw me!! I'm too damn lazy to go and get my copy of the fifth book!) With a silent "okay" from Sakura and a solemn nod from Sasuke and Naruto, they went as instructed.
They went where they were told. "Open the door, Sakura," commanded Naruto, not even looking at her, but at the various things on the wall. With a "humph!" from Sakura for being told what to do, she opened the door. They were greeted with two girls, a bushy brunette and a red head, and three boys, all tall and red haired.
"You must be the three exchange students my parents told us about," said the red haired girl. They all nodded. "Well, I'm Ginny, this is Hermione," she motioned to the other girl, "this is Ron," Ron sent a small smile in their direction, 'and the identical ones over there are Fred and George."
"I'm Haruno Sakura!" said the pink haired girl, before being smacked in the back of the head. "WHAT THE HELL?!?!" she saw that it was Naruto who had hit her. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"For being an idiot," he stated. "You say your first name first here."
"Really?" she questioned. "That's weird." she turned back to the little crowd of teens. "Well, in that case, I'm Sakura Haruno!"
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"Naruto," was all Naruto said. With that, he walked to the window and just stared outside.
"Don't worry," he heard Sakura assure them. "He's always like that."
"So," started Ron, "what's it like being a ninja and all?"
"It's awesome!" exclaimed Sakura and she launched into detail about their missions, the Academy, and their senseis, occasionally causing them to gasp. Somewhere in the talk, Sasuke had joined Naruto by the window. For a while, all was quiet.
"I think I'm going to like this mission," said Naruto, a small smile on his lips. Sasuke simply started playing with Naruto's hair again.
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Vocabulary
Arigatou: Thanks
Kunoichi: female ninja
Matte: "wait"
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