Fire Raising Wizard

CHAPTER TWO

Let me go ahead and mention that I have no clear schedule for updating this fic, yet. Right now i'm getting used to my new school schedule but luckily I still have a decent amount of free time to slip into story writing~

Also, my spelling and grammar aren't the best so feel free to point things out, I will be having a friend help beta my chapters before I post them.

So the general disclaimers apply still, let's get on with Chapter two~

"Talking"

'Thinking'

~Parsletongue~

Demons speaking

*Jutsu*

Written words

Hadrian scrambled around as he made sure he had packed everything he wanted to keep with him as he started his new life in Konoha. He was equal parts excited and nervous. Excited to be getting away from the stress and worries and expectations of the wizarding world; but nervous since he would be arriving without any warning being sent to the Hokage. He wanted to present himself and his story in person since letters could be intercepted and from what he learned from the goblins being part of a clan like the Uchiha's was a sensitive matter.

After his mad dash to get fully ready he grabbed the portkey the goblins had given him, a whispered password later and he was standing in the lobby of Gringotts with Griphook waiting only a few feet away.

"Right on time Lo- Hadrian." The goblin corrected himself quickly when Green eyes flashed in minor annoyance. "We have everything ready for your departure, all we need is you." He motioned for Hadrian to follow as he stepped out of the lobby and down a hallway until they reached a large open room that only held two columns that reached from floor to ceiling.

Connecting the columns was a portal that seemed to be made of shifting and swirling shadows. "This is how I'll be getting to Konoha?" Hadrien eyed the portal with a sense of unease as it closely reminded him of the veil that had stolen his dogfather away from him.

"Yes, have no worries since this is a tried and tested working method to get you to your destination. It will feel odd and you'll be nauseous afterwards but otherwise completely fine. We wish you luck once you reach the other side. Remember to let us know if you need anything, the two-way box can easily be used to send letters or parcels back to us, and us to you." he reminded as the wizard shifted his shoulder bag and began to walk towards the portal with a shaky sigh.

"Here goes…" Hadrian muttered as he closed his eyes and made a dash.

With eyes clenched shut he groaned and wasn't sure how long the actual trip through the portal landed since he just stood hunched over for about ten minutes afterwards to stave off the urge to vomit. Once his stomach settled he sighed in relief and opened his eyes.

Standing proper he turned in a circle to take in his surroundings. He was in the woods, a path not far off to his left, and everything was lush and green. "...Amazing." there was no sign of the portal he'd gone through.

With a pat to his shoulder bag, that held all the documents and papers that helped prove his claim to the Uchiha name, a hopeful smile spread across his face and he left the forest and began his journey to Konoha, after a quick Point-me from his wand of course.

Hadria was nervous, but hid it well, as he spotted the gates on the horizon. He knew the village was guarded by trained ninja and also knew that he had nothing to hide and nothing to fear but he just got out of a war so he was still a bit riled up and hair triggered. Stopping at the gates he looked up to see the guards looking down at him. With a shy smile he gave a quick wave.

-This is a line break/POV shift of sorts-

Kotetsu sighed as he and his partner, Izumo, were once again stuck on gate duty. He did perk up when the sound of approaching footsteps was heard. Glancing towards the path he and Izumo watched as a small loe figure made his way up to gate and eventually waved. Waving back he grinned and leaned out to look him over better.

"Never seen you around before!~" Usually people going through the gate were ninja going off/returning on missions or familiar merchants and traders. He'd never seen anyone like this kid before.

The teen shifted before nodding and running a hand through black hair, as black as the Uchiha's. In fact this kid did have a few subtle similarities to the clan.

"I need to speak to the hokage?" it came out as more of a question than anything. Izumo nodded and had him present his ID and papers before pointing him towards the Hokage Tower and letting him go on his way. The kid scurried off into the village with left Izumo with a curious and excitable partner that would not shut up about the 'mysterious Uchiha look-alike'.

-Another Linebreak/POV Shift-

Hadrian took in the sights with slight awe as he made his way through town and towards the hokage tower. He did stick out since as he was wearing his usual wizarding robes and just a muggle outfit of jeans and a t-shirt underneath. Ignoring that he just grinned and politely nodded to anyone who looked his way or waved first. Making it to the tower in mere minutes he stared up at it for just a minute before heading inside and being directed around until finally he was ushered into the Hokage's office where he spotted the old man at his desk smoking a pipe.

Sarutobi, mainly addressed as Hokage or Sandaime, eyed the new arrival with barely veiled curiosity. The young man had told his secretary that speaking with him was a matter of great importance so he could only wonder what this was about.

"I uh… I suppose I should get on with what I came here to tell you." Hadrian muttered with a weak chuckle, cursing himself for sounding so unsure in that moment. "Please do hear me out because I promise i'm not crazy or anything…"

Now he really had Sarutobi's attention. The old man motioned for him to continue and leaned forward to let Hadrian know he had his attention on the matter.

"I just recently found this out...I'm related to a clan here...the Uchiha." he then began to ramble on about blood tests and an ancestor that was cast away for being unable to produce a sharingan or properly mold chakra. He produced papers and test results to back up his statements and of course promised he would submit to any text the Hokage would like to go through to solidify his claim as a sort of branch member and cousin of the Uchiha clan.

This had indeed been a shock to the old man and he spent a few moments in silence just looking over the paperwork and glancing up at the nervous young male standing before him. "These papers do seem to be in order but I would like to have our own blood testing done to be very sure, you would consent to this?" he inquired, in the back of his mind trying to think of a way to explain what had happened to the Uchiha's if this young man, this Hadrian, was indeed a sort of long lost member.

"Y-yes! Yes of course." he was relieved he hadn't just been tossed out on his ass for what was really a sort of crazy claim to make with only his word and a few documents that could be falsified. He was ushered out of the office by two masked figures and had to remind himself that these masks were different, not Death Eater masks.

He did try to make idle conversation as they walked, he assumed he was being led to a room where they'd take his blood, but he was met with silence. Not that it deterred him in any way as he just rambled about inane things that the two masked ninja wouldn't really understand anyway.

They left him in a small room with just a chair and a table. Sitting down he nervously picked at his fingernails and wondered how long all this would take. He knew that in the muggle world blood testing could take days almost, in the wizarding world all you needed was the right potion or specially enchanted parchment and the results were only a few drops of blood away. As he fidgeted and worried his bottom lip between his teeth the Hokage was sending for a healer who could take the blood for testing and would keep quiet about it. Konoha was full of gossipers and he didn't need something so sensitive as a lost member of the Uchiha clan being spread around until they were ready to announce it. He also had someone go through clan archives and bring him scrolls on the Uchiha's to see if he could match up any names from the papers he'd gotten from the green eyed teen.

Hadrian snapped out of his worried mental rant when a man, looking similarly dressed to a muggle healer, stepped into the room and greeted him politely. He relaxed some and gave a smile in return, "So...how long does blood testing take?" it was killing him that he didn't even know how long he had to wait to know what he already knew.

"Not too long, no worries, we'll know the results soon." he assured smoothly as he kneeled down by Hadrian's side and grabbed his arm so they could properly take blood.

His rambling started up again, which was broken up with his nervous habit of biting his lip. Mainly he rambled about the most random things that came to mind, be it some of his old friends from home or the places he'd explored and how crazy big his old school was. The healer just chuckled every now and then but otherwise remained silent unless he had Hadrian clarify something during his ranting.

With his blood collected the healer told him to just sit put and that he'd be back with the results in no time. He left the room in a hurry and Hadrian was once again alone. Not for long, thankfully, since a few minutes after the healer left the Hokage entered and sat across from him with a smile. "So why would you come all this way for something that isn't a sure thing?"

Hadrian frowned but refrained from telling him he knew for a fact that the tests would return positive. "Well...before I was made aware of having living family here in Konoha I was mainly alone." he shrugged and took a moment to gather his thoughts. The goblins had told him that all Hokage's, well the ones they approved of, were made aware of the 'outer world' due to certain financial reasons the goblins took advantage of. Admittedly Hadrian had kind of zoned out at that point of the lecture so he wasn't sure how much he should tell the old man.

"You're...uh...You're aware of Hogwarts and the like, yes?" he glanced up at him with a nervous smile, only relaxing when the Hokage looked surprised at first but nodded after. "Ok good...so you know about..." here Hadrian trailed off and just made vague hand gestures. Again the old man just nodded, chuckling this time.

"The name Harry Potter….what does that mean to you?" another question that had him anxious and squirming as he waited for a reply.

"Harry Potter… The Boy-Who-Lived?"

Hadrian nodded and, with a shuddered exhale, he reached up to pull his bangs back, revealing the signature lightning bolt scar he'd have all his life. "Tada~" he singsonged in a tired manner. "I hope that coming here means I can escape the stigma attached to my name and title."

After that conversation flowed more easily since Hadrian really only had to hold back more personal parts of his history and reasoning for escaping to Konoha. He and the Hokage, who did ask for him to just call him Sarutobi-san, chatted on until they really lost track of time; so when the healer returned a while later with the test results they were a bit surprised at how fast, in their opinion, it had been done.

"Black-san was telling the truth, he is related, if a bit distantly, to the Uchiha clan."

Neither Sarutobi nor Hadrian were surprised with the news and the healer was shooed out politely so the Hokage could sadly get down to business and inform Hadrian of what had happened to his clan not long ago.

"Uchiha Itachi, a prodigy by any standard, betrayed Konoha not long ago with the act of wiping out the entire Uchiha clan save himself and his younger brother, Uchiha Sasuke. After this act of betrayal he fled the village and has since been marked as an S-rank missing-nin. I know this must come as a big shock to you Hadrian-san so please take all the time you need to adjust."

Hadrian was quiet as he sat, with wide eyes, and tried to process this new information that had shocked him to the core. His family had been murdered, again. Betrayed, again. His fists clenched hard enough that nails broke skin and blood dripped to the floor, all attempts made by the Hokage to get his attention failed as he seemed to just zero in on a spot on the floor and direct his rage there so as not to take his anger out on any undeserving.

Finally he spoke, "May I see him?" it was a whisper really.

"I'm sorry?"

"Sasuke," he licked his lips to keep from biting them, "May I see him?" he hoped he didn't sound as desperate as he felt. He needed to meet him, needed to know that he still had living blood.

"Of course, come wait in my office, I'll have him collected." the Hokage stood and motioned for Hadrian to join him. "Shall we tell him about you or would you like to do it yourself."

"I will…"

The rest of the walk was silent as Hadrian allowed a healer, the some from before, to heal his hand. He was left alone in the Hokage's office as the old man didn't want to intrude. Hadrian had tried to argue, it was his office after all, but Sarutobi would hear nothing of it and told him he needed a lunch break anyway.

Hadrian plopped down gracelessly on a couch, sighing and dropping his head into his hands as everything ran through his mind again. He also didn't notice when the door opened around 10 minutes later. He did notice, however, when someone cleared their throat.

His head snapped up and bright avada kedavra green met coal black.

"You're...Uchiha Sasuke, yeah?"

And here is the end of CHAPTER TWO!

Ah yes the dreaded cliche cliffhanger, sorry for this~

Heh so I hope this lives up to expectations~

I mentioned in my warnings and disclaimers in chapter one that this story WILL be SLASH, now I need help deciding a pairing

HADRIAN WILL BE GAY AND IN A SLASH PAIRING

Please help me decide who to pair him with~

Really I only have a small pool to decide from myself but feel free to make a suggestion and i'll let it be put to a vote

-Itachi

-Kakashi

-Iruka

- Make a suggestion, ANYONE MALE