Ch.2

I forgot last time so I'll write it now. I do not own either Naruto or Harry Potter, which is probably a good thing as I'm quite terrible with deadlines and we'd only be at a GOF/Tsunade Retrieval Arc right now otherwise.

If you have any suggestions or criticisms I'm all ears.

All six men landed in the center of a large cavern. 5 landed on their feet and immediately went on the defensive noticing the strangers. However, both Gideon and Fabian toppled over as they were in the process of sitting down before they landed. Jumping to their feet while simultaneously snapping their wands from their holsters they instinctively placed themselves next to Potter and Black who also had their wands drawn at the time. Opposite of them stood 3 unfamiliar men wielding triangular looking knives and a blade similar to a short sword.

"State your name, rank, and village for me please" calmly spoke the oldest of them. This was also the one who was wielding the short sword. Gideon noted the silver hair color and absently wondered if the man was older than he looked. "I'd like to know where I'm sending the body of whom was stupid enough to kidnap three Shinobi of Konoha". As Gideon, Fabian, James, and Sirius were processing the words Shinobi and Konoha a voice from just noticed 3rd party broke out.

"That would be Atropos, Mount Olympus and didn't anyone tell you it's rude to ask a women her age?" Silence "No? Well I doubt you can count that high anyway but let's just settle for several millennia hmm? "As for the two behind me they are my sisters Clotho and Lachesis same age and residence applies to them as well. We are The Fates".

Gideon blinked "Seriously?" he asked. "How are we supposed to believe that? I've never done anything to warrant divine intervention." He finished disbelievingly.

The one identified as Atropos snorted "Well of course you haven't, but your children will." After seeing the looks of disbelief or in Sakumo's case a shifting of the feet from his defensive taijutsu stance into an attacking one she rolled her well...eye and continued "I'll prove it too you ungrateful heathens name what it will take to get you to believe us."

The two groups let up their defensive positions slightly leaving only one or two of their number to keep watch over the strangers. In their corner Gideon looked to James Potter and Sirius Black both of whom he recognized from the Order. Quickly to ascertain their identities he asked them "What did you ask for my help with the last time we met?"

James nodded his head in approval at the security question "We wanted to douse Dumbledore's lemon drops with a hair lengthening solution but we needed a distraction to switch the contaminated ones with what he was currently carrying". Sirius who had still had his wand trained on their neighbors barked out a laugh as he heard his friend recall their last prank on the Order. "Okay, my turn. What spell did you teach the marauders when you were a prefect my first year?"

Gideon grinned at the memory of coming across the firstie pranking quartet during winter term. "Wadiwasi" he replied "it shoved whatever objects currently in the victims hand up their nose. James nodded his head again this time in agreement. "So theoretically if you were summoned by the Fates what would you ask for to prove their validity?" questioned Gideon.

Fabian shrugged letting his brother handle the more delicate matters as he continued his survey of the cave. Let James and Gideon figure it out he thought to himself. Sirius and I can keep guard of the strangers well enough on our own. .. And what strangers they were. The three men he was facing all wore some kind of uniform similar to muggle trousers with green vest and some strap on their forehead with some kind acorn looking design on it. If it weren't for the power they were radiating he would guess that they were muggle military. Scratch that they were definitely part of some militaristic group. Those muscles couldn't come from anything but rigorous training. Seeing his brother and James agree on something he relaxed his stance somewhat and fell back with in their group turning to face the 3 men.

-Shinobi Group –

Hatake Sakumo was not normally a man who was taken by surprise. As a Shinobi he had encountered just about everything one could imagine. However, the White Fang of Konoha had just been surprised. He had arrived home from a mission earlier when he decided to stop by his Kohai's apartment to ask a favor. Kakashi was set to graduate in a month, which would make his son the youngest graduate ever. Now while Sakumo was indeed proud of his boy he knew that no five year old no matter how talented would be able to defend himself without a proper sensei. Minato had been his subordinate on several missions and he held a great respect for his fellow comrade. His laid back nature and sharp mind were perfect complements for his son. With that in mind he had gone to ask the man to take him as an apprentice when for the first time in a long time Sukamo was taken by surprise when they were teleported from their village. Taking in Minato's dumbfounded expression and the wary stance of the Nara heir he decided to take point.

"Nara let us hear the facts before we start our line of questioning" he ordered.

The young Nara heir drew himself up and started "The light that picked us up did not have the feel of chakra leading me to believe that it was either technology based teleportation, the result of an unknown bloodline, or an energy source that we are unfamiliar with". Seeing the other men nod he continued. "Secondly, the group of men that arrived at the same time we did seemed just as surprised as us to be here. However, the teleportation itself doesn't seem to bother them leading me to believe that their group can utilize the same technique or something similar. While not civilians I don't believe them to be Shinobi trained as well. Their lack of weapons, aside from those sticks that they wield, rule out the option of samurai. They share the same build as the men from the non-ninja trained members of our Uchiha Police force. Moreover, I wouldn't disregard those sticks that they are pointing at us" Shikaku summed up.

"Very good deductions. Minato do you have anything else to add" questioned their silver (NOT GREY) haired member of their team.

The blonde hesitantly nodded he was looking off as if in deep thought when he replied "I've been working on a teleportation technique that deals with seals and our method of travel felt nothing like mine does. At the mention of children all the men stiffened leading me to believe that they all have families themselves…well apart from the grey eyed man his first reaction at the mention kids immediately moved to cover the man with glasses. Perhaps they are brothers? Either way I agree with Shikaku those men are just as shocked as us at our being here".

Sakumo processed what the two young men had stated. All of their facts coincided with his own observations. While the group of four wasn't the immediate threat he couldn't trust them not to turn on his team and him if the situation presented itself. "I concur. Nevertheless I want to keep an eye of them. We know nothing of each other and at these times it is important to practice caution. Now onto having these women prove themselves. While I remain skeptical of one of the gods coming to us we are being given a chance to demand proof. I've seen enough jutsus with sacrifices the shinigami to know that what is going on could be possible improbable as this situation is". Looking around to further observe his fellow soldiers' faces he continued "As we know it's possible to summon the dead through the use of a deity I propose that we request a person we are familiar with to clarify their story". Seeing Minato go to raise his hand Sakumo gestured with his hand at him to voice his input.

"That's perfect. Although Edo Tensai summons the dead it cannot control their opinions or anything of the mind, only their actions" voiced the blonde. "But senpai do you really think that these people are gods? Isn't it more than likely that this is all some part of an elaborate hoax?"

"Perhaps Minato, but on the small chance it isn't I for one would hate to become one of those fools you read about in myths who dared to disrespect the gods" Concluded Sakumo.

"Troublesome. Seeing as we are all in agreement I say we get to it so we can get this over with" said the Nara. As one the men turned to face the sisters.

It wasn't even a minute later when the other group signaled that they too were ready to proceed.

Seeing that both groups appeared ready Atropos stood and acknowledged everyone. "Are you ready to proceed?" Seeing their nods of agreement she continued. "Who here would like to go first?"

"We will" said Shikaku stepping forward. "From what I've read this isn't a power within your realm but is it possible to summon someone that we know from the dead to authorize your claim? It will be hard for us to believe the future you tell us and a good spy can know things about our past".

"He makes a good point sister" said Clotho speaking up for the first time. "Anything we show them of the future is meaningless unless we give them a reason to trust our word first". She continued "Let us call Thantos he is after all one of the four gods that made this meeting possible". At this Lachesis stood and shuffled out of the cave most likely to get retrieve this Thantos person.

Atropos once again took the floor once it seemed Clotho was done with her three minutes. "While we are waiting for our guest and my sister why don't we ask the wizards what it is that they want?"

Gideon stepped forward, while Sirius and Fabian were convinced they were currently part of some elaborate scheme Gideon was feeling more and more weary of the women as time passed. He noticed that James too didn't scoff at the idea of the divine visiting his family. While normally he would roll his eyes and ask if the man's ego was returning now that he had a lock on Evans, after hearing what he suggested they ask the Fates. Gideon was forced to consider that maybe they really were apart of some life altering change one's destiny type of stuff wankers like to read about in some story books. He cleared his throat and asked "What divine item does our group own and who owns it"?

"That would be my cloak and it belongs to Mr. Potter" replied a smooth voice. Turning around to face the passage that Clotho had disappeared into Gideon spotted a man leaning against the cave wall with his arms closed his eyes resting on a very nervous James who was shifting from foot to foot under his scrutiny. The man had narrow face with distinct cheekbones and rounded jaw. His skin was so pale it was bordering of the color white. His eyes initially looked like the hollowed tunnels one would expect to see on a master occulemns. Although on closer inspection they appeared to look like the way black holes were often described: a bottomless vortex that had to the power to suck nearly everything in. Overall the man held an authoritive edge that spoke of immense power.

Gideon thought again on his words …he had said that Potter's invisibility clock had belonged to him which …meant…that…he…was…"Bloody hell! You're Thanatos!" Gideon exclaimed loudly with a yelp. Fabian seeing his brother's reaction knew that this wasn't a joke. Judging by the tightening around Potter's eyes and Black's clenched fists hanging by his side it didn't take a rocket scientist to realize that they had all come to the same conclusion. Bloody hell was right.

Thanatos smirked obviously amused by Gideon's reaction. Looking over towards the Shinobi he was able to discern that the wizards' reaction was not something they were expecting. It may be difficult to tell how a solider of the Elemental Nations was thinking at any given time as they were trained to hide their emotions from the age 6, but he hadn't been around for this long without the ability to be able to learn how to read them. Oh he was going to have a lot of fun with this group. Not only would they help to recover those who had sought to cheat him, but a Potter thrown into the midst just made it that much more fun. He glanced at the Potter Scion. His smirk turned into a smile of unholy glee causing everyone in the room to suddenly fear for their lives. Yes, he was going to have a lot of fun seeing the chaos Ignotus' descendants caused. Maybe he should invite Eris to this discussion. Destruction meant nothing unless the goddess of discord was around.

Turning his head to look at the Shinobi again he continued as if Gideon's freak out never happened "Your request to summon a fellow ninja from Kohona has been granted" and without waiting for them to ask for a specific person her moved his hand in a pattern similar to that of summoning and slammed his hand on the ground. As the smoke disappeared the Shinobi were shocked to see their fallen comrade Akimichi Hikaru. Pulling a black silk handkerchief from his pocket Thanatos proceeded to wipe the blood off of his hand. Looking up to see everyone's startled expressions amid the mad cackling of Atropos he waved his hand dismissively at the former Akimichi. "Go tell your friends what they need to know. You have five minutes".

A stunned Namikaze Minato was the first of the Kohona contingent to speak "Hika...Hikaru is that really you?" he choked out at seeing his fallen genin teammate.

Awkwardly the Akimichi smiled and raised his hand in greeting shuffling over. "Hello everyone. Nodding at each "Sakumo san, Minato chan, and Shikaku kun" he stated the last teasing the younger man who was best friends with his little cousin Choza.

"So it really is true then" voiced Sakumo quietly looking at the younger man who he had once trained for the Chunin Exams after being bribed into it by his good friend Jirarya.

Hikaru nodding good naturedly "Umm…yeah I'm not really sure what caused it but something must have happened because Thantos and Eros are giddier than usual, which from what the others have told means that their gearing up for war…anyway I hope that whatever information they have to give will help save Kahona from whatever is about to happen" he ended.

Sakumo spoke up again cutting off whatever questions of war and Eris that Minato obviously had and focused on the point of Atropos had explained she had summoned them in the first place for "So that means that our children and future children" he said pointing toward Shikaku and Minato when he said the last part "they are in trouble". This sobered Minato quickly who had been so excited by seeing his good friend again that he had lost focus. Shikaku however held Sakumo's gaze with his own in a silent admission that he too hadn't forgotten why they were really here.

At Sakumo's statement Hikaru solemnly nodded his head. "Yes" he stated quietly.

Looking alert an uncommon look for a Nara, Skikaku voiced what all the men in the room had been thinking. Loud enough for even those men who Atropos had called "wizards" to hear he clearly stated "The future would have to be extremely bad if the deities have called us all together.

This statement caused the Shinobi and Wizards alike to form a unit together for the first time since they arrived standing side by side facing the gods. As Hikaru was getting ready to return to the under he took one last look at the assembled men. His last thought as he caught site of their grim determined faces as they looked at the Fates was gods help whoever deigned to mess with their children, because they won't be coming out of this mess alive.

I did warn you that the first 2 chapters would be slow. I needed to set up the foundation properly for these men to work together. I hate when you read time travel stories where Fate, Death, or Kami intervene only to be immediately accepted along with whichever strangers they decide to summon at any given time. Expect Ch.3 to start picking up the pace.

Please review and tell me what you think. I don't have a beta to bounce ideas off of so know that I'll take any and all considerations to heart.