A/N- Hey guys. I'm very pleased to give you the second chapter this early. I'm also very great full to who have reviewed it. It was quite a surprise actually. I've never received this much reviews on a single chapter. That means I'm doing right for a change.

Because of you..my wonderful friends, I've decided to release this chapter this early. I was so happy that I could not stop writing the second chapter and completed it this early.

The first chapter was just an introduction for Naruto about the Wizarding world and what to expect. But from second chapter starts his magical journey. His interaction with Harry is written in this chapter. So enjoy friends.

Although I updated sooner than I thought, the update of next chapter will be quite slow. I'll be doing my summer internship from this June to August so I'll not have the time to write. Still I'll try to post the next chapter next month. Sorry about the delay.

Review guys. I'll be waiting to hear your opinion about this chapter.

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Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto and Harry Potter since Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Harry Potter belongs to J.K.R.


CHAPTER TWO


Harry Meets Naruto


The busy streets of Diagon Alley was bustling with life as the wizarding shops were busy with their customers, witches and wizards doing whatever their work, children playing among themselves and the vendors trying to sell their many items to the people. In between the Madame Malkin's robe shop was full with young boys and girls buying their clothes, Flourish and Blotts full with readers and apothecary shops full of potion crazed wizards. In between the busy streets, Gringotts building stood proudly telling others that they should not be disturbed or else there would be a hell to pay. The side alley near Gringotts which was the entrance to Knockturn Alley looked as gloomy and dark as usual with full of dirty and filthy people, hags, vampires and many dark wizards.

Within the radiant life bustling Diagon Alley, there was a small alley which nobody pay attention, a man appeared out of thin air without making any noise. Only a small shift in air could be seen when the man landed. The man was wearing a dark hood hiding his face and he was fairly tall. A thin line of smirk formed in the man's lips and he lifted his hood revealing a handsome face with spiky blond hair and deep cerulean blue eyes. He looked around his surrounding and noticed that nobody was watching. He quickly transformed his clothes to acceptable wizarding robes and sighed deeply. The man was none other than Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto.

Naruto took out a small wand and cast the 'notice me not' charm over himself and came out from the dark alley. He quickly blended with the people of Diagon Alley and went towards the Gringotts. He entered through the huge doors of the wizarding bank and noticed strange creatures. He quickly realized that the creatures were Goblins as Merlin had described. He quickly went towards the front desk where a small Goblin was writing something. He said in pure English,

"Hello!"

The Goblin looked up and snorted uninterestedly and asked in a crafty voice, "What business do you have here?"

Naruto quickly thanked Merlin for his warning about the Goblins and said annoyed, "I wish to make an account. I have huge amount of money that I can't bring along with me wherever I go."

The Goblin perked up interested and said, "Can I see some samples so that I can know what type you have?"

Naruto quickly replied, "Sure."

He took out some money from his pocket and handed over to the Goblin. The Goblin examined the money and said in a nostalgic way, "Ah, Japanese currency…it has been a while since someone from Japan had tried to open an account here. Then you must be a Japanese wizard. Is it not?"

The blond smirked and answered, "Obviously. So am I allowed to make an account here?"

"Certainly Mr.."

"Naruto..Naruto Namikaze.", the blond replied introducing himself.

The Goblin nodded and asked his subordinate to call for another Goblin. A few minutes later a small Goblin entered with some papers. He talked with the Goblin in the desk and came towards Naruto and said, "I am Gilbertooth, I will be making your account. Please come with me."

Naruto nodded and followed after the Goblin to a small office. The Goblin took out a knife and a pot and said, "I need some blood samples so that your vault may be keyed to you. Obviously, you will get a key for withdrawal afterwards."

Naruto nodded and cut his fingers and gave blood to the Goblin. The Goblin then took out some parchments and said, "Now Mr. Namikaze, sign these papers and your account will be complete. Afterwards please unseal your money so that we can convert it to Galleons, Sickles and Knuts."

Naruto took a quill and signed the papers and took out a scroll and unsealed the money. A huge cloud of smoke appeared and from there a huge amount of notes came out filling up the entire room. The small Goblin's huge eyes widened further from seeing huge amount of money.

"So much money…it will be billions of Galleons from just these." The Goblin muttered in shock. 'I've got to report this to Master Ragnuk. We got today a valuable customer.'

The Goblin shook his head and clicked his fingers. The huge amount of money instantly vanished. The small creature took out a key and said, "Mr. Namikaze, your money has been converted to galleon and here is your key. Do you like to make a withdrawal?"

Naruto answered, "Yes, I need to go shopping today."

After withdrawing some money and purchasing many things from Diagon Alley Naruto vanished from there.


At Surrey-

The evenings of Surrey were always hazy for Harry Potter when he went to the Magnolia Park to sit in the swings. Since his return from Hogwarts, he had been having nightmares of Voldemort and dying eyes of Cedric Diggory and he always woke up screaming. It was actually embarrassing for a boy to be screaming from a nightmare, but he couldn't help it. Guilt had been eating him from the very moment Cedric died. If only he hadn't been so noble and used some selfishness to grab the cup, Cedric wouldn't have died. It's not like they were best of buddies, but still he was a friend nonetheless.

After returning, he had tried to find information about the Wizarding world from various sources. Since he couldn't have the Daily Prophet, he had to find other means of gathering information. His main source was the radio his Aunt Petunia used to listen to news and he always paid attention to anything that clued him of Voldemort's activities. But he didn't find anything.

He was also musing of the reasoning of Dumbledore for returning to his aunt's home. He had thought he would be living with Sirius after the tournament but no..Dumbledore had to interfere in his life again.

He was also slightly annoyed at his friends. Hermoine had the gall to ask for letters every week while she hadn't sent any to him till now. What kind of friends they are who don't even write to him? He could understand Ron because Ron was a jealous git who didn't even know how to write a proper letter. His handwritings were so bad that he couldn't identify his scribbles. But Hermoine? What was her excuse? They would get a row from him for sure, he mused darkly. Here he was wallowing in self pity and they didn't have the time to ask for his well being. At least they could send some news anything regarding Voldemort or even Death Eater activities. But no, he hadn't got a single word from them.

He couldn't send any letter either because Hedwig was at the Weasleys. He missed her and she was the only companion he had while he stayed at the Dursleys'. He couldn't even use Muggle posts since the Weasleys' don't even know how to receive one and he didn't know Hermoine's address. He should have asked her earlier about that.

The one thing he was happy about that Fred and George took his prize money from the Triwizard Tournament. Maybe with those thousand Galleons, they can open their joke shop 'Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes'. The world could all do with a few laughs.

So with depressing thoughts the Wizarding world's saviour sat on one of the swings of Magnolia Park at this evening. He had no companion in Surry because of his cousin Dudley. His whale of a cousin threatened everyone who wanted to befriend Harry in his childhood and his aunt had spread horrible rumours about him being a 'disturbing child'. He clenched his fist in anger. What right did they have to spread rumours about him like that? One day he would take his revenge.

What Harry Potter didn't know was that he was being watched by two separate individuals. Well not precisely, one person in a cheap invisibility cloak was snoring under the shade of a tree and the other one had already located the lazy drunk and was making sure that he wouldn't get interrupted by him when he introduce himself to Harry.

After he made sure that the drunk wouldn't wake up anytime soon, he slowly materialized himself and slowly approached the raven haired scrawny boy sitting in the swing in depressing mode.

He thought, 'if this is the attitude of the saviour of the Wizarding World, then the world is doomed. What a lazy kid. He knew that the Dark Lord has come back, but instead of doing any productive work, he is being whinny about his unfairness of life. Oh..well…then let's make sure he gets it after I..well no use in pondering this…'

Harry Potter startled from his thoughts when he heard rustling behind him. He quickly took out his wand and pointed towards the intruder. The intruder just raised his eyebrow and slowly said,

"Well…someone is jumpy in this fine evening. By the way..good reflexes. You'd do well in Auror academy.. I recon."

Harry's eyes widened hearing about the word 'Auror'. After all it was a word only used in the Wizarding World. So that means the boy in front of him must be a wizard. He studied the person in front of him and noticed that the boy must be slightly older than him. He was more handsome than Cedric no doubt and he looked like Asian born. After a few minutes staring Harry demanded,

"Who are you?...you're not a Muggle if you know what an Auror is."

Naruto smirked slightly in amusement. He clapped and said, "Bravo…you can be smart if you want to be. Mr. Obvious."

Harry's face darkened and pressed his wand harder and again asked, "Stop patronizing. I asked you a name."

Naruto's smirk widened and in the blink of an eye snatched Harry's wand and started to examine it. Harry's eyes' widened in shock. He didn't even see what happened and the strange boy had snatched his wand.

"Hey..give me back my wand..you thief." He yelled in anger.

Naruto was still examining. He whispered, "11 inches, Holly and Phoenix feather core…yes of course unyielding. Nice wand. It prefers slightly darker magic I presume."

"Hey…stupid prat…are you even listening to me?...give me back my wand this instant. Are you a Death Eater?..if so…" Harry was yelling and cursing obscenities.

Naruto looked up from his musing and asked, "Huh…did you say something?"

Harry stopped his yelling and his anger grew after listening to his stupid question. He clenched his fist even harder. He was also slightly afraid of the person. What if the person in front of him was a Death Eater? Then he was doomed. His wand had been snatched and he had no means to protect himself if he attacked. But at this moment his Gryffindor bravery had won and he was fuming in anger and frustration.

Naruto seeing the look on Harry's face burst out laughing. He fell on the ground and started laughing like a lunatic. He had tears in his eyes in laughter.

"ha..ha aha….oh…man…the look on your face…Merlin..you should've seen your face…it's priceless. I haven't pranked anyone like this for a long time."

Harry's anger had melted and he felt confused. Why in the Merlin's name this stupid boy is laughing like a maniac. He didn't find it funny. No he shook his head..no he didn't find it funny at all.

Naruto few minutes of hideously laughing stopped his laughter and stood up slowly still snickering. He apologized still smirking, "Well..sorry. I was just making fun at you. Here is your wand." He gave the wand back to Harry.

Harry hesitantly took back his wand and found the familiar rush of warmness. He sighed in relief. He could not explain but he had always found a connection to his wand. And when his wand had been snatched he felt like a part of him went missing. He scowled and retorted, "It's not funny."

"Well I was…was just lightening the mood. That's all. Still you've got a nice and powerful wand mind you. Take care of it." Naruto replied.

"You are the one who snatched my wand like a thief. But you didn't answer my question. Who are you?"

Naruto smiled warmly and said politely, "Well…didn't anyone teach you any manners? It is polite to give ones' name before asking another's..you know."

A slight pink rose in Harry's cheek and he avoided his gaze from Naruto and said, "Er..well..I just thought you already knew me as I'm famous in the Wizarding World."

Naruto huffed and said, "Well that's rubbish. So what if you are popular? It is still polite to introduce oneself first before asking a name."

"I mean I know about your stories of course. What with those rubbish published in the Daily Prophet and all."

Harry shook his head and placed his hand forward and introduced, "Sorry..well I'm Harry James Potter. It's nice to meet you."

Naruto took Harry's hand and shook it. He also introduced, "That's more like it. Pleasure to meet you too. My name is Naruto Namikaze."

"Naruto?..what a strange name. I've never heard any family like that." Harry said.

Naruto smiled and said, "No..you wouldn't heard of it. I'm a foreigner. I'm from Japan."

Harry was surprised to hear that. He asked in wonder, "A Japanese wizard? What a surprise. I haven't met any Japanese wizard in my life. I didn't even know there were Japanese wizards around."

Naruto thought, 'I'll not give you my proper introduction right now. But after familiarising, I'll tell you some things about me.'

He unclasped his hand from Harry's and said, "Well..I work at the Japanese Ministry and I'm very close to the Japanese Minister for Magic. I'll tell you more about myself..but I can't talk about it in open like that. Know any place for privacy?"

Harry asked confused, "Why do we need privacy? I mean can't we talk here? Do you mean someone have been spying on me?"

Naruto said in surprise, "What? You haven't sensed anyone till now? I know I have knocked unconscious that drunk under that tree. He is under an invisibility cloak."

Harry looked aghast. Someone had been spying on him? Was it Death Eaters? But Dumbledore said his home was quite safe. Had he been lied to? Maybe he did feel someone spying on him. The other morning he heard a 'crack' of Apparition. Who had been spying on him?

Naruto seeing that Harry was ghastly pale said, "Relax, I don't think they are Death Eaters. They may be lackeys of Dumbledore. The 'Order of the Phoenix'..you know."

Harry looked surprised, "What?..the order..eh..what?"

Naruto laughed, "I'll tell you about it if we get some privacy."

Harry sighed and said, "Er..well I don't know any place like that. I don't actually live here most of the year..so I haven't found any secret place for hideout."

Naruto stroked his chin in thought. After sometime thinking he said slowly, "What about your room? I can make myself invisible so that no one can see me entering your house. I can even make your room soundproof."

Harry pondered for a second and answered, "Not a bad idea actually. My uncle is at work and my cousin is probably beating some 10 years old kid. Aunt Petunia went to the market. So maybe it's the best idea. Ok.. let's go."

Naruto nodded and did a hand seal and whispered

'Ninpou: Meisaigakure (Ninja Art: Hidden Camouflage)'

Naruto's formed shimmered and slowly he vanished from sight. Harry's eyes' widened in shock. He looked around and asked panicking, "You did magic. What if ministry catches me? I'm not supposed to do magic outside school."

Naruto still invisible replied, "Relax…I'm of age. And I didn't use magic at all. It's a slight trick I learned in my travels. So you can relax."

Harry sighed in relief. But he asked, "Can you teach me how to do that?"

Naruto shook his head and answered, "No..sorry you can't learn this trick. You haven't got the necessary power to do that."

Harry scowled but didn't say anything. He thought, 'what use showing that trick to me if he isn't teaching me? Stupid git.' He simply walked towards the Dursleys' house in silence. He knew Naruto was following him.

As Harry and the mysterious wizard were returning to No. 4 Private Drive, Harry was deep in thought. What a surprising turns of events. He just met this boy, but he already trusted him. He just couldn't bring himself to hate this mysterious Japanese friend. Maybe it was the charm? Or may be he just remind of him of Fred and George? He couldn't tell. But he had this feeling that something's about to change. But what? He couldn't decide.

After a few moments of silently walking they reached No. 4 Private Drive. Harry opened the door and quickly went through the kitchen towards the room. He opened his room and entered silently. He waited for sometimes and closed the door and sighed.

"You still with me?..", he asked.

"In here", replied Naruto from Harry's back.

Harry jumped in shock. He quickly span and saw that Naruto's form was starting to show shimmering slightly. Harry barked,

"Don't do that. You might give someone heart attack."

Naruto after becoming completely visible laughed slightly. He waved his hand and said, "Don't be so paranoid. If you go on like this, you'll someday fear your own shadow."

Harry scowled and sat down on his bed. He replied, "You sound like Professor Moody. 'Constant Vigilance' and all."

"Are you talking about the retired Auror Moody? You know…Alastor Moody?"

"Yeah…the old bark. Actually I don't know if the real Moody acts like that or not. What I knew was the imposter. Barty Crouch Jr." Harry said annoyed remembering the events.

Naruto mused and said, "Oh..well…no use pondering this. Well…let's make the room soundproof.. shall we?"

Harry nodded and replied, "Yeah whatever…do what you want. My relatives don't want to do anything with me anyways. They only need me when there are chores to do."

Naruto sighed in seeing Harry's attitude. 'well he needs to loosen up. He'll not be strong enough to defeat Voldemort like this.' He did some hand seals and slammed his hand on the ground.

A large seal array appeared under his hand and it spread like a spider web surrounding the room. A soft glow appeared around the room and slowly disappeared. Harry's eyes' again widened in surprise. He thought, 'what is he? He just does these strange hand moves and he can do everything. What kind of power is this?...but I guess I can't learn this. He already told me I can't do them. But it doesn't mean I can't be annoyed at this.'

The seal array disappeared slowly. Naruto smiled and in the blink of an eye he was behind Harry and held him in strong grip holding a kunai in front of his eye.

The temperature of the room dropped few degrees and Naruto's eyes glowed red. He said in dangerous voice, "I'm disappointed in you. You trusted me too easily. What if I am a Dark Lord's supporter?"

Harry's eyes' widened in fear. He started shaking. 'I'm gonna die.', he thought internally.

But his Gryffindor bravery again came back in full force and replied in anger, "I know that if you really are a Death Eater, you wouldn't kill me. Voldemort wants to kill me. He wouldn't let others kill me."

"And even if you kill me…I will not go down so easily. At least I'll take you down with me."

The temperature dropped again a few degrees and Naruto replied in a chilling aura, "You are very brave to withstand my killing intent. But if I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't notice me until you are dead on the floor."

Harry didn't reply. He was still shaking in fear. But he held on with his false courage. After a few minutes, the chilling aura slowly lifted and Naruto released Harry from his grip. Harry sighed in relief but his shaking was still present.

Naruto came back in front of Harry and asked, "Why did you trust me so easily? I could've killed you."

Harry shook his head to relief of his shaking and replied, "Yes you could've. But you didn't. I also know that you aren't a Death Eater. A Death Eater wouldn't shake hand with a filthy half-blood like me."

"I also know that there isn't any Japanese wizard in the ranks of Voldemort. You can always tell a Death Eater apart. If a Death Eater has found me, he would shout like a maniac and would try to take me down to deliver to Voldemort. A Death Eater isn't so smart to come up with a plane like that. And I know neither Voldemort nor any of his followers know how to do those trick of yours." He replied breathing heavily.

Naruto looked at Harry for a few minutes and smiled slightly. He said, "Well said. You've got intelligence if you deduced that just by observing me."

"Of course I wouldn't kill you. I'm here to offer my help after all. But in the future don't trust anyone too easily. Even if they are familiar to you, they may not be your friends at all. You know about the Polyjuice Potion right?"

Harry thought about that and nodded in understanding. His shaking had stopped and he was relieved to say at least that his intuition was correct. 'but..what was that chilling aura? He called it killing intent. What is that? He was scarier than Voldemort. Even facing Voldemort I didn't feel this much fear. It was like I have seen my death countless times in a gruesome way. What is he?'

Naruto observed him for few seconds and asked, "You alright? I've only released a small amount of killing intent. But still it is too much for someone like you. Here take this."

He took out a chocolate from his pocket and offered Harry. Harry hesitantly took the chocolate and slowly started eating. He felt better. He asked, "That chilling aura. It's like Dementors. But more powerful and you are telling me it's a small amount? Are you crazy?"

Naruto barked out laughing and said, "Sorry…sorry…perhaps it was too much for you. I just wanted to make a point."

"But you didn't need to that in such a scary way. There are other means to prove a point." Harry replied scowling.

"Like what? Killing you?"

"Er…no..not like that."

Naruto just clasped his fingers and said, "Anyway…I'm sorry. But let's get down to business. You wanted to know about me and the 'Order of the Phoenix' right?"

Harry's eyes' perked up interested. He asked, "Yeah…first tell me about you."

Naruto thought for a few minutes and said, "Alright…but you have to promise me that after my story, you have to tell me about yourself."

Harry quickly looked sideways. He didn't want to talk about his life at all. He thought Naruto wouldn't notice his avoidance of information about his private life. But that blonde git was too smart for his own good. But he mouthed a promise.

"Excellent!..let's see.. I already told you I work for the Japanese ministry right?" Harry nodded.

"But I didn't tell you what position I'm in. You may find it funny but I'm the ambassador for the Japanese Ministry of Magic. The Minister Takeshi-san is a very good friend of mine."

Harry was surprised to hear that. He asked, "Ambassador? What does that mean?"

"It means that I'm the representative of the Ministry. I negotiate business with the foreign Ministry and work as a mediator for our Ministry and others. I've been recently appointed."

Harry looked in awe. He said, "Wow…you are a Ministry ambassador in such a young age? Brilliant!"

Naruto laughed out loud, "Why thank you…I guess you could say that. I'm 19 years old. Actually my dad was very popular in the Japanese Wizarding community."

"And because of him, I was able to enrol in the Mahoutokoro Academy pretty early on."

"Mahoutokoro Academy? I've never heard of that. Er…I know about the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang of course." Harry asked confused. He didn't recognize the name of the school. He whispered, "I wonder how many Wizarding Schools are there in the world?...maybe Hermione knows."

Naruto seeing the look of Harry's face said, "Your lack of information indicates that you don't study. You have intelligence in abundance but you are limiting your own potential by wasting away time. You should study more."

Harry's face pinked in embarrassment. It's true he didn't study. He had been wasting away his time by playing Exploding Snap and Wizarding Chess with Ron. Only extra book he ever read was the 'Quidditch Through the Ages'. Of course he read the Defence books in advance. That's why he's quite good at DADA. But other than that, he spent his free time discussing Quidditch with Ron.

Still he didn't want to admit his own fault and spoke quite defensively, "You sound like Hermione. She always knags me and Ron to do better in class work."

"So why don't you?...but let's skip that. You are wondering about the Mahoutokoro Academy right? Well the school is situated in the small island Nakano-shima in the sea which is also home of the few wizarding communities in the country. The courtyard is filled with beautiful Sakura trees. The building is a traditional Japanese castle. The subjects that teach in the school are not different from Hogwarts for as I've gathered. We also take our OWL's and NEWT's in the fifth and seventh year respectively."

Harry listened attentively and he was very much surprised to hear details about another school. He would've loved to visit the school one day. If he survived the war, he definitely would visit the school. It was also pleasant to hear that the courses were not so different from Hogwarts.

"Sooo….you went to this academy right?" he asked.

"Yup…"

"And….what about your score in OWL's and NEWT's? …I'm very interested to know about that."

"Ohooo….dear ickle Harrykins wants to know my score. But…I'm not telling you that." Naruto smirked amusedly.

Harry asked surprised, "Why not? Did you fail?"

"No…why would I fail? In fact I'm quite proud of my accomplishments. And the reason I'm not telling you is that I want you to find it yourselves. Research it on your own. You may also take help from your friends if you choose to."

"So now…let's forget about my education. So where was i?...ah ha…yes…after my graduation I got a job in the Ministry and quickly climbed my way to top. And here I am…an ambassador for the Ministry of Magic. To tell you the truth…this is my first assignment."

Harry was quite annoyed that he didn't tell him about the scores. But no matter he had Hermione for research. Oh…he forgot. He was angry at his friends..didn't he? What the bloody hell was he thinking about giving Hermione the job of researching? He couldn't ask of her. He was going to lash out at her for not contacting him this summer. Didn't he?

He sighed. He was not listening to what Naruto was saying. He only heard the last part about the assignment. He quickly asked,

"Assignment? What assignment?"

"Let's forget about that now. I'll tell you about it in a matter of minutes. You've got to be informed of this. You are involved in this." Naruto replied.

"What….? I'm involved in this? Now the Japanese Ministry is interested in me? Bloody Hell!" Harry cursed his fame. His stupid reputation had caught him in a spider like web from which he couldn't find a way out. Stupid Boy-Who-Lived.

"Don't curse Harry. It's not so bad. But we'll discuss about that in a few minutes. Let's talk about the 'Order of the Phoenix' shall we?" Naruto offered.

Naruto could tell Harry had become interested. Dumbledore had Harry wrapped around his finger. He needed to entangle Harry from Dumbledore's grasp. Otherwise Harry would walk to his own death if Dumbledore were to order him so. Dumbledore wasn't a bad man actually. But he had forgotten about the important part while thinking about the 'Greater Good.'

"Now…the 'Order of the Phoenix' is a secret society created by Dumbledore in the previous war to fight against the Dark Lord. I know this because…well…I have researched thoroughly about the first war."

"I've heard that your parents James and Lily Potter were members of the Order. So was Alastor Moody. There were others like Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Frank and Alice Longbottom Merlene McKinnon, Gideon and Fabian Prewett, Caradoc Dearborn, Benjy Fenwick, Dedulus Diggle, Dorcas Meadowes, Edgar Bones, Aberforth Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Sturgis Padmore, Emmeline Vance , Elphias Doge, Mundungus Fletcher and Arabella Figg also Order members."

"After the defeat of the Dark Lord, Dumbledore disbanded the group. Many members were killed in the first war."

Harry was surprised to say at least. He didn't know that his parents were members of a secret society. Some of the names he didn't recognize at all. He thought, 'Arabella Figg? She's a witch? Did Dumbledore place her near Dursleys' to keep an eye on me? That old coot…he has been keeping tabs on me. And Pettigrew? What was that traitor doing there?...'

Harry asked, "I know my parents died fighting Voldemort, but what about the others? Some of them also got killed right?"

Naruto answered, "It's not my place to say. But I'll say some of their fates. According to my research Frank and Alice Longbottom were tortured to insanity by Bellatrix, Rabastan and Rodolphus Lestrange-.."

"-that's I already know. I mean Professor Dumbledore told me about Neville's parents." Harry interrupted.

"Riight…well let's see…yeah..Gideon and Fabian Prewett were killed in action. Both were killed by Antonin Dolohov. Merlene McKinnon was also killed along with her whole family. Cardoc Dearborn disappeared and never found, Benjy Fenwick was mutilated and Dorcas Meadowes was also killed. Edgar Bones was killed along with his wife and children. That's the extent of casualty of Order members in the first war."

'So many were killed…I never thought Voldemort would wipe out entire families. Some of them were Purebloods weren't they?...so much for blood purity. ' Harry thought in sadness. He had never ever imagined about the outcome of war. Well he did know that war involved casualties, but he didn't imagine it to be so horrible. Nobodies' safe. It's either join Voldemort or suffer the consequences. And those Death Eaters..they were as ruthless as their master. What monsters! Harry clenched his teeth in anger and guilt. Their sacrifices had gone in vain. Voldemort had risen again due to his fault. And Cedric…? Cedric shouldn't have to die.

Seeing that Harry was lost in thought Naruto pocked Harry's forehead. "Oww.."Harry muttered.

"You were spacing out." Naruto said pointedly.

"Prat!..."

"Well anyways….now the question is why was that Order member spying on you right? Well I presume seeing that the Dark Lord has arisen again, Dumbledore must have thought about assigning bodyguards for you. He must've initiated the Order again with new members."

"Well..I thought as much. But why do I need bodyguards? I know that Voldemort is after me and all but why?...I bet those bodyguards will not be able to bend a single hair of Voldemort should he attack. Oh…wait…Voldemort doesn't have any hair. Pity…!" Harry muttered darkly.

"I mean didn't you find it strange that Dumbledore is too much interested in me? He is like…I don't know..maybe..like treating me as a weapon. Am I thinking too much about this?.."

Naruto chuckled slightly. He said, "You're not wrong actually. Dumbledore is too much interested in keeping in you in dark. Why really? That's a million Galleon question."

"Well..we'll come across it when the time comes. Now…you were wondering about me visiting you at this evening right?"

Harry nodded. He was actually wondering about that. He couldn't understand why a Ministry official had visited him. He understood that he was involved in some plans but what?…he couldn't say. It's like Dumbledore involvement all over again. Why was a foreign Ministry interested in him anyway? He is just Harry. Nothing's special about him other than the stupid title.

Naruto answered, "Well…I have come here from the orders of the Minister Takeshi Hidero. I've been ordered to make acquaintances with you."

"What?...you were ordered? But why?" Harry asked surprised.

'oh..well I can't tell you that it was Merlin who have summoned me help you. It's not the right time. For now…just take my lies in face value. Ultimately it will help you anyway.' Naruto thought internally.

"To answer that…I must tell you something. Well you know about the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry right?" Harry nodded. "Well just like your Ministry, we have also such a department in our Ministry."

Harry was astonished to hear that. Naruto continued, "A few weeks ago, some of our Unspeakables were conducting an experiment on an object. The object's name is 'Tamashi Anka' or in English 'Soul Anchor'. Well you know about the Ghosts right?"

Nod

"Well according to the Unspeakables, the device was invented to know about stray souls within certain vicinity. It can also detect Souls who have strayed from the natural path."

Harry asked, "What does that mean? Strayed from natural path?"

Naruto sighed, "Well…I shouldn't even tell you this. But it involves you so you must know about them. Right…it's very dark magic actually. A person can tear his soul apart by doing an unspeakable horror. If a wizard murders any innocent people in cold blood, his soul tears into pieces. The soul pieces that have been separated from the original soul can be preserved by imprisoning them in objects. In the past, the evil wizard named 'Harpo the Foul' had first succeeded in placing a piece of his soul in an object. The object is known as Horcrux. The process of creating a Horcrux is very gruesome and horrible."

Harry was sick in the stomach by hearing that. What kind of sick maniac would destroy his own soul like that? He felt like throwing up.

Harry asked bile rising in his throat, "So..this Horcrux thing…what's the purpose of this unnatural thing?"

"Well…for immortality of course. As long as a part of the person's soul stays in the mortal world, he can't die even if his body dies. Well now as for the 'Soul Anchor'...well for practice, the Minister decided to experiment it in an area. We first scanned the area surrounding Tokyo. To the Minister's delight the device detected every stray soul there. The device also shows the individual names for which those souls were originally belonged to."

Naruto took a breath and said, "Our Minister is a very hyperactive person. Once an idea goes to head, he's quite unstoppable. So after scanning Tokyo he had this crazy idea. He asked the Unspeakables whether the device can scan a whole country or not. They replied that it may work. The Minister decided to scan a bigger country. To our surprise he decided Britain, the original magical land. So reluctantly, we scanned and to our surprise we got not only the ghosts' name but also a very popular name in the device. Can you guess who was it?"

Harry was startled and he asked slightly worried, "You don't suppose…?...it can't be.."

"Well…right…it was Dark Lord Voldemort. The scanner showed that the Dark Lord has several severed pieces of his soul spread in various places. I didn't think that Voldemort was this twisted."

Harry finally understood. That's what he meant by going further in the realm of immortality than others. He said that in that graveyard. Voldemort had created several Horcruxes to prolong immortality. That's why he didn't die that Halloween night. That's why he was in a wrath form, possessing Quirrel and others.

Harry inhaled in expiration and said, "Bloody Hell..!"

Naruto said slightly smiling, "Indeed…well after that the Minister became quite furious. He cursed the British Ministry for several minutes. After he calmed down…we held a meeting and we discussed in details. After the discussion, the Minister privately met me in his office. He asked me to come to Britain and solve this mess the British Ministry had created. There is also this one thing that quite bothered him."

Harry asked in wonder, "What thing?"

"Well…in the secret Chamber of Prophecies inside the Ministry building, we found this small orb that has two names inscribed on it. You see…Prophecies are very hectic thing. People usually don't believe it. Every Ministry has their own 'Hall of Prophecy' inside their Ministry. We are not exception. So the name written on the orb had quite disturbed us. Can you guess who those two names were?"

Harry shook his head in confusion, "What's a Prophecy got to do with anything?"

Naruto answered, "Everything Harry. You see….the Prophecy had yours and the Dark Lord's name imprinted on it. It means that you two are destined to meet each other and fight. One of you will have to die by the other. I don't know the exact wording of the Prophecy. After all a Prophecy can only be retrieved by those whose names are inscribed to it."

Harry Potter started hyperventilating and took short breaths. Naruto quickly sat beside Harry and started rubbing on Harry's back. After a few minutes Harry said shaking, "What did you just say? There is a Prophecy regarding me and Voldemort? What the bloody hell are people thinking? How can they expect me to defeat him when I'm just a 14 years old boy with mediocre magic? He is the Dark Lord..even Dumbledore can't defeat him. How can I do that?"

Naruto nodded giving another chocolate to Harry and said, "Well…it's true. You don't stand a chance if you try to defeat him now. That's what the Minister and I discussed privately. What is Dumbledore thinking? If you really are destined to fight Voldemort, why hasn't he instructed you? Why is he so desperate to keep you in the dark?"

Harry also pondered this. How can Dumbledore betray him like that? He asked him about it in the first year right? So why didn't he tell him that Voldemort was after him because of a Prophecy? Maybe that's why his parents went into hiding? His parents were killed because of him. Voldemort was after him, not his parents. He remembered his mother's screaming to Voldemort not to kill him. Dementors were good at resurfacing those memories. The hurt feeling from Dumbledore's betrayal came back along with those dying eyes of Cedric. His guilt came back in two fold. Tears started to fall from his eyes.

"It's my fault. My fault…my parents died because of me…", he sobbed.

"Harry listen to me alright?..."Naruto took hold of Harry's shoulders and looked at his eyes. He said clearly, "It's not your fault Harry. They died to protect you. It's their choice to die protecting you. Can you honestly say that you wouldn't do the same if it was you? Nobody wants to see their child die before their time. So don't take responsibility for their deaths. You should be proud of your parents. They bravely stood against Voldemort and fought him until their dying breaths. They were brave people."

Naruto also remembered his own mom and dad. The Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina. They also died protecting him. He himself shed a handful of tears remembering them. He still clearly remembered those words his mother said to him in his mindscape. 'I Love You.' And the advices she had given him in her dying breath. He would forever remember them.

Though he could still see them as travelling back in time had given him the opportunity to get to know both of them. But he would never forget his original birth parents. They were great people. He was also proud of their accomplishments. So he would honour them by remembering them but he would never blame himself for their death..because they chose to sacrifice their lives for him.

"Your parents loved you very much. That love of your mother has always protected you from harm. So stop crying and man up. Take revenge on their deaths. Destroy Voldemort and his merry band of group. They deserve nothing less than death. Believe it..!"

Harry hearing those words calmed down and wiped his eyes. He said, "You are right. They chose to die protecting me. It's not my fault. It's the others that are at fault here. Dumbledore, Pettigrew the traitor, Voldemort and those bloody Death Eaters. It's all their fault."

"That's more like it. You have to remain strong if you want to destroy the Dark Lord. But…actually, I don't think its Dumbledore's fault. He may have short-sightedness. But he is good of heart. He has this crazy notion of keeping secrets to himself and never giving it to a single person. He prefers not to place all the eggs in one basket. He'll tell you bits of it one at a time but never reveal it at one go."

"I do think he shall reveal about the Prophecy to you at sometimes in the future, but not before a disaster. Maybe he thinks that keeping you in the dark; you'll be less likely to wonder about the Prophecy. And enjoy your childhood." Naruto said thoughtfully.

Harry was also thinking the same thing. Enjoy his childhood? He snorted. He didn't think living with the Dursleys had given him any kind of childhood. He was forced to grow up here. He had been treated like a House Elf from the moment he could walk and talk. As long as he could remember, he was not allowed to enjoy his childhood at all. His memory for the Patronus was also just his imagination. He never ever remembered anything happy.

Dumbledore wanted him to enjoy his childhood? What about in the School? He had been in death's door far more frequently than anyone. First year was Quirrel with Voldemort sticking in his head. Second Year was a bloody basilisk. Without Fawkes, he would have died. Third year was the only year he was not doing any life threatening work. But fourth year…well that year was the disaster. Bloody Barty Crouch Jr. had entered him into the Triwizard Tournament. He stole a golden egg from a Hungarian Horntail, rescued two people from the grasp of Merpeople and lastly he witnessed the death of Cedric. He had barely escaped from Voldemort. His survival depended solely on luck alone. So how could Dumbledore expect him to enjoy his childhood? It's preposterous!

"I believe…the reason Dumbledore wanting you to enjoy your childhood is because of his own disastrous childhood. He had been a figurehead far too young." Naruto still deep in thought said.

Harry jerked awake from his thoughts and asked, "His own childhood? How do you know so much about Dumbledore? Didn't you tell me that he prefers to keep secrets to himself?"

"Hmm….?...oh yeah…didn't I tell you I've researched about it? I've travelled the world and people talk if know the art of persuasion. I can be very sneaky if I want to be. I have dirt on every great wizard in the world." Naruto replied smugly.

Harry was astonished to say at least. He smirked and said, "You're like a slimy Slytherin. You would've done well in Slytherin if you had come to Hogwarts."

"Oh..really….that's not so bad I suppose. But let's skip the discussion about Dumbledore for another time. There are things I would like to inform you about."

Harry nodded in understanding. He said, "Ok…alright. You were saying about the Prophecy right?"

"Right..well after Minister and I found the Prophecy, we discussed about it in details. We've also found out about his Horcruxes. But the locations of the Horcruxes are unknown even to us. The device only shows us the general vicinity after all. So we discussed that the best course of action is to act upon it. We knew that, if we let Voldemort to run free, after conquering Britain he would come for other countries as well."

"So..we decided that informing you the threat is the best action so that you may be prepared. I don't think Dumbledore is ready to train you anytime soon…so we took it upon ourselves the job of preparing you. We can't talk about it in the British Ministry. What with those campaigns of degrading your name in the sewer and all. I've read the Daily Prophet of course. It's publishing very bad things about you….saying that you are mentally disturbed or other. It's all rubbish." Naruto huffed in annoyance.

Harry was shocked. Daily Prophet was in the campaign of degrading him? He clenched his fist in anger. It's almost like the Triwizard Tournament all over again. Rita Skeeter had written very nasty lies about him in the Prophet. But Hermione caught her didn't she? So that means..other reporters were also trying to win favours of the Ministry by going through Rita's example..weren't they? The Minister of course wasn't fond of him at the moment. What's with Minister denying about Voldemort's return and all. He was very frightened of the idea of Voldemort's return.

"Well…forget about Daily Prophet right now. I'll take care of that. So now the part where I came in. you see I don't think you are doing anything productive at all by wallowing in self pity. You know that Voldie is after you right? So why aren't you doing anything?"

Harry looked away in guilt. Of course he wasn't doing anything productive. He had insomnia. Every time he went to sleep, he would dream of Cedric's dying eyes and his mother's screaming. He would wake up with splitting pain in his scar. He had stayed awake several nights. He had tried to read his Defence books but he could not pay attention because of his lack of sleep. He was not receiving any news of Voldemort's activity and his friends had seemed to forget about him. So what could he do?

"It's not like I can do anything at all. Voldemort has fifty years of experience on me. So what can I do? Even if I train every day, I don't think I'll be powerful enough to stand a chance against him." Harry replied defensively.

"You don't know until you try. This kind of attitude is loser's attitude. You don't apply your intelligence in your studies. I've seen your results of course. Did you know that every test score is send to the Ministry? You are trying to be a mediocre student. Do you intent to remain like that for the rest of your life? Half-assed student?"

"You know there is a saying – 'Knowledge is Power'. So what is your excuse of your poor performance in the tests?..hmm?" Naruto shot back to Harry.

Harry shrunk back. He knew Naruto was right. He had never applied himself in his studies. In third year in favour of easy mark, he chose Divination and had been a prey of Trelawney's death prediction every week. He grimaced thinking about it. One of these days, her prediction would come true and his luck would run out.

"Learn this Harry; I'll not tolerate your half-assed behaviour from now on. I've been located here for the sole purpose of training you. It's my job to foresee your survival in this war." Naruto said in conviction.

Harry replied in surprise, "You…?..train me?...but..but…what can you do?...I mean you're not very older than I am. You said yourself that you're only 19 years old. If Dumbledore can't do anything then what hope do you have?"

The cold aura came back like hurricane…but this time very much potent. Harry couldn't breathe. He thought, 'this feeling again…it's like the air is suffocating me and the whole world has become heavier.'

"Are you questioning my power? I've told you I work for the Ministry right? The Ministry wouldn't appoint me here unless I'm special. You'd do well to remember that." Naruto growled at Harry.

Harry's eyes' widened. He felt like the gravity had become ten times stronger. He quickly apologised, "I'm sorry…I'm sorry. I'll not do this again. I promise."

The suffocating feeling slowly disappeared. Harry sighed in relief. He could not believe he felt so puny.

"I'm sorry too if I made you uncomfortable. I'm not too fond of people who underestimate me. But enough about that." Naruto slowly said calming down.

Harry shook his head and said, "Yeah…I'm not ready to experience that again."

"Indeed. Now starting from now, I'll be teaching you about various types of magic. The Minister thinks that if you're not prepared, then let's say…there'll be dark times ahead of us." Naruto said.

Harry thinking about it asked, "Now that's good and all. But where will we practice magic? I'm not allowed to do magic outside of school. The second year I've been warned by the Ministry for doing magic and it was Dobby who did that. And my room is not very ideal place for doing magic you know."

Naruto just smirked knowingly. He reassured Harry, "Don't worry Harry. Leave everything to me."

Naruto loved to annoy people by his mysteries. Seeing Harry's face he laughed harder. He said laughing, "The look on your face. It's hilarious."

Harry scowled not knowing the solution at all. He sighed in the childishness of Naruto. He said, "You remind me of Fred and George. I presume you're not telling me how we'll practice magic..right?"

Naruto still smirking said, "No…that is a surprise."

Harry scowled again and brooded. He sighed in frustration.

Suddenly he jumped and exclaimed eyes' wide, "OH MY GOD!"

Naruto surprised also startled. He asked, "What…?"

"We've been talking for hours. My relatives must've come back and seeing that I'm not doing the chores, they'll be mad. Blimey!.."Harry explained.

Naruto shook his head in dramatics of Harry. He placed his hand on Harry's shoulder and said, "Did you really think I haven't taken precaution? Harry..the soundproof barrier I erected is not an ordinary ward. It's also a time displacement ward I personally invented. That means….time moves slower in the outside world compared to here. We're talking for what…five to six hours?...outside of this room…only half an hour has past."

Harry's eyes' widened in shock. He exclaimed in awe, "Brilliant…! You're a genius. You've personally created this…?...Amazing!.."

"Of course I am." Naruto boasted.

Harry was astonished to say at least. He had never met such a person. His new Japanese friend had the talent of many was also quite brilliant. Maybe that's why the Japanese Ministry had preferred him. Maybe training with him would not be bad at all.

Naruto removed his hand from Harry's shoulder and said, "Well…I believe our formalities are over. Now I've some very important works to do….so I'll meet you tomorrow. Be ready for anything."

Harry nodded. Naruto again said, "And I'll not tolerate slaging off. Read your books. I'll be looking forward to your torture….I mean training…he…he"

He grinned with an evil aura. Harry stepped back disturbed. He didn't like the grin on Naruto's face at all. No…he didn't like it at all.

"Rriiiggght….well I'll be going now." Naruto said doing a head seal.

'Kai (Realease)'

The room hummed and the seal matrix shuttered disappearing like fireworks. The barrier had been deactivated.

Naruto looked at Harry and said, "Well..bye bye then. We'll meet tomorrow."

Harry waved, "Yeah….wait how will you go? Are you going to become invisible again?"

Naruto shook his head indicating it no, "Nah…right bye.."

He waved and suddenly disappeared from there in a flash of yellow. Harry stumbled back in his bed in shock. How many times will he get surprised today? Blimey..it's like the man had never run out of tricks. What kind of power was that? It's not Apparition. Otherwise he would have heard the familiar 'crack' of Apparition or Disapparition.

He sighed wondering what tomorrow would bring. He learned many things today. How Voldemort's been staying alive these years, Dumbledore's secret society, the Prophecy, Japanese Ministry. He had this feeling in his gut…something's about to change. For the better or worse? He didn't know. But he liked it. If Dumbledore would not do anything about it, then he would take matters in his own hand. He would destroy Voldemort in his own terms. No more relying on half-assed explanation of his Headmaster.

He would try to do his best from now on. He now had a chance to prove himself. He felt relieved that at least someone had been trying to do something about Voldemort. If the British Ministry couldn't do it, then Japanese Ministry was taking it their business. Foolish Fudge…! He'll get what's coming to him.

His new friend would bring a change in their community. He was sure of it. But it felt right. That it was meant to be. And he would follow whatever path his friend chose to walk on. He had only met him today, but he felt quite familiar and welcoming feeling from him. Like he had already sworn loyalty to him….such the charisma!..

He grinned at this and murmured, "Well..right..let's get down to business."

He nodded to himself and went down to kitchen to make something for him. He would do the chores and after that he would study and take a good night sleep. He had a feeling that no nightmare would haunt him tonight.


A/N- So guys. What's your opinion on this chapter? Like it?

Sorry if the conversation between Harry and Naruto is too long. But I couldn't make it shorter. Naruto is looking badass right now isn't it?

I'm sorry if you guys wanted to know about the education Merlin gave Naruto. But I thought it would take too long to explain the training and I'm not patient enough for that.

So I simply jumped to time lapse and wrote the first interaction between Harry and Naruto. I'll explain about the training in bits of flashbacks of Naruto.

Well..now things about Japanese Ministry and Mahoutokoro? Well it's quite a good story actually. I'll be explaining about it in later chapters. So have patience guys.

I'll also give explanation about the 'Soul Anchor' in later chapters.

I have a question though? How do you think Naruto blended into the Japanese community so easily? Of course he lied but if Harry were to research about it, he would find that it's quite true that Naruto is high in the Japanese Ministry. So how did he do it?

I'll explain it of course. But I want to hear your thoughts. I'll be waiting for it in the review section.

Hey guys, I created a pole for Harry's girlfriend. Vote now. Go to my profile and you'll be able to vote.

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So next time

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