The twinkle in Dumbledore's eyes never seemed to disappear.
It was quite annoying, Hinata concluded.
"Now, by any chance, did the portal that you four come by look like this?" The elderly man picked up the book entitled Universal Portals to show them a picture, but the only one who came up to confirm if it was the portal was Hinata
The portal in the picture did not look to be much. It was similar to the yin-yang sign, but was decidedly different. On the Yin half of the circle, lines weaved in and out through intricate patterns. Surprisingly, Hinata noted, that like in real life, the picture had the lines constantly moving. On the Yang half of the circle, the weaving lines were more spread out, but moved on a much faster pace. The Hyuuga heiress noted three seconds before the Yin half became like the lower Yang half and vice versa.
Hinata recognized it immediately. The kunoichi, however, pretended to scrutinize the picture some more as she activated Byakugan. Fascinated, the heiress noted faint chakra enveloping the picture and quickly concluded that it was because of the little chakra on it allowed the picture to move. Hinata deactivated Byakugan (silently hoping that Dumbledore did not notice) and looked up.
"T-that's it! That's the one that sent us here!" Dumbledore chuckled.
"I thought so. The description of this portal states that it sends someone from their home to a place in turmoil." Dumbledore stroked his long beard "Hmm…quite on point as my home is currently in turmoil."
The four shinobi felt slight pity, but this was not where they belonged.
They had to go home.
"Hey old man! Why don't you make that portal thing-y and send us home?" Dumbledore chuckled and nodded his head.
However, his smile soon faltered when he saw the instructions on how to make such a portal.
"Oh dear…this is quite troublesome." The Konohagakure shinobi briefly thought of Shikamaru, but Dumbledore continued on.
"The ingredients used for this portal to work properly and safely are quite rare, and will be very frustrating in finding it."
Dumbledore continued to frown. "And furthermore, it takes the portal two months to charge up and properly function."
He looked at the four with stern eyes.
"Just who sent you four here?" Something in his eyes told them that he wasn't joking this time. "Whoever sent you here is very powerful, and should not be messed with. You four could have gotten killed."
Sasuke frowned at this. Did he really think they were so weak? But Sakura spoke up, her eyes blazing.
"I'm sorry Dumbledore, but you don't know who we are and what we do. We were very aware that the man who sent us was dangerous, we don't need you lecturing us." The two went into a slight staring contest before Sasuke broke it.
"We don't need you talking about who and who not to mess with. The matter is: how long will it take us to have this portal fully prepared?" He asked, his black eyes narrowing. Dumbledore frowned as he stared at the page containing the details of the portal.
"I would say…around five to seven months. Give or take a few."
It was quiet a few seconds before the Kyuubi container exploded.
"WHAT! FIVE TO SEVEN MONTHS! WHAT THE HELL OLD MAN!"
Naruto slammed his hands onto Dumbledore's desk, glaring slightly.
"WE DON'T HAVE SEVEN MONTHS DAMMIT! WE HAVE TO GET HOME AND FINISH OUR MISSION!"
Dumbledore's eyes widened before standing up.
"Mission? I'm sorry, but what exactly are you four?"
Sakura wanted to beat Naruto so badly for having such a big mouth. But then again, she had to thank Naruto, for if he didn't burst out in anger, she would have. Her jade eyes went from Naruto's form to Dumbledore who was slowly going around his desk to the four of them. She saw as Naruto backed up and protectively blocked Hinata as if the elder man was going to harm them.
"Whatever you are, do not worry. I'm quite the secret keeper."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at this. It was hard for him to trust anyone, and this man was no different.
"Why should we tell you? The only thing you have done was give us the ability to speak a new language." The youngest Uchiha spoke, his words dark.
Dumbledore chuckled at this, his serious mood apparently gone.
"Because I can help you in this world. From what I concluded, where I live is much different from where you live. You need all the help you can get to survive." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye.
He could tell that they were survivors and excellent fighters. But one would definitely lose without having the area thoroughly observed and examined.
Surprisingly it was Hinata who spoke up.
"I-If we tell you what we are. Will you keep it a secret? Will you keep it with your life?" She looked up at the old man with her pearl eyes scrutinizing his form.
She, like the rest of the shinobi, knew what he said was right.
If they were going to go back home, they needed every help they could get. And Hinata wanted to go home with Naruto-kun. He only just proposed a few weeks ago. The Hyuuga heiress was determined to not get married in some place she did not know.
Team 7 looked at the Hyuuga, looked at each other, and then nodded. They knew what they had to do to survive and get home.
They all looked at Dumbledore.
"Why of course. My whole life I've kept many secrets and have not broken any. You can trust me." He said chuckling, holding out the book to them.
"As proof, take this book and study more of it. Maybe when you get back to wherever you are from, you may have more knowledge of portals." Sakura looked down at the book then to Dumbledore, obviously fighting with herself. She turned towards her fellow shinobi, and they all nodded at her to continue. After all, Sakura was still the team leader.
She took the book from Dumbledore, and then looked at him in the eye.
"We are ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village, Konohagakure. Our mission was to capture someone, but he sent us here." She spoke in a completely professional manner that Dumbledore let out an unexpected laugh.
Sakura turned red in the face that an old man was laughing at her. It just wasn't right.
"Excuse me Dumbledore, but I would like to also add that if we find out that you have told anyone of our occupation, we will kill you." She said threateningly.
"Of course not Sakura! That explains why you four are so heavily armed. Such sharp objects!" The shinobi looked down at their weapons and frowned.
Maybe they should have brought more weapons.
Naruto spoke up this time, curious in how this world worked.
"Ne, then old man, what are you?" He stared at Dumbledore with wide azure eyes.
Although Naruto was loud, he wasn't entirely stupid. Dumbledore gave off a vibe of authority and respect – and to shinobi, people did not give off such an aura if they were weak. Naruto was sure that his teammates realized this as well.
However, Dumbledore simply held out a bowl towards the four of them:
"Lemon drops?" He popped one into his mouth "They're quite delicious!"
Naruto felt his eye twitch.
"Look. We don't want candy. We want answers old man!" Dumbledore nodded at this.
"Yes, yes. I see what you mean. Alright then!" The elderly man set the bowl back onto his desk and looked at the four teenage warriors in front of him.
"I am a wizard. A person who wields magic as an everyday appliance, helper, and if time calls for it, a weapon."
It was the shinobi turn to widen their eyes. Magic?
What the hell?
If the shinobi didn't like anything, it was jokes in a serious matter. Even Naruto knew not to tell jokes at this moment. Sasuke spoke up; annoyance coated every word he said.
"Don't play with us. Magic does not exist. Why don't you tell us the truth before we kill you?" His voice was dark, and Dumbledore swore he saw a flash of red in his eyes. The wizard stroked his beard, and put on a thoughtful look.
"Hmmm…you say magic does not exist?" A very similar chuckle (that was quickly getting on everyone's nerves) rang through the air. "Then what do you call this?"
Dumbledore took out his stick once more, and the Konohagakure shinobi furrowed their eyebrows at this. Just what was the point of that stick? But the "wizard" pointed the seemingly useless piece of wood at a blank piece of paper on his desk.
"Confringo." With trained shinobi eyes, the four of them saw a quick stream of energy reach the piece of paper that consequently exploded in flames. Eyes widened and the Konohagakure loud mouth predictably spoke up before the rest.
"Ne? How the hell did you do that old man?" Naruto asked, staring at the spot where the piece of paper used to reside. A twinkle, that didn't really go away but instead became more prominent, appeared in Dumbledore's eyes.
"Magic my boy. You all should know that where you are now, ninja do not exist. Ninja are just seen as a myth. Just as magic is a myth in Konoha, was it?" He looked at the four through his half-moon specs, his eyes seemed to me laughing at them.
Dumbledore's aged eyes caught sight of Sasuke's eyes, becoming shocked that they were red. He decided not to pry as he will find out later.
After all, the Headmaster of Hogwarts was a sly man.
The elderly man looked at the other three, wondering if their eyes were odd as well.
He noticed Hinata's own eyes. Visible veins protruded and originated from her pearly eyes. It was an odd sight. Dumbledore decided not to pry in that as well.
Sakura spoke up, her jade eyes locked onto his wand.
"Magic you say? The energy leaving it…was sort of like…chakra." The Headmaster raised an eyebrow.
What was chakra?
Dumbledore was just about to ask such a question before Hinata's shy voice filled the room.
"It is like chakra." Her voice wavered a bit as she racked her brain trying to figure out what the energy was. "It's just like the undeveloped chakra in the genin. It's sort of between an academy student in their last year and a genin who just graduated." Hinata concluded, staring at the piece of stick, activating her Byakugan once more.
Surprisingly, there was also undeveloped chakra in the stick as well as in Dumbledore. "The stick also has chakra similar to Dumbledore…"
Naruto peered closely at the stick (as in, he was only a few inches away from it) before opening his mouth.
"What is that?"
All the while, Dumbledore stayed quiet, listening closely to Hinata's observation. He did not speak until Naruto questioned him about his wand.
"Why, it's my wand! It's the very tool that channels my magic. But, I can also do wandless magic if I wish!" He spoke, eyes twinkling. "Watch closely…"
Hinata activated her byakugan once more, and Sasuke, well, he never let go of his Sharingan.
Sakura and Naruto on the other hand, watched Dumbledore closely as his eyes connected with a feather on his desk.
"Engorgio." Everyone watched with wide eyes as the book grew in size.
"Reducio." They watched once more as the book went back to its normal size.
Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows at this. If this magic was similar to chakra, then how did this man do something so amazing with just a simple word? The question was on everyone else's minds before Hinata spoke up once more.
"T-the undeveloped chakra in Dumbledore focuses in his brain when he spoke. With the wand, his…erm…energy focuses in both his brain and the area of exit, in this case, Dumbledore's hands, connecting with the energy in the wand." She deactivated her Byakugan and looked at the other three.
"I-it's a bit odd…I can't really explain it…" Her face turned red as she thought that she was being unhelpful.
But the Hyuuga heiress was being very helpful.
Dumbledore looked down at the four, curiosity in his head at just what these four were capable of.
"Oh? You have called the magic in me…undeveloped chakra. What is chakra, if I may ask?" He popped another lemon drop into his mouth. He noticed with amusement on how the four ninja grinned.
Well, two of them grinned, one of them gave a shy smile, and the other looked indifferent.
Dumbledore sat back down comfortably as Sakura spoke up, as she was the chakra expert.
"To put it in simple terms, chakra is the energy we use; similar to how you use your magic. Hinata was saying how your energy was a bit similar to a cross between a late academy student and a genin's chakra. Their chakra is undeveloped, as it hasn't reached its full potential like ours. Of course, one can train, so that their chakra can become much more, but there is a limit as we are humans."
Dumbledore rose an eyebrow at this and he wondered just what would happen if these four were given wands and a spell to utter. Naruto broke his train of thought as his excited voice reached the Headmaster's ears.
"Ne, ne! Wanna see our moves?" Before Dumbledore could answer, Naruto made a hand sign and spoke with a confident voice.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" It was the wizard's turn to widen his eyes as two copies of Naruto appeared.
"Yo!" They simultaneously spoke, while Dumbledore briefly wondered if it was an illusion.
Sasuke deactivated his sharingan and smirked at Naruto. Of course he would use that jutsu.
The Uchiha prodigy, however, wasn't amused at that; he was amused on Dumbledore's reaction. The old man just felt all high and mighty on doing something so amazing with a microscopic bit of chakra.
Tch. Sasuke had developed chakra, which he had great control over. Not as great as Sakura, but he was pretty good at it.
If he had a wand, or tried one of those wandless magic crap, he bet his would be greater. After all, if Dumbledore could do "magic" with chakra that was just at a genins level, how would his magic be?
Sasuke widened his eyes at this revelation and Sakura excitedly spoke up. It seemed she also connected the dots.
"If…Dumbledore could do that with a low chakra level, no offense…" She shot a look at the elderly man smiling sheepishly; back at Konohagakure, if one told another shinobi they had a low chakra level, it would surely lead to a fight. The Headmaster didn't mind as he smiled and nodded his head for her to continue her conclusion.
"…then we could do the same thing with our chakra level, except ours would be much more powerful!"
The look on Naruto's face was priceless. It went from clueless, to small smile, to huge, freaking grin.
He got it.
He got that they could take anyone down in this universe with their own weapon.
Damn, were awesome! Naruto's thoughts seemed to be excited as well as he made out various scenarios on taking down a wizard with a stick of all things.
"Oh my, that would be amazing!" A chuckle interrupted Naruto's thoughts as he turned back to the old man.
"Ne, ne! Lemme try out your wand thingy!" The Kyuubi container asked excitedly, and Dumbledore had to step back when the Kyuubi container appeared right in front of him out of nowhere, his hand out. The old man just chuckled once more.
"Oh no, this wand specifically chose me as its wielder. I suppose it has to do as what Hinata said: the "chakra" in this wand is similar to mine. You four will have to get your own wands to do this!" He pointed his wand to the ceiling:
"Avis." And a flock of birds streamed out of his wand.
They all watched (except Dumbledore) with wide eyes as the birds flew around the room then out the window where a big, red bird made a noise at their appearance before settling back.
Sakura turned from the flock of the birds now outside, to the source of the noise. Her jade eyes widened when she saw the bird; it was beautiful. It also seemed to be looking back at her as if saying "what are you looking at?" Her mouth opened and closed, gaping at the bird and then turned to Dumbledore.
"Urm…what is that?"
The bird squawked in annoyance at being called a "that." The iryou-nin stared back at it, a sheepish smile on her face.
"Oh Fawkes? Ah, the boy is a phoenix of course! A bird of fire." Dumbledore explained, putting yet another lemon drop in his mouth.
Sasuke looked with concealed curiosity at the Phoenix, and wondered just what was so special about it.
Well, so did Hinata, but unlike Sasuke, Hinata could tell if Fawkes also had this undeveloped chakra running through him. She activated her Byakugan and confirmed her theory. Walking up hesitantly to her fiancée, Hinata told him (and of course the other shinobi, as she's more comfortable talking when she's next to Naruto) what she discovered.
"T-the phoenix also has this…similar chakra-energy. A chakra level more to a genin that has had more experience in missions." She looked up at Naruto with wide pearl eyes, and smiled at him. "P-perhaps posing as wizards may be able to help us blend in more."
Sakura smiled and she pumped her fist in the air, nearly hitting Sasuke.
"Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking!" She turned to Sasuke who was recovering from almost falling into a book shelf.
"What do you think Sasuke?" Sakura looked in onyx eyes that held a bit of annoyance in them. The Sharingan user scowled slightly at almost being hit before speaking.
"Hn…If, with Dumbledore's power, it would take seven months to get the portal, then with us…" He let it hang off from there as it clicked in Sakura's head.
"It would take us back home faster! Sasuke you're a genius!" Sasuke smirked before crossing his arms as if saying "duh."
But this was Sasuke. He would never say "duh."
Naruto also pumped his fist in the air as he excitedly turned to Hinata.
"Forget the bastard! Hinata was the one who brought up posing as wizards! We'll be able to blend in, not hold any suspicion on us, and I get to be with Hinata for a few months mission FREE!" The Hyuuga heiress turned red and looked at the ground, too embarrassed about spending more time with Naruto to even look at him, even though they were engaged.
All their moments were cracked when yet another chuckle reached their ears.
"Excellent! Perhaps you four could also attend this school for the time being! Young people such as yourself would bring suspicion if you weren't in school." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as his mind also brought up scenarios on how these four ninja would help in the Order's cause.
"Now, it's a bit cliché to use this, but you four could pose as exchange students. Examining Hogwarts in a way to help your own school for it's just starting!" He stroked his beard, thinking some more "Yes, yes, that is most definitely the best way for you four to enter this school without being scrutinized."
Silence reached his ears until, obviously, Naruto spoke up.
"Whatt! School! Old man, we finished school already! We don't need to go back!" The blond turned towards his current team leader. "Sakura! Tell him no! We can blend in, in other ways!"
The pink haired teen looked at the Kyuubi container with raised eyebrows, before smiling sympathetically.
"How Naruto? We could use Henge no Jutsu, but it would take too long, and we don't have unlimited chakra. We would have to take every precaution to not have the jutsu break purely because of chakra exhaustion."
Blue, shocked eyes turned towards Sasuke.
"Bastard! Seduce Sakura into letting us not enter school! Come on!" However, the sharingan wielder's simple reply was…
"No."
Naruto dramatically fell onto his knees.
School…he always did badly in school!
However, a reassuring hand appeared on Naruto's shoulder, and he looked up to see his fiancée smiling down at him.
"Don't worry Naruto. Were still here, don't forget that."
Dumbledore looked at them through his half-moon specs. They were quite interesting. And of course, very powerful. Maybe they could still help. The headmaster cleared his throat to get their attention.
"If I may ask for a favor: would you watch over the school as well? In these times, Hogwarts has many enemies outside, and sometimes, even within. There is a boy though; who I would like you to be extra careful with."
The shinobi turned towards each other, whispering and debating what to do. The little group finally broke up as Sakura spoke on behalf of her team.
"So, it's a protection mission right? In Konoha, such missions would be around Rank C and would not be so hard. We accept to watch the school and the boy as a favor for what you are already helping us with."
Dumbledore nodded his head with that damn twinkle in his eye back.
But, for the shinobi to pose as wizards, they needed wands.
"Well! Why don't we go shopping for your wands? Right now! The sooner the better! It is still…" Dumbledore looked at a clock on the wall "…oh my, it's only 12:00 in the afternoon! So early…"
He walked the four to a huge fireplace that fit only two people.
"This will take you to the shops. More specifically: Diagon Alley. It has all the things you need to survive here!" Sasuke frowned at this before looking indifferently to the old man who was rushing them.
"Sakura…we don't have money." The pink haired teen squeaked at this.
"Oh my god you're right!"
"Hn…"
"Ne, ne, old man! How are we going to get the stuff if we don't have money?"
Dumbledore stroked his beard thoughtfully.
"Well, I'll pay of course! I said I can help you, did I not? Well, let the helping begin!" The Headmaster ushered the first two, Hinata and Sakura (Naruto and Sasuke tensed up at this, the latter concealing his worry much better than the former), and told them to grab a fist full of powder.
"Now, throw it into the floor, and with a clear voice, say "Diagon Alley!" got it? Not, diagonally!"
The two girls nodded hesitantly before doing as they were told.
They were enveloped in green flames, and when the flame died out, the two were missing.
Unfortunately, Dumbledore soon found himself in a predicament as two sharp objects were at his throat, one being held by Naruto, the other by Sasuke.
"Where are they old man!" Naruto asked, his blue eyes blazing. Sasuke just dug his own kunai deeper into Dumbledore's neck, leaving a slightly visible mark.
The Headmaster's eyes widened slightly before speaking, choosing his words carefully as his life was on the brink of death.
"Don't worry…" He winced when the weapons did not leave his throat "…they are only at Diagon Alley right now, we'll soon visit them." He let out a sigh when the weapons left his throat, and his hand automatically went up to see if anything was wrong.
Nothing, just a mark.
Hesitantly, Dumbledore also ushered the boys into the fireplace as well and instructed them just like he did the girls.
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Naruto and Sasuke coughed as smoke went into their throats throughout the whole ordeal. Not to mention the fact that they felt a bit dizzy.
"Naruto, Sasuke! There you are!"
The two teens stumbled out and were both held up by Sakura who they saw through half-closed eyes. Finally adjusting their eye sight and recovering from the smoke, they looked at their surroundings. It looked like they were in a bar of some sort as there were tables and, well, a bar.
Soon, a noise appeared behind them, and they turned around to see Dumbledore calmly leaving the fireplace. Sakura spoke up as she continued to observe her current surroundings. It looked very dark, and suspicious people could easily be spotted in it.
However, it had this sort of welcoming vibe. Sakura wasn't quite sure.
"Um, Dumbledore, where are we?" Sakura asked looking around some more.
"Why, right now we are at the Leaky Cauldron! Come along now, to the shops!" He said happily, completely forgetting about the little incident with Naruto and Sasuke. He walked ahead of them into a really tiny courtyard that was basically surrounded by bricks. The four shinobi furrowed their eyes in confusion wondering if they were once again going to be flung somewhere else.
Instead, Dumbledore took out his wand and tapped the brick wall.
With wide eyes, the four shinobi saw as the bricks slowly moved away to show a market place, bustling with busy people going to and fro. Dumbledore walked out into Diagon Alley, as the shinobi assumed, where they quickly followed him.
The shinobi soon noticed that they were getting stared at.
Psh, why were they getting stared at? They weren't the one's wearing robes. Sakura looked down at their attire and deduced that they did sort of stand out.
The pinkette was just wearing her normal attire ever since she abandoned the red dress from when she was a genin. She was wearing a sleeveless red yukata-like top with a white flower design with a stretchable (so that it was easy to maneuver in) white obi. Matching the red top was a short, red skirt that was like the bottom of a yukata with the similar white flower design. Under the skirt were tight black shorts that ended just below mid-thigh. On her feet were black boots with the heel and opened toes. To complete her ensemble, the kunoichi also wore the Konoha headband, though unlike the standard, had red cloth and was over her hair like it was when she was a genin. Sakura had also happily grown her hair out since Naruto first arrived a year ago. (1)
Hinata's attire was different, but she stood out as well. She was wearing a slightly tight jacket with a hood similar to when she was a genin, though this time, it was sleeveless. The heiress wore short, slightly poofy black shorts with bandages wrapped around one leg. She wore black boots as well, though slightly shorter than Sakura's boots, with the open toes. Her hair was much, much longer than when she was a genin and her Konoha headband was traditionally hanging around her neck. The long green necklace was a gift from Naruto which Hinata was rarely without. (2)
Naruto, of course, kept looking more and more like the Yondaime as he grew older. He wore a tight, form-fitting black shirt with long sleeves and over it was a sleeveless, dark orange sweater-like vest. He was clad in black pants that were stuffed in to black open-toed shoes. His hair was longer than when he was a genin though still short and spikey as ever. (3)
Sasuke's outfit seemed the most intimidating out of all, especially with the blank look on his face. His shirt was slightly form-fitting, white, loosely, high-collared, and sleeveless. On the shoulders of the shirt were thick, dark red stripes that climbed up the collar. Near the center, on the right side of the shirt was a similar thick, dark red stripe. The collar of the shirt also had a small, wispy design on it. Traditionally, the Uchiha fan was on the back of the shirt. Sasuke's pants were black and baggy and stuffed into black open-toed shoes as well. He also wore a dark black cloth that clasped around his waist with a dark red design on it. It definitely did not help that his Kusanagi was strapped to his side. (3)
Sakura did notice that they stood out, and she silently thought they had to stop by some clothing stores to get one of those robes.
At least something to cover their normal attire.
Sakura knew that Naruto, and heck, maybe even Sasuke would throw a fit about wearing something that looked so stupid. The pink-haired girl shot a look at the Hyuuga heiress. Nah, Hinata wouldn't throw a fit.
Sasuke ignored the looks people shot at them. He ignored the pointing and whispering. But, with his sharp ears he still heard a few things.
"Hey, who are those people?"
"I don't know but they're with Dumbledore! They must be important!"
"Oh wow…but they're dressed weird!"
The Uchiha prodigy moved his onyx eyes to the back of Dumbledore's head.
Hm…it seemed he was pretty powerful. Sasuke held back a smirk. Dumbledore was powerful with such a low amount of chakra, then that meant ordinary "wizards" were weaker than he was.
Heh, the shinobi were more powerful.
The five finally stopped in front of a tiny building. It was very narrow and shaggy looking, but nonetheless, Dumbledore lead them inside it.
Naruto gaped openly inside the building. There were rows and rows of boxes stacked on top of each other. It seemed endless.
"Ne…Ne, w-what is this place old man?" Dumbledore chuckled, but before he could answer, another voice spoke up from one of the rows.
"Why, this is Ollivanders off course! Your one place for wands!" A man appeared from the rows, who was quite short compared to Dumbledore, Sasuke and Naruto.
"Oh, hello Dumbledore! And just who are these four?" He asked excitedly, eyeing both their attire and their weapons.
"Hello Ollivander! This is Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata. They would like to get their wands!" Ollivander nodded "Ah…I see then."
He walked up to Naruto first and suddenly whipped out a measuring tape. As he measured Naruto's arm, the short man also spoke rapidly.
"Now, which is your dominant arm?"
Naruto scrunched his face up in confusion before answering, though he didn't sound too sure.
"Um….right?"
Ollivander nodded his head before muttering a few words to himself.
"I've got quite the wand for you!" He disappeared in one of the rows before reappearing with a thin box in his hands. Walking up to Naruto, Ollivander opened the box to show a nice, shiny brown wand.
"10 ½ inches, apple wood, with an unicorn hair core. Now, give it a wave!"
Naruto took the wand, stared at it, and crinkled his nose before giving it a wave. A huge gust of wind blew past, throwing Olliander to the side, Dumbledore's hat to fly away, and for the shinobi to temporarily lose their balance. Naruto grinned.
"COOL!"
"Oh definitely not." Ollivander snatched the wand from Naruto's hand (much to his displeasure) before disappearing into another row.
Sakura narrowed her eyes at the display of power before talking to Naruto in their native language.
"Naruto watch out! Remember, our power is much greater than theirs!" The Kyuubi container gave a sheepish smile before apologizing. Ollivander came out once more with another box. He opened the container to reveal another wand. Naruto eagerly picked it up.
"8 inches, cherry wood, with veela hair as a core." Naruto waved the wand resulting in anything made of glass to explode. The short wandmaker widened his eyes, the other shinobi narrowed theirs (except Hinata) while Naruto was looking at the wand with glee. The happiness quickly dissipated though when Ollivander plucked the wand right from his hand and disappearing in the shelves.
He came back moments later with another wand, his expression caught between happiness and displeasure.
"9 ½ inches, maple wood, with a kelpie hair core."
Naruto took it again and waved, causing water to stream out of the wand in a fast pace, effectively knocking everything in its path – including Ollivander.
Much to the Kyuubi container's annoyance, Ollivander took back the wand again before going into the shelves.
The wandmaker came back, Naruto waved the wand, and destruction ensued. The process repeated over and over until, finally, Sakura snapped.
"Can we just get on with it! WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AN HOUR ALREADY!"
Ollivander grinned widely.
"Yes! It's amazing isn't it? I just love difficult sales!"
The pinkette felt her mouth drop out of shock as she watched the short man disappear behind the shelves once more. Naruto frowned and turned to the group.
"I liked the other sticks! Especially the first one!"
Fortunately, before the blond could complain any longer, Ollivander reappeared, showing Naruto another wand. The wood coloring was brown, but slightly pale in color, and it shone as if it was newly polished
"Hmm…perhaps this wand! 10 inches, oak wood, with a gryffon hair core."
He gave the wand to Naruto who eagerly grabbed it. Once Naruto touched the wand however, he felt a warmth travel from the tips of his fingers, up his arm, to the rest of his body. His azure eyes widened at the feeling, and on instinct, gave it a wave.
A brilliant show of orange sparks protruded from the wand.
Ollivander smiled in triumph. "Hah! I knew that wand was for you!"
The Kyuubi Container didn't say anything, instead, choosing to grin widely and showing Hinata his wand.
"Next, the lady. Which is your dominant ar -- Oho! What interesting eyes you have!" Ollivander said as he peered into Hinata's pearly eyes. "Are you by chance blind?"
Hinata turned red, already weary of the man measuring her arm, before answering.
"N-no!"
Ollivander smiled before disappearing in the row of wands once more. Naruto turned towards Hinata, his eyes bright as he twirled his new wand around like a kunai.
"Ne, Hinata! I wonder how yours will look like!" The Hyuuga heiress smiled back at him, before shrugging and complimenting Naruto on his own wand. Typically the Hyuuga heiress suddenly felt as if she could not get a wand.
"Naruto! W-what if I am not able to get a wand?" She asked worriedly, but Naruto responded with vigor.
"Ne! Hinata-chan, if I can get a wand, then you definitely can! I'll kill the midget if you don't!" The blond smiled encouragingly at his fiancée before Ollivander emerged and showed Hinata a wand.
"8 ½ inches, tulip wood, with a phoenix feather core! Go ahead, give it a wave!"
Hesitantly, Hinata took the wand and waved. Everything everywhere seemed to explode, well, except the living breathing humans of course. The Byakugan user immediately dropped the wand and backed up, her eyes wide. Ollivander shook his head, picked up the wand, and muttered to himself about hardest people to ever give.
Sakura looked around the building after the little ordeal, and she had to hold back a sigh.
Wow…this building was going to be gone after they were done. Inner-Sakura laughed at the destruction. Such was the power of shinobi!
Ollivander came back out, and showed Hinata a wand. But of course, like Naruto, each wand Ollivander offered turned out disastrous. Fortunately, only thirty minutes into Hinata's session, the wand maker showed her a wand that seemed to fit her.
"7 ½ inches, mahogany wood, with a unicorn hair core."
The Hyuuga heiress felt warmth surround her body as she held the wand; her mouth hung open slightly at the feeling. Like the previous wands, Hinata waved the dark-colored wand, silently hoping it was hers
A show of purple lights came from the wand and this time, Hinata openly gaped at the display.
"Aha! Of course that wand is for you!" Ollivander smiled widely before moving on to the last two oddly dressed teenagers.
He turned to Sakura "Which is your domina -- Oh! What odd hair you have! Is it dyed?" Sakura frowned and grabbed a lock of her hair.
"No, it's natural…" She said as she let go of her hair, looking at Ollivander in the face. "My right arm is dominant by the way…" She muttered, still frowning slightly.
Ollivander smiled before muttering what wands he should choose.
Sakura turned towards Sasuke, at first to rant about how rude he was, but she had to hold back a giggle at his look of annoyance. Ollivander annoyed him.
But then again, who didn't annoy Sasuke?
The five waited a whole ten minutes with Dumbledore watching in amusement at Naruto's antics, Hinata observing her wand with her Byakugan (in secret of course), Sakura waiting patiently, and Sasuke waiting with his arms crossed.
Finally, Ollivander appeared and showed Sakura a wand.
"Hmmm, maybe this one? 9 inches, cherry wood with a dragon heartstring core!"
Sakura warily picked up the wand before waving it. A dangerous earthquake seemed to move through the store, bringing down all the shelves of wands down as it dissipated. Ollivander made a noise akin to a squeak before snatching the wand from a wide, green-eyed pinkette.
"Definitely, definitely not!" He muttered before turning around to get a different wand. The short man seemed to cry at the sight before him but he soon took out his own wand, gave a wave, and everything was once again in order. Like before, he disappeared behind a shelf.
Once he was gone, Naruto snickered at Sakura. Jade eyes glared at him effectively shutting him up.
Typically, when Ollivander came back, he presented a wand that only brought destruction. Like Hinata, it went on for thirty minutes before the wand maker showed Sakura another wand. The iryou-nin sighed in annoyance, sure that this wand was not right as well, before picking it up. A gasp escaped her lips as she felt warmth coming from the wand.
Ollivander smiled knowingly
"I am quite sure this is yours! 8 ½ inches, olive wood, with a veela hair core."
Sakura gave a wave and smiled happily as pink jets of light escaped the tip of her wand.
"Aha!" Ollivander proclaimed "I knew it!"
Sakura meanwhile, turned excitedly to her companions who also had theirs wands (leaving Sasuke alone because she knew Ollivander would move on to him next) and the three talked with enthusiasm.
Like Sakura predicted, Ollivander very much turned to Sasuke, who looked very annoyed at having to wait over two hours for his own wand.
"Now for this young, dark man!" He observed Sasuke a bit, while the Uchiha prodigy coolly looked back. "Which is your dominant arm?"
The Sharingan user looked at the short man like he was inferior to him before answering.
"I'm ambidextrous." He said as he watched Ollivander nod his head eagerly before measuring his arms and disappearing behind the shelves.
The other shinobi looked at Sasuke with knowing, amused eyes, all of them predicting Sasuke's growing annoyance. Well, Hinata seemed to just smile at Sasuke (as she was still kind of afraid of him).
"…I don't like him." Sasuke said before leaning against the wall behind him.
A few minutes later, Ollivander emerged and showed Sasuke the first wand of many.
"9 ½ inches, holly wood, with a unicorn hair core." Sasuke activated his sharingan, making sure to conceal it so Ollivander wouldn't notice, and gave the wand a wave.
Everything it seemed, spontaneously combusted into flames causing Ollivander to squeak in shock. Dumbledore took out his own wand and murmured a spell.
"Aguamenti" A stream of water emerged from Dumbledore's wand and hit each flame, effectively taking them out.
Sasuke coolly looked at the damage he did before giving a frantic looking Ollivander the wand back.
"Oh…my shop will be all gone after this!" He disappeared into yet another row of boxes, and the five tried their best to make themselves comfortable; all knowing that this would take awhile.
And it did, as an hour soon passed and Sasuke's temper snapped.
"You better hurry the hell up before I burn this shop and all your precious wands to the damn ground." He said darkly. Sakura immediately hurried to Sasuke's said, telling him to calm down as Ollivander rightfully looked scared. The wand maker nodded shakily before running to behind the shelves. He came back again after some time, holding out a dark wand for Sasuke.
"This…this should be the one for you! 10 ½ inches, ebony wood with a dragon heartstring core."
Sasuke picked it up and he had to fight back the surprise when he felt warmth envelop him. He gave it a wave, and a show of dark blue sparks indicated that Sasuke was indeed its master.
Ollivander smiled once more (obviously happy now that he found the scary teenager his wand). "Yes! It took awhile but I found the perfect wands for all four of you!"
Sakura looked up at the clock, before jumping back a bit. Wow…they did spend some time there. It was now past 3 pm.
Dumbledore got that twinkle in his eyes, paid Ollivander and led the four out.
"Now, how about we find you some robes?"
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Okay, so I changed their outfits from the last version; I hope the new ones are better.
Sakura: http:// flamedraseer . deviantart . com / art / SasuSaku-Wallpaper-Mitona-Art-75519188 Okay, so in Chakra over Magic, Sakura's outfit is the giant picture in the middle with Sasuke (that is not Sasuke's outfit by the way). I changed it a bit, so read the previous description on how I changed. And her hair also isn't up, heh.
Sasuke: http:// orin . deviantart . com / art / Sasuke-The-Older-I-Get-94678895 I'm going to admit, I think this outfit is damn hot. So I also changed this outfit a bit. Sasuke doesn't have that robe like thing on his shoulder (I was actually debating if I should leave it on) so yeah, and the color is a bit different.
Naruto: http:// orin . deviantart . com / art / Naruto-Fighting-Dreamers-63244294 This is actually a picture of Naruto's parents. So yeah, I based Naruto's outfit on his dad's outfit. I was also debating if I should leave that white duster on him, but I thought it wasn't something Naruto would wear. I dunno, what do you guys think?
Hinata: http:// comipa . deviantart . com / art / Hinata-109485881 Haha, I think this outfit is actually pretty cute. And I picture Hinata kind of growing up from her genin days. So yeah. :]
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