Okay, I am SOoOoOoOoO sorry that I didn't get this updated sooner, I was grounded from my laptop for TWO weeks… -sobsob- but now I'm back with a vengeance! Whaahahahahahahaaha!
-bows- soooo incredibly sorry, once again! ;
And now, as promised…
CHAPTER THREE!
RECAP
Sasuke kicked some ars in the last chap and got his ear pierced, and then with a change of wardrobe (courtesy of Yuubi-san) he broke up a fight in the leaky caldron, coincidentally meeting up with Harry, Hermione and the Weasley gang!
Meanwhile, Yuubi-san (Naruto) has decided to go incognito around Diagon Alley to root up anything suspicious, and possibly keep a look out for Sasu!
Okay, I need to let you readers know something! Most of this story is told in Sasuke's mindset, meaning that you will know as much as he does. As of now he still doesn't know that Yuubi-san is Naruto, so when telling the story from his point of view Naru will be referred to as Yuubi-san. Bwaha!
So now onto the chapter! (oh yes, and now Sasuke knows who the hell everyone is and all that jazz)
Thinking
Kyuubi speaking
Arthur Weasley. The first wizard Sasuke had ever met. Not one of the brightest stars in the sky, but he was the only wizard Sasuke had at his disposal, so he had resorted to following the Weasley's as they began their normal wizarding rounds.
"So you said this was your first time visiting Diagon Alley, right?" Hermione, the bushy haired girl had come up beside him and was now looking up expectantly.
"Hn…" Sasuke nodded, trying not to look at the girl. He had never really been too fond of children; they were more of Naruto and Sakura's deal.
"Not much of a talker, eh?" Ron joined the conversation.
Sasuke didn't answer, but Harry also decided to join the new seemingly popular act of bothering Sasuke, "Have you ever heard of Hogwarts?" He asked.
"Yes." Sasuke finally caved to their questions.
"But I thought this was your first time visiting the wizarding world." Hermione looked surprised.
Sasuke sighed; he didn't feel much like going into this subject. It meant he was going to have to lie, and the one thing he disliked about lying was the single fact that you had to remember everything you said so it wouldn't look suspicious later. So he said in a slightly more miserable tone than he had intended, "Yes, it is. But it isn't looked upon too highly if you don't know the name of the school of where your employer works." He then tapped Arthur on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you for your assistance, but I must be going."
"Oh, well, see you around, then?" Mr. Weasley turned to face him, but all he saw was a rapidly receding figure of a man wearing a trench coat fading into the crowd.
"Did he say employer?" Harry scratched his head confusedly.
"Who cares!" Ron yelped as he caught a glimpse of every quidditch player's dream broom, "Look at that!" he pressed his nose against the glass window that the firebolt sat in, leaving smudges on the polished surface, "They say the Irish team's ordered one of these for every one of their players." He breathed, creating a cloud of condensation on the glass to mingle with the finger marks until it disappeared.
So sorry folks! I'm kinda switching around the order of things here; they're going to Diagon Alley before the Quidditch world cup!
"Really?" Harry joined him in gaping at the broom.
"Come on boys, we're meeting Mrs. Weasley at the robe shop in an hour and we've still got a lot to do!" Arthur clapped them on the shoulder and steered them away.
Meanwhile, Sasuke had slipped down an alleyway and was now leaning against the wall, looking up at the darkening storm clouds that had decided to make themselves known in the past ten minutes.
As the precipitation from the clouds began to waft down, Sasuke caught a glimpse of the red-haired Weasley's making their way into clothing shop. He felt a similar prickling feeling on the back of his neck and his eyes shifted to the other side of the street.
A boy in garb similar to Sasuke's was staring at him, just as he had suspected. Though he had to admit, even though a boy was staring at him, he had expected this from the start. In Konoha, he had acquired quite the group of admirers, (A.K.A.: Fangirls and boys) so why not here?
Sasuke had planned ahead for this, though, in his short period with the Weasley's he had picked up a few odd shaped explosives called 'dung bombs'. If he needed to, all Sasuke had to do was throw a couple down and he would be on his merry way as the fangirls writhed in pain and nausea. But Sasuke found no reason to use the bombs now; after all, it was only one boy.
Sasuke had found over the years that fanboys were much more tolerable than their loud and squealing counter parts. It wasn't that he enjoyed having fans; in fact he sometimes envied Naruto for being the village outcast. Sasuke immediately shook that thought out of his head, silently scolding himself. How can I envy him when I don't even know why he's the village outcast? The Uchiha made a mental note to get to know Naruto better when he gets back to Konoha. Why? Well, he didn't want to think about why he even bothered to care about the obnoxious blonde, not now at least.
The boy seemed to have noticed Sasuke's staring, because he slid his sunglasses down to his nose, revealing clear blue eyes behind the curtain of brown hair, and smirked. Sasuke blinked, perplexed by his behavior. Usually when faced by a fanboy or girl all he had to do was look at them and they'd be a puddle of joy for the next two hours. But this boy must not know or play by those rules, because as Sasuke's befuddled mind tried vainly to sort things out, the boy had crossed the now emptying street and was getting closer by the second to the alley in which Sasuke stood.
"Hey." His clear voice rang through the air, catching Sasuke off guard. He just kind of stood there and stared closed mouthed at the boy, who was in his late teens.
The boy cocked a slender eyebrow and grinned in a familiar way, "So Uchiha-san, I gather your people skills are still sharp as ever."
Sasuke's eyes widened as his mind came to a shocking and painful conclusion. Firstly, I say shocking because he was surprised to see his Anbu partner standing right in front of him. And secondly, I say painful because this new information was just too much for his already over-exerted mind to handle. Before he knew it, his vision was clouding over and a strange sense of uncaring washed over him.
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Naruto saw the way Sasuke's eyes widened when he had said 'Uchiha-san', and he didn't miss the unknotting of his rival's eyebrows from their usual scowl. So when Sasuke fell forwards, Naruto caught him neatly in his arms.
"All you Uchiha are the same." He shook his head, "Study till you drop, train till you drop, shop till you drop." He lifted the unconscious Sasuke in his arms, marveling at how light he was, and began the trek back to the Leaky Caldron.
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Harry Potter was in a considerably better mood as they left Madam Malkin's Robe Shop. Ron also looked happier as they walked into the rainy street. Mr. Weasley held his wand above his head and the rain that was falling on them stopped and the droplets began to pool together to create some kind of water umbrella for all of them, with the excess water spilling off onto the street and not onto them.
Yes, magic was a wonderful thing, and Harry smiled as he thought about it. He found himself to be incredibly fortunate that he had been introduced into the wizarding world.
But that Sasuke guy, he thought, this was his first time in Diagon alley, or so he said, and he didn't look at all excited or interested.
He glanced at Hermione whom we will nickname Mione because this authoress hates spelling her name, bleh. She was staring ahead of them, along with the rest of their little group and Harry followed the direction of their eyes and saw something quite particular indeed. It was a man carrying another man bridal style, a little weird, but the REALLY weird part was that the unconscious man being carried looked suspiciously like Sasuke.
Bill had noticed this and was no striding through the rain towards the two. "Excuse me, but who are you?" he tried to sound amiable.
"Who am I?" the long-haired boy repeated the question. Bill nodded, and the boy grinned, adjusting Sasuke in his arms to a more comfortable position for the Uchiha. "You may call me Yuubi-san."
"Yuubi-san?" Bill and Charlie echoed. The boy nodded.
"I am a…" He looked like he was looking for the right word to say, "Co liege of Uchiha-san's." he smiled happily.
Hermione had sidled up in between Harry and Ron, looking mildly interested.
"But," Naruto continued, "It seems as though I have inconveniently forgotten my wand in our rooms, may I trouble you to let us into the inn?" Naruto was lying through his teeth, he didn't have a wand, and mainly he had just been using jutsu's to pass between the Leaky Caldron and Diagon Alley.
"Well, I suppose we could," Mr. Weasley stepped forward, "I am Arthur Weasley." He introduced himself, then the rest of his group, and when he finally reached Harry's name, Naruto inclined his head in a small bow to the group.
"Well, Yuubi-san did you say?" Charlie clapped Naruto on the shoulder and took out his wand, tapping bricks as he spoke, "Maybe you can clear up a few questions about our mysterious friend, Sasuke, hm?"
The archway opened and they stepped through and Naruto turned towards the stairs, glancing back at Charlie, with sharp eyes. "Maybe later." Then with a foxy grin he whisked the unconscious Sasuke up the stairs, leaving a very bewildered Charlie in his wake.
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Naruto kicked open the door to his room. He had left his unlocked because there was nothing of value in there that he would leave alone, and Sasuke had locked his room, so this was the only option in Naruto's mind.
Gently he laid the Uchiha on his newly made bed and straightened up, "Geez, you may look skinny but you must've eaten pure lead for breakfast." He rubbed his stiffened arms to get the blood pumping again as he walked towards the door.
Without warning there was a popping sound and a small cloud of smoke wafted around him. Surprised, he looked at the clock on his wall, Time already? He thought, I guess I should've kept better track of the clock…
No. The growl of the nine-tailed fox demon sounded in his mind, it's almost time for the solstice, my foolish kit.
Summer solstice has already passed; Naruto glanced to make sure Sasuke was still asleep before going to his mirror, looking at his real face, running a rough hand over his whisker-like scars. Besides, what does a solstice have to do with my justu failing after just three hours? And how many times do I have to tell you that I am not a kit!
A feral chuckle sounded, and Naruto scowled, you are a renowned Anbu captain throughout the land, you've killed countless numbers of enemy nin, the people have no idea who you truly are, but methinks that if they knew what I knew about you they would know that you are… TheKyuubi paused and Naruto waited for what it would say next.
A minute passed…
Naruto was about to say something when Kyuubi finally roared, STILL A KIT! Naruto's scowl deepened as the fox demon proceeded to roar in laughter.
Just shut up and tell me what the deal with the damned solstice is. Naruto failed to see the humor.
Why so angry, kit? The kyuubi's mind moved to where Sasuke lay on the bed, and Naruto's cheeks flushed, Maybe you should take a nap, ne?
SHUT UP! Naruto growled, baring his sharp canines in a grimace. (A/N: We all know that since Kyuubi is in Naru's body he has had some of the similar traits, and since he's like older now, some traits have become more noticeable than others…)
I only point out what you yourself were thinking Kyuubi's voice was laced with glee.
Kyu! Naruto snarled silently, get the hell on with explaning this goddam solstice!
Fine, no need to be so touchy about it…
TBC! Bo ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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