Naruto watched as all the children left upstairs, no doubt to discuss the infuriating foreigners. Most of the adults in the room didn't look happy but he was pleased to see that it wasn't because of him or Shikamaru.
"So what did you think of Harry and his friends?" the one called Lupin asked. Naruto couldn't place his finger on it but there was something strange about him.
"They're too nosey for their own good, they're gonna end up either getting themselves killed or someone else." Naruto said with a frown.
"They mean well." Lupin said, Naruto noticed that he didn't deny anything he had just said.
"Back to the mission," Shikamaru said. "We weren't informed of the political strife you have with your government, if this is going to work I'm going to need to know all your laws and some history on your Ministry."
"I'll have those for you by tomorrow." The redheaded man who had been identified as Aurther Weasley said. From what Naruto had heard he had and Molly were the parents to all the other redheads and he actually worked in this Ministry.
"Thank you. Now like I said before, you are going to have to be very careful about what information you leak out to Potter and his friends." Shikamaru held up his hand to stop Sirius, Potter's Godfather, from speaking. "I'm sure he is frustrated with the situation ad he does deserve to know a few things." He agreed.
"But the truth is you are at war and information is everything during times like this. He is untrained, both in your magic and mentally to be able to deal with the information you've given him." Shikamaru said.
The whole room was silent. "Look you guys haven't been at war for years, we just got out of the Fourth Great Shinobi War not even a year ago. If you want to prevent this war than you need to listen to Shikamaru here, he's a lot smarter than he looks." Naruto said with a reassuring smile.
"Thanks Naruto." Shikamaru said sarcastically, with a roll of his eyes. "Speaking of information, you need an upgrade on your security, especially during your meetings. Naruto d you have any barrier seals on you?"
Naruto was silent as he went through a mental inventory of all the seals he had on hand. "No but I can make them." He said.
"What are seals?" Bill one of the older Weasley sons asked.
"Not many people can do fuinjutsu, it's really complicated." Naruto explained and began rummaging in his weapons pouch for an example. "This is an exploding tag," he told them and passed it down to Bill who was the closest. "It's a seal, that when activated with explode." Bill passed it down to the others around the table. "Those are pretty common, you can also create barrier seals that you can use to either keep people out or seal something inside of someone."
It was Lupin who spoke next. "What do you mean seal something inside of someone?" He asked, fingering the exploding tag.
"It can be anything from weapons, to chakra (Our form of magic), or even a demon spirit." He explained.
"A demon spirit?" Tonks asked with raised eyebrows.
"In our world we call those who contain demons jinchuriki, which translates to human sacrifice. The reason we have to seal these demons away is because they are large concentrations of malevolent chakra that would destroy everything in sight otherwise. Depending on the construction of the seal determines how much of the demon leaks through to its host. It also depends on the will of the jinchuriki; you see any seal is only as strong as you make it."
There was silence in the room as they all digested this bit of information. Naruto never really liked to tell people he was a jinchuriki until they got to know him, but he could always spot someone in the same situation as him. And right now he knew that Lupin had something inside of him that didn't belong there.
"These demons you're talking about, would they be the nine-tailed beast?" Bill asked.
Naruto was momentarily surprised that he knew of the tailed beasts before he realized that the wizards had information about their world just like they did. "Yep," he said.
"Would you be able to seal other things inside of people?" Lupin asked.
"Like what exactly?" he asked getting interested.
"A werewolf?" he said, causing everyone at the table to instantly grow nervous.
Naruto's brows furred in concentration. "I don't know, I'd have to look into it. It really depends on if it's an actual spirit inside of you or if it's a medical issue." He said.
Lupin nodded but didn't say anymore. The rest of the night was spent talking about the differences between the two worlds.
XxX
"Mum says get up, your breakfast is in the kitchen and then she needs you in the drawing room, there are loads more Doxys than she thought and she's found a nest of dead Puffskeins under the sofa." George said the next morning.
Half an hour later Harry and Ron, who had dressed and breakfasted quickly, entered the drawing room, a long, high-ceilinged room on the first floor with olive green walls covered in dirty tapestries. The carpet exhaled little clouds of dust every time someone put their foot on it and the long, moss green velvet curtains were buzzing as though swarming with invisible bees. It was around these that Mrs. Weasley, Hermione, Ginny, Fred and George were grouped; all looking rather peculiar as they had each tied a cloth over their nose and mouth. Each of them was also holding a large bottle of black liquid with a nozzle at the end
Cover your faces and take a spray," Mrs. Weasley said to Harry and Ron the moment she saw them, pointing to two more bottles of black liquid standing on a spindle-legged table. "It's Doxycide. I've never seen an infestation this bad - what that house-elf's been doing for the last ten years – "
Hermione's face was half concealed by a tea towel but Harry distinctly saw her throw a reproachful look at Mrs. Weasley. "Kreachers really old, he probably couldn't manage – "
"You'd be surprised what Kreacher can manage when he wants to, Hermione," said Sirius, who had just entered the room carrying a bloodstained bag of what appeared to be dead rats. "I've just been feeding Buckbeak," he added, in reply to Harry's enquiring look. "I keep him upstairs in my mother's bedroom. Anyway . . . this writing desk . . ."
He dropped the bag of rats into an armchair, then bent over to examine the locked cabinet which, Harry now noticed for the first time, was shaking slightly.
"Well, Molly, I'm pretty sure this is a Boggart," said Sirius, peering through the keyhole, "but perhaps we ought to let Mad-Eye have a shifty at it before we let it out - knowing my mother, it could be something much worse."
"Right you are, Sirius," said Mrs. Weasley.
They were both speaking in carefully light, polite voices that told Harry quite plainly that neither had forgotten their disagreement of the night before.
A loud, clanging bell sounded from downstairs, followed at once by the cacophony of screams and wails that had been triggered the previous night by Tonks knocking over the umbrella stand.
"I keep telling them not to ring the doorbell!" said Sirius exasperatedly, hurrying out of the room. They heard Sirius thundering down the stairs as Mrs. Black's screeches echoed up through the house once more:
"Stains of dishonor, filthy half-breeds, blood traitors, children of filth . . ."
"Close the door, please, Harry," said Mrs. Weasley.
Harry took as much time as he dared to close the drawing-room door; he wanted to listen to what was going on downstairs. Sirius had obviously managed to shut the curtains over his mother's portrait because she had stopped screaming. He heard Sirius walking down the hall, then the clattering of the chain on the front door, and then a deep voice he recognized as Kingsley Shacklebolt's saying, "Hestia's just relieved me, so she's got Moody's Cloak now, thought I'd leave a report for Dumbledore . . ."
Feeling Mrs. Weasley's eyes on the back of his head, Harry regretfully closed the drawing-room door and rejoined the Doxy party.
XxX
Naruto wasn't sure what the hell was going on with all the screaming going on in the house. So like the curious person he was he decided to investigate. He was walking down the stairs when he saw what appeared to be a hideous leather teddy bear in a loin cloth. The screaming had stopped for now so he decided to follow the curious looking creature into a room it had slipped into.
He was about to enter when he saw Sirius walking up the stairs toward him. "Sirius." He said with a smile.
"Good morning, Naruto, how'd you sleep." He asked.
"Very well, there's not many missions where you get to sleep on an actual bed." he said before glancing at the door. "Did you know you have a weird looking animal in a loin cloth in your home?"
Sirius's smile fell and turned into a scowl. "That's Kreacher, the house-elf, he's supposed to have kept the place clean but he's gone senile."
Sirius walked to the doorway of the room and glared at the house-elf inside. Naruto decided to accompany him.
"Stand up straight," said Sirius impatiently. "Now, what are you up to?"
"Kreacher is cleaning," the elf said. "Kreacher lives to serve lie Noble House of Black – "
"And it's getting blacker every day, it's filthy," said Sirius.
"Master always liked his little joke," said Kreacher, bowing again, and continuing in an undertone, "Master was a nasty ungrateful swine who broke his mother's heart – "
"My mother didn't have a heart, Kreacher," snapped Sirius. "She kept herself alive out of pure spite."
Kreacher bowed again as he spoke. "Whatever Master says," he muttered furiously. "Master is not fit to wipe slime from his mother's boots, oh, my poor mistress, what would she say if she saw Kreacher serving him, how she hated him, what a disappointment he was – "
"I asked you what you were up to," said Sirius coldly. "Every time you show up pretending to be cleaning, you sneak something off to your room so we can't throw it out."
"Kreacher would never move anything from its proper place in Master's house," said the elf, then muttered very fast, "Mistress would never forgive Kreacher if the tapestry was thrown out, seven centuries it's been in the family, Kreacher must save it, Kreacher will not let Master and the blood traitors and the brats destroy it – "
"I thought it might be that," said Sirius, casting a disdainful look at the opposite wall. "She'll have put another Permanent Sticking Charm on the back of it, I don't doubt, but if I can get rid of it I certainly will. Now go away, Kreacher."
It seemed that Kreacher did not dare disobey a direct order; nevertheless, the look he gave Sirius as he shuffled out past him was full of deepest loathing and he muttered all the way out of the room.
" - comes back from Azkaban ordering Kreacher around, oh, my poor mistress, what would she say if she saw the house now, scum living in it, her treasures thrown out, she swore he was no son of hers and he's back, they say he's a murderer too – "
The elf gave Naruto a nasty glare as he passed.
"Keep muttering and I will be a murderer!" said Sirius irritably as he ushered Naruto in a slammed the door shut.
"Sirius, he's not right in the head," Hermione pleaded, "I don't think he realizes we can hear him."
"He's been alone too long," said Sirius, "taking mad orders from my mother's portrait and talking to himself, but he was always a foul little – "
"If you could just set him free," said Hermione hopefully, "maybe – "
"We can't set him free, he knows too much about the Order;" said Sirius curtly. "And anyway, the shock would kill him. You suggest to him that he leaves this house, see how he takes it."
"Hello, Mister- " Hermione said, trailing off.
"Naruto Uzumaki." He said flashing her a smile. He watched confused as her and the youngest Weasley's face grew red. It reminded him a lot of Hinata.
"Well Naruto, My name is Hermione Granger and this is Ginny." She said gesturing to the young redhead beside her. "You know Harry of course and then there is Ron, Fred and George." She pointed to the other three redheads in the room.
The all gave various hellos with the exception of Harry who glared and turned away from him. Naruto mentally rolled his eyes, that's not the first time he had ever gotten that reaction; this kid was so out of his league.
"Good morning." He told them all.
"I don't suppose-" one of the twins started.
"That you'd show us some cool ninja skills?" the other finished.
Naruto's hand automatically went to the back of his head were he rubbed it shyly. "My skills aren't exactly what you'd call indoor friendly." He said.
"Please Naruto?" Ginny asked with big shiny eyes.
"Naruto." Came his name from the door. He turned around to see Shikamaru standing there with his hands in his pockets. "Dumbledore's here, let's go."
Naruto nodded and said good bye to the wizards before bounding after Shikamaru. "Are you going to bring up what we discussed last night with him?" he asked.
"Yeah it's important that we get more men on the inside, if we want to stop this." Shikamaru said.
The continued to walk down the stairs until they had reached the dark foyer where Dumbledore and Molly were talking quietly to one another. Dumbledore looked up and dismissed Molly who walked down to the kitchen.
"Naruto, Shikamaru," He said politely. "Are you ready to see Hogwarts now?"
Both nodded to the affirmative.
XxX
It had taken nearly four hours for Dumbledore to show them every part of the school and grounds. Shikamaru and Naruto were sure to point out all the week spots such as the forbidden forest where Naruto set up a one of the five tags for the Five Seal Barrier that would keep unwanted people out and prevent any sort of attack against Hogwarts.
Shikamaru also said that it would be important to cut off all form of transportation or communication to the outside, the morning owl service being the only exception. When Dumbledore asked how they were to communicate, Naruto quickly summoned a small toad who would be the go between for all order members. Naruto also suggested that Harry be aware of this unless he accidently let any information leak out, Shikamaru and Dumbledore agreed.
It took a about one hour out of the four for them to close off any of the secret passages out of the school, the last thing they needed was Harry and his friends sneaking off. Shikamaru also thought it wise to set up a sort of system amongst the teachers, ghosts and paintings for if something where to happen inside of the school the information would reach all points it needed to be.
They were now in Dumbledore's office where Naruto had placed a very unique seal, one that made the Flying Thunder God Technique work. He had finally mastered it just a few months ago.
"Well I do believe that's all." Dumbledore said clapping his hands together.
"Not quiet, Naruto and I were alerted last night that the Ministry has passed a new law that says if you can't find a suitable Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher then they will provide one for you." Shikamaru said.
"Yes, I'm afraid Cornelius is bent on having an informant inside of the school." Dumbledore said with a frown.
"It would be a mistake to let this happen, if you let the Minister have his way he'll begin to do a lot more damage and frankly we just don't have the time to deal with his delusions. That's why we are suggesting one of our own to teach this year, undercover." Dumbledore's eyebrows raised but he nodded for them to continue. "He of course will teach the subject to all students but we both know the Minister will send someone anyway, our man will worm his way into this persons good graces and be our informant on Fudge."
"Who did you have in mind?" Dumbledore asked, clearly liking the plan so far.
"Kakashi Hatake." Naruto said beaming. "He was my sensei when I was a genin."
"Yes, I've heard of him, the Copy Ninja." Dumbledore said thoughtfully, stroking his beard. "You shinobi are quite the strategists." He said with a chuckle. "I'll gather all the books that a DADA teacher should know; I trust he'll be able to learn all of this in the one month before the start of term?"
"Kakashi is prodigy who graduated the Academy at the age of five, he should be good." Shikamaru said.
"Then it's all set, I'll require him to be here one week before the start of term." Dumbledore said. "And if that's all than I think it's nearly supper time back at the Order."
"Yes! I'm starving!" Naruto shouted, causing several sleeping portraits to startle awake. Shikamaru rolled his eyes while Dumbledore chuckled at the outburst.
XxX
A few days later, after another day of trying to clean out the house that was desperately fighting back Harry's nerves were nearly shot. Every since the ninja had arrived, Harry felt as though he had been pushed to the back burner. Especially when Uzumaki was concerned. Whenever he walked into a room he had all the men laughing and all the women blushing, he had even seen him make McGonagall blush. He could only imagine how terrible it would be once school starts, he just hopped Cho wouldn't fall for him like everyone else. At least the other ninja, Nara, wasn't so bad. But he did prevent Harry from finding out any more of the Orders plans and what Voldemort was up to.
It's like they were purposely working against him. From what he had read in a book of Hermione's, these Ninja sounded like mercenaries, hired killers. How did Dumbledore know they wouldn't betray him for more money? They probably enjoyed killing as much as Voldemort himself.
Harry sighed. He knew he was being childish about the ninja but he didn't like being kept in the dark and that's exactly what the Ninja were making sure happened. Were their skills really so amazing that they were needed here? He was supposed to be the one to defeat Voldemort, after all he was the one who had done it every time before.
Harry glanced down the dinner table at Uzumaki who had drawn nearly everyone at the table into a story. He was waving his arms around frantically causing those around to laugh.
"What's the matter Harry?" Lupin asked between bites of roast beef.
"Nothing." Harry lied.
"Let me guess, Naruto?" Nara said from beside Lupin.
Harry looked back down to his plate guiltily. Was he really that obvious?
"Don't worry about it." Nara said as he leaned back in his seat. "Naruto's not like anyone else you'll ever meet, in fact he's the whole reason why we won the war last year." Nara said staring at the ceiling without really seeing it.
"Is he really that strong?" Harry asked, curious about Uzumaki.
"He can do things the rest of us can only dream of. But it wasn't always like that." Nara said. "Everyone in our Village used to hate him, he was always alone. I remember parents wouldn't even let their children near him, but he never let it get to him. He's had to rely on himself his whole life and that's what's made him so strong today."
"So, I've been taking care of myself my whole life." Harry argued. "And you all still treat me like a kid."
"No, you had your aunt and uncle to watch after you, even if they did try to ignore you. Naruto's been alone his whole life and hated for something he had no control over. He didn't even learn to read and write till after he graduated the Academy which is pretty impressive of itself." Nara said. "Naruto's had a hard life, harder than most, but I've never seen him cry or give up. He's determined to protect everyone, even his enemies."
"Not everyone can be saved." Harry said thinking of Wormtail and Voldemort.
"Yeah, I used to think that too." Nara said, closing his eyes with a small smile.
"You really should give him a chance Harry." Lupin said. "You know, he's promised to die if it means keeping you alive and the school safe. Not many people would give out such promises so easily."
Harry frowned but said nothing more on the topic.
XxX
"Those in favor of clearing the witness of all charges?" said Madam Bones booming voice.
Harry's head jerked upwards. There were hands in the air, many of them . . . more than half! Breathing very fast, he tried to count, but before he could finish, Madam Bones had said, "And those in favor of conviction?"
Fudge raised his hand; so did half a dozen others, including the witch on his right and the heavily-mustached wizard and the frizzy-haired witch in the second row.
Fudge glanced around at them all; looking as though there was something large stuck in his throat, then lowered his own hand. He took two deep breaths and said, in a voice distorted by suppressed rage, "Very well, very well . . . cleared of all charges."
"Excellent," said Dumbledore briskly. "On another matter entirely, you'll be pleased to know that I've hired a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, A Mister Kakashi Hatake."
"You know that oriental wizards aren't permitted in Europe, much less teach." Fudge said with narrowed eyes.
"Ah, But Mr. Hatake is only of oriental decent. He was very much born in England." Dumbledore said.
"Fine!" Fudge said, clearly at the end of his rope. Dumbledore gave a quick bow before sweeping out of the court room.
Dumbledore's abrupt departure took Harry completely by surprise. He remained sitting where he was in the chained chair, struggling with his feelings of shock and relief. The Wizengamot were all getting to their feet, talking, gathering up their papers and packing them away. Harry stood up. Nobody seemed to be paying him the slightest bit of attention, except the toad like witch on Fudge's right, who was now gazing down at him instead of at Dumbledore. Ignoring her, he tried to catch Fudge's eye, or Madam Bones', wanting to ask whether he was free to go, but Fudge seemed quite determined not to notice Harry, and Madam Bones was busy with her briefcase, so he took a few tentative steps towards the exit and, when nobody called him back, broke into a very fast walk.
He took the last few steps at a run, wrenched open the door and almost collided with Mr. Weasley, who was standing right outside, looking pale and apprehensive.
"Dumbledore didn't say – "
"Cleared," Harry said, pulling the door closed behind him, "of all charges!"
Beaming, Mr. Weasley seized Harry by the shoulders. "Harry, that's wonderful! Well, of course, they couldn't have found you guilty, not on the evidence, but even so, I can't pretend I wasn't – "
But Mr. Weasley broke off, because the courtroom door had just opened again. The Wizengamot were filing out.
"Merlin's beard!" exclaimed Mr. Weasley wonderingly, pulling Harry aside to let them all pass. "You were tried by the lull court?"
"I think so," said Harry quietly.
One or two of the wizards nodded to Harry as they passed and a few, including Madam Bones, said, "Morning, Arthur," to Mr. Weasley, but most averted their eyes. Cornelius Fudge and the toad like witch were almost the last to leave the dungeon. Fudge acted as though Mr. Weasley and Harry were part of the wall, the witch looked almost appraisingly at Harry as she passed. Last of all to pass was Percy. Like Fudge, he completely ignored his father and Harry; he marched past clutching a large roll of parchment and a handful of spare quills, his back rigid and his nose in the air. The lines around Mr. Weasley's mouth tightened slightly, but other than this he gave no sign that he had seen his third son.
"I'm going to take you straight back so you can tell the others the good news," he said, beckoning Harry forwards as Percy's heels disappeared up the steps to Level Nine. "I'll drop you off on the way to that toilet in Bethnal Green. Come on . . ."
"Mr. Weasley," Harry spoke up. "Do you know who Kakashi Hatake is?" Harry asked.
"I believe he's the new DADA Professor at Hogwarts." He said, but the way he said it told Harry not to bring it up again.
Maybe this Hatake fellow was a part of the order too; he didn't care, as long as he wasn't a Ninja.
XxX
Over the next few days Harry could not help noticing that there was one person within number twelve, Grimmauld Place, who did not seem wholly overjoyed that he would be returning to Hogwarts. Sirius had put up a very good show of happiness on first hearing the news, wringing Harry's hand and beaming just like the rest of them. Soon, however, he was moodier and surlier than before, talking less to everybody, even Harry, and spending increasing amounts of time shut up in his mother's room with Buckbeak.
"Don't you go feeling guilty!" said Hermione sternly, after Harry had confided some of his feelings to her and Ron while they scrubbed out a moldy cupboard on the third floor a few days later. "You belong at Hogwarts and Sirius knows it. Personally, I think he's being selfish."
"That's a bit harsh, Hermione," said Ron, frowning as he attempted to pry off a bit of mold that had attached itself firmly to his finger, "you wouldn't want to be stuck inside this house without any company."
"He'll have company!" said Hermione. "It's Headquarters to the Order of the Phoenix, isn't it? He just got his hopes up that Harry would be coming to live here with him."
"I don't think that's true," said Harry, wringing out his cloth. "He wouldn't give me a straight answer when I asked him if I could."
"He just didn't want to get his own hopes up even more," said Hermione wisely. "And he probably felt a bit guilty himself, because I think a part of him was really hoping you'd be expelled. Then you'd both be outcasts together."
"Come off it!" said Harry and Ron together, but Hermione merely shrugged.
"Suit yourselves. But I sometimes think Ron's mum's right and Sirius gets confused about whether you're you or your father, Harry."
"So you think he's touched in the head?" said Harry heatedly.
"No, I just think he's been very lonely for a long time," said Hermione simply.
At this point, Mrs. Weasley entered the bedroom behind them. "Still not finished?" she said, poking her head into the cupboard.
"I thought you might be here to tell us to have a break!" said Ron bitterly. "D'you know how much mould we've got rid of since we arrived here?"
"You were so keen to help the Order," said Mrs. Weasley, "you can do your bit by making Headquarters fit to live in."
"I feel like a house-elf," grumbled Ron.
"Well, now you understand what dreadful lives they lead, perhaps you'll be a bit more active in S.P.E.W.!" said Hermione hopefully. "You know, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to show people exactly how horrible it is to clean all the time - we could do a sponsored scrub of Gryffindor common room, all proceeds to SPEW, it would raise awareness as well as funds."
"I'll sponsor you to shut up about SPEW," Ron muttered irritably, but only so Harry could hear him.
How come Naruto and Shikamaru aren't helping make the Order fit to live in?" Ron asked irritably.
"Shikamaru is busy discussing things with Sirius and Lupin and Naruto's training in the drawing room on the second floor." Mrs. Weasley said before leaving them.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw both Ginny and Hermione pause in their cleaning. "Training? Training for what?" Ron asked, not noticing the girl's reactions.
"Well they need to keep in shape, don't they?" Hermione said as she and Ginny began gravitating toward the door.
"Oi, where are you two going?" Fred asked.
"We're going to help mum in the kitchen." Ginny said quickly and pulled Hermione out of the room before they could be questioned further.
"Wanna bet they're going to watch Naruto train?" George asked.
All four boys in the room rolled their eyes, all thinking the same thing, that girls were ridiculous.
XxX
Several hours later, as Harry and Ron were walking upstairs, they spotted an open door and heard voices, or rather giggles. Curious, they followed the sound and peeked in. what they saw just confirmed Harry's earlier thoughts that all girls were crazy.
Inside was Hermione, Ginny, Tonks and even Mrs. Weasley was there, all giggling like little girls and blushing madly. It was no wonder either; Naruto had gotten rid of his odd red cloak and shirt in favor of going shirtless. Needless to say, Harry was jealous. This just proved once again that Naruto was everything he was not, confident, friends with everyone, and was all muscle.
"Wow, Naruto, how do you stay so in shape?" Tonks asked, her hair turning as red as her face in the process.
"Shinobi have to train hard every day." He said coming to sit cross legged in front of the girls.
"So what exactly is your job, back in your Village?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing in particular, I go on missions like all other ninja." He said. "My last mission was to help collect the rest of the tailed beasts and to deliver them to the appropriate Hidden Village." he said.
Ron walked past Harry to take a seat next to Tonks on the floor to listen. Deciding to listen to what Lupin had said, harry followed.
"Tailed beasts?" Ginny asked. "What are those?"
"They are great chakra monsters, also known as demons." He said. "There are nine in total, and usually all of them are sealed inside humans in an attempt to control them. The first and weakest is the One-tailed Raccoon Dog, sometimes referred to as the sand demon for his ability to manipulate the sand. My friend Garra was actually the jinchuriki for the one-tailed, he's also the only person to ever survive an extraction but that's because one of the elders of his village gave her life for him.
"The next one is the Two-Tailed Monster Cat. I don't know much about that one, only that when it is released that its body is engulfed in blue fire and is very fast. After the two-tails is the Three-Tailed Turtle, the tree-tails isn't particularly destructive. Mostly it just wants to be left alone. A few years ago we were sent to retrieve it and the damn thing actually ate me, it was near impossible to get back out especially since it had miniature versions of itself inside trying to attack me.
"Next is the Four-Tailed Monkey, I don't know much about him either only that it and its jinchuriki have lava release." Naruto said and then added at their questioning look. "It usually a bloodline trait and it's when you naturally have an affinity with fire and earth jutsu."
Harry still didn't understand but didn't say anything else.
"Now the five tails is one of the weirder ones. It has the body of a horse and the head of a dolphin with horns. From what I've heard it's not supposed to be particularly violent. Next is the Six-Tailed Slug and yes, it is as gross as it sounds. I actually met its jinchuriki, he could do the coolest bubble jutsu's and he didn't have that great of a seal on the demon.
"After him is the Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle. It's the only demon that didn't belong to one of the elemental nations. After that one is the Eight-tailed Ox, actually it's not an ox, it's like an ox-octopus hybrid, it's really freaky. But he's also the smartest of all the tailed beasts and great with strategy, it current host, B, is the only one able to control it, all the others before him died trying to.
"And last but certainly not least is the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. He's the strongest and most feared out of all the tailed beasts. It's said that with a swipe of only one of his tails, he can crumble mountains and create tsunamis. When I was a baby he actually attacked my Village and nearly destroyed it if it hadn't been for the Fourth Hokage. He was the greatest leader my village ever knew. He ended up sealing the demon inside of a new born baby, giving his life in the process all for the sake of the village."
Naruto finished staring off into space with a faraway smile. "I'm hoping to be Hokage too one day, there's no greater honor than protecting those precious to me."
"That's bloody amazing." Ron said after a moment of silence.
"I'd love to visit your world someday." Hermione said dreamily.
"Depending on what you decide to do after your school I'm sure you'd be able to. Usually witches and wizards are only allowed over to the Hidden Continent for research, same goes for us. This is the first mission any shinobi has ever accepted for the outside."
"I've read that you have a ranking system, what rank are you?" Tonks asked eagerly.
"Well first there are the academy students, you start school at age five and generally graduate at twelve. We have to start school so early because it'd be dangerous to start any later; our skills need to be ingrained in us for us to survive. Then once you pass the academy you are a genin and assigned to a team of two other genin and a Jonin sensei. Usually at this stage you do mostly D and C ranked missions.
"It seems like my team always had to chase after this cat, Tora." Naruto gave a shudder at the memory.
"Then, when your sensei thinks you're ready, you and your team take the chunin exam. I actually only took it once but never passed because our village was attacked during the final task, in fact Shikamaru was the only one promoted to chunin that time. After chunin is jonin, they are given genin teams and get to go on more exciting missions. Then there are also jonin specialists, who specialize in one aspect of being a ninja, such as hand to hand combat or T&I. after that is the ANBU. They go on the really dangerous missions, usually assassinations; they are the elite of the whole village. Then there's the Hokage, the leader of the whole village."
Naruto stopped a second, blushing. "Since I never passed the chunin exam I got sort of a field promotion when I was fifteen when I had mastered the Sage Art." He said.
"Oh, what's that?" Hermione asked.
"It means I'm able to call on the chakra from nature and use it in battle." He said.
"So where does that put you at?" Ginny asked.
"It means I'm one of the strongest in the Village and I get to go on all the best missions." He laughed and Harry noticed that even his laugh was full of life, making him want to join in. harry noticed that he didn't say he was the strongest but one of the strongest, was he just being shy?
"What about Shikamaru? What's his rank?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Ah, he's a jonin and probably the smartest person I've ever known. He can manipulate a battle or mission like it's a game of shogi."
"What's shogi?" Harry asked.
"It's like chess." Hermione answered.
"Naruto, get a shirt on we need you in a meeting." Shikamaru said from the door, startling Harry.
"Right." Naruto said, jumping up and throwing on his mesh shirt, his orange and black jacket and the sleeveless cloak. "I'll see you guys later." He said cheerily before dashing out of the room.
"They don't make them like that in England." Tonks sighed as she watched the empty doorway.
Both Hermione and Ginny giggled furiously at this. "Did you see all those muscles?" Ginny asked. And even Mrs. Weasley giggled this time.
"Bloody hell." Ron muttered low enough for only him to hear. "Let's get out of here I don't want to hear this."
Harry nodded vigorously and they both left to find a less giddy part of the house.
A/N
Look at that, most of it's not cannon and it's still about six thousand words! Yay! Well I hope you enjoyed and please review. Oh also before I forget Naruto and Shikamaru are about nineteen each ad yes the fourth shinobi war is over with Madra being defeated. Anyway I hope you like this chapter and once again show me some love and review.