Chapter 3

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were spinning faster than they ever had been in their lives. Everything around them was a blur. Naruto thought it was awesome. "THIS IS AMAZING!"

Sakura reminded herself to punch Naruto for screaming in her ear. They saw a white light growing beneath them that was pulling them in. Suddenly, they slammed against solid ground.

"Naruto! You didn't have to scream in my ear!" Sakura balled her fist up and was about to make contact with his head when she saw an old man. The man had the longest beard she had ever seen in her life! It went past his waist! His hair was also pure white.

"I see you all made it here safely. I am Albus Dumbledore." The ancient man walked foreword and taped each of their heads with a...stick. "Now you three will be able to understand and speak English. If you need to speak Japanese, just think that you need to and you will."

The three shinobi felt dazed. They were able to understand everything, though. "Dumbledore-san, thank you for allowing us to guard this school." Sakura always had a way about being nice. Until she got mad.

"Please, no formalities! You only need to say Professor Dumbledore!" There was a nice twinkle in his eyes. He seemed to be quite lively for an older man. That's when Sakura said it.

"Do you mind me asking what happened to your right hand?" Dumbledore didn't seem mad about the question. "I merely had a little accident. It's nothing to worry about, though."

Now, Sakura was extremely curious. If she didn't find out soon, she was likely to go insane.

"Minerva, would you be so kind and show these three around the school? They only have a week to get to know it like the back of their hands!" He chuckled slightly. Naruto thought he just found a new best friend. For once, this one was funny and lively, just like him. They followed the women out the door. They found out her name was Minerva McGonagall and she taught Transfiguration.

They traveled around the school, learning all the shortcuts and secret passages. Around dinnertime, they all headed for the Great Hall.

"For the next week, you will be eating in here for all meals. This is only happening because you three are here. Otherwise, you might have had to fend for yourselves." Professor McGonagall, they found, could be the most strict person on earth. Or she could be as sweet as sugar. Naruto didn't like her nearly as much as Dumbledore.

They were staying in the Griffindor wing until they were sorted with the first years. During the whole week, they were learning all about spells from the first year up to the sixth year. Dumbledore had a wandmaker come with a whole ton of wands. It took the three about four hours to get their wands.

Sakura got hers first. It was ten and a quarter inches with a core of unicorn hair and was made of maple. Naruto's was nine inches, made of beechwood, with a phoenix feather. Sasuke's was eleven and a half inches, made of ebony, and a dragon heartstring. After the wandmaker left, they instantly started testing their newly found wands. Sakura got the spells down almost instantly. Sasuke took a little longer and Naruto took forever.

By the morning of September first, they had completely completed their studies up to sixth year. All the teachers were pleased and awed that they had learned all of it in a week. (that would mean they wouldn't have to do extra lessons with them!)

"You three have done amazing. I am very happy that you accomplished all of this in a week." They were in Dumbledore's study, waiting to get to London. Then, his tone darkened slightly. "Once the students come here today, there won't be nearly as much time to have fun. You musn't let the students know anything about you. You will merely be known as Japanese transfer students. You can, however, keep your names. There won't be any need to have codenames." His tone lightened by the end of the little speech.

"Now, you'll be going to London by means of Floo Powder. When you get to the train station, you have to walk directly between the pillar with the numbers nine and ten. You have to be on the train before eleven o'clock, because it leaves at exactly eleven. We will be sending your things directly to the train, so you won't have to worry about it." Dumbledore stood up,walked to the fireplace, and picked up a little basket with powder in it.

"This is the Floo Powder. You have to walk into the fireplace, grab a handful of this powder, and clearly say 'Diagon Alley'. Sasuke, why don't you start?" Sasuke walked into the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of Floo Powder and threw it on the ground while saying, "Diagon Alley!" Bright, green flames burst around him and he disappeared. Sakura and Naruto both had wide eyes.

"Go ahead, Sakura." She numbly walked forward and repeated Sasuke's actions. She too disappeared. Naruto started walking, but tripped over the side of the carpet. His face landed in the fireplace. He came out with a face full of ashes and Dumbledore hiding a laugh. Naruto shook the ashes off, still red in the face, and repeated what the others did.

After they all left, Professor McGonagall walked out of the shadows. "We should have told them, Albus." He shook his head.

"They'll find out soon enough."

Naruto was flying past all sorts of openings. He choked on a bit of the ashes he didn't get off when he fell into them. There was only one opening that he could make out. It looked like it went into a huge green room. There was a whole ton of people in the room. Naruto tried to get a closer look, but it was gone before he could make out tiny details.

He found the way out and fell into a brightly lit room. He immediantly saw Sakura's bright pink hair and Sasuke's raven-like hair. Naruto jumped up, sending any ashes on him flying. A big wad of ashes fell on Sakura's shirt. They had all gotten new clothes for the year. Naruto asked for all of his shirts having at least a little orange on them.

Sakura slowly turned around, killing intent prctically jumping off of her. Naruto swallowed. "Sakura-chan! S-s-sorry about that! I-I can-!" Naruto was cut off as she jumped on him, punching every part of him she could. (does this remind you of something that happens in book seven?)

"Sakura, get off of him. You're causing a seen." Sasuke was talking about the mob of people that came around them. Then, someone shot out of the fireplace, slamming into Sakura and Naruto.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU ARE BLOCKING THE FIREPLACE!" This girl seemed to have a bit of a temper as well. Everyone quickly left the scene.

"Who was she?" "I couldn't tell you, but she seems to have a huge temper just like you, Sakura-chan!" Naruto recieved another blow to the head. It was suprising he hadn't gotten a concusion from all the times she seemed to hit him.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was deep in thought. He was thinking about how Sakura always seemed to tense up when she was alone with him. 'I guess it's a bit obvious. I mean, when I was leaving Konoha for Orochimaru, I did pratically tell her I hated her guts.' He sighed. Could he never do anything right? Going to Orochimaru wasn't right. Starting my own team didn't work out. Nothing I ever do helps me get anything done! I'm especially bad with girls. Though, that's probably because I had been ignoring them for most of my childhood.

Why does my life suck so much?

They made their way to the train station. They were following a large group that consisted of a lot of redheads. There was also a girl with extremely curly brown hair and a boy with black hair that didn't like to stay down. The three shinobi knew who these people were, so they started their guarding business early.

The two groups made it to Platform 9 3/4 without much trouble. Naruto, being the first to get through the barrier, stared in awe of the magnificient train in front of him. Sakura came through behind him. She got annoyed that he was right there, but then understood. This train was huge!

After Sasuke came through, they got on the train. They found the compartment that held their stuff and sat down. They were one of the first people on the train.

"I've been meaning to ask you two something."Sakura was speaking in Japanese. This obviously meant it was very important. Sasuke turned his head from the window. He decided he would start paying more attention to his pink haired friend.

"Did you feel that chakra coming from Dumbledore's hand? The one that looks like it's burnt."Sasuke nodded immediantely. Naruto thought for a second, then nodded as well. "It felt...evil."

"Do you think you can help him, Sakura?" Sasuke actually said more than one word to Sakura. She stared for a second before talking. "I'm not sure. I need to see his hand up close."

At that second, the door opened. A familiar black haired boy with a blonde girl and a round-faced boy walked in. Harry stared for a second.

"Do you mind if we share this compartment? There isn't anywhere else to go." Sakura nodded smiling. They sat down opposite of the three shinobi. It was the blonde girl that talked first.

"I've never seen you three before. Are you first years?" Naruto pipped right up. "Nope! We're sixth year transfers from Japan!"

Harry noted that the blonde was a loudmouth. "What are your names?"

Sakura spoke first. "I'm Sakura Haruno." "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" "Sasuke Uchiha."

Harry felt a chill come down his spine when Sasuke spoke. He sounded like he had spent some time in the dark arts. He had no idea how close he was from the truth.

"I'm Luna Lovegood, and this is Neville Longbottom." Sakura saw that though Luna's appearance would through everyone off, she seemed like a nice girl.

"I'm Harry Potter." He seemed a bit bored, seeing as he thought they would automatically know his name.

"So you're the guy everyone is always talking about!" Sakura pipped right up. Sasuke looked out the window, bored with everything going on. Naruto and Sakura bombarded everyone with questions. Sakura's were a lot harder to answer than Naruto's. Some of his were so obvious that Neville and Luna had to hide their laughter.

The trip seemed to fly by much faster than normal. A voice sounded through the train saying, "We will be ariving at Hogwarts in five minutes. Please leave your luggage on the train."

"Here we go."

Updated 6-24-10