Chapter 3
The Golden trio walked through Konoha square the next day and noticed there was a lot going on. A bunch of tents were set up along the side of the streets with various things.
Harry was intrigued by the booth where two green suited men were screaming about youth. It wasn't really the men that intrigued him, strange as they were, but the game title.
"Kill the Akatsuki."
Harry dragged his friends over to the booth.
The green suited man in the wheelchair rolled over and gave a blinding smile.
"Interested in playing?"
"Uh yeah actually. What's all this about?"
"Oh, were just celebrating the anniversary of end of the Fourth Shinobi War."
Hermione eagerly wrote notes down to research later.
"So how do you play?" Harry asked.
The green suited man not in the wheelchair smiled.
"Easy! You have to knock over the small statues on the ledge. Each pin represents a specific Akatsuki member, and some are worth more points than others. You have five balls and need to knock over as many as you can. The one in the back is the Madara pin meaning you get three points. The other Akatsuki members are mainly one point, but Pein is two points. Pein is the orange pin."
"What are the other pins?" Hermione asked curiously.
"The purple one is Konan, the yellow one is Deidara, the blue one is Kisame, the red one is Sasori, black is Tobi, green is Zetsu, grey is Hidan, white is Kakuzu. The Akatsuki were real people, formidable enemies actually, but every single one of them was defeated."
Harry tried his hand at hitting the pins off the shelf with his five balls, he managed to knock over the red one, and the yellow one.
"Ah, good job, you got Deidara and Sasori! Any guesses on what they were like?"
"Uh. No actually."
"Well anyway, pick any of the small prizes, you need four points to get a big one so you can always play again."
Harry picked out a plush that was a fox with nine tails.
Harry curiously observed the nine-tailed fox and was just about to ask what it was exactly when a voice cut in.
"Deidara was creep he literally had mouths on his hands, but he used clay based ninjutsu. Sasori was a puppeteer so he constantly had those creepy dolls he controlled." A voice interrupted.
Harry turned around to see two figures. Inojin and Shikadai.
"Ah! If it isn't the youthful Shikadai and Inojin. Your youth shines brighter than your parents."
"Don't let my mom hear you say that." Inojin muttered. Shikadai snickered in response.
"Lee-san, give me five balls." Shikadai requested.
"Of course Shikadai-san."
Shikadai eyed the pins and decided on his chosen Akatsuki victims.
Boom the first pin, a grey one. Boom the second pin, a white one. Boom a third one, the orange pin. Boom the fourth pin, black, and the fifth pin, red.
Hermione's eyes widened at the precision.
Lee observed the pins and chuckled.
"Interesting choices. Hidan, Kakuzu,Tobi, Pein, and Madara."
"Troublesome. Hidan was responsible for the death of my father's sensei. Tobi and Madara were responsible for the death of my grandfather. Kakuzu was Hidan's partner."
Hermione put the facts together.
"So. You weren't just hitting random pins, you chose the ones of the members that affected your family."
Shikadai nodded.
"Yes. Hmm, my father mentioned that there were a few smart students, I'm assuming you are one of them."
Hermione blushed.
"Uh. Thanks I. . . Sorry, I'm not used to being complimented for my intelligence. I appreciate it."
Shikadai nodded since answering again was too troublesome.
"Inojin, you want to go?"
"Uh no, I'm okay. Besides, I would go after the same pins, it isn't interesting." Inojin replied.
"Fair enough. See ya later Jin, I know Kaa-chan is going to give me trouble if I don't come home first after the mission."
"Yeah you better Dai, I have to check in with my mother too, though I think she is still in T&I headquarters surrounded by those sadistic bastards. But I also should make sure the flower shop is running properly."
The two fist bumped and walked off into opposite directions.
"Ah, so youthful to see the seventeenth generation of Ino-Shika-Cho."
"Indeed it is Guy-Sensei! Inojin and Shikadai radiate as much youth as their parents Ino and Shikamaru."
Ron was clearly becoming uncomfortable with all the youth and steered his friends away from the jumpsuit squad.
They came across a tent with tables and cards set up. "Hah I win Legendary Sucker!"
At one table a blonde haired busty woman was loudly swearing as she pushed over a pile of money.
"Damn, I need to get Naruto to gamble my money back for me! Why does he have all the gambling luck!" The woman gulped down an entire bottle of Sake and proceeded to stomp out of the building. She stopped to observe the trio.
"Exchange students Huh?"
"LADY TSUNADE WERE YOU GAMBLING AGAIN?!" A shrill voice yelled. The woman had brown shoulder length hair and carried a pig in a dress and necklace.
"Oh come on Shizune, can't a girl have some fun? Besides, it's not like I could get Naruto to gamble again."
"Lady Tsunade." Shizune sighed.
"Fine fine. What do you need?"
"Sakura is swamped at the hospital with trying to get all the exchange students medical records in order. She could use some extra help."
"Oh okay, why didn't you say so. Anything to help my former apprentice! Good luck surviving Konoha." Tsunade said smiling turning to the trio before walking off presumably to the hospital.
-To Orochimaru's hideout-
Karin sat comfortably on a poofy chair eating an entire tub of coffee flavored ice cream with gummy bears while Suigetsu and Orochimaru sat at a table a few feet away discussing things.
"So, tell me again what he told you?" Orochimaru asked. "I know what he told me, but presumably he told you some different things."
Suigetsu nodded.
"Right So this Timmy guy, he calls himself Lord Voldemort. I did background research and he comes from outside of the elemental nations. He is one of those wizards, the group of people that the Hokage is hosting for a year. He also is no Lord whatsoever so he gave himself the title. No noble blood in him."
"Uzumaki is doing an exchange?"
"Something like that. Sasuke sent a message that after Shikamaru Nara went on a mission he created an alliance and this is furthering that alliance."
Orochimaru took a moment to take it in and going over the many possibilities in his head.
"Sasuke did? Interesting. So that means my son Mitsuki will be around these wizards."
Suigetsu nodded his head.
"Indeed. The good thing however is that wizards chakra is extremely low. While they can use chakra of some sort they call it magic: it is so little that they have to channel it through devices called wands."
"Hmmm, reminds me of the scientific ninja tools. Doesn't require much ability to use one, and makes you look extremely powerful."
Suigetsu nodded once again being brought back to the Chunin exams where Boruto Uzumaki had cheated using one. The boy was much better now and didn't cheat but it was surprising coming from the Hokage's son. A man who had come from absolutely zero and earned everything he had through hard work. Sure Orochimaru may have committed sins in his life, but he admired the Hokage for his achievements and of course as the student of his former teammate Jiraiya.
"The other thing is he tried demanding that I get you to talk to him. I put him in his place, annoyed him a bit. Overall he puts himself on a high horse when his value is nothing more than dust. I wouldn't even consider him D rank." Suigetsu added on.
"Good information. He asked me to form an alliance to take over the Wizarding and Shinobi worlds. Naturally I denied. For now we will lay low, but if this Voldemort acts suspicious in any way, I need to arrange a meeting with the Hokage."
"Yes Boss. If it comes to that I will contact Sasuke so that he can get us to the Hokage."
"Suigetsu. Maybe you should get Karin to stop eating out of the tub of ice cream before she eats the entire thing."
"Toooooo LATE!" Karin's voice yelled back, waving the Empty tub.
back to Konoha and the Golden trio later that day ( 12:00)-
The Hogwarts students were standing outside a large building where a swing was hanging from a tree. The swing looked weathered and old, and looked like it had been there for a while. Since they were still students, it had been arranged for a few classrooms in the Ninja Academy to be made available for the Hogwarts students to use so that they could learn the material they would've otherwise missed. There was to be a tour, but so far only one tour guide arrived. Harry squinted to see who it was and was surprised to see a figure who had helped Proff. . . Nara-sensei at Hogwarts. Mary, he thought her name was. No that was wrong. Mirai! That was it. The teenage girl had startling red eyes and brown hair tied in a ponytail. Her clothes were much different from when she visited. Harry supposed that while at Hogwarts they hadn't worn complete Shinobi wear. But now he saw just how different Shinobi dressed than wizards. More tight fitting clothing, nothing too flowy and made to move.
Mirai cleared her throat.
"For those that don't recognize me,My name is Mirai Sarutobi. I am a Jounin and my Jounin sensei was Shikamaru Nara. I am also the granddaughter of the Third Hokage. My teammate will be joining us momentarily but he is running late."
At that moment the air pressure dropped and a figure flashed into view.
"Sorry i'm Late, I was caught up in family matters. My name is Hizashi Hyuga, I am a Jounin and I was on the same team as Mirai. I am the nephew of Hinata Uzumaki, the Hokage's wife."
Mirai signalled everyone to be quiet.
"This is The Ninja Academy, you are allowed to enroll at six and once you graduate you are considered legally adults. We graduate from the Academy with the rank of Genin. From there there are tests to advance to Chunin, Jounin, and finally ANBU. You will be using the classrooms to learn your material. You might get lucky and get the opportunity to listen to the lectures. Aburame-Sensei is a well learned Academy teacher. The school is run by Principal Iruka Umino. Fun fact Principle Umino was the Hokage's Academy teacher and the one that graduated him to Genin at the time, and that swing has been there since the Hokage's childhood. Any questions?" Mirai asked looking around.
The Hogwarts students were speechless except Hermione who eagerly raised her hand.
"Yes Granger-San?"
"What does it take to advance each rank?"
"Well back in the Hokage's day it was a bit different. Back then you had to be able to perform a Clone jutsu to advance to Genin. Now there is also a written exam involved. Genin to Chunin is much more difficult. First your Jounin leader has to nominate your team. There is a written portion which all three members must pass to continue. If you pass there is another few trials and finally one on one battles. An example is for the Hokage's Chunin exam and the one that Shikamaru-sensei took as well the first trial was the forest of death. You had to get two scrolls and make it to the tower in three days without getting killed. Then the next rounds were one on one battles. Fun fact Shikamaru-sensei met his wife in the Chunin exams, he fought against her and beat her. It was the first time people realized His I.Q, he was the only one to graduate the exams, and Temari felt challenged for once."
Hermione raised her hand again.
"Yes?"
"Two questions. One; do people die in the exams? And two; you speak as though Shikamaru-sensei has a really high I.Q, what is it?"
"Okay so yes people die during the exams that is actually the point since real life battles can be deadly. As for his I.Q, you sure you want me to tell you?" Mirai questioned chuckling
Hermione nodded.
"When he was twelve his sensei - my father tested his I.Q. since he was excellent at strategy games but acted extremely lazy since he claimed putting pencil to paper was too much effort. He found a way to get Shikamaru to take an I.Q. test disguised as a game so he would take it seriously. Now the number I'm telling you is when he was twelve by now it's higher. His I.Q is over 200."
The entire class comically felt their jaws drop.
Hermione filtered through everything Mirai said she kept getting stuck on the I.Q .not even Einstein … her hero had that high of an I.Q.
Mirai directed the class inside.
"Keep your voices to a whisper, there are classes in session."
Harry peaked into a classroom and saw a teacher lecturing the students.
"Uzumaki-San please come to the board and do problem three."
"Hai Aburame-Sensei!" She replied and skipped up to the board carefully writing out the problem.
"Good job, remember class, test on the quadratic formula tomorrow."
Hizashi could practically see question marks floating out of the Hogwarts students.
He decided to speak up.
"What classes do you have at Hogwarts?" He asked.
Harry listed them: Astronomy, Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Defense against the.."
Hizashi briskly interrupted.
"I've heard enough. Do you have any math or science courses? Algebra, Geometry, Biology perhaps?"
Question marks floated out of the students.
"That's it, you guys need to be educated on things other than waving your wand. Tour dismissed you are free to explore." Hizashi concluded.
-With cough *Timmy *cough excuse me I mean Voldemort-
Voldemort's mood hadn't gotten better, in fact it had gotten worse. Voldemort in the meanwhile was stationed with his death eaters in a remote cave. His original goal had been to gain an "ally" in Orochimaru and use his place as a base, but things hadn't gone to plan.
He would just need to do some extra convincing. Maybe a threat would do the trick, or even the Imperius Curse. Voldemort had to plan and make Orochimaru bow to his knees so he could take over the Elemental Nations, kill Harry Potter, and then take over the Wizarding world. Heck If a pretty pony world existed, he would take that over as well.
A/N: Alrighty so that's the chapter. Hope you all enjoyed. I've taken advice from Shika at Hogwarts and tried making the chapters longer. You're welcome! Also sorry about the short Voldie cameo, but I didn't have much to write about him this chap. Anyway Review per usua! If you have any ideas of things to occur during the plot don't hesitate to comment or PM me :)