I own neither Harry Potter nor Naruto
This fan fiction is a gift for the amazing Silencia20 who wrote Growing Strong. She gave me her permission to post it.
The original story is a crossover between these two universes. While it is written from Nara Riko's (fem!Harry) point of view, I wanted to explore her interactions with Sasuke from his.
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Orientation (part 2)
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We have to wait for an other two hours until our sensei finally arrives.
We look up when the door slides open and a tall man enter the classroom. He's wearing the standard jounin uniform. A mask cover up his face and his itai-ate is pulled over his eye so that his right one is the only visible part of it.
He yawns, stares at us and announces flatly. « My first impression is… »
Uzumaki looks at him, bemused. As for me, I am kind of disappointed. Our jounin sensei is after all the one we should rely on during our first years as ninja. Theoretically.
« I don't like you.»
My eyes narrow. Well, the felling is mutual.
« Meet me on the roof in five minutes » he says as he vanishes in a puff of smoke. I sight. Then Uzumaki jumps up and runs out the door. I follow him quickly.
Hatake is laying on the floor and seems to be completely enamoured with his orange book. I don't think that anything will surprise my anymore. He doesn't even straighten up when we sit in front of him.
And we wait five minutes more for our third teammate who seems to take her time.
« Ri-chan! You took so long! » Uzumaki complains. He really should learn to speak quietly. Fortunately, my clan's men aren't known for their enhanced hearing.
« I got lost to the way to the toilet. » She states. « I'm so sorry to be a whole five minutes late. You must have waited so eagerly for my arrival. I am sorry for wasting your precious time in which you could have done something useful. »
My lips twitch. Well said.
Hatake caughs a little.
Uzumaki… gives her a blank look. Uhh… never mind.
« Right, let's begin with some introductions. » He says. « Tell me your likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams for the future, stuff like that. »
« You first » Said Riko tonelessly, sitting down.
« Ohh, me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have no intention of telling you my likes and dislikes. My dreams… » he trails of. « I have a lot of hobbies ».
At least he told us his name. Yoshino-san was a bit more informative.
« Now, it's your turn ». He motions to Naruto.
I sight. Again. Who can blame me? It has been a long day.
« I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I like Ri-chan and ramen! Especially the ramen Ri-Chan and Iruka sensei buy me! What I dislike is the three minutes to cook a cup of ramen. And my dream is to surpass all the Hokage and make all the people in the village acknowledge me! » He said a bit to cheerfully for my tastes.
« Okay, next »
« My name is Uchiha Sasuke. There is a lot of things I dislike… » Blondes. Pink hair. Squealing girls who need a realistic dream and whose hobby is to be leeches. Fan boys. Useless teachers. « and I like… » I glance briefly to my side and picture the image of a smiling Riko. « sparring » I said, hiding my embarrassment. I sober up.
« Also, I have an ambition that I have no intention of leaving as just a dream. To revive my clan… and to kill a certain man. » It is my duty.
« Next, the girl » he said, distracting me from my past.
« I'm Nara Riko. I like my friends and family. I dislike bullies. My dream for the future… » She trails off then says firmy « My dream is something I already have. What I want is to protect it ».
Something she has ?
« Okay ! » Hatake says then, clapping his hands together. « We will start our duties tomorrow! »
« Yatta! » Uzumaki cheers, punching his fist in the air. « What kind of duties? » He asks eagerly.
« First » He smiles gleefully. « We are going to do something with just the four of us. »
My eyes narrow. Naruto start bouncing.
« What ! What is it ? »
« Survival training. »
A cold wind blows over the rooftop. And the sky seems to be darkening suddenly.
« S-survival training ? » Uzumaki asks with a quiet voice as Hatake chukkles darkly. Then he stares at us.
« Out of the twenty-seven graduates, only nine are going to be Genin. The other eighteen will be sent back to the Academy. In other words, tomorrow's training will be a test with a sixty percent dropout rate, and I will be your opponent. » Charming.
« Graduating the Academy means only that you have the potential to become shinobi. You have yet to pass my test. »
Uzumaki looked ready to protest but Riko tune it out. Hatake talks again.
« Meet me at Training Ground Three at five in the morning. Don't eat breakfast, you'll just throw it up. »
He vanishes in a shunshin and I walk away. I can't say that I'm not curious. And not exited at the prospect of fighting against a Jounin.
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When I arrive at training ground three, I am surprised at seeing Riko falling down from a tree. Surprised is maybe not the right word as I watched her with a bewildered expression. I raise one eyebrow as both Uzumaki and me are staring at her.
Tiredly, she worked herself back to her feet.
« He, Ri-chan, Kakashi is gonna be here soon! It's five am, he said to meet him here then! » He sounds panicking. I didn't know he was so emotional before.
« 'm here, aren't I? » She muttered in her pillow. « Lemme sleep. Only got an hour b'fore ».
Uhh… Alright ?
« Why ? You knew we had a test » I asked.
« zactly. Tell you later. »
And she promptly fall asleep on the floor.
Me and Uzumaki both stare at her, then at each other, sharing the same feeling of bemusement.
Alright…
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The sun is already up when she wakes up again. I glanced at Riko. She seemed a lot more awake. And she was right. Unfortunately. Hatake is still nowhere to be seen.
« What time is it? »
« round nine. » Uzumaki answered flatly. His stomach growls. So does mine. He seems sheepish while I do my best to stay emotionless. After all, hunger is a small inconvenience that shouldn't bother me during the test.
It really shouldn't. But when I saw the nutrition bars in her hand I couldn't help but gladly accept it.
« But Kakashi-sensei said not to eat! » Uzumaki protests.
« He also said he'd be here at five, and that was four hours ago. Eat. You can't do training on an empty stomach. »
Well, she got a point.
« The order didn't make sense, anyway. He probable wanted us to be stressed and weak for his test. » She explains.
« But that's not fair ! »
Of course it's not !
« You got something to say, teme ?
« We're ninja. We don't fight fair. Dobe. » I smirk.
But before he can say something rude, Riko cut in. What a pity. « Exactly. It's like a prank, you know? » His face lights up as he nods.
« But we're ninja too. We can prank him back, understand ? » She grins. So does Uzumaki. And they grin together. What a frightening pair. Wait… does she mean ?
« You trapped the training ground. » He said incredulously. And appraisingly.
« Took me seven hours ».
« Ne, Ri-chan, you're awesome ! » Uzumaki says, voicing out my opinion.
« I know. But we'll still need a plan to defeat him. He's a jounin, we'll have to work together. But first. Look closely. This is were the traps are… »
Awesome. Yeah. I think so too.
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Thank you for your support !