Chapter IV: The Chunin Exams Part II

The next morning at nine am Harry and his team met at training ground 44. After a few minuets the second Procter showed up and introduce herself. Her name was Anko Miterashi. According to her the teams had to sign a wavier before entering the forest. Once in the forest they had five days to locate and collect the opposite scroll then what they had in their possession.

Once they had a copy of both scrolls, they were to report at the tower in the middle of the forest. After five days, whoever did not arrive at the tower with both scrolls, failed. With that being said the teams were authorized to enter the forest.

As soon as Harry and his team entered the forest they made their way to a clearing. Once there Harry once again took out his trusty wand and located an earth scroll. Once he got the location he had his team follow him. As they were coming up on the scroll Harry sensed something.

"Hey guys, let's stop for a minute. I sense a fight going on over there and one of the participants is stronger than a Genin. Much stronger." With that they followed Harry over to where the fight was. Deciding to stay hidden in the trees they arrived just in time to see Orochimaru give a curse mark to Sasuke Uchiha.

'Damn, this is not good. He is also my cousin. I need to come up with a way to prevent him from going to the snake bastard. It's bad enough I got Voldemort to deal with every year, I don't need this on top of it. O well not much I can do right now.' Turning to the others he said. "There is not much we can do right this minute, let's continue heading for the scroll."

A few hours later they found the scroll being guarded by grass ninjas. After defeating them pretty easily, they took the scroll and made their way to the tower. Once at the tower they opened the scrolls and discovered that they were summoning scrolls.

To their surprise it was Sirius, who appeared from the scrolls. After congratulating them on passing this portion of the exam he explained a poem that was behind him. When that was done he told them to find a room and get comfortable until the five days were up.

Harry was going to speak with Sasuke before the next part of the exam, but he and his team did not show up until the last minute. Shrugging his shoulders and deciding to speak to him at the first opportunity, he lined up with everyone else and payed attention to the Hokage.

It turned out that there were still too many people left, and that they were going to do a preliminary fight before holding the final event in one months time. As the first two fighters were called to the arena, Harry and the others moved to the balcony's.

As it turned out Sasuke was the first one up. His opponent was some ninja who had the ability to absorb chakra by placing his hands on them. It was over pretty quick with Sasuke winning the match. As Sasuke was coming back to his team mates Kakashi, came up to him and led him away.

It was at this time that Harry decided to try a new ability he learned over the last few days. It was a variant of Naruto's shadow clone jutsu but worked a little bit differently. Where as Naruto could create multiple clones, Harry could only create one at a time. Harry's however was stronger than Naruto's and was perfect for what he needed done.

Briefly activating his Shadowgan, his shadow flared around him for a second before fading away. The only people who noticed was Naruto and Shikamaru. When they looked at him Harry just whispered "I'll tell you later." With that they shrugged their shoulders and turned back to the matches.

Meanwhile on the other side of the tower, Kakashi and Sasuke were in a room trying to get the curse mark sealed. Orochimaru has already left after talking to them. All of a sudden before Kakashi could do anything, there was a flash of black shadow in the corner.

Kakashi momentarily tensed before he saw Harry step out of the Shadows. Relaxing a bit he said "Hello Harry, what can I do for you." Looking up at Kakashi Harry spoke "I am not the real Harry, I am a clone. However I do need to speak with Sasuke for a minute, preferably alone." Nodding his head to show he understood, Kakashi went into the hallway to give them space.

It was at this point that Sasuke noticed the clones eyes. The eyes of the clone had the Shadowgan activated, showing that the clone was in use. "What is it you wanted to speak to me about?" he asked the clone carefully. Sasuke has seen how strong the real Harry was, and if the clone was even half as strong he did not want to fight.

"I am going to be honest with you Sasuke. My original self knows about you, and how you want to kill your brother. He even knows that your brother killed your family, however your brother missed. You and the original are cousins through your father's. Just like he and Naruto are cousins through their mother's.

He has a proposition for you. He gave me permission to completely remove your curse mark. In exchange you have to swear that you will not go to Orochimaru. In fact he asked me to tell you that you can join him in September. At that time he will be going to a school that teaches magic. He said to tell you that you will be able to learn it as well and then you can use it against your brother. And that he will help if you want him to."

As Sasuke was taking all that in, he looked at the clone in awe. "Really, he would do that for me. But why?" he asked. "Simple, you are family. He has not had a lot of family that cared for him. When he found out that your family was killed by your own brother he was livid. When he found he had family that could actually care for him, he vowed to protect and help them whenever he could." the clone explained.

"Very well. I will accept the offer. What do you need me to do?" "Nothing actually, just stand there and don't move. I am going to use magic to remove the curse mark. It will take all my power to do. Once the spell is complete I will dissolve. I am using the original's wand because it can't be cloned. When I dissolve the wand will fall to the ground.

When it does I want you to pick it up and bring it back to the original. He will be fighting in about twenty minutes. If we time this right you will give it back to him just in time for his fight."

Nodding to show that he understood Sasuke waited patiently for the Harry clone to remove the curse mark. With that the clone of Harry waved his wand in a complicated manor while chanting in a dead language. Nothing happened for fifteen minutes, when all of a sudden the curse mark on Sasuke's neck glowed with a blue light.

When the light vanished the Harry clone dispersed in a black cloud of smoke. As the wand fell to the floor, Kakashi came back in to tell the clone that his time was up. When Kakashi entered he noticed that the clone was nowhere to be seen.

When he turned to Sasuke to ask about it, Kakashi saw that the curse mark was gone. "Wha-what happened to the curse mark. It's gone." he exclaimed. "Yes, I know. Harry's clone used magic to remove it. He also offered me a place with him at his school in September, which I fully accepted. I also learned he is my cousin through my father. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to give my cousin back his wand." replied Sasuke.

With that Sasuke picked up the wand from the floor, and headed back to the room where the matches were located. When he arrived he saw that most of the matches were over. There was just two fights left, Harry's match which was just about to start, and the match of Choji vs. Dosu, who was a sound ninja.

Spotting Harry, who had been called to the center, heading for the stairs, Sasuke ran up to him. After placing the wand in Harry's ninja pouch, he said. "Good luck out there." With that said Sasuke went to the balcony while Harry went to the arena floor.

Once Harry arrived he took out his wand and stood in a defensive stance. His opponent was Sai, who was a fellow leaf ninja and who replaced Naruto on team seven. As soon as the announcer began the fight, the two ninja's started their attacks.

To Harry's surprise, Sai took out paper and ink and started to draw. Not wanting to know what he had planed he cast two spells in quick succession. "Expelliarmus. Stupefy." When the first spell hit, all the paper and ink Sai had went flying in different directions. As soon as the second hit, Sai went flying into the opposite wall, where he fell unconscious. "The winner is Harry Potter. Next and final match is Choji Akimichi vs. Dosu Kinuta. Please make your way to the arena floor."

As the next two people headed to the floor, Harry walked over to Sai, who was being placed on a stretcher by medics. "There is no need for that. I just need to cast the counter curse and he will be fine." said Harry as he did so. Once Sai was back to normal Harry flashed to the balcony with his team.

After Dosu won the fight against Choji everyone was called back to the center of the floor. Once there they all drew a numbered ball to decide who would fight who in one months time. Harry was scheduled to fight last against Reina Hoshigaki. Once the fights were revealed the group was dismissed to train for the coming fights in a months time.

As soon as they were dismissed Harry flashed his team to their training grounds. "Ok here is the thing, I am going to go through the scroll I got about my Shadowgan. I think there is a way to unlock the next level to gain the main ability's of it, and I want to see if I can do so before the finals. Naruto, I have some books I want you to read. They are the books for the first three years at Hogwarts.

I doubt you will be able to do any of the spells without a wand, but if you can more power to you. Shikamaru, you can do what ever you need to do for the finals. I will see you two at the finals in one months time." With that said Harry flashed away to grab his scroll. Once he had the scroll he went to find his godfather to tell him where he was going.

When Harry found him, Sirius said. "Hey pup whats up?" "I am going to a secluded spot to train for the finals. I will be gone until then, and I just wanted to let you know. I lent Naruto my books for the first three years of Hogwarts, and Shikamaru is gonna do what ever it is he does." replied Harry. "Well in that case, I'm coming with you. I am sure you could use both a dueling and sparing partner, and if you want I can teach you how to become an Animagus. You never know it may come in handy." said Sirius.

"Very well then, let's go. I got a spot picked out already. It's on top of the Hokage Monument." With that Harry grabbed Sirius' shoulder and flashed to the spot he picked out for training.