Chapter 4

The corridors of the train were packed. Naruto had pushed and shoved his way out, leaving a path for the rest to follow. Once they had finally gotten off the train, Sakura took a gulp of the fresh air. Though it was dark and slightly cold out, it was a great change from the inside of the train.

"Wow! Is it nice out here, or what?" Naruto said, slightly startling Sakura. She merely nodded.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was moping around. When a little kid, probably second year, bumped into him, he yelled at them to stay away from him. Just what was happening to him? Was he really that jealous of Naruto?

The Hogwarts students, apart from the first years, made their way to the carriages. Harry took the lead this time. Hermione and Ron had just caught up to them, since they now had prefect duties. When Harry stopped all of the sudden, Sakura grew a bit tense.

"Do you guys see that? The thing pulling the carriage?" The three ninjas turned towards the carriage. There was a bony creature with wings pulling them. Naruto actually jumped in fright.

"That thing is plain weird!" Naruto yelled. Ron and Hermione had looked at the carriage and then looked at Harry and the three ninjas with worry.

"There isn't anything pulling the carriage. It's pulling itself like it's always done." Hermione said. Sakura had to figure out why Hermione and Ron couldn't see them. If she didn't, she'd go insane!

The five of them climbed into the carriage. The whole ride was nice in Sakura's opinion. Sasuke had gotten out of his depression long enough to look at her, blush, and quickly look away. Why would he do that?

'It's pretty obvious! He likes you but is too cool to tell you himself.' The annoying voice vibrated through her head. 'Yeah, maybe. But he had his chance before. Besides, I like Naruto.'

'Or you think you like Naruto' Sakura lost herself in deep thought.

They stopped just outside the castle's doors. The golden trio walked behind team 7. They still had a ton of questions.

"I wonder why Naruto is always so stupid?" Ron said hypothetically. "He reminds me of someone I'm walking next to." Hermione replied. Ron looked at who was next to her. 'Why couldn't someone have been to the right of her? And why did I have to be on her left?' His ears stedily grew beat red.

"That girl, Sakura, seems to be kinda like you, Hermione." Harry said. Hermione snorted. "If she was like me, she wouldn't be able to put up with an idiot and a depressed freak."

"About the 'depressed freak', he sort of scares me. He just has this thing about him I don't like." Ron shuddered, recalling Sasuke's dark hair and menacing look.

"Yeah..." The trio found that their feet had had them go to the great hall. They walked to the Gryiffindor table and found a spot near the middle of the tables.

Back with the ninja's, they had waltzed right up to the front table. They went to Professor Dumbledore, whose eyes glimmered in the candle light.

"Ah! I see you made it back in one piece. The students didn't cause you any harm, did they?" Dumbledore said cheerfully. "After the first years get sorted into their houses, you will be sorted. After you are sorted, go to the corresponding house table. Until then, you are more than welcome to sit at any one of the tables."

After the short speech, Naruto practically ran to the Gryiffindor table. He looked over his shoulder to see Sakura and Sasuke in the same place they were. After a moment, they came over. Sakura made a mental note to slap him when she got over there. However, they were stopped by three people.

"I've never seen you three here before. Who are you?" A boy with bright white hair and a sneer that would cause babies to cry stood in front of them with to others that looked like they could shed a few pounds.

"I'm Sakura Haruno and this is Sasuke Uchiha. It's only nice if you told us you're names as well." Sakura said. She had a really bad feeling about this kid. He had this aura about him.

"I'm Draco Malfoy. This is Crabbe and Goyle. Are you the new Japanese transfer students father was talking about? If you are, don't hang out with Potter, he'll just cause you more trouble than you're worth." Sakura opened her mouth to have a comeback when a blonde blur flew in front of her and Malfoy.

"Do you have something to say to them? If you do, it better be quick because I can forsee you're long and painful death." Naruto spat out. He almost wanted to punch this freak for causing Sakura discomfort.

"You think you could fight me and win?" He laughed. "Are you as stupid as you look? Since when to people dress in bright orange?" That did it for Naruto. He got his hand into a tight fist and aimed. He threw his punch with all of his might. It smacked Malfoy straight in the nose. He flew about ten feet in the opposite direction.

"That should teach you!" Naruto smiled. Then, he heard a small cough from behind him. He turned around and saw Dumbledore looking at him with a small smile and twinkle in his eyes.

"Mr. Uzumaki, please, no fights in Hogwarts. They may deserve it, but I would rather have very few people in the Hospital Wing this year, wouldn't you?" Naruto nodded quickly and turned to face Sakura.

"Naruto, you baka! Don't get us into trouble when we've only been here for a week!" Sakura walked away, holding her anger in until later. They ended up siting at the Gryiffindor table while the sorting took place. They had seen Malfoy have his nose healed, seeing as Naruto had broken it. They were laughing, seeing Madem Pomfrey attempt to have him hold still long enough to heal it. He kept getting up when he saw Naruto practically rolling on the floor, because he was laughing so hard.

The sorting took no time at all. Naruto was almost bouncing up and down, because he couldn't wait for their sorting. Once the last first year was sorted into Hufflepuff, Dumbledore stood up. Everyone stopped talking and looked up towards him.

"I welcome all the old students back and all the new students here! This year, we have transfer students from Japan that will be joining our school. They are Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. If you would come here, please." As they walked up, they heard some of the things they whispered about.

"Look at the one with the dark hair! He is soo cute! I wonder if that's Naruto or Sasuke!"

"Look at the chick, guys! She needs to be in Ravenclaw!"

"Who has pink hair? Are they crazy?"

They finally made it to the front. Professor McGonagall motioned them in front of her. Then, she called them out one at a time.

"Haruno, Sakura!" Sakura had hoped she wouldn't have to be first. She walked over to the stool, just like the first years had, and felt the hat go onto her head. It slipped over her eyes and landed on the bridge of he nose. Then, a small voice, unlike her inner self, called out.

"Interesting, a ninja. You must be guarding the Potter boy. Well, you're mind is quite exquisite. A medical ninja, huh? Yes, well, for the good of your mission, GRYIFFINDOR!" The last word reverberated through the great hall. The Gryffindors clapped the hardest. Well, the Gryiffindor guys, at least. The rest of the guys all seemed slightly down that she wasn't in their houses.

"Uchiha, Sasuke!" A few girls whispered excitedly at the fact the hot boy had a hot name, too. He got to the stool and felt the hat go on. It didn't fall over his eyes, which he was happy about.

"Another ninja. You seem to have had quite a life. You betrayed your own village to get power? You seem like great Slytherin material." At that, Sasuke growled slightly. He would not allow himself to be in the same house as Malfoy. He also didn't like the fact of being away from Sakura. "Fine, fine. GRYIFFINDOR!" The sorting hat bellowed half-heartily.

The screams of girls pounded the walls. Most of the guys groaned. They had to get the emo kid, too. Great.

"Uzumaki, Naruto!" Naruto practically ran to the stool. He didn't wait for Professor McGonagall to put it on, so he shoved it on himself.

"Oh! Where am I?" The hat looked into his thoughts and found himself in a dark room. Upon closer examination, there was a enormous cage with a seal on it. He looked over and saw Naruto there, too.

"Opps, didn't mean for you to end up here. I was a bit too excited." Naruto guiltily looked at the hat and turned to the bars. A red glow started behind the cage. It steadily grew bigger untill it came out of hiding. The hat narrowed it's eyes. It never thought the Kyuubi would be in a child.

"What are you doing here?" Kyuubi yelled. "If you need my chakra, come back when you'll actually defeat the guy you're using it on! And what is that doing here?"

"I should probably get you out of here." Naruto closed his eyes and willed both him and the sorting hat out of his mind. When he opened them, he was greeted by the students of the great hall.

"So, the Kyuubi's sealed inside you? Interesting. I thought he was still out in the open. Well, anyway." The hat grew silent as he looked into his mind. "You've been in many battles and killed many, but you will to never give up is strong. Even if you weren't on a mission, you'd be in GRYIFFINDOR!"

The hall burst into more applause. Naruto jumped right up and went quickly to the Gryffindor table. He sat in between Sakura and Ron.

"It is time for the feast! Enjoy!" Food magically appeared on the plates in front of them. Naruto grabbed everything he could, because he was starving. He was upset they didn't have ramen, though.

Outside the school, the trees whispered to each other. One figure stood popped onto the top of one of the trees. The moon reflected off his face and the shadows fell in just the right spots.

"So, the jinchuuriki came here of all places. Good."


There's chapter 4! Thank you! Updated 7-5-10