A/N: This story is doing great by my standards. Now all we need is a few more reviews…-cough cough-
It has been brought to my attention that this fic is a lot like another one. I had no intention of that, and will revise the Hokage letter if it bugs anyone else. I'm also just letting you know that Sasuke and Naruto will not be staying at Hogwarts for the whole story. This should be the last chapter for a while before they head back around Christmas-time.
This is the edited version, with responding to the reviews at the bottom.
The location of the characters will decide the native language. So if they were in Europe, per say, it would be English, while in Konoha it would be Japanese.
"Blah" Native language. 'Thinking'
"Blah" Foreign language/letters. 'Thinking'
"Blah" Demon thoughts/words.
I Spy
Sasuke sat in the Great Hall, chewing on a simple piece of toast while looking at Naruto with something close to disgust (although no one could see it,) as he inhaled every piece of food that had the misfortune to end up on his plate.
"Dumbledore will be in for a shock if you continue to eat like that." Sasuke mentioned dryly.
"It wouldn't be my fault if –swallow– he didn't have enough food to –munch munch– keep me satiated." Naruto mumbled rebelliously.
Sasuke just sighed, and then cocked his head to the side as he heard a far off noise. "We're about to have company."
Naruto grumbled and gulped down one last piece of bacon before joining Sasuke in putting his mask on. No need for anyone to see they weren't much older than the students themselves, after all.
The early rising students began to amble in, some of them still staring open-mouthed at the ANBU sitting at the staff table. Some put their heads together in a very conspicuous way to share theories over who the two mystery guests really were.
Sighing contently and patting his faintly bulging stomach, Naruto pushed his chair back and laced his fingers behind his head, the perfect picture of peace, spoiled only slightly by the gleaming white mask. He was fully prepared to ignore the attention that came with the job.
The three Gryffindors walked into the Great Hall, eyes scanning the staff table. Although Hagrid hadn't returned, the two "guests" were seated, with empty plates in front of them.
"Those blokes are kind of creepy, aren't they? I mean, who carries weapons like that anymore?" Ron asked in disbelief.
Indeed, the two men's swords sat on their backs, ready to be drawn in the blink of an eye. Hermione eyed them cautiously. "I believe the one Captain Falcon has is a Japanese katana, a one-sided curved blade originally used by the samurai. Captain Wolf's, however, is a chokuto, a straight edged blade."
Her friends stared open mouthed at her. "How do you know that?" Ron spluttered.
Hermione rolled her eyes, "Some of us enjoy learning things about different cultures, Ronald."
"Er, guys? I think they heard you." Harry whispered nervously.
"That's impossible Harry! We're far enough away that—oh." Ron broke off when he realized that the two were staring at them. Wolf cocked his head slightly toward Falcon, like someone who was whispering a secret might do.
They were brought back to the present when Angelina shook Harry to get his attention.
Sasuke smirked under his mask. "That girl is clever. I wouldn't be surprised if she found out who we were."
"Yeah right, Sasuke," Naruto snorted. "I doubt she would have that much time on her hands. If what I've heard on the grapevine is true, then they'll be up to their eyeballs in work. All the better for us."
"All the same, we should follow them for the day, see what they're up to."
"Not recon!" Naruto moaned. "You know I hate recon!"
"Suck it up." Sasuke ordered. He looked back down the rows of students; Sharingan activated, and grinned maliciously as he read the students' lips. "However, I believe we're in luck. Our little friends over there have double Potions and double Defense Against the Dark Arts. Our two favorite teachers for twice as long!"
Naruto smirked cruelly. "Let the games begin."
The both disappeared without a sound, reappearing at the top of the Grand Staircase, Naruto teetering precariously on the handrail before regaining his balance. "Well, I think that we should skip whatever menial lesson they have first and join in for the entertaining ones."
"I couldn't agree more; History of Magic sounds dreary."
"History? Ugh." Naruto shuddered. "None of that while we're enjoying ourselves. How about a romp through the Forbidden Forest instead?"
Sasuke shrugged, then silently dropped down to the bottom of the staircase, Naruto following like a shadow.
Flashing through the trees in a blur, the two shinobi reached their favored clearing in a matter of minutes. Almost nothing was left from their encounter with the Acromantulas, which they discovered was the correct name for their foes from the day before. It seemed as if whatever remained had been eaten away by some other creature.
"Awesome! Something ate this! Sasuke, come take a look!" Naruto yelled like a little Academy student.
Sasuke sighed and dropped down from his tree branch. He stood by the bodies, looking bored. "Yes, something has eaten them. Is that really so weird?"
Naruto grumbled to himself about stuck up ANBU captains, then proceeded to poke the carcasses with a stick.
Sasuke mentally hit his head repeatedly against a nice little wall inside his head, right in the middle of a bull's eye. Naruto failed to notice the dead look in his partner's eyes, and contentedly kept poking the pile of burnt flesh.
Both shinobi totally unaware of their surroundings, Sasuke stuck inside his head and Naruto totally absorbed with the spiders, they failed to notice the quiet sound of paws treading on the under-growth, and the slight panting that accompanied it.
Suddenly, a giant, brown, furry beast burst into the clearing. The ANBU both jumped around in surprise and Naruto screamed "Oh my God! It's a giant three-headed dog! It's so……CUTE!" Now Sasuke turned to Naruto in astonishment. "'Cute' is the adjective you choose to describe it? That's it, I'm putting you down for a psych evaluation when we get back." Naruto scowled and was about to retort back, definitely something witty, but a loud growl cut him off. He stared up at the dog, which was easily as tall as a small house, and took a small step back. "Um…Sasuke? I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to kill something so fluffy. Can't we just leave?"
Sasuke sighed, which he noticed he seemed to be doing a lot of lately, and walked in front of the canine. "You, Fluffy Dog," he said in English. "Sit." He snarled the last word out with his special 'drop and give me twenty' voice, as Naruto dubbed it. To Naruto's amazement, the dog dropped onto its haunches.
"How did you do that?" He wondered incredulously.
Sasuke smirked triumphantly. "All you have to do is show it you're better than it." He turned back to the dog; ignoring Naruto's mumbled, "Yeah, you would know all about acting like you're better than everyone else." "Fluffy Dog," its ears perked up, "sic 'em." He pointed to Naruto with a glint in his eyes.
"Wha…? Sasuke! Call him off! Call him off!" He begged as he darted around the clearing, finally taking refuge halfway up in a tree while the three-headed mongrel bayed at the trunk.
Having had enough amusement for the day, Sasuke snapped his fingers and the dog trotted over to his side. "Good boy," he said smugly.
Naruto scowled at him from above.
"Come on, 'Dog Whisperer', let's head back now."
"Aw, little Naruto isn't scared of the big bad doggie, is he?" Sasuke cooed mockingly.
"Just shut it." Naruto growled as he took off through the trees.
The two shinobi sauntered into the Potions class, ten minutes late, therefore assuring they would attract all the attention possible as they entered the room. Banging the door open, the first thing they noticed, after the basic wide eyes and hanging jaws their uniforms usually attract, was how everyone immediately turned to look at Snape, gauging his reaction. To the Slytherins disappointment, however, aside from the fact that any color remaining left his face and his lips formed a thin, hard line, there was nothing, not a single snide comment. Unbeknownst to the students, the ANBU grinned evilly under their masks.
"Ah, Snape, my buddy, old pal! How are you on this wonderful, albeit slightly wet day?" Naruto crowed.
A vein ticked on the side of his head. Sasuke saw this and grinned, nudging Naruto in the ribs. Sasuke cocked his head to the side. "Man, Snape, you don't look too good? Was your coffin a little uncomfortable last night?"
Snape clenched his fists together, knuckles turning white.
"How incredibly rude of you Wolf! You know we were told to keep that a secret!" Some of the students closest to Snape inched away wearily, trying not to get caught in the line of fire.
Naruto heard someone whisper, "They came in here just to taunt Snape? I think they're suicidal, personally." He grinned. "Naw, we're just messing with ya Snapey! We came here to learn!"
Only a few people heard Sasuke's snort of amusement.
Seeing Snape looked like he wanted to throw them out, he added, "You wouldn't want to deny us that, would you?" The slight threat echoed in the dungeon.
"Of course not." Snape growled out through gritted teeth, wincing as he felt, rather than saw, the beam of the smile that adorned Naruto's face. "Excellent."
Five exploded cauldrons, three broken beakers, and nine biohazards later, Snape all but ushered everyone out of the classroom, barely refraining from pulling out his oily hair.
Naruto snickered as they disappeared into the shadows, watching the student file by them unaware.
"I haven't had that much fun since the mission in Mist when we got to detonate the explosives by that one lord's castle!" he exclaimed, practically dancing.
"And to think, we still have one more class left to visit." Sasuke pointed out. Naruto bobbed his head up and down in agreement. The two shinobi left the dungeons, heading for Defense Against the Dark Arts.
They were actually on time for once, having decided to skip going to lunch, and they perched on the window ledge in the middle of the classroom. Umbridge was not present, and the first students wouldn't be arriving for some time. As such, the shinobi began to get bored. As Umbridge would soon find out, bored shinobi get creative, and creativity isn't always a good thing.
When the first students began to arrive after an hour or so, they were greeted with blinding light reflecting off thousands of kunai lodged in almost every open bit of space. A few who had been in potions with the two smirked widely, anticipating the lesson to come, while the new ones gaped in open amazement at the picture before them. As for the ANBU themselves, they were still balanced on the window-sill, the only non-pin cushioned place in the room, looking almost innocent, the concept ruined by the kunai Sasuke was still twirling around his finger.
An irate Umbridge tried to shove past the students, wondering why no one had taken their seats. When she saw the pointy mess that now decorated her room, she turned a very interesting shade of puce, as Naruto took the liberty of kindly pointing out, "Umm…Umbridge? You don't look too good. Maybe you should go to the Hospital Wing and lay down for a while."
Barely able to control her anger, she turned to the two shinobi, and said, "Now then, gentlemen, care to explain what happened here?"
Sasuke took the initiative to inform her of the past events.
"Well you see, we must have gotten the wrong time for the class, so we showed up more than a bit early. I, for one, got bored relatively fast, and Falcon here suggested that we play one of our favorite games: I Spy."
"What does that have to do with the knives in my classroom?!" Umbridge screeched.
"Obviously you haven't played I Spy Before," Naruto said, shaking his head sadly.
"Indeed it would appear that way," Sasuke agreed. "Care to give a demonstration, Falcon?"
"My pleasure," he responded, although something in his voice made it sound like it wouldn't be a pleasurable experience at all. "I spy, with my little eye…something…black and velvet!"
Appearing to look around the room, Sasuke's gaze came to rest on the bow on top of Umbridge's head, which was, coincidentally, black and velvet.
Completely out of the loop, Umbridge grew impatient. "Well?" she asked.
Abruptly bringing the spinning kunai to a stop, Sasuke flung it at the bow, ripping it right off the top of her head, impaling and pinning it against the stone wall with a sharp clang.
Umbridge screamed, her hands flying to her head. "You could have killed me!"
"Oh come on! There's no way I could have missed from this close," he gestured to the ten meters between them.
"Yeah, close…"she muttered weakly.
"What's the point of the game?" a student in the growing mass in the classroom asked.
"I'm glad you asked!" Naruto boasted. "You see, if I had been talking about a different object, Wolf would have had to do a punishment, like pick up all my kunai, or shine them, or give all his to me, something relevant like that. Since he made it, it would have been his turn to 'Spy' something, but alas, it's time for class to begin." He added, shaking his head sadly.
"How are we to sit down though?"
"Hmm…Wolf, do you want to fix that?"
Sasuke shrugged in reply, held out both his hands palms up, and quickly curled his fingers in. Half of the kunai rose up, levitating for a second before hurtling toward Sasuke at an incredible speed. A few students cried out in alarm before the came to a sudden stop inched from his face.
"These are yours, I believe," he said, and Naruto gathered them up, pocketing them in a bag he had next to his side.
Sasuke repeated the act once more, and soon the classroom looked like nothing had ever happened, save the numerous puncture holes scattered everywhere.
The class took their seats, and the lesson began.
The class had barely begun when it started. Hermione brought it up, arguing about the course aims. Soon, the whole class was involved, and it wasn't long before Harry said some things he shouldn't have, making Umbridge angrier than before. "Detention, Mr. Potter!" she screeched. It was at this point Naruto decided to intervene.
"Now, now, Umbridge, you're surely getting too worked up over this, don't you think?" his only reply was a scowl, but he continued on undaunted, "I think Harry here just needs a chance to share his feelings, as does everyone else now that I think about it. Yes, even you, 'Ministry Professional'. So now then," he quickly attached chakra strings to the desk and pulled them into a circle. He jumped down from the ledge, grabbed a hold of the professor, and jumped her into the middle of the circle. Umbridge was too astonished to say anything.
"Now then, let's start with you, Mr.…?" he began, pointing at a random student sitting in a desk to his right.
"L-L-Longbottom," was the stammered reply.
"Yes, Mr. Longbottom. Let's hear your likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams, and fears," he said, ignoring Sasuke's incredulous snort from behind him. "We're going to finish today's lesson with a bit of soul searching, which can be very handy in a bad situation. For instance, if you know you're afraid of, say, spiders," there was a little whimper from Ron at that, "then if you encounter a giant one in the Forbidden Forest, you would know you should run instead of trying to take it on."
"Now see here, Falcon—" Umbridge began, but Sasuke cut her off. "No. You see here, Big Toad," he overlooked the giggles, "We are Captains to you, outranking you in every menial way. We are conducting the rest of today's lesson, and you are to go along with it. Have I made myself clear?"
She nodded, but that wasn't enough for Sasuke. "I said have I made myself clear?"
This time she managed to squeak out a petrified "Yes!" before falling down in fright, overcome by the threat that dripped off his every word.
"Good. Captain Falcon, please continue."
Stifling a laugh, Naruto continued, "Of course, Captain Wolf. Now then, Mr. Longbottom, you were saying…?"
The students left class that day more than a bit confused, having had to reveal things about themselves they had never given any though to before. The shinobi, however, were rather pleased at the outcome.
"That went rather well, don't you think?" Naruto asked Sasuke on the way out.
"I'm beginning to like the Big Toad." He responded with a smirk. "She scares easily."
"Yeah, too bad we leave tonight." Naruto said dejectedly. Then his mood brightened. "Malfoy and Moldywort, here we come."
In the Great Hall at dinner that night, after everyone had eaten, Dumbledore gestured for the shinobi to stand.
Already knowing what was happening, Sasuke spoke first. "Unfortunately, we have to take our leave tonight, although we have been here for only a short time," his head twitched to his left as he heard more then one sigh of relief from the Staff Table. Naruto took over from there, his loud, jubilant voice echoing in the Hall. "But don't you worry your pretty heads, we'll be back before Christmas!" With a slight bow from Naruto and a subtle nod from Sasuke, they both disappeared in a flurry of snow and leave.
Dumbledore sighed. "Shinobi, they always have to show off," he mumbled to himself.
A/N: Next chapter is in England. I will be picking random cities for their visits, so if they turn out to be hundreds of miles apart, just ignore that little fact. : ) Ok, beta'd version is up. Only a few typos, thankfully.
I'm going to respond to reviews! Yay!
animeroxsmyworld: Thanks for being my first reviewer! And I have no plans of giving up this story.
UchihaMachi: Your reviews make me feel warm and fuzzy inside! Sasuke is OOC, but that's because he's no fun to write if he's acting all emo. And you were right, Sasuke is Wolf and Naruto is Falcon. I didn't want them to be Snake and Fox like every other story I read.
Pawz4thought: Thanks! I've been able to update quickly because I haven't been doing anything, and I have a lot of free time on my hands.
Rena the pirate jedi wizard: Hmmm…Fred and George, huh? That could be arranged. I think Naruto would enjoy helping them escape, don't you?
icedragon54: Thank you; I will!
ElizibethKei-ElricAsakura: Yeah, Umbridge is really fun to mess with. I almost feel sorry for her. Almost. Not quite. : )
InARealPickle: Thanks for pointing out the comparison, I will be taking a very different course from the story I think you're referring to. I had fun coming up with the idea for I Spy. It seemed very ninja-y to me.
Dark Reborn: No problem! I'm just glad to get reviews! It seems not very many people like Umbridge. I can't imagine why. xD
InweTiwele: Thanks! I'll try.
Crimsion-Child: I hope I can keep updating this fast, most of the time I write one chapter during one day, with a few hours online. I don't know if I'll be able to do that again this week, but I'll try.
Stoic Sol: I almost did a guardians themed one, them I realized the site was over-run with them, and decided to do something where people could see Voldie more than usual. I'm glad you like it!
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