Thanks for all of the reviews. Now, the reason some people are paired up with different souls is this...I make it up as I go ^.^ Some match the Naruto characters and others don't but I believe we don't always turn out the same. As for who is going to be who I already decided a long time ago. Too late to change now!
Disclaimer: I don't own any character from Naruto or Harry Potter.
Reborn VII
"I hate you."
"No, you hate work. There's a difference," said Harry. The young hero looked down to the tired Lucius Malfoy. They had finished sparring in what was once a meadow in a valley of mountains. Now it looked like a desert. The once impeccable Lord Malfoy was flopped on the ground breathing heavily. It had been many lifetimes since he, as Shikamaru, had been pushed to his limit both mentally and physically. Magic had made him lazier, if that was possible, but his job at the Ministry and with the Dark Lord had made him more cunning.
"Now up Shika. We still have so much more to do and not enough time to accomplish it." Harry looked down and almost faced dropped. Apparently Lucius fell asleep within seconds of Harry saying his last sentence. Groaning the young hero looked around for Ginny and found her sitting under a tree that wasn't destroyed looking at Hermoine. Apparently she was trying out a technique she once used in the past on the other female.
"Okay, so how it works is I should be able to switch bodies completely with you, but you can't move once in mine. It paralyzes you."
"Ino-pig, why are you using it on me?" asked Hermoine.
" Cause Kiba is an idiot and smells and the twins would still cause trouble some how. You're the best candidate. Now shut up forehead girl!" yelled the small red head.
Hermoine huffed but sat still for the whatever ninjutsu coming her way. It was an odd feeling when they both switched bodies and then very uncomfortable not to able to move. Ginny on the other hand was doing a happy dance in the other's body. It was funny to watch the person that looked like the smartest witch of their generation do what looked like an Irish jig around the meadow.
After they were returned to normal Hermoine huffed and walked away with her nose in the air. The other female giggled and stuck her tongue out towards the brunette's back. Harry quietly laughed to himself. It was an interesting sight to be sure. Then he remembered what he wanted from the young female and called her over.
"What's up Naruto-kun?"
"I believe someone needs to be motivated. Shika, has seemed to forgotten about not falling asleep while training," said the smirking hero.
Ginny returned the smirk and then scowled at the sleeping male by their feet. She sucked in a lot of air and soon the whole group was watching the interaction of the duo.
"Shikamaru! Get up you lazy bum or so help me once we get to Hogwarts I'm going to take over your body and make you wear a pink tutu and do a rendition of Swan Lake in front of everyone!""
Everyone busted out laughing when Lucius Malfoy, the Ice King himself, jumped five feet in the air and got a look of horror on his face. Once he saw what was happening around him the blond male gave a huff. No matter how young she was compared to him, the older male knew that she would always be a pain.
"How troublesome."
"It would be less troublesome if you didn't fall asleep everyone ten minutes. Now get back to work or so help me I'm going to experiment my next jutsu on you!"
"Troublesome woman," he said with a sigh.
"What. Was. That?" she asked sweetly.
"Nothing."
Harry could only smile the whole time. It was nice to watch his family interact with one another again.
'That is is kit. Hmmm... it seems another is on their way. Oh, make that two.'
'Really? Oh, you're right. I was wondering what was taking them so long.'
'You know how Choji is. Probably got hungry along the way.'
'You're probably right. Can't stop him when he gets like that.'
Over the last week almost everyone had finally gathered. Most were shocked when Shacklebolt and Tonks had shown up with smiles and bowed towards Harry with great respect. It seems that Asuma was reborn as the male Auror and Tonks funny enough was Kurenai. She and Bellatrix had a stare down not to long after that and many were nervous until grins bloomed on the two females' faces and hugged each other. Another shock had arrived with Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zambini a day later. The young Slytherians also bowed to the hero and gave small smiles. The weapon's mistress and the artist had came into their own and left home as soon as they could. The only to show up on their own was Temari. The wind mistress should not have been a surprise. After all she was the only one, besides Ino, that could keep Shikamaru in line. Narcissa walked calmly up to her husband and smacked him on the head. It was hilarious sight to see Lord Malfoy yelp in surprise.
Now all that had remained was Gai and Choji to make their entrances.
"It took you two long enough," the whiskered mark boy said to two more people. The last of his family finally arrived.
"Ah, Naruto-kun! How are you my youthful friend?" asked the one and only Gai-sensei, or better known as Viktor Krum.
"Sorry, for some reason I was really hungry and we stopped to get some food," replied Choji. Charlie Weasley just smiled gently. The dragon keeper hadn't known that so many of his siblings were caught up in any of this, until his mother sent him a letter asking if they were seen in his area of the world. The poor older male was confused, but he knew that the dreams he was having must have been connected to what happened with the rest of the family.
"I should have known," said a voice behind the tall Weasley male. Charlie turned around and was looking into the eyes of his baby sister, but it wasn't that made him gulp. It was the look that he knew from both lifetimes. She was going to make him work hard or die trying.
"But, Ino-chan I was hungry," he slightly whined.
"I don't care! We've been waiting and you went to get food? And you took Gai-sensei along with you? You know this means punishment! Start running!"
Charlie knew better to argue, especially when the younger female took out and kunai and started chasing him around with it.
"Ah, it's good to see you again my friend," replied Viktor. His heavier Bulgarian accent was still there, but not as difficult for them to understand. He had been confused at first with the dreams. Especially with who he was in the dreams. The green spandex and haircut alone was a nightmare on their own, but so were the dark creatures and battles that accompanied the said dreams.
"Ano, you know I'm not surprise about this. Both of you were in great shape, demo can you still fight like you use to?" asked Harry with a smirk. It grew wide when he jumped away from punch. He laughed while bouncing around the field. It seems that Gai-sensei still could fight. The two were soon engaged in a taijutsu fight. The young hero knew that without Kyuubi some of the hits he blocked would have broken his bones.
Hermoine just watched her brother, her best friend, and her leader fight with glee and happiness. It had been too long since they have seen such joy on his face. She herself hadn't felt this free in many ages. Looking around she found Petunia meditating under the tree and decided to join her. Despite learning many things from the older woman in the past she knew there was still much to learn.
"Tsunade-shishou?"
"Hmmmm...Do you need something Sakura-chan?"
"Ano, I was wondering if there is a way to use senbon needles in our fights? I remember Shizune-san had a few times and so did Haku. Our strength is great, but I feel there might come a time where it might not be of use."
"Very good. I was waiting for you to ask. Sometimes a student must remember that they will not be taught everything until they actually ask." The older woman stood up and motioned for her student to follow her to another part of the meadow where they had set up target practices.
While the two women were going over the art of senbon needles, not far away Snape and Sirius were working together. Once Sirius learned about being Hatake Kakashi his left eye began to ache. Soon it was learned that the Sharingan was still very much part of him. He had to start covering it up again and relearn how to use it and the limitations that came with it.
"I cannot completely help you, but I can at least give you some practice with it," said the usually snarky man. To anyone else it was something to see. The two normally hostile individuals were working together.
"It's fine. I know that he hasn't said it, but I'm sure that Naruto-kun knows who Sasuke has been reborn as and maybe even Itachi. The two of them are powerful back then and probably even more so now. I want to be able to help him again."
While Snape watched over the grim animagus and made sure he didn't over do it with the Sharingan, the rest of the group had broken up to start testing each other and pushing one another. They only had two weeks left before school started. The children needed to return and the adults needed to be in place for any and all confrontations that would happen.
Order of the Phoenix
For weeks the many of the witches and wizards of the Order were looking for the missing people. It had stunned them when several of their own had also just upped and left. They weren't kidnapped because it was like with the Malfoys, they just disappeared from the world. Dumbledore was never so angry. His was found many of a times pacing his office and muttering to himself. Fawkes, the phoenix that resides in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts just watched on, along with another presence that was overlooked.
The Sorting Hat quietly snorted to itself. The lemon sucker really should have payed attention to all of the signs. Even when he was originally created the Founding Four had heard of the Rokudaime. Even Salazar Slytherian himself respected the man. How could they not, the young man was what everyone wanted to be. Charismatic like Slytherian, brave as Gryffindor, loyal like Helga Hufflepuff, and smart as Rowena Ravenclaw. Yet with all those attributes he wasn't cocky like Riddle nor was he power hungry like Dumbledore.
"Where can they all be? They can't be in England, let alone the United Kingdom. Maybe the Americas or somewhere else in Europe? That makes more sense," muttered the headmaster. His rambling were stopped when there was a knock at his door. It opened to Professor McGonagall walking in. She was followed by Moody and the Weasley parents.
"Albus, school starts in two weeks. I'm sure that they will be there. Remember what Remus said during the meeting."
"I know my dear, but this is maddening. I can't for the life of me remember the words that they kept saying."
"Well we will constant vigilance until then Albus. Now the Weasleys have important news."
Dumbledore turned to the two red heads and waited for the news they were about to bring. It didn't look from how their faces were set. Molly had been crying again, so that meant something happened to one of their children. Never a good sign, especially now.
"Oh, its terrible not only are my youngest four gone, but now so is my second oldest! Charlie is missing from the dragon preserve," wailed Molly.
"What? When did this happen?"
"It seems headmaster about a week ago," replied the distraught Arthur.
This worried the light lord even more. Charlie Weasley was very strong physically and magically. If he went missing then he must have gone to where the others were. He sighed in frustration and exhaustion. So many gone and missing. Minerva was right though. If what Remus had said was true then all of them will be at the opening feast in two weeks. That's all they could do.
TBC
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