*you walk in*

*I look over at you while I'm sweeping away the grammar mistakes with my broom but leaving certain dirty spots I can't see or reach*

Oh great you're here! Welcome to chapter seven!

Disclaimer: So I spoke to J.K Rowling yesterday and I think I'm this close *makes hand gesture* to owning Harry Potter :) Masashi Kishimoto is a little more stubborn but I'm getting there!

Chapter Seven: What in Merlin's Name is Harry's Problem?

"I'm terminating your services."

"What?!" Naruto exclaimed as he looked at Dumbledore with wide eyes. Naruto and Sasuke were both stood back in Dumbledore's office after the questioning with the death eater. Sai, Tenten, and Hinata went to dispose of the body while Naruto and Sasuke both went back to check in with the head master. Naruto hasn't even gotten to explain that there's possibly a bigger threat than Voldemort in the wizarding world and the old man is ending the mission?

"It was a mistake to bring you here in the first place." Dumbledore said in a raspy voice. Sasuke sneered and in an instance the dark haired ninja removed his mask and stalked straight forward the older man. Dumbledore widened his eyes at the killing intent in the young man's eyes and quickly pulled out his wand.

"Sasuke." Naruto said in a low and chilling tone. Sasuke stopped abruptly, his fist in the air ready to smash into the old wizards face. Dumbledore has felt threatened before but this was a moment where he saw his life flash before his eyes as he saw one of the ninja's eyes purple patterned eye. It was an odd sight but nonetheless very frightening.

"You knew what you were getting yourself into." Sasuke growled under his breath maintaining his anger by clenching his fists.

"I didn't know enough and that was my mistake." Dumbledore spoke calmly. Naruto's head was in a whirl pool. He didn't know what to do from here. Dumbledore was breaking off the mission but Naruto didn't want to leave, as much as he finds this world annoying he didn't want them to perish just because of a petty opinion. Innocent lives are in danger and Naruto isn't one to just sit it out and let it play itself.

"You do realize that Voldemort has an ally right? And a powerful one at that." Sasuke scoffed out. Dumbledore also had a wave of emotions. He wanted the ninja to leave considering they weren't good role models for his students but on the other hand they do provide the protection that is needed for his school. It was a very hard decision for Dumbledore to make, but it was a no brainer when it came to his students safety. He could hire some wizards that are willing to protect the school the best they can with out tainting the minds of his students. But he knew that a large amount of wizards isn't even enough strength in power than a team of shinobi. Dumbledore was too deep into his thoughts that he didn't process the message that was sent to him after he organized his thoughts.

"An ally?" Dumbledore said confused. Voldemort has followers that are considered as allies, but to be ranked as an equal to Voldemort, this person must be powerful.

"Was this what the death eater said?" Dumbledore asked looking up from his glasses staring at Sasuke's irregular eyes. Naruto nodded.

"Right before he died from his seizure, we couldn't even grab a name." Sasuke gritted. Maybe if Sakura could've healed him a bit more then his death would've been prevented and they wouldve had a little more time on asking him more thorough questions.

"It couldn't be helped. This supposed ally scared the crap out of Olric that he died just by thinking about him." Naruto sighed and Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at the blonde.

"If he's that powerful should we even consider him a wizard?" Sasuke asked Naruto. Naruto pursed his lips and shook his head after a few seconds of a conflicted look.

"It's best that we don't label what he is yet, he could literally be anything in this world." Naruto explained and Sasuke nodded in agreement.

"So it's a male?" Dumbledore asked and Naruto nodded.

"Olric's last words were 'the man with no eyes.'" Naruto recited. Dumbledore looked surprised.

"So he could be blind." Dumbledore said and both Naruto and Sasuke shrugged.

"We shouldn't underestimate a disability." Naruto said and Dumbledore sighed.

"But if he can't see then I don't really see him as a threat." Dumbledore arrogantly said. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the older man.

"When a person is blind their senses are higher. Their hearing and smell heighten, sometimes making them seem like they could see." Sasuke explained and Dumbledore now looked a little weary.

"We can defeat whoever it is that is threatening this world... if you let us stay." Naruto said and Dumbledore let out a loud sigh. He twiddled his fingers as he thought about it before he let out a defeated sigh.

"Alright, you may stay but next time please be more careful where you take your battles." Dumbledore said his face going back to that kind facade.

"We can't promise you that, but we do promise to try." Naruto smiled and Dumbledore gave a sheepish smile accepting the answer.

Naruto and Sasuke bid a goodnight to the head master and left his office by foot, taking the time to actually walk around the school to talk and do some rounds.

As the pair walked in silence keeping an eye out on things, Naruto wondered what it would be like if he was never born in Konoha but in the wizarding world. Would it have been better for him? Naruto shook the thoughts away with a grimace. Naruto was proud to be a shinobi and he shouldn't think about having a different life, although his own is a bit messy, it's the best he could ask for.

"You're awfully quiet." Sasuke muttered and Naruto smirked under his mask.

"Are you saying you miss the loud me?" Naruto joked, elbowing the Uchiha. Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows and grimaced.

"Hn. I shouldn't have provoked you." grumbled Sasuke. Naruto quietly chuckled and quirked an eyebrow as a cat passed by.

"It's odd how they allow pets in the school, how to they have the time to care for them?" Naruto questioned, generally curious. Sasuke shrugged and watched the cat as she left.

"Sasuke." Naruto whispered after they made their rounds in the east tower of the school.

"What?"

"How are you holding up?" Naruto asked. Sasuke stopped in his tracks for a split second before he continued walking. The dark haired Uchiha shook his head and shrugged.

"I'm fine." Sasuke replied. Naruto looked away nervously before prying some more.

"And the uh.." Naruto coughs. "What about your uhh—"

"Nightmares?" Sasuke finished and Naruto nodded. Sasuke pursed his lips and breathed in deeply from his nose.

"I still have them."

"Oh.. I'm sorry."

"You shouldn't be."

"I know." Naruto finished.

"Let's head back." Sasuke mumbled, trying to change the topic and loosen the tension. Naruto nodded and walked back to the west towers towards the Gryffindor common room.


"What are we going to do about Harry." Ron sighed as he plopped himself on the couch next to Hermione. Fred and George along with other Gryffindor friends sat around by the fire talking amongst each other just as Ron made his presence known by throwing the statement out to them.

"You're still going to be friends with that wanker? After he threw you a punch? I don't know mate, if it were me in your shoes Potter would be dead to me." Dean muttered and Ron scowled but shrugged.

"I'm not exactly happy am I? But still I still consider him my best friend and I know somethings up with him lately." Ron sighed and Fed shook his head.

"Are you still taking the pink haired ninja's words to heart?" Fred had a disbelieving look etched all his face and Don had the urge just to smack it all off.

"Yes, the way she said that something was wrong with Harry— Look I just want to know what's going on around here, the guards have been more strict and the captain is literally every where you go, it's like there's thousands of him."

"I'm not the only one? Oh thank Merlin! I thought I was going mad." Neville nervously said as he rubbed his forehead and let out a breath of relief.

"That's not the point. Ron's right we need to find out what's going on with Harry, obviously it's not him right?" Ginny pointed out and the group shrugged.

"The guards were supposed to be unmasked yesterday evening but ever since what happened yesterday with the death eaters and Harry, I don't think revealing their identities is their priority right now, they think it's unsafe." George stated and Seamus groaned.

"Can't we just have a regular year? I never asked for all this drama." Seamus waved his hands in the air rather dramatically and Ron rolled his eyes.

"Once you know who is defeated then we're all safe, but we're not if he's out there somewhere." Hermione softly said and Ron pursed his lips and nodded.

"I reckon we start with Harry first, we need to figure out what's got his panties in a twist and it might lead to you know who." Ron offered and Hermione nodded.

"Yeah we need to get Harry back to normal or at least figure out what's going on with him so we could fit the pieces together and make sense of things." Hermione had a puzzled look on her face and Ron shook his head and scoffed.

"It's odd doing all this investigations with out Harry." Ron paused but quickly added. "But we mustn't tell him, he might go full on bonkers or summat." Ron said and the group nodded.

"We still have the same classes as Harry, so it shouldn't be so hard to keep watch on him and besides he can't go too far, the ninja have him on a tight leash." Hermione said and Ron awkwardly smiled at the thought of Harry on a leash.

"I wonder."

"What?" Hermione asked and Ron looked away and towards the fire that lit up the common room in a comforting way.

"I just wonder what's causing Harry to be this way." Ron slowly said, his eyebrows furrowed as if he was thinking very hard trying to figure out the question. He seemed fine during the train ride but everything started going bad once the ninja were introduced.

"We're going to get to the bottom of this, one way or another." Hermione said confidently and Ron couldn't agree more. The group stayed huddled together until they decided they should get breakfast before classes started.


Voldemort was stood in his main room pacing back and forth while Hotaru was humming softly, sitting and dangling his legs since his feet can't reach the ground. Voldemort was irritated at the rather small petite man, he was very demanding and he also sent most of his followers to their deaths. He wasn't very happy with him at the moment. He wanted to kill him, but he knew that he needed the man. If Hotaru was powerful enough to even hold Merlin's staff, then he could be very useful to him. And when the time comes he could double cross the little devil and defeat him after he used him and get his hands on Merlin's staff and become even more powerful of a wizard. Voldemort scowled at the thought of losing his followers but they're sacrifices made him realize that Hogwarts security has definitely increased if they killed all 30 of his death eaters, granted he only knew few of their names but all the same they were his followers and even if he didn't care for them or their pathetic lives they still gave him a number of an army of powerful dark witches and wizards.

"Why did you let my death eaters fall into a trap like that." Voldemort hissed as he towered over Hotaru. The small foreign man looke unamused as he looked up at the facially derranged man in front of him.

"Yes, Yes, it sure was a pity, but I figured we either go big or go home and see how our competition is like, granted, I underestimated them." Hotaru twiddled his thumbs and tilted his head to the side in wonder. "I didn't expect them to be so powerful, are you sure wizards are gaurding the castle?" Hotaru asked and Voldemort scowled.

"Of course I'm sure." Voldemort sneered. Voldemort was sure Dumbledore would've hired some powerful wizards and witches hired by the ministry, but now that he thought about it the ministry was hot on Dumbledore's trail and looking at every little thing he's doing to find a reason to take away his title as head master of Hogwarts. Dumbledore must not fully trust the ministry at the moment so it most likely means that wizards aren't gaurding the school.

"But there could be a small chance that wizards aren't gaurding the school, perhaps the centaurs, they will do anything to protect themselves even if that means teaming up with wizards and witches." Voldemort retorted with a glare permanently plastered on his face.

"Centaurs are strong and sure enough they are powerful, but to destroy 30 powerful wizards and witches? I highly think that they were no match against your death eaters." Hotaru chuckled softly.

"How would you know?" Voldemort hissed and Hotaru smiled wickedly and looked afar as if he remembered a memory.

"I've encountered a pack of centaurs, desintigrated them all in seconds."

Voldemort was at a loss of words, he was so sure he was the most powerful of dark wizards but this man was a god, and Voldemort needed to take that power.

"I sure hope you aren't scheming a betrayal Tom." Hotaru smiled innocently. The dark wizard tried to hide his shocked face and looked away.

"It would be a shame if I killed you at this very moment." Hotaru pouted mockingly as he stood up and circled around Voldemort's tall figure. "It'd be a pity if you don't accomplish everything you wanted." The man whispered in his ear. The vibrations of the man's hot breath making the dark lord shudder. For once Voldemort was afraid, but that won't stop him, he always gets what he wants.

"I swore my allegiance with you, I would never dishonor that." Voldemort replied, puffing his chest out to show some pride.

Hotaru smiled and dragged his painted nails through his streaked hair as he walked back to his sitting area and continued to proceed at his leg dangling.

"So Tommy my man! What do you do around here? Any entertainment? Or do you just normally sulk around and plan the deaths of your enemies?" Hotaru smirked as he placed his chin on his palm.

"Don't call me that." Voldemort sneered and then walked to his favorite couch and sat. "I normally sulk." Voldemort muttered and Hotaru clicked his tongue.

"Yes. I figured." Hotaru shook his head in disappointment. "It's probably the reason why your skin looks like that." Hotaru grimaced and Voldemort glared.

"I like spending my time drinking wine and sit here and think about what it would be like in a different life." Voldemort sighed and Hotaru quirked an eyebrow.

"Oh my god. You're so depressing." Hotaru blinked and Voldemort ignored the insult.

"So like you never get pissed drunk? Hire some strippers maybe?" Hotaru asked as he played with the staff in his hands. Voldemort looked at the small man with an incredulous facial expression and Hotaru giggled.

"We should do that, maybe then you wouldn't be so uptight." Hotaru chuckled and Voldemort glared.

"You're such a pest." Voldemort gritted and Hotaru waved it off.

"If being a pest means being fun then by all means someone call an exterminator." Hotaru spreaded his arms and Voldemort sighed and rubbed at his temples.

"I'm going to pretend I know what you mean so you could shut up." Voldemort grumpily retorted. "For a powerful being you sure are very annoying."

"Well power goes to great people I suppose." Hotaru smiled.

"Yes that's what I meant." Voldemort resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

"So what's the plan, I don't even know what you're planning." Voldemort snapped and Hotaru brought back his sinister grin.

"Do not fret Tom my boy, by the time we're finished the world will be kissing our feet." Hotaru laughed, the shrilling sound made Voldemort frown in uncertainty.

"Yes of course." Voldemort hesitantly laughed alongside Hotaru and wondered who exactly Hotaru is and what he wanted.


Honestly, the minute Hinata entered her first class she knew she was stupid to even offer herself to go undercover. Sakura informed the whole team that Harry Potter has gone full on crazy mode and is even pushing away his best friends. This was a red flag for the team of ninja, how is team eight going to get close to Harry if the boy is hating every little thing right now. Hinata was at a loss of ideas as she stared at the dark haired wizard in the desk in front of her. It was going to be much harder for her considering she's posing as a Slytherin boy and according to some man made law, Gryffindor and Slytherin are at each others throats. But Hinata knows she can come up with something before the Astronomy class ends. Hinata could feel Temari's presence somewhere behind the rows of students but she ignored the sand kunoichi and focused on the fourteen year old boy in front of her.

Maybe if you could 'accidently' bump into him and share her own profound 'hatred' towards the guards, maybe that would help her situation, but it still might be tricky considering her green and black robes. Hinata shook her head. She'll wing it and hope for the best. Hinata tried to figure out a plan to help her include Kiba, Akumaru, and Shino all at once. Maybe with the new loss of his original friends it would be easier for her to squeeze in hers with him. Hinata blew at her parchment paper where she had to name the stars she already knew, which to her dismay was a number close to zero. The piece of parchment flew and aimed towards the spectacled boy and hit the side of his right arm. Hinata watched the boy flinch and looked down to watch the piece of parchment paper slowly floating down to the ground. Harry quickly grasped the paper in his hands and read the name on the piece of paper. Harry didn't know who it was so he just turned around and came face to face with a smiling blonde Slytherin.

"Thank you for catching my paper." Hinata smiled and made the motion to get the paper back but Harry was in shock at the new face before he composed himself and noticeable swallowed and nodded quickly and handed the paper.

"Ah, yes no problem." Harry fake smiled and Hinata grabbed the paper before she looked up at Professor Aurora and then quickly getting up and took a seat next to Harry.

"Woah! what are you doing?" Harry whispered harshly, glaring at the Slytherin boy as he took the seat next to his with a smile.

"Well I just thought since I'm basically failing on this assignment you would be nice enough to help me out a little." Hinata's voice came out as deep as it had before but more prominent as she whispered. Harry looked at the boy skeptically before he shook his head, refusing to help. The blonde Slytherin frowned and Harry looked at his own assignment.

"Is it because I'm a Slytherin?" the boy asked looking offended and Harry flinched at the tone. It sounded like a discussion about inequality on racial matters back in the muggle world and Harry disliked closed minded people and he didn't want to be seen that way.. but Slytherins are meant to be bad and evil right? Harry glanced at the boy who looked generously upset. The Slytherin didn't seem to mind that he was a Gryffindor so that meant something... This Slytherin didn't seem to be like most of them.

"No of course not." Harry sighed before he slid his paper towards the blonde boy and the boy grinned gratefully and bit his bottom lip before he pulled out his left hand.

"Daniel Edwards, its finally good to meet you personally Harry Potter." Hinata felt Harry's hand hesitantly grab at her now overly large hands and shook them.

"Likewise." Harry spoke and gave a hesitant smile. "If you don't mind me asking, if you hardly know anything at all about Astronomy, then why are you taking it?" Harry raised a single dark eyebrow and Daniel laughed causing Professor Aurora to shush them.

"My other choice was Divination, but I hardly believe in that, maybe I'll take it my last year just for a laugh." Daniel smiled and Harry chuckled and nodded.

"Yes I could see where you're coming from." Harry smiled softly. Hinata tilted her head slightly and wondered how Harry could be so kind towards her but not to his friends.

"If you don't mind me asking.. why aren't you sitting with your friends?" Hinata asked motioning her head towards where both Hermione and Ron were sitting trying to hide their glances towards them. Harry might have not noticed but Hinata has and they were painfully obvious.

"We've gotten into a disagreement." Harry quietly said, his mood quickly changed and Hinata nodded causing her current golden curly locks to bounce.

"I see... well if you don't want to be alone you can always hang out with me and my friends." Hinata smiled again and Harry nodded slowly smiling at the offer.

"Are they Slytherins as well?" Harry tried not to offend him but he was afraid that he will get the same maltreatment from other Slytherins he usually gets. Sure, Daniel was kind but what about the others? Much to Harry's relief, Daniel shook his head.

"My friends are Hufflepuffs, they're twins, and the other is my kid brother, he's a Ravenclaw." Daniel answered and Harry raised his eyebrows at the odd bunch of friends but smiled nonetheless. Add a Gryffindor and the friends have a friend group with each house. It oddly brought a smile to Harry's face knowing that.

"Very well, I'll definitely take up on your offer." Harry grinned and unknowingly to the dark haired young wizard, Ron heard every word with a hearing spell his twin brothers taught him and frowned. Ron was already confused when he saw Harry speaking to a Slytherin and thought that his friend was now going to the dark side and was afraid for his friend's fate, but he trusted Harry and didn't want to think the worst of him so he let it go and whispered everything he heard to Hermione who also had a concerned face for her friend.

"I could introduce you after class, we were going to meet up quickly before our next class starts, I'm sure they'll be glad to meet you." Daniel said and Harry nodded.

"That would be great thanks." Harry replied and Hinata smiled. She has the Potter boy where she wants him. Sure she felt bad for deceiving him, but it was for the best and right now it's possibly their only chance to grab some personal intel from the Gryffindor.

Class ended really quickly for Harry and Hinata and both of them were walking alongside each other making their way to find the rest of Harry's new potential friend group. Unknowingly to both of them Draco was walking towards them, the sight of Daniel making the other blonde Slytherin to stop in his tracks only to sneer when he saw him chatting it up with none other than Harry Potter.

"Daniel where were you yesterday and why are you here speaking to Potter?" The name was spat out in disgust making both Hinata and Harry glare at the young Malfoy.

"Malfoy." Harry greeted with a glare and Hinata moved herself in between them just in case before she smiled at Draco.

"Hello Draco its very nice to see you too and my day was lovely thank you for asking." Hinata sarcastically said. This caused Harry to smile in amusement at Daniel's behavior. No one ever talks to Draco like that and he wanted to give Daniel props for having the balls to talk to the cold hearted Slytherin like that. Draco didn't like Daniel's little retort but a smile was breaking to his lips and he didn't like that, he quickly sneered and glared at the two males in front of him.

"You knew how much Potter irks me and here you are, all buddy buddy with him now." Draco frowned and Hinata sighed. Honestly she feels like a teddy bear and both Draco and Harry are pulling at her arms. It's only a matter of time before they rip her apart.

"Can't I just be friends with both of you?" Hinata asked. The two boys glared at each other for a hot minute before they responded in unison.

"No."

"Fine."

Oddly enough the no came from Harry while Draco huffed in defeat and then proceeded to glare at Harry as he opposed. Hinata was disappointed as she stared at the stubborn look Harry was wearing.

"And why not? Who are you to decide who my friends are?" Hinata asked, her deep voice causing it to sound more threatening than she would have liked. Harry spluttered at the answer but nodded slowly in defeat.

"Well, now that that is sorted, lets go meet my friends before class starts, Draco will you like to come with us?" Daniel had a kind smile as he spoke and Harry was torn on what to do, he didn't want to spend his free time with Draco... but the way Malfoy quickly let go of their differences for Daniel's friendship was an odd side to Draco he definitely wanted to see more of.

Draco nodded slowly glancing at Harry skeptically and the trio walked alongside each other with Daniel in between them leading the way. The sight making multiple students look their way and whispers being spread around them.

"Harry's hanging with Slytherins." And, "He's hanging out with Draco Malfoy." were heard all around the hall and Harry didn't seem to care after Daniel sent him a supportive smile and a shrug from Draco that basically said 'who cares what they think.' and Harry agreed, so with a determined face Harry proudly walked along side them until he saw a trio of boys waving at Daniel who excitedly waved back. The twins put down their hands and looked at Harry in surprise.

The twins were tall and blonde and a rather attractive pair, the youngest one was the Ravenclaw first year, who Harry knew was Daniel's younger brother, although they looked nothing alike. Perhaps half brothers. Daniel seemed shy but also outgoing while the younger one just seems closed off. The twins.. well they reminded him of Fred and George, just blonde.

"Harry, Draco these are my idiot friends Kyle and Kole, Draco you already know my little brother Zachary." Daniel introduced them and Harry managed to say a polite hello to all of them, while Draco shook the twins hands and politely said hello to the Ravenclaw. Much to Harry's surprise, Draco seemed... polite. It was very weird for him considering every time he saw Draco he either had something rude to say or a glare to send.

"If you guys don't mind, Harry here will be spending time with us for a while." Daniel smiled and Harry insecurely looked down at his shoes.

"The more the merrier!" Kyle smiled and Kole nodded, while Zachary stayed silent and just shrugged.

"If you lot don't mind, I wondered if I could join along." Draco asked hesitantly and Harry wondered if Draco knew he was still there or if this was someone else that has taken over Draco's body cause this certainly was different. Daniel smiled and shrugged.

"Of course we don't mind!" Hinata chuckled. This way, she could have an eye on both Draco and Harry and perhaps end this foolish feud between Slytherins and Gryffindors.

"And Valentina? Is she joining us as well?" Draco asked and Harry furrowed his eyebrows.

"Valentina?" Harry said confused before his face morfed into understanding as he put the pieces together. "They're the ones you were searching for yesterday?" Harry asked Draco and the pale Slytherin nodded.

Kiba looked at Hinata secretly with a knowing look and Hinata got the message and frowned deeply.

"Unfortunately for me Valentina found out that she had to move very last minute to France so now she attends Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, so we're trying the long distance relationship thing..." Hinata lied easily and Shino huffed at the response Hinata gave, it was a bit of a stretch but it could work.

"Valentina is the Gryffindor you were dating?" Harry asked confused. Hermione mentioned that there wasn't a girl named Valentina that she knew about and Hermione practically knew every Gryffindor. Daniel nodded which confused Harry more, there was something off about this conversation, he just doesn't know what.

"She moved? Oh sorry mate she was a good one." Draco patted Daniel on the back as a form of comfort and Harry tried to refrain his shock as he heard the Slytherin compliment a Gryffindor.

"Is something wrong Harry?" Kyle asked and the group all had eyes on him.

"It's just that I never knew a girl named Valentina..." Harry said, the look of sincere confusion on Potter's face was obvious and Hinata mentally cursed.

"Well she mostly kept to herself and hardly hung out with her Gryffindor mates." Kole said and Harry nodded, yes that could possibly be it. Harry let it go and noticed the halls were slightly empty, this caused Daniel to curse softly under his breath. Harry widened his eyes at the provocative word while the rest didn't mind the profanity.

"We're going to be so late! Professor Mcgonagall is going to glare at me until I die, scary woman she is." Daniel muttered as he started to walk away. Kyle and Kole laughed at the Slytherin boy while Harry understood the Slytherin's fear. Draco waved at Daniel.

"We'll see you lot at dinner right?" Kyle asked as he walked backwards towards his destination along with Kole who walked normally. Draco nodded while Harry responded with a "Yeah". The twins then took off in a run, mumbling about Snape and stupid potions class.

"And then they're we're three." Muttered the young Ravenclaw.

"What class do you have little man." Draco asked and Zachary glared at the Slytherin but ignored the comment.

"I have flying lessons with Madame Hooch." Zachary sighed as if the idea of flying a broomstick was stupid and unnecessary.

"Flying is fun." Harry said trying to urge the Ravenclaw on. Zachary looked up at Harry and managed a small smile.

"Yes it could be I suppose." Shino wanted to leave and just get the day over with. And considering his bugs are wiggling under his skin it made him feel uncomfortable.

"Well Potter and I have Defense Againt the Dark Arts, so we need to get going... but you'll be alright? You seem very fragile." Draco said and although the Slytherin was smirking, Harry could still see concern etching on his face. Zachary nodded muttering words under his breath that were hard to comprehend.

"I'll be fine, I see you two later." Shino said softly as he turned and walked away rubbing and scratching at his arms.

"What's wrong with his arms?" Harry asked Draco and the Slytherin shrugged.

"I believe it's a habit of his, he's been doing it since the train ride." Draco said as they started walking to their shared class.

"It's odd." Harry shook his head and Draco shrugged.

"I don't really like to judge." Draco said and Harry rolled his eyes.

"Right." Harry muttered and Draco ignored the smart remark and walked in silence.

"Potter I hope you know that I still don't like you but... I am willing to push our differences past us if you agree." Draco mumbled after a minute of silence. The statement caused Harry to stop in his track and Draco stopped as well standing in front of the Gryffindor.

"Uh— Yeah sure..." Harry stuttered and Draco gave a single nod and continued walking.

"I never truly hated you Potter. I was actually very excited to become your friend when I heard you were going to attend Hogwarts." Draco muttered and Harry widened his eyes at that.

"You were?" Harry asked shocked and Draco nodded.

"But of course you had to humiliate me when I offered you my friendship." Draco sneered and Harry glared.

"You were being rude to Ron." Harry retorted and Draco blinked.

"And you punched him square in the nose last night." Draco said and Harry opened his mouth to defend himself but couldn't come up with anything.

"I think we could both agree that we regret the mistakes we did in the past." Draco mumbled. Harry shook his head.

"No, I'm not sorry that I hit him." Harry said. The mood completely changed and Draco could feel the cold vibes coming off Harry and it confused him slightly. Those are some wild mood swings, Draco thought.

"I see..." Draco muttered as he stared at the dark look on Harry's face. "Well I wouldn't mind giving the Weasley a taste of my fist either." Draco smiled and to Draco's surprise Harry Potter laughed at his statement.

"I bet you wouldnt." Harry shook his head in amusement as he calmed himself of his laughter. Draco tilted his head in confusion but still kept a smile on his face. He doesn't know what's going on with Potter.. but he doesn't mind it.

"You think the Professor is going to remove our heads cause of our tardiness?" Draco asked and Harry shrugged.

"Let's find out." Harry said as they reached the class and entered. Thankfully, they kept their heads but now they have detention. Not to mention more rumors about Harry, considering both Draco and Harry entered the class laughing amongst each other.

"Now if we can continue without further interruptions..." Professor Tsunade glared towards Draco and Harry, where they sat together awkwardly.

"Ronald Billius Weasley I would like your eyes up here please." Tsunade spoke and Ron turned around after he composed himself from the cardiac arrest he most likely got from the sight of Harry and Draco coming in together.

"Now look I'm new to this teaching crap.. and I was once a ruler of a village a few years ago so it's not that different right?"

"Very different."

"It's really really not the same."

"You ruled a village?"

"BUT I think I can manage with a couple of brats like you... now you see this box.. yeah put your silly wooden magical toy sticks in there." Tsunade ignored the students remarks and pushed an empty box at the center of her desk.

"But Professor Tsunade how are we going to learn defensive magic if we don't have our wands?" Draco raised his hand as he spoke and Harry agreed with the Slytherin.

"Yeah, we need our wands." Another Slytherin agreed and Tsunade placed her palm on her forehead as if their responses dissapointed her.

"Yes I agree you do need your wands, but for the meantime I, Tsunade, the Slug Princess of Konohagakure." Professor Tsunade had a proud look when she said that while the students pretended to know what she meant.

"One out of the three of the first generation of the Legendary Sanin will teach you how to defend yourselves without using your wands." Tsunade finished with a huff and placing her hands on her hips. The class was dead silent and Harry was pretty sure he heard a feather quil drop.

"Tsunade-sama.."

"Shut it Shikama— la tee daa!" Professor Tsunade cut herself off and sang a little tune and Harry really wanted her to finish her sentence with the hidden ninja that was standing in the back of the classroom like some useless room decor. "Deer... you will help me." The blonde professor smiled instead.

"What the fu—"

"And in with doing so, will you please come stand here beside me?" Tsunade had a wicked smile as she stared at the shadowed figure.

"What a drag." Deer sighed as he walked out of the corner he was leaning on. "I honestly don't know if you can order me around here Tsunade-Sama, you're only a 'witch' here." Shikamru added, air quoting the word witch to Harry's confusion.

"No matter where I go I'm still the fifth Hokage so shut your trap or I'll shut it for you." Tsunade's eyebrow twitched while Shikamru yawned under his mask.

"Troublesome woman." Shikamaru muttered as he placed himself beside lady fifth. Tsunade pulled out her own wand and Shikamaru blinked at the stick. Does Tsunade-sama know how to use those things? Shikamaru thought. It must take her complete and utter concentratation on chakra control for her to put out little chakra into the stick and channel it out.

"Now how about I jinx you and you try to dodge it." Tsunade explained. Shikamaru nodded and released his thoughts. "Now students play close attention to Deer's moves."

"Ebublio!" Tsunade shouted and Shikamru backflipped away and landed on Tsunade's desk.

"What the hell was that?!" Shikamru shouted. Seriously when did Lady Tsunade even learn how to use a wand? Shikamaru thought. "You didn't even tell me when we were going to start!"

"Honestly Nara, you would think war would teach you to be prepared for anything." Tsunade muttered. The mention of the war caused Shikamaru to scowl.

"Don't talk about that." Shikamaru growled. Tsunade smirked.

"Aha, now you got your game face on." Tsunade chuckled and Shikamaru glared.

"Listen up brats. As you all know this shinobi has been taught 'wandless magic' if I dare put it that way." Tsunade explained. "You can all observe how Deer defends himself from my attacks."

"Professor we are encapable of doing wandless magic though." Hermione said softly and Tsunade shook her head.

"No. You guys are just too lazy to get your hands a little dirty." Tsunade muttered, but the message was still heard.

"You have chakra, you can do it. It's just too weak considering you guys do nothing to strengthen yourselves." Tsunade grumbled.

"Deer is known to be lazy, yet he is an elite ninja of Konoha."

"Whoopie." Harry muttered unenthusiastically.

"Harry James Potter, since it seems you like to make smart remarks, come here and battle Deer for me." Tsunade smirked and Shikamaru sighed.

"You've done it now Potter." Draco chuckled .

"Mr. Malfoy, you will team up with Mr. Potter."

"What why?!" Draco spluttered and Harry smirked.

"Just for being there. Now come on I'm not getting any younger here!" Tsunade remarked and Shikamaru scoffed.

"Got that right." muttered Shikamru. Tsunade sent him a deathly glare and Shikamaru sweat dropped.

Draco and Harry stood up from their seats and walked towards the front of the class. Harry wanted to cause the ninja pain, if he could put Voldemort away, he can handle a single ninja. With Draco by his side their win is inevitable.

Shikamaru on the other hand was bored he could finish these twerps in seconds but he'll drag it for their pride and dignity. I'm such a good person, Shikamaru thought.

"Alright, I will allow your wand usage. Kami knows if you don't you'll be dead in seconds." Tsunade mumbled the last part quietly. Tsunade moved to the side with a smile on her face as she watched Shikamaru stand there like the kids were no threat towards him.

"Alright... Battle!" Tsunade shouted. Harry and Draco grabbed their wands and quickly went into a fighting stance, while Deer managed not to move a finger.

"Flipendo!" Draco growled. The jinx touched Shikamaru's chest but all he felt was a small pinch.

"Was that it?" Shikamaru asked and Draco glared.

"Potter!" Draco yelled and Harry raised his wand.

"Locomotor wibbly!" Harry yelled with a wave of his wand. Shikamaru jumped to the air and vanished out of thin air before the spell was even half way reaching him.

"Who even came up with those names." Shikamaru droned as he appeared to be sitting casually on an empty desk.

"How do you do that?!" Draco yelled. He was being made a fool and he hated the feeling of being humiliated.

"Alright, Alright." Shikamaru stood up with a huff and walked towards them. "Have a free shot. Any spell you want."

Harry quirked an eyebrow, a plan forming in his mind before he nodded and stepped up. Draco let him take the lead. Shikamaru looked at the Potter boy with interest, he wondered what the boy was planning. The room was in complete silence until Harry raised his wand and a familiar word came out of his lips that made Shikamaru's eyes widen in surprise. Everything went in slow motion. Tsunade's hair flipped slowly as she went to stop Harry from waving his wand and Draco stepped back in shock. Everyone in the room gasped at Harry's intent.

"Crucio!" Harry yelled. Tsunade grabbed Harry's wand too late and the spell hit Shikamaru in the chest. Shikamru looked down at his chest in surprise before a poof of smoke was heard and instead of Shikamaru falling in pain, a wooden chair fell instead, a leg breaking in half by the intense fall.

"Harry Potter!" Tsunade yelled. Her face was a new one to the students, the feeling of profound anger radiated off the woman and it scared them but Harry didn't care in the slightest. He stood there staring at the spot where he should be seeing the ninja withering in pain but all he saw was the broken chair. Whispers were heard all around the room and Tsunade wanted to slap the boy across the face but she contained herself.

"What do you think you were trying to prove?! That was an unforgivable curse! You are not allowed to use any of them!" Tsunade yelled and Harry finally made eye contact with her, but his eyes showed no emotion, no remorse nor guilt, nothing.

"He said I could use what ever spell I want and I did." Harry said plainly. What the hell is wrong with this kid, Tsunade thought. Something was off but she can't figure it out.

"He's right. I did." Shikamaru replied where he was currently sitting beside another fourth year Slytherin student who jumped in surprise only realizing that he was there.

"That gives him no right! He knows the rules and he disobeyed." Tsunade turned back to look at Harry straight in his eyes and Harry stared back.

"Fifty points will be taken away, this little fiasco will not repeat itself do you understand Mr. Potter." Tsunade muttered calmly. The Gryffindors all glared towards Harry's direction but Harry didn't even look nor care.

"I understand perfectly fine Professor." Was all Harry said and went back to sit in his seat.

"And you! You know better than to invite these brats to do what they like." Tsunade turned and glared at the masked ninja.

"Oi oi, when did this become my fault." Shikamaru sighed.

"You also have a weeks worth of detention Mr. Potter." Tsunade scolded adding another punishment just cause she's in a bad mood.

"Kami, where's my sake when I need it." Tsunade mumbled to herself as she rubbed her temples and sluggishly walked back to her desk and plopped on her chair.

Draco slowly and confusedly walked back to his seat next to Harry.

"Can you tell me what the hell just happened cause I have no bloody clue." Draco whispered harshly as he sat down while Harry glared at the piece of parchment paper in front of him.

"He's a shinobi, he could've handled the curse." Harry muttered.

"Not twice in less than twenty four hours." Draco muttered. "You do know he was the one injured by the unforgivable curse right?"

"Of course I knew. I'm not an idiot." Harry muttered darkly. Draco pursed his lips and furrowed his eyebrows in thought.

"Look, I don't know what the hell is going on with you but just... calm down before you get into deeper trouble." Draco muttered and turned back to his work. Harry shook his head and scoffed.

"I'm tired of hearing people saying that something's wrong with me." Harry grumbled. "Nothing is wrong with me I'm just sick and tired of people expecting the perfect good little Harry, I'm tired of being known as the boy who lived, I'm so tired of everything." Harry muttered hurriedly writing on his paper very aggressively before he just gave up and slapped the feather quil on the desk.

"Look I understand..."

"No Malfoy you don't." Harry gritted as he looked at Draco straight in the eyes. Draco wanted to be angry at Potter for assuming his thoughts, but he wasn't going to fight with the Gryffindor knowing that their is more in his cauldron than he originally thought.

"Just think before you do something stupid." Draco gritted ending the conversation there. Harry gave him a side glance but otherwise ignored his advice and sat there doing nothing for the remainder of the class.

Ron and Hermione had concerned looks as they kept glancing back and forth between their assignment and the pair of frenemies.

"Maybe Draco told him to cast the curse." Ron tried and Hermione gave him a sad look and shook her head.

"I doubt it Ron."

"Harry wouldn't do that would he? Involuntary cause someone pain?" Ron chewed on his bottom lip in worry and Hermione sighed.

"I don't anymore, I didn't think Harry would ever hurt his friends... but look what happened." Hermione whispered referring back to last night. Ron frowned and slumped in his seat and sneakily looked at Harry.

"You are really bad at espionage." The ninja that battled Harry now sat beside Ron with his feet propped on the desk.

"Bloody hell don't do that!" Ron gasped as he jumped in his seat. The ninja stayed silent for a couple of seconds before he groaned as he sat up properly and placed his arms on the desk.

"So why are you two stalking your friend like a pair of creepy weirdos?" Shikamaru asked slightly amused. Hermione and Ron could hear the amusement laced in the mans words but they decided not to spite back and just glare at the masked guard.

After watching the pair of Gryffindors poorly spy on Harry and Draco, Shikamaru wanted to end his cringe pain and just interfere or it wouldn't stop and Shikamaru desperately wanted it to stop.

"We're not spying." Hermione offendedly scoffed crossing her arms.

"Yeah we're just watching him." Ron said in a matter of fact. Shikamaru blinked.

"Okay." Shikamaru paused. "You do know that's the same thing as spying." Shikamaru was getting more amused by the second and both Hermione and Ron wanted to groan in irritation. Hermione was embarrassed, if her red face was anything to go by. She blew a raspberry as a way to calm herself down and gulped the small lump in her throat while she dusted off her robes.

"We're just keeping an eye on him before he does something stupid." Hermione quickly said as she composed herself.

"Uh huh."

"And we're trying to figure out what's causing his weird mood swings." Ron added. Shikamaru quirked an eyebrow under his mask and stood up.

"Look maybe your friend is just turning into a right prick." Shikamaru muttered before he walked away leaving the pair of gaping fourth year Gryffindors and instead walked towards the Professor's desk and whispered into her ear. Hermione and Ron looked on in interest as the ninja whispered into her ear with a very serious face. The look in Deer's eye sent a shiver to Ron's spine and he wanted to look away from the eyes but he was also mesmerized and kept on looking shamelessly.

Tsunade scowled as she processed the hushed words and nodded as she sighed deeply, a vein popping noticeably on her forehead, that both Hermione and Ron bet they can see it from a mile away. Professor Tsunade looked up at the rows of students and coughed gaining the attention of both sides of Gryffindor and Slytherin to look at her expectedly.

"Alright get out, class is done for today." Tsunade shouted before she pulled out a bottle from under her desk. Shikamaru shook his head with a sigh and casually took the bottle away from her before he flickered out of the room. Professor Tsunade blinked before her face twisted into a nasty angry glare, another popping vein appeared on the other side of her forehead as her right eyebrow twitched.

"Shika!" Tsunade yelled angrily as she slammed her fist on the table breaking it in half and scaring every remaining student in the room.

"Let's leave before she uses us as punching bags." Ron mumbled and Hermione nodded with wide eyes and ran for the door, both groaning when they ran into the mob of students trying to squeeze out of the door.

"Ah for fucks sakes." Ron muttered.


Alright it's only about 8k- 9k words cause I needed to update something.

Any suggestions you guys want to give me for the story? Pm me or review if you have anything.

And any grammar and punctuation mistakes are all my own cause I suck at proof reading. So sorry in advance if you catch a mistake.

Next chapter should be up in a few days... a week tops.