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Chapter 10

By: En Taiho

The Golden Trio and the shinobis claimed the same compartment in the Hogwarts Express as before for the voyage back to Platform 9 and three-quarters for the Christmas holdiays. All of them were going to stay at the Weasley's for a few days. When the journey ended, which passed without incident, the group spotted a family of redheads waiting for them on the platform.

"Oh, Harry, I'm so glad you're staying with us," Mrs. Weasley smiled at the emerald-eyed wizard. "And you too, Hermione."

"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley," the bushy-haired witch replied. Harry nodded. "Yeah, thanks, Mrs. Weasley. Hope I'm not being a bother for troubling you."

The woman dismissed the statement with a wave of her hand. "Don't worry about it. Ah, and here are the transfer boys from Japan?"

"Mum, we've already told you they'll be coming too."

"Yes, yes, I know," Molly glanced at her youngest son from observing the foreigners. "I was just making sure. So, what are your names again?"

"Naruto."

"Sasuke."

"Well, pleasure meeting you…again," she chuckled. "C'mon, let's not dilly-dally. We should get going now. My husband will arrive home in two hours or so and I would like to get home before him, to prepare dinner and such."

As the Weasley's along with their friends marched to the redheads' car, the shinobis got to know the siblings of Ron; Harry warned them playfully that they better watch out for Fred and George's pranks. They liked doing "bloody wicked pranks," according to them, as Christmas presents.

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"If you don't mind, Naruto and Sasuke, you'll be sharing Ron's room with Ron and Harry. Our place is quite small and I'm afraid there's not enough room for everyone to have their own rooms," Mrs. Weasley said apologetically.

"It's quite fine, Mrs. Weasley," Sasuke replied. Naruto added, "Sorry for the trouble."

Molly smiled. "Such nice boys you two are. Anyways, Ron will show you there."

Carrying their trunks up some creaky stairs, the ANBU and Harry followed Ron up to his room. Inside were a bunk-bed and two mattresses on the floor. Hermione had gone with Ginny as the two girls were sharing the same room.

"Ok, who wants the bunk-bed?" the redhead asked his friends.

"It doesn't matter," Harry answered, shrugging, having the same opinions as the foreigners.

"Then, Harry, you first; pick a number between 1 and 20. Whoever loses gets the floor."

"Fourteen."

"Naruto, pick a number between 1 and 20."

"Eight."

"Sasuke?"

"Three."

"Sorry, Naruto and Sasuke. You guys have the floor. My number was two."

The shinobis shrugged. "That's fine." Sleeping on the floor was better anyways; it was easier and less obvious if they ever had the need to sneak out of bed. The boys dumped their trunks around the room, and deciding to give a tour of the Burrow, Ron showed his friends around the first floor, the second floor, the attic, and the basement. Then after telling Molly, they headed outside where Ron told –or more like complained- to Naruto and Sasuke (and Harry again) about numerous gnomes his siblings and him had to kick out every single year.

"There! That little bastard…" Ron shouted, pointing at a clump of grass out of the blue. The small man squeaked and dived out of the redhead's spell that would have blasted him miles away. Amused, Naruto and Sasuke watched as Ron chased the garden gnome around as Harry yelled his encouragement, occasionally helping along by sending his own blasting spell. Finally, one of Harry's spells hit him and one could hear the tiny shrieks as the gnome flew across the sky.

Puffing, Ron jogged back to his friends and glared at the shinobis. "You never helped me."

"It was much more amusing to watch," Sasuke smirked.

"Yeah, but you could have helped," the redhead accused.

"Well, it was a fun entertainment," said Naruto, smiling as Ron growled. "Some friends you are."

The blond laughed. "No problem. Always glad to be of assistance."

Ron rolled his eyes, and then suddenly snapped his eyes in the direction of the house when "Your father's home!" was heard from Molly. Heading inside, the shinobis met the tired-looking but smiling redheaded man known as Arthur Weasley.

"Pleasure to meet you, Naruto and Sasuke," Arthur greeted warmly. "I heard you transferred from Japan. Have you accustomed to Britain yet?" He reached over to grab a piece of bread from the head of the dinner table.

Naruto, sitting beside Harry, and Sasuke, sitting across from his charge, glanced over at Mr. Weasley. "It's quite all right here."

"So what's different in Britain compared to Japan?" Arthur asked, making conversation.

"The language, of course. And there we didn't attend a magical school," Naruto replied and then helped himself to some more food.

"You went to a normal school?"

Naruto nodded. "Yes."

"Then how did you come by to come here?"

"We found out we were wizards," replied Sasuke. "Seeing as Hogwarts is one of the best schools for wizards and witches, we decided to come here."

Arthur nodded. "Mind if you say something in Japanese? The Asian languages have always been fascinating."

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other to choose who would speak. Finally, the blonde said, "Ore wa Naruto." He smiled. "That means 'my name is Naruto.'"

Mr. Weasley hummed in response.

"Oh, dad, guess what?" Fred grinned.

"We did this really awesome thing," George continued.

"At school," Fred finished the sentence.

Arthur sighed, his lips threatening to break into an excited beam if it wasn't for his glaring wife watching him carefully. "A prank again, boys?"

"What do you think, dad?" asked George innocently.

"We put a stink bomb in Snape's classroom right before we left," Fred said, holding back a smirk.

"And it was timed to go off in 10 minutes."

"We weren't going to be inside the room when it went off, of course."

"Imagine Snape's face," George grinned.

"Actually, we did see his reaction," Fred nudged his twin. "We snuck an Extendable Telescope and an Extendable Ear in there."

"Yeah," George chuckled. "Snape wasn't pleased."

Fred roared in laughter, "He totally screamed like a girl when he caught a particularly big whiff of the exploding smell from the bomb."

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With a night spent at the Weasley's, Harry, Naruto, and Sasuke were scheduled to stay over at the Malfoy's the next day, moving over in the afternoon. Saying "See you after the holidays," the shinobis and their charge took the bus to the Malfoy Manor. But before they departed, they left their presents under the Christmas tree.

"You've finally arrived, Potter," Lucius said, motioning the group in. "And you've brought the transfers. Uzumaki and Uchiha, my son has told me about you. You are shinobis from another world?"

"Yes, but this fact has to remain unknown to everyone," Sasuke replied seriously.

"Of course, the same applies for the things we will discuss here."

"Yes, we know."

When Severus Snape swept into view, Naruto said with surprise, "You're going to stay here too?"

Snape growled. "Since we're not currently in school, I'll let you off the hook this time, Mr. Uzumaki, for not addressing me as a student should to a professor." Naruto rolled his eyes as Snape continued, "But when we return to Hogwarts, you must call me 'sir' or you'll suffer the worst consequences you can ever imagine."

Naruto snorted. "You have no idea what I can imagine or not, Snape."

"You little brat, stop being such a devil."

"A devil? Me? You shouldn't be applying yourself as me. It's most insulting," Naruto smirked.

The Potions Master ignored the comment as Narcissa, a beautiful blonde woman, welcomed them to Malfoy Manor. Unlike her husband and son, Narcissus portrayed the image of a delicate, kind lady. Tom was not there as he was at his own Manor but he would be coming on Christmas Eve. Naruto and Sasuke were interested to meet the Dark Lord, Voldemort, the man who was feared so much that everyone dared to only call him He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or You-Know-Who.

The group, consisting of Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, Severus, Harry, Naruto, and Sasuke, sat around the large main sitting room. There the Slytherins asked the ANBU questions and in turn, the shinobis asked them questions as well to keep them up to date on the news and major events.

"Potter told me that you two were the one who caused the scorch marks that the Aurors were uncertain about and just concluded that it was a high-level spell that was cast by an unknown wizard. But since he never showed any other action again, they dropped the case, according to my father," Draco said. "Perhaps you can demonstrate the spell –or jutsus, as you call it- to us."

"We should wait till the Dark Lord comes, Draco," Lucius replied before the shinobis. "That way He may see their powers as well."

"Just a little demonstration wouldn't hurt. Besides, you wished to see their jutsus," Draco retorted.

"Draco dear, please refrain from disobeying your father when he is right," Narcissa interrupted. "Any one care for more tea?"

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"I wonder if Draco's mother is really a Slytherin," Naruto pondered out loud, sitting on the edge of Sasuke's bed. As the Manor was very well much a mansion, if not a palace, therefore possessing countless rooms, Naruto and Sasuke had their own chambers. "She's more a Hufflepuff."

"You never know, dobe," Sasuke replied, leaning on the windowsill. "Never judge a book by its cover."

Naruto huffed. "I know, of course that's true. I was just making conversation."

Sasuke smirked. "You don't have to. We can make conversation in another, more interesting way," he said, making his way over to the blonde.

Sasuke stood for a second in front of his sitting partner, his dark eyes softening as Naruto glanced up innocently. The Uchiha placed a pale hand under Naruto's chin and lifted the other's head gently. Naruto closed his eyes in bliss at the touch and Sasuke swept down for a kiss. Their tongues danced in familiar ecstasy. Longing to be closer, Sasuke took a step forward, one leg situated between the blonde's, his other leg kneeling on the bed as he pushed Naruto down slowly to a lying down position.

Lost in the still ongoing kiss, Naruto reached his hands up to tangle in dark hair. He felt Sasuke slide a hand from his face to his collarbone and moaned. His own hands trailed warmly down Sasuke's body to rest on the small of his back. The Uchiha shivered at the gentleness and the deliberate slowness of the touch and kissed the blonde even more passionately. He pressed his body down to be flush with Naruto's, dark eyes alight with desire. Their lips parted for a moment of breath before a tongue flicked out of Sasuke's mouth to lick Naruto's lips. He went up Naruto's jaw line, leaving a trail of hot kisses. The blonde moaned again as Sasuke sucked on his earlobe. "Sasuke," Naruto breathed, his head tilting to the side.

"Mmm?" Sasuke murmured as he descended on the blonde's lips again. Naruto pushed on the raven-haired boy's shoulders and Sasuke broke the kiss at the blonde's silent request. His eyes were still bright with lust and his hair was tousled.

"I know the perfect present to get Harry and Draco."

Sasuke shrugged lightly. "Tell me later," he said as he kissed Naruto again.

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The days went by, edging closer and closer to Christmas Eve. No one outwardly showed it, but they were all anticipating for Tom to arrive and also to finally be able watch an example of the ANBU's magic.

On one of those days, Harry accidentally slipped and used Draco's first name. That time they were walking alone in one of the corridors.

"Potter, honestly, this is the second time already," Draco drawled. "I presume then that is what you call me when you're thinking of me?"

Harry's ears grew a little red, though the change of colour was partially concealed by his unruly black hair. "And why would I think of you, Malfoy?"

"I wouldn't know, Harry," Draco purred. "You tell me."

"I don't think about you, so there's nothing to tell."

"Don't worry, Harry, I can keep secrets."

Harry blushed a bit redder. He knew that Draco was purposefully using his first name over and over again. That bloody Malfoy! Using his mistake against him…Goddamn it! He wasn't going to let Draco get the best of him every single time. "Sure you can, Draco," Harry said with a touch of sarcasm.

"I can," the blonde Slytherin said indignantly.

"Fine, fine, I believe you, Draco."

"You dreadfully just can't resist saying my name," Draco smirked.

"You're one to talk," Harry retorted. "Besides," he smiled, "I can call you whatever I want…Draco."

"And I also have the right to permit by what name I am to be called by whom."

"Mine overpowers yours."

"You wish," Draco snorted delicately.

And so from that day forth, Harry and Draco unofficially declared that they will now call each other by their first names.

When the inhabitants of Malfoy Manor awoke on Christmas Eve, they found that the Manor was more decorated and polished than it had been before, which was quite a feat, considering that the mansion had already and always been very polished up with rich and extravagant decorations, such as statues, carvings, paintings, and the such. The house elves must have worked all night. This was to demonstrate the wealth and power of the Malfoy's to Tom Riddle, Lord Voldemort, though the outward intention was just to get ready for Christmas. The whole group was there to greet Tom when he arrived, dressed in a black silk robe that seemed to be darker than black and rippled like a shadow on water. Underneath he wore a dark crimson shirt with tight black trousers. His hair was gracefully arranged and his sharp blue eyes penetrated into each of the wizards and the witch who were waiting for him.

"Greetings, all," Tom said with a nod of acknowledgement. "As there are new people here, let me introduce myself. My name is Tom Riddle, also known as Lord Voldemort."

"It's a pleasure meeting you," Naruto replied with a nod of his own. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, an ANBU from Konoha."

"My name's Uchiha Sasuke, also an ANBU from Konoha."

"Ah, yes," Tom swept his eyes at them, "the foreigners who perform jutsus. Perhaps you can enlighten us on how your magic spells work?"

"Yes; instead of a wand, we shinobis use hand seals to channel our chakra, the magic storage within us, to make it simple," Sasuke explained.

"For example," Naruto formed the Horse seal. "This is one of them."

"Most interesting," said Lucius. He glanced over at Tom for confirmation, who granted him permission with a slight tilt of his head. "We would like to see demonstrations of your jutsus."

"Oh, we were coming to that," Naruto smiled. "Sasuke and I decided to have a spar as our demonstration; you can consider it as a Christmas gift."

"Do you know a good place where we can spar? A warning though: we will damage some of the surroundings," Sasuke directed at the other members of the group. "If you don't mind, we prefer a forest."

"Why not here?" Narcissa spoke up. "Malfoy Manor owns a section of a forest to the west of here."

"You wouldn't mind if we destroy the trees from our sparring?"

Narcissa shook her head, while Lucius answered, "It's fine."

They must be eager to watch us, Naruto thought, or why would the Malfoy's allow for their property to be damaged during our spar? "Agreed, shall we begin now?"

"Please do," Narcissa smiled gently.

The shinobis nodded and headed to their own rooms after informing the group that they needed to get ready. As they walked along beside each other, Naruto asked casually, "Are you going to wear your ANBU uniform, Sasuke?"

"Don't know. How about you?"

The blonde shrugged. "Why not?"

"I guess so."

"Medium level spar then?"

"Hn."

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Dressed in their ANBU uniforms except without their masks as they were not necessary, Naruto and Sasuke rejoined the waiting group and together the Malfoy's, Snape, Harry, Tom, and the shinobis strolled towards the forest. It wasn't an extremely thick one with many large trees, but not as big as in Konoha and their world, Naruto and Sasuke noted silently. The ANBU advised for the others to watch a safe distance away as in not to be in the area of their fighting. And so, they positioned themselves in a distance approved by the shinobis but also where they could see pretty clearly.

Unlike a wizard's duel, where the duelers first stood back to back and then walked forward, counting to three, where they turned around and began, the shinobis stood a short distance apart, facing each other. Simultaneously, they drew one of the katanas from their backs slowly, looking deep into the other's eyes.

Harry sucked in his breath; he had been very curious about the shinobis' magic and now he could see it with his own eyes. Draco settled himself more comfortably in the armchairs produced by a wave of Tom's hand, expecting an impressive battle. Snape, who had preferred to stand, arranged his cloak around himself, watching the ANBU with watchful eyes; this was an once-in-a-lifetime chance to see other worldly magic.

Lucius put an arm around Narcissa's shoulders, whispering into her ear, "I hope this will not disappoint us."

His wife smiled reassuringly. "It won't, Lucius."

In the middle, Tom sat elegantly in his black armchair with azure designs, his robes professionally draping over the chair naturally. At some kind of silent signal, the spar between Naruto and Sasuke commenced.

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The next chapter will be dedicated to Naruto and Sasuke's spar.

Preview:

"Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu," Sasuke said quietly, his hands going through the all-too-familiar seals in a blur. Taking a deep breath, he leapt into the air from the cover of the trees, looking down at the clearing. Naruto just had enough time to glance up and see his opponent's form fleetingly before a stream of hot fire streaked towards him.