My work's done for today, and so is this chapter. This chapter was originally going to be two, hence the title.
Now that you know what Naruto's Patronus is, I want to request a Book Cover. This cover will have Naruto in Sage mode facing front. His robes will be half wizard (left side, no House tie or crest. If you want and tell me, you can wait til he's sorted, update the picture, then mirror it so that the right side with the crest is the Hogwarts side), and half Sage (right side unless you're mirroring to have the House crest, the huge scroll he carries can cross both sides). In his hand on the wizard side is the wand (clearly the wand and not a kunai. Use textures and round it's edges off), pointed upwards and slightly over his back, where a large Patronus version of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Ronintoadin sits/stands with it's stripes pronounced in Kyubi-red and it's plants blue/white/silver as well. In his other hand is a Rasengan with a similar appearance to Lucario's fully charged Aura Sphere, glowing mist and all (now you see where I got the term Aura from, as well as the mist thing from chapter 1?). The background can be either Konoha's Hokage Mountain or Hogwarts (I don't care if your choice is in a perfectly fine or in a semi-destroyed/under-attack state).
If you can make the above book cover, please PM me or Review me to let me know. I can't draw that well, so I want another to tackle this. Even if it's a friend of yours who likes HP and Naruto, tell them about this and ask if they can draw it. You can then upload a picture via camera or scanner, or send me a link if it is a computer image.
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If the courtroom's reactions to Harry and Naruto's news was funny, Grimmauld Place was almost hilarious. The audience was first surprised that everyone, including Fudge, voted that Harry to be cleared. When Naruto told them why, they had varying levels of reactions. After they all recovered from the shock, and some falls to the floor, Naruto watched their reactions. Ron looked at Naruto with a little more respect, then quickly switched back to distrust. Hermione was thankful that Naruto cast the Patronus rather than Harry. Many of the adults saw the flaw with the Trace and merely smiled. Sirius, Fred, and George were looking at the duo as if they wanted memories in order to watch it live as well. Fred and George also had looks that seemed to say No fair! We're not at Hogwarts yet and you already got a good prank in!
"Well then," Naruto said, "if the trial's really over, I should probably spend the night here. Who knows? I may get a letter saying I broke some Wizard Law and have to go to court." That got even the adults laughing.
When the news finally sunk in that Harry was cleared and Naruto wouldn't get a letter, the whole house was graced with a feast by Ms. Weasley. During said feast, everyone else's Hogwarts letters arrived. Everyone was shocked that Ron and Hermione made Prefect, and they received mixed reactions from everybody. Naruto, not fully aware of what being Prefect meant, mostly ignored it. When the list of school books were read, everybody took notice to one in particular: The Three Energies and How to Wield Them by Fukasaku and Albus Dumbledore (optional). "Fukasaku," Harry read, "Isn't he your teacher Naruto?"
"Yep! He and Dumbledore were working on various things with chakra and magic; how they can be mixed, different ways they can be used, and how to unlock chakra with magic. I just wonder if Pa gave away the secret to Sage Mode in there, since wizards use mana as well."
"But why is this book optional?"
"Dumbledore said it would be part of an optional class Pa would teach. Besides that, I don't know too much about it."
"Correct Naruto-Boy," said teacher said, appearing from the doorway. "And here's a free copy for you, since you did help write it a little." After a word of thanks, everybody crowded around Naruto as he took it from Pa. The cover was basic, with a Yin-Yang sign that had three differently colored commas, or tomoe, instead of two. The circle was surrounded by strands of what must have been Mana, since it had the same color as one of the tomoe, spiraling outward from the circle. Naruto opened it to the Table of Contents page, and Hermione read aloud the chapter titles.
Prologue: What are Mana, Aura, and Chi?
Chapter 1: How does Mana and Aura make magic?
Chapter 2: How does Aura and Chi make chakra?
Chapter 3: How to unlock chakra without magic.
Chapter 4: How to unlock chakra with magic and it's dangers.
Chapter 5: Basic hand signs for chakra jutsu.
Chapter 6: Basic jutsu and Element Styles.
Chapter 7: How to mix Mana, Aura, and Chi using a wand and it's dangers.
Chapter 8: How to do wandless magic.
Chapter 9: The Stage 1 Rasengan and how it mixes magic and chakras.
While the chapters were all interesting, the one that struck the wizards the most was Chapter 8. Could they really learn how to do wandless magic in the Toad Professor's class? Most, if not all, of the wizards there, student or adult, decided to get a copy of this book. However, looking around, Naruto saw that Ms. Weasley was missing from her own lunch, and wondered where she was. Lending the book to Hermione, Naruto left the kitchen.
After searching downstairs and most of the upstairs, Naruto found her in one of the many rooms. She was sobbing, and in front of her was a dead Ron. But how could Ron be dead up here if he was alive downstairs? Ms. Weasley, still sobbing, cried "R-r-riddikulus," pointing her wand at Ron. Which spell was Ridiculous again? Naruto thought back, as he watched Ron turn into another redhead, then her husband, the twins, the redhead at the trial, Harry... Oh right! That anti-boggart spell!
"Let me handle this Ms. Weasley."
"No!" she practically shrieked, "I can do it. Leave me! You'll probably just kill it."
"Isn't that you're trying to do?" Naruto asked, "Let me take over." With that, Naruto stood in front of her and pulled out his wand. He was expecting the boggart to turn into Tsunade in a drunken fit, or Sakura, or Orochimaru, or maybe even that poltergeist he met in Hogwarts.
But it wasn't any of those. Instead, there was a pile of people Naruto recognized. Sakura, Hinata, Ayame, Teuchi, Tsunade, Iruka, Kakashi, dozens of people were stacked up on each other, and were all dead. Sticking out of all of their bodies were large black poles, the apparent cause of death. Sitting on top of all of them was a man with an Akatsuki cloak, many of those black pole piercings, bright orange hair, and purple mulit-ringed eyes. Naruto realized that this man was alive, and matched the description given of the main Path of Pain.
"Naruto," Pain said, "You've failed to protect Konoha. All that remains is dust and a crater. You will never become Hokage. I've killed all your precious people. The few people of Konoha that still live curse your name for abandoning them."
Shocked Naruto almost couldn't do anything. "No. No! That can't be true! You're just a boggart!"
"But I am also Pain. I will destroy Konoha and all you hold dear. And you, trapped in this dimension, can do nothing about it."
With that remark, Naruto lunged at Pain and started to beat him. "You won't take away my precious people! You won't destroy Konoha! I will return and stop you, believe it!"
"Naruto! Stop this!" Calming down at Molly's words, Naruto looked at Pain. He was bloodied, and had many broken bones. Suddenly, Pain and the pile of people he was sitting on vanished, leaving behind a limp little imp-like goblin, but was like a muggle goblin rather than a wizard one. This must be a boggart's true form. Realizing that Pain really was just a boggart, Naruto pulled his wand back out. "Riddikulus!" That overpowered spell made the boggart vanish.
"Who were they, and who was that guy talking to you?" Molly asked.
"They... were my precious people from Konoha, my village, " Naruto answered, with tears in his eyes. "... That was Pain on top. He killed my last teacher, Pervy Sage Jiraiya, and almost killed Pa. He's also after me, for... something he needs in order to take over all of my world. But I can't let him do that! I have to take him down before he destroys everything!"
Hearing his determination shocked Ms. Weasley. Here was an orphaned boy she thought was a trained assassin. Who could use his speed and strength to take out his enemies before they could even draw their wands. Who could clone himself to take down multiple people at once. Who could make one of those upgraded energy balls to destroy an entire city! But here he was, crying at the thought of losing his 'precious people'. Then it struck her, he had the same fears as herself, but worse! Knowing why he fought and killed gave her a new perspective of this blond orphaned boy, and she realized she'd probably do the same. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay. It was just a boggart, and wasn't really them."
"I meant I'm sorry for how I... we... were treating you. Hearing that you would kill without another thought scared us."
"To be honest, I don't remember if I have killed anybody on a mission. I've usually just beat them senseless, than either continued on my way or captured them with my teammates and brought them to prison."
Hearing that this trained killer had restrained himself helped calm Molly down. Then, remembering what Fukasaku had said about the day of his birth, she hesitantly spoke. "I'm also sorry you lost your parents. If you want... I can be your mother."
Hearing that shocked Naruto. Sure he had called Hermione sister, but that was because of how close he felt to her. That, and her study habits made her seem like she was his big sister, even though he was older. Could he have a real family? Crying all over again, Naruto ran up to Molly and hugged her. "Thank you, Okaa-san." Understanding what he meant, Molly returned the hug. After a few minutes of embracing each other and crying, the two returned downstairs to bring out the dessert. When everyone saw them walk in, hand in hand, they wondered what happened. But seeing as Molly had opened up to the boy, many of their thoughts of a cold killer left to be replaced by what a Weasley would call family. Only Ron, who was busy gorging himself, didn't notice.
After the feast, Pa turned to Naruto. "Naruto-boy, it's time for us to do our training! We still need to do the final part of Sage Mode, and you have to learn Frog Kata. Let's hurry, because we have less than a month to train hard before Hogwarts starts up." Taking his book back from Hermione, who was about to start chapter 2, and collecting his things, Naruto and Fukasaku left to train who knows where.
A few weeks later, the Golden Trio were sitting on the Hogwarts Express. After Naruto had left, they had gone to the bookstore to see that they had run out of Fukasaku's book, and had to order reserved copies. When they arrived, Hermione dug into hers with gusto. Then, at the end of August, it was time to head to King's Cross Station. There were some guard difficulties with Moody, and they had made it to the train with ten minutes to spare, and were lucky enough to find an empty compartment.
"I'm surprised we haven't seen Naruto. He said he was going to Hogwarts." Harry said.
"He might arrive later," Hermione comforted him. "Or maybe he's in a carriage we haven't walked through yet."
"Or maybe Dumbledore realized he was a danger to students and cancelled his school registration," Ron all but spat.
"And how do you know Naruto so well?" Harry argued, "You've barely seen him, let alone spoke to him!"
Seeing an argument start, and not wanting her friends to have another cold war like last year, Hermione intervened. "Ron, we're supposed to be up in the Prefect carriage. Harry, if we see Naruto on the way, we'll tell him where you are." Hermione then dragged Ron behind her to the front of the train.
After a few minutes, Harry realized how lonely it was to be riding alone. He had never traveled to Hogwarts without him, and he missed company. When he was about to get up and look for his friends, Naruto appeared at the door.
"Blimey Naruto! Where have you been? We tried to send you an owl, but Hedwig returned out of breath and with her letter unopened!"
"I guess it came when our training was really intense. I was probably working on the Wind Style Rasenshuriken at the time. When you add Sage Mode, that thing gets destructive!"
Whatever that is, it must be powerful. "How destructive?"
"I was using it to slice off and destroy mountain tops before magicking them back on."
THAT powerful? I haven't even heard of a spell that can do that! "What else have you been working on?"
"Well, Pa tried to do Fusion with me. Basically, he becomes stuck to my shoulder and doesn't move. That way, I can fight while he draws in Mana for me to use. However... something was stopping us from fusing at all. But I mastered Frog Kata! Pa says that once we reach Hogwarts, our training will just be reduced to reviewing the Frog Kata and all other jutsu I already learned. What have you been up to Harry?"
"We've been cleaning out Snuffle's house. There were pixies, snapping boxes, and many other Dark things lying around." Seeing Naruto's confused face, Harry leaned in closer. "Snuffle's is Sirius' name in dog form. He's an unregistered animagus. Since he's an escaped criminal, we can't use his name around others."
"Ohhh... Sounds a little fun. Do you know if the twins are up to anything?"
"Well, they have been working on candies to make you ill, but I don't know about anything else."
"Thanks Harry!"
The door to their apartment slid open a few times. At first, it was Ron and Hermione, coming to visit Harry. Then, one by one, three people asked if they could join them, then sat down. Naruto knew Ginny, and was introduced to the other two. Neville, the boy carrying a plant, seemed like he had a lot of potential but was weighed down by his insecurities. Naruto was reminded a lot of Hinata. The second girl, who was wearing cool glasses and reading her magazine upside down, was mysterious.
"How was your summer Luna?" Ginny asked the new girl.
"It was quite enjoyable," Luna said dazedly, "You're Harry Potter. But who are you?"
"Naruto Uzumaki."
"Interesting, Whirlpool of Fi..."
"THAT'S NOT HOW THE NAME TRANSLATES! IT'S MAELSTROM!" Naruto shouted, surprising everyone else.
"Oh yes. I always forget that translation. Whirlpools and Maelstroms are so similar, you know."
Ginny, realizing that she was the only one who knew her, spoke up, "Neville, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Naruto, this is Luna Lovegood. She's a Ravenclaw in my year."
"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure," Luna sang. With that, the room grew silent for awhile.
It was Ron who broke the silence. "Oi Harry! You'll never believe who's the Slytherin Prefect!"
"Please don't tell me it's Malfoy."
"Yep. And we can be sure he's gonna abuse his power. Well, Hermione and I have to patrol the hallways along the train. I just hope we find Crabbe and Goyle while we're out there."
"Ron!" Hermione scolded, "We're not going to stoop down to Malfoy's level. We're Gryffindors, not Slytherin gits!"
"Oh please?" Ron pleaded, "We can make them write lines over and over! That should kill them!" He then hunched down and pretended to be writing on a board with absolute concentration. "I... must... not... look... like... a... baboon's... backside."
With that, everybody laughed, even Naruto, who didn't know what Crabbe and Goyle looked like. "If you told your brothers you said that," Naruto praised him, in between laughs, "it'll restore their faith in you." After spitting it out, Naruto fell back into a laughing fit. Soon, he was rolling around on the floor, along with another person. After a minute of repeating "baboon's... backside" and the others staring at the two, Naruto realized that he had somehow gotten into an embrace with the person he was laughing with. When he realized it was Luna, a hot blush came to his face and he quickly got back into his seat. His actions were mirrored by Luna, who was given her magazine back by Harry.
After another awkward pause, Naruto realize he was still being stared at, and tried to change that. "I can't wait to reach Hogwarts! Oh, why do you guys have four different colored uniforms, and what are Slytherin and Hufflepuff?"
Hermione answered this one. "Not all of the students live and sleep together. There are four Houses, based on the four Founders. The Sorting Hat reads your mind and decides which house you'll go to. Gryffindor is for the brave, and myself and many of our friends are in that house. Ravenclaw is for the wise, and you just met Luna. Hufflepuff is for the loyal, and you haven't met any of them..."
"And Slytherin is the greatest and most noble house of all," this voice came from the door. Naruto saw it was a boy with slicked down hair and a green crest with a snake. Behind him were two boys, who must have been Crabbe and Goyle. He must be a Slytherin, and why snakes again? "is known for the cunning and ambitious. If you want to go far, you will do well in Slytherin."
"Malfoy." That one word clued Naruto into his identity, and Naruto had to agree on their assessment of the boy.
"Manners Potter. I'm a Prefect, and I can see that you are not. That means I can punish you for any misdeed I see you do."
"Maybe," Harry said, "but a git with a badge is still a git." That got everyone not in Slytherin to laugh.
Naruto decided to join the fun and insult this rude boy. "Why don't you crawl back into the sewers to be with your family?" That continued the laughs, and made Luna roll onto the floor again.
"Watch yourself Potter, blondie, because I'll be dogging your footsteps." At that, everyone who knew about Sirius, except ignorant Ron, went silent. "Step out of line, and you'll wish you hadn't." With that, Malfoy and his cronies left, leaving the door open.
Angry, Naruto put his hands together. Hermione recognized it from Fukasaku's book. It was the Tiger Seal, commonly used in Fire Jutsu. But before she could warn him, she saw chakra gather at his fingertips. That was weird, because the book said Fire Jutsu come from the mouth. She then heard him say something softly. "Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu." With that, Naruto ran out the door after Malfoy, who had just opened the door to the next car over. All Hermione and the rest heard was a large crash. Before they could get up, Naruto walked back in. "There, I feel better already! He probably won't bother us again."
"Pardon me," Hermione said, "but what jutsu was that? I didn't recognize it from Fukasaku's book."
"Oh, my sensei taught it to me. It's One Thousand Years of Death. This is my first time trying it with chakra though, I might have overdid it a little..."
Wondering what he did, the group ran for the hall. However, they only saw Draco lying on the ground, on the far side of the other car, with a burn spot on his rear and his cronies about to try getting him up. Apparently, other people in both cars heard the crash too, and peeked out their doors to figure out what happened. When he was lifted to his feet, Draco slowly recovered, looked back at Naruto, and called "My father will hear about this!"
"OOOOH!" Naruto yelled back, "Will you tattle on your mommy too? I knew it! You're just a big Mamma's Boy!" With that, Draco was carried into the next car, and everyone in the two cars who heard what Naruto said fell down laughing. Why hadn't we thought of that before? was the collective thought going around. The only person who hadn't recovered by the time everybody else were in their compartments was Luna. After a few more minutes of rolling and laughing, Luna got up and looked at Naruto. "You're funny," she said, "I hope we can be friends."
"We already are!" Naruto exclaimed.
Ron then turned to Naruto. After awhile, he finally spoke. "Maybe you aren't such a bad bloke after all."
With those words said, the girls and boys separated. They were almost at Hogwarts, and Naruto still needed to change into his uniform.
And that's chapter 11! It was originally going to be two chapters, but I couldn't find enough material I was willing to edit Naruto into. So I made them into one.
Admins, if I have too much 'original text' in a chapter, please give me a warning review/PM with said chapter, and please give me 12 hours to alter it. This will let me remove the questionable material without having to email your support to find out what was wrong and wait a few hours for a response, just to edit the one paragraph that got this story removed.
Review Critiques: I don't know what spell was originally used to blast that boggart, so I blew it up with an overpowered spell. Also, I based it's true form off of the German Mares of folklore. It is from them we get our term "NightMare".
Peace out!
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