once again this as now also been beta read by kittyore9 thank to all for bearing with and the like hopful this is now readable

well a very nice (i gessing) girl (misting rain) have redid this wale i'm waiting for a beta reader so it should be more readable i thing it quite good but then we all know my spelling it could said anything

Right I know I have post for some time partly cause I'm slow partly cause I lost my beta reader and partly cause I'm lazy, so having said that bear in mind this has not been betaed and I am once again looking for a beta reader. Those of you who have been with me since before the beta time know what your in for, but for those of you who are new, sorry you will struggle to read this and when the spelling is wrong you will just have to fill in the sentence with a sensible word till I get new beta reader, and hopefully the plot somewhat makes up for the bad English.

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It was fast approaching Christmas, and as it did, Naruto got more restless. So it was left to Harry to carry out Naruto's job of patching their relationship back together. Harry had realized that if he wanted this, he would have to tell Naruto what he wanted, and he had to work for it. And so it was with a determined look in his eyes that Harry walked into Naruto's room to speak to him for the first time in two weeks.

As Harry entered, Naruto was putting down a piece of paper. Harry came straight in and sat on the bed. Naruto turned to look at him. He was looking at him calmly. Naruto reach for his wand and slid it into his sleeve all the while watching Harry's eyes as they followed the action.

"So the rumors are true? You were a deatheater then?" Harry asked, though there was really little need to.

"I was," came Naruto's simple answer.

"I knew as soon as I saw you stand behind Malfoy. Of course you are smaller than Lucius, but you stood in the same way, ready to protect. You even had Voldemort on the back step when he had a go at Lucius, come to think about it," Harry thought out loud. There were a myriad of emotions going though him, hate being the strongest at the moment, mostly because he could now tell his memory had been changed: he could now see Naruto stand behind Lucius, now remember that Lucius and Naruto were there from the very beginning, and most of all he could see that black and red wand, Naruto's wand as it... as it... "You kill Cedric, didn't you?"

Another useless question.

"Yes I did," answered Naruto, as calm as before.

"Don't you have any remorse?" snapped Harry, he was annoyed at the lack of care Naruto showed toward other humans.

"What good would remorse do me? It won't change anything and it won't right my wrong. When I came to the realization that the war I was fighting may not be as Lucius told me it was, the only remorse I showed was over my own stupidity. I have done too much to repair the damage I caused." replied Naruto, somewhat snippy. . "Do you think Cedric was the only one I killed? When Lucius found me I showed him just how fast I can run, just how well I can hide, my hand to hand ability, and he put them to good use: to get him information. And when I had to kill someone to get away, he found a new way to use me. I have killed over 400 muggle-born wizards in the last 4 years, Harry. Cedric should be the least regret. He at least had a chance of fighting back."

Harry succumbed under Naruto's eye and Naruto smirked. "Why would you do that, kill just because you were told to?"

Naruto's smirk widened and he gave a small, cynical laugh, "That's my job Harry, my life. How do you think I am to protect you, Harry? Run off with you on my back or maybe stand in the way of every shot? No, I will protect you by killing anyone who comes to harm you. My job's the same, it just happens to be on the other side. It'ssame as it was back home, too."

"I can't believe you're that type of person. Or maybe, I just don't want to." Harry then asked reluctantly. "What do we do now?"

"We live. Look after my friends, go back home, and everything will better. Just leave it as good friends till then, and I'm sure you will need some time anyway. Think about it, Harry. Could you live with someone who would kill, someone who has tried to kill your friends? Go on Harry, think about it until my friends leave, then we'll talk again."

"You don't seem too happy with your friends coming. Shouldn't you be delight to spend Christmas with them? Did you have a falling out or something?" Harry noticed curiously.

"No, I just don't want them to know what I've done over the last 6 years, though it hasn't be that long for them. The barrier fucks with time. Killing is fine by them, they can live with me killing though I never did before I left, but, well... killing an armed enemy is not the same as murdering a child as they slept." The fact that Naruto calmly admitted this with a resigned smile was what scared Harry the most, but that was how it was back to being friends.

But Harry currently had his own problems. His nightmares were getting worse, and he had a feeling that they meant something.

The next day, Harry sat with Ron and Hermione watching two blonds walking around the large lake. Lucius had found his way to Hogwarts, and now he was walking around leisurely with Naruto standing at his shoulder a step behind.

"You left me at a bad time, Naruto," Lucius said, turning to the young blond.

"Maybe you shouldn't have lied. You must know that your time with the Dark Lord is short and getting shorter. Maybe it's time to jump ship before you're in complete disgrace," said the stony faced Naruto.

"Perhaps, but better to be the lowest of the winner then the height of the losers," sneered Lucius.

"You think the Dark Lord will beat me? Well, even if he could. remember you only know half of what I can do and there's a village as big as London full of people like me. We have are allies, as well. We are a war-like people, Lucius. Think about the side that you want to be on," Naruto turned to leave but was stop by a hand on his shoulder.

"You will look after my son, no matter what happens, correct?"

"Always."

The next week was full of the chaos of the coming season. Hagrid came in late in the day and it was only the golden trio who seemed to notice him and, of course, the ever watchful Umbridge. Hagrid told the three of his tales with the giants and in return they told him of the what went on in Hogwarts.

"Naruto, ye say," Hagrid mused, as he sat looking at the three "Nas'y bit of work that one, been to one of his raids, an' it wasn't pretty. Don't get too close."

"Do you think we shouldn't trust him?" Hermione questioned.

"I trust Dumbledore, an' if he says Naruto's on ar' side now, then he is, but you can't do the stuff he 'as and come out right in the 'ead, if you know whut I mean."

"You think he's mad? Don't be stupid, he seems perfectly sane to me," said a moody Harry.

"No, he said it 'imself. 'After all who can play around with the dark arts and expect to keep their sanity.'" Hermione reminded her friends.
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The second arrival was of course a much bigger deal. It was announced at the beginning of the week, so their arrival wouldn't be a surprise. It was, of course, Naruto's friends and their entry was anything but quiet. It was made into a big deal, due to Dumbledore announcing a feast to be held on that upcoming Friday.

On Friday, the great hall lived up to its name. The house banners were huge and in their full glory, the candles were bight, and the sky was slowly darkening with little white wisps of clouds flowing across the open plane. The student sat at their tables, waiting eagerly for the big event. It was Naruto who took the spotlight in his full cloak, sword sticking out over his left shoulder. His hair was tied back into a plait which ended in a kunai knife. His face was odd, or at least for Harry his face was odd, but he supposed it was how it should have been. His lips were a pinked red unlike their normal black, his fang were gone and his pupils were round. He stood right behind Dumbledore, with his fox mask hanging from his hip.

It wasn't long until the doors were opened to reveal a young looking woman with blonde hair in pig-tales, a small purple diamond on her forehead. She was follow by 13 people, three of which were adults and the rest seemed to be teens. Naruto was more excited then Harry had ever see him; he bounced up to the group shouting.

"Baa-chan!" he said as he got a foot away, and there was a loud crack as the first lady's fist came down on Naruto's head, and his head went though the floor as his body left a crater around it. There was an up roar as many students stood up in shock looking at the blond body. But if the lady noticed, she didn't pay any attention as she continued her walk literally over Naruto.

"You haven't earned the right to call me that again," she said coldly. She left it to the man and woman directly behind her to pick him up. The man seemed to be smiling, but it was hard to tell since his face was almost completely covered by a mask reaching over the bottom half of his face and a headband covering up his left eye. His silver hair stood up seemly on it own. The woman on the other hand was showing more flash then she covered, wearing a pear of short shorts and a fishnet body suit. The only thing that stopped her boobs from being on full show was a leather trench coat that reached ¾ of her thighs.

"What have you done to upset her?" asked the man.

"Too much," Naruto replied, but once he was up, he was right behind the first lady dusting himself off as she stopped infront of Dumbledore.

"Thank you for inviting us to stay in your most delightful school for the duration of the talks, Dumbledore," she said looking up at the teacher table. Dumbledore, at this point, had walked around the table to meet the lady.

"The honor is all mine, Lady Tsunade. Please come with me. I saved a seat next to my own." Naruto led the four adults of the group to the four empty seats, two on each side of Dumbledore's chair and pulled a chair out for lady Tsunade.

Tsunade stood in front of the chair facing Naruto. "I thought I said not to hide your shame and failure, Naruto."

"What?" asked Naruto as her hand came up, and her palm met his forehead with a harsh snap of skin striking skin.

"Kai" she exclaimed, and there was a puff of smoke. The smoke cleared to leave Naruto standing there, with his fists clenched and his jaw shook. His lips were back to black, his eyes were once again silted, his long, furry fox like ears twitching, and there was a long furry red and black fox tail sticking up along his back. "Much better," she said and Naruto helped her into her seat, eyes still filled with anger.

"Now go have fun with your friend, brat," she said as she leaned forward joining her hands and resting her elbows on the table.

Naruto's body went limp and his tail fell between his legs. "As you wish Hokage-sama," Naruto answered, and went to stand with his friends. Dumbledore explained that the four adult were here to talk with the Ministry of Magic and the others were here to spend time with Naruto. They were also going to spend the time learning of the wizard culture and teaching the students about their own.

"Right," said Naruto as he glared at his friends, "Not a word. I will tell you later. There's a lot to explain, and Dumbledore reckons it be best for you to wander around a little and speak to different people. Heads up, the green and silver are Slytherin, if you want to find an enemy here that's where you find them. Next is Ravenclaw: smart people. They will jump at the chance to learn from you and to teach you everything you could need to know. Then there's Hufflepuff, nervous but friendly. They'd be the one's hesitating at first but once one is your friend you have a friend for life. And last is Gryffindor, the red and gold, and their the house of those who are loyal. They'll also jump at the chance to meet you, if just to prevent you from talking to Slytherin. I say table one" he continued, nodding at the Slytherin table, "is like Sasuke, the second is like Shikamaru, only not as lazy, the third is like Hinata and the forth is like an entire house of mini Narutos and Kibas, if you catch my drift.," he finished, looking at his friends, "Right! I'll be over by my charge if you need me."

With that, Naruto turned and left for Harry.

thanks all, and any beta readers are welcome!