Chapter 11: Fine lines between friend and foe
A few days had passed since the pink toad professor called Umbridge had been pranked so bad she actually decided to hide out in her bed chambers a few days attempting to revert the effects of the complicated curses placed on her, and because of her refusal to leave her bed chambers her class had been left up to one very sexy red head to teach, not that Kurama was complaining, he couldn't stand the pink covered banshee any how that's why he helped slip a very tricky potion in Umbridge's tea just before he left per her request yesterday which resulted in her little transformation, she couldn't even scream at Dumbledore to find the culprit because now every time she attempted to speak, combinations of animal sounds left her mouth in a disturbing flurry of clashed sounds that didn't sound remotely human. So the past few days ended and Naruto walked by herself to the Slytherin hidden dorm under the lake in the dungeon, she had many things to consider, one being the main problem in this dimension of Voldermort and his horde of dimwitted minions and how to simply get to where he is hiding and take him out. She walked with a thoughtful look on her face, her body on autopilot and as she turned the corner to the secret guarded entrance to her dorm a platinum blond in a hurry would have nearly took her out if not for the fact that Naruto was basically ten times stronger than the normal human so as the teen ran right into her, she didn't budge but he went flying. The teenager would have been on the ground if Naruto hadn't reacted on instinct and caught the person by the wrist, holding him up from the ground. Naruto quickly glanced down and saw who she had caught happened to be Draco Malfoy. She remembered the boy clearly from the shop and the promise she made to him, so she decided to take advantage of the fact she literally caught him by himself for once. He looked flustered at the fact that he was just caught by a girl but Naruto could care less about that, she pulled him up with a sly smile that seemed to make the boy turn bright red and have a spike of attraction and fear run up his spine.
"Hi, Draco right? My name is Naruto, I don't believe we have met yet." She said kindly making the boy look at her in confusion because he found her voice familiar and very calming like rain.
"uh.." He started his sentence dumbly but quickly corrected himself and stood straight realizing she was smidge smaller then him. "Yes I am Draco Malfoy, heir to the pureblood Malfoy family." He said puffing out his chest in pride.
"I see. Actually I wanted to speak to you in private for a while but I never seem to get a chance, you're normally never alone." She said not realizing the teen now had many embarrassing thoughts running through his head at what she just said.
"S-sure. I have a spot I go to when I need to be alone. We can go there so no one interrupts us." Naruto nodded and let him lead the way, which happened to be a hidden garden just on the outskirts of the school that obviously was magically protected because Naruto didn't even know it was there until they passed through the barrier that only Draco could see through, because it just looked like a random broken down garden wall to her.
Entering the barrier the garden inside was beautiful, full of all kinds of flora, trees and even small magical creatures. Draco had been quiet on the walk there, and from the way she saw him start to tense Naruto figured that Draco may have just figured out why her voice was so familiar. She came up behind him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, he turned around with mixed feelings passing his face, but surprisingly he didn't run away he just stood there stiff as a board ready to fight or flight at any moment it seemed.
"You seemed to have come to understand where you've heard my voice before." She stated clearly.
He nodded his head, understandably confused, "You said you can help me, but why are you here and why would you help me, there's nothing you can help with, your just a teen like myself." He started spouting out a monologue but Naruto put up a hand to silence him.
"For one this Draco I'm not stupid your family has a long line of supporting Voldermort," She saw Draco flinch at the name and she squeezed her hand tighter on his shoulder, "and that day at the shop, I saw a boy in lots of pain. So much pain that I know for a fact you don't like the thought of one day serving him unlike some of your friends in your group. That may be why I never see you without them, they are to keep an eye on you, to make sure you're not slipping in your resolve of being basically a slave to your so called "master". That day at the shop I took that book you guys were getting." Draco's head snapped up, shock evident in his eyes. "Did you know what the book contained?" Draco shook his head, all he knew was that when he had gotten home whatever spell had been cast on them had worn off and the book that was supposed to be so important to the war had been replaced with a blank book causing his father to go ballistic and worry about telling his precious "master" that he somehow had lost a weapon they were going to use, Draco however was shocked that this girl, only a year senior was able to trick not only him but his father and steal something right under their noses. "That book was full of demonic type monsters from Tartarus. Creatures from your worst nightmares." Draco wasn't too shocked at this information though honestly, Voldermort was a sick person and would do anything to get his way even use demons from the pits of hell to destroy his enemy's. "Your father allegiance is obviously with Voldermort, someone who wouldn't hesitate to kill you in a second. Do you really wish for someone like that to win this war and rule over this world? Do you really wish to have a life in this world where is so bleak? So here's the question, do you really want to serve someone like that or would you vanquish him and have a life to look forward?" Draco was once again shocked that he was given the choice instead of being told what he was going to do no questions asked. Draco looked down in thought, so many thoughts and worries running through his head, like what his family would feel, if this truly wanted or how the world truly would be with Voldermort in control. Should he choose the evil he knew or the one he had no clue about. He looked at Naruto who smile at him, he felt no malice or evil intent in her being. He felt safe and calm around her and before his mind could process what he had said, the answer slipped out of his mouth.
"I choose to stand with you."
Naruto smirked, "Good because we have a lot of work to do then."
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Hello everyone. It has been a while and I've been very busy, so I apologize for the lateness. The winner of the pole was a tie between an updated picture of Harry and more artwork of Naruto. So once I have time this next month I will have those pictures posted and up for everyone to see and enjoy. I'm still debating the ending to this story and I think I have chosen, it may make people either very happy with me or very mad lol.
