Magic Shadows

Chapter 13

"So, Naruto spent the remainder of the period staring at Sasuke. Mmmm... Sasuke..."

It was early in the morning, several hours before sunrise. Sasuke and Naruto were meeting in the common room. They were sitting on the couch, sitting closely together. Naruto thought of it as cuddling. Sasuke didn't. Uchihas didn't cuddle.

"I patrolled the castle last night," said Naruto. "I even went into the Forbidden Forest. It's perfect for our spars, teme," she concluded grinning in anticipation.

"We can spar later tonight, dobe. I stayed with Potter. He and one of his roommates had a disagreement," Sasuke said.

"It won't be a problem, will it?"

"No. It was just an argument."

"Good. During the daytime, I will be sending out henged kage bunshin to monitor the school. Also, be on the look out for Stag. He is supposed to be dropping by sometime soon to pick up a mission report and his orders. I have already informed Dumbledore."

"Hn."

Naruto shifted into a more upright position. She reached into the pouch on her hip beneath her robes, and pulled out a storage scroll. She rolled it open partially and channeled chakra into one to the seals. Another scroll, slightly larger, poofed out. Naruto unrolled the scroll and began reading it.

Sasuke glanced at the scroll. "Isn't that the scroll Jiraiya gave you?" he asked.

Naruto grinned. "Yeah, it is. Ero-sennin has decided to give be something more advanced."

"Ninjutsu?"

At this Naruto's grin widened. "No. Fuuinjutsu."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow sceptically. "Fuuinjutsu? I thought that you have been learning Fuuinjutsu from Jiraiya for only a year?"

"Apparently, when it comes to Fuuinjutsu, i'm some sort of genius."

"Genius? Dobe."

"Teme! Its true. Look at the scroll he just gave me. Ero-sennin wouldn't give this to me if he though I wasn't ready."

Sasuke looked at the inside of the scroll she was reading. His eyes widened slightly as be deciphered the small, neat writing inside. "Is that-?"

"Yes, teme. It is." A smirk spread across Naruto's face and she went back to reading.

It was breakfast time and the schedules for classes were being handed out. Unsurprisingly, Naruto and Sasuke's schedules matched that of Harry's. Obviously Dumbledore had arranged it so that keeping a close eye on Harry wouldn't be too difficult. The fifth year Gryffindors departed for their first class: History of Magic.

History of Magic was the most boring class ever. My no means was Naruto stupid. She was smart enough to become ANBU Commander! But when it came to the boring and uninteresting, she could take it. So, within 15 minutes of the beginning of History of Magic, she was already no longer paying attention to the lesson. It wasn't like she need to pay attention anyways. She could just have her kage bunshin read the history textbook until they learned it all. There were much more entertaining things that she could do anyways. For example, she could watch Harry and Ron play hangman. Or stare at Sasuke. The bastard was, of course, paying perfect attention to the lecture. But, that still didn't deter her from the fact that he was hot. So, Naruto spent the remainder of the period staring at Sasuke. Mmmm... Sasuke...

During the break between classes, Sasuke pulled her aside into an empty classroom. "Do you know how hard it is to concentrate when your staring at me like that, dobe?" he breathed in her ear.

Naruto looked upwards into his eyes. "I'm sure I have some idea, teme," she said smirking.

Sasuke's lips crashed down onto hers. It had been a couple of days since they had been able to relax and enjoy each others company. And now that they slept in gender specific rooms and... well... it just got a whole lot more difficult to spend time together.

Naruto swipped her tongue along Sasuke's bottom lip and bit down softly, asking for entrance. Sasuke moaned slightly and opened his mouth and Naruto took the opportunity to taste the inside of his mouth. Sasuke pushed back, beginning to dominate the kiss and Naruto moaned into his lips.

Suddenly, the bell ringed, signaling for the students to get to their next class. They broke apart reluctantly and exited, heading for their next class, hand in hand.

Now they were in Potions. It was obvious to both Sasuke and Naruto, that Snape hated Harry, and Harry hated Snape. Snape constantly belittled various Gryffindors for their Potions, and specifically targeted Harry.

Thankfully, when it came to potion making, Naruto did fairly well. She was the best, having no prior experience, but she did well enough were her mistakes went unnoticed. Sasuke, on the other hand, was perfect. And, he wasn't even using his sharingan. She had checked!

There was no other way to put but here it goes: Divination was a joke. Complete and utter joke. Sasuke was twitched in annoyance practically the whole class period. He had the insane urge to strangle Trelawney.

It didn't help with the state that Naruto was in. As soon as she had entered the room, she had nearly passed out from the scent of the fumes. She went through the rest of the class trying to remain conscious and alert. If it weren't for the severity of the situation, Sasuke would have smirked at the funny faces she was making at the perfumes in the room.

They were assigned to relate their dreams to each other. Ron and Harry were goofing off as usual. Sasuke, however noticed Trelawney approaching.

Sasuke nudged Naruto. "Dobe. Tell me a dream."

Naruto stirred slighty out of her stupor. "Well there was this one dream I had," she said, a slightly perverted look spreading across her face. "We were in you room and we were-"

"Use a different dream, dobe. The teacher is coming."

Naruto pouted slightly. "Fine, teme. Let's see... the other night I had this dream were I was in the toad summons world and then..." Sasuke tuned out Naruto's chaotic dream about toads, ramen, and orange paint. He didn't want to know what went on in the blonde Jinchuuriki's mind.

After Divination they departed for their next class: Defense Against the Dark Arts. And boy, was it hell.