Plot Bunnies For Free To Good Home

by Pleasedial123

This is my collection of old and new stories, half I can't stand they're so bad and half I like. They're all abandoned and I won't be working any longer on them. Free to Good Home. Naruto, Inuyasha, Harry Potter, Crossovers.

25. Hoggy Hogwarts NarutoXHP

5 YEARS OLD

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Author's POV:

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke all stood in front of Tsunade's desk. They all wore their ANBU masks and stood straight in their uniforms. Their heads were covered by their black hoods. They stood patiently, even Naruto. Tsunade looked over her three best ANBU. Sasuke had returned a couple years back and team seven had been reunited. Then as if waiting for Sasuke they all shot to chunnin, then Jonin, then ANBU in record time. They were now Tsunade's most trusted team and were very good together. They had also replaced Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraya as the Sannin, once the three had handed their titles on. They were Konoha's most well know and strongest team. Tsunade shook the thoughts off and looked at each of their masked faces.

"I have a mission for you."

"YES!" Naruto yelled pumping his arms into the air.

Tsunade sighed. Naruto had gained some patience but was still loud and obnoxious. A sigh also came from Sakura.

"Shut up Naruto." She hissed.

Naruto calmed….slightly.

"Now this mission is very important. The person who asked for my assistance is an old friend to. I hope you will do your best." Tsunade said calmly.

There was silence a minute.

"What is the mission?" Sakura asked.

"You will be protecting a school called Hogwarts. Also you will protect a boy named Harry Potter. You will act as students in the school though."

"So it's an infiltration mission?" Sasuke asked.

"Correct. But you will have some help."

The three perked up.

"First you will also have Hinata on you team."

The three gave nods.

"And you will have Itachi, Sasori, and Deidara of Akatsuki to help you."

There was silence. It was true that three years ago Konoha and Akatsuki had made a truce and were now neutral with one another and even helped one another out in certain circumstances. The agreement had been neither would attack the other and Sakura had healed Itachi's eyes while the Akatsuki had given up on the Kyuubi. It had saved Konoha a lot of time, trouble, and ninja. It had worked out for the best. Sometimes the two groups would gang up together too and would even go to the other if they needed help like the Akatsuki would come to Sakura and Tsunade for medical help while Konoha would go to them if they were against a powerful enemy. But even though they had an agreement they were still uneasy around one another.

Sasuke and Itachi? They had worked things out a bit. Sasuke had given up revenge knowing it was a bit pointless and wasn't what he wanted to live for. Itachi had never been out to kill Sasuke anyways. If he had been Sasuke would have died long ago. They still held dislike for one another but it rarely showed when they very rarely met. It had saved everyone a lot of headaches. Tsunade, Sakura, and Naruto had all congratulated Sasuke on his wise choice of giving up revenge and it seemed to have helped him stick to the idea. But that aside…

"Three Akatsuki members?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes."

More silence.

"How long is the mission?" Sakura asked.

"Up to a year."

The three shrugged. As top class ANBU they were used to long missions.

"So we go to this school, act as students, protect the school and Harry Potter, and…." Sakura said waiting.

Tsunade sighed. Her former student knew her well enough to know she was hiding something.

"There is an evil powerful mastermind. He is trying to take over the country and the school is at the top of his list of places to destroy and Harry Potter as at the top of his list on who to kill. The man is powerful, evil, cunning, and a snake lover. Sound familiar?"

The three winced behind their masks. Sounded like Orochimaru.

"So we kill him too?" Naruto asked.

"Yes." Tsunade nodded.

"Let me guess… Orochimaru teamed up with him?" Sasuke asked.

Tsunade blinked.

"How did you know?"

"I didn't. It was just a wild guess." The boy shrugged.

Tsunade let a chuckle escape.

"Well yes. Orochimaru joined forces with him. That is why Akatsuki is going with you. They have a grudge against him and wish to deal with him."

"Only if they get to him before I do." Sasuke said.

Tsunade nodded. She knew Sasuke would love to rip Orochimaru's throat out. When Sasuke had returned he had been badly hurt and shaken. Tsunade had seen the scars Orochimaru had given him both mental and physical. It seemed Sasuke had fought his way out after Orochimaru had tried to take his body.

"Now you should know that Hogwarts isn't an ordinary school and Harry potter isn't an ordinary boy." Tsunade said.

The three looked up at her.

"Hogwarts is a school for witches and wizards and Harry Potter is a wizard."

There was an eerie silence.

"You're joking?" Naruto asked uncertainly.

"No. In England the place you will be going, there are no ninja but wizards and witches."

There was more silence.

"England?" Sakura asked. "That far away?"

"Yes."

They all sighed inaudibly.

"Well I have already informed Hinata of the mission. She is already packing."

They all gave curt nods.

"Now go and pack. I want you back in ten minutes."

The three gave nods and before you could blink they were out the window.

.-.

The three Akatsuki members stepped into the office. They had their packs on and their cloaks tucked away. Inside the office the Hokage sat behind the desk. In front of Tsunade, stood four ANBU. The three looked over the four as the four looked the three over. There was a moment of uncomfortable silence. The air pretty much cackled with wariness. Then Tsunade cleared her throat.

"Now as you know you must keep your identity a secret. Don't let any info slip either. Now the one who hired you is the headmaster of Hogwarts. His name is Albus Dumbledore. You will be traveling by something called a portkey. Don't ask what it is since I have very little knowledge on it." She sighed. "Oh and here."

She tossed three bundles to the Akatsuki who grabbed them. They were black cloaks and blank ANBU masks. They quickly put them on, hiding their looks and identities. Then Tsunade pulled out a kunai. They all looked at it a moment.

"Gather around and make sure everyone is touching it."

The group looked at her oddly but slowly stepped forwards and stepped around it holding onto it. You could feel the unease radiating off of everyone being so close to their former enemies. Tsunade looked up at the clock.

"Ten seconds. Now good luck. Stay safe and finish the mission. I'll see you later."

She smirked and waved. They blinked, before suddenly it felt like something had grabbed their naval and was pulling on them. Some let out gasps as they seemed to almost fall. They all held onto their partners and the kunai more tightly.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Naruto and Deidara chorused.

"We must almost be there." Sakura said.

Before she had even finished the sentence they were falling into a room. Being ninja they all landed gracefully on their feet, except Deidara and Naruto who decided to be different and land on their faces. They looked around at their surroundings and found themselves in a large office. The place had shelves and such filled with objects. They starred at all the paintings on the walls too.

"They're moving!" Naruto squeaked.

"We can see that." Sakura muttered.

They looked around and saw an old man with sparkling eyes and a long white beard. He wore some weird clothes. Sitting at a desk with him was a stern looking woman wearing a green dress and a tight brown bun. The two were watching the seven ninja. The old man smiled kindly and seemed happy to see them. The stern woman looked suspicious.

"Ah, you are the ninja sent by Tsunade?" The old man asked.

"Hai. And you would be Dumbledore?" Sakura asked.

The man nodded. The ninja all bowed.

"We are at your service." They chorused.

"There now, no need to bow." The man smiled.

The ninja slowly straightened and waited.

"So was your journey nice?" He asked.

"Horrible." Naruto mumbled.

"It was fine." Sakura interrupted the blonde.

The man just chuckled.

"Well this is Minerva McGonagall the transfiguration professor."

The ninja bowed.

"May we get you names?" Dumbledore asked.

"I'm Sakura Haruno. This is Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuuga, Sasori Akasuna, Itachi Uchiha, and…um… Deidara."

The old man smiled and nodded to them.

"Why do you wear masks?" McGonagall asked.

"They are a sign of status and respect in our village." Sasuke answered.

"Would you mind taking them off?" Dumbledore asked.

The ninja glanced at one another. Then all slowly undid their mask and tucked them away. McGonagall just gaped.

"You can't be the guards! The four of you barely look older then our last years students!' the stern woman gasped.

"Hai, we are young but skilled." Sakura said. "Besides, I believe Sasori is close to fifty and Itachi is more around twenty."

The two nodded.

"But…" The woman started.

"Now Minerva they are ninja and Tsunade did say she would send her best." Dumbledore smiled.

"She did. Sasuke, Naruto, and I are the best in our village. We have been trained since six to be ninja and killers. Hinata is one of the best healers and a clan head, and these three are some of the best in the country. We will get your job done and we will protect this school." Sakura bowed her head.

There was a bit of silence.

"Well that's out of the way. Now, you will have to blend in with the students as exchange students. But I think first you will all need to know a bit about the school and magic." Dumbledore said.

All the ninja nodded.

"Well let's go down to the library." He smiled.

Naruto and Deidara started to groan but quick jabs from their partner's elbows shut them up. They followed the headmaster to his door leaving the other two teachers sitting. When they reached the door they were led down a long spiral staircase. As they all stepped from the stairs into a large hall they were surprised to see a stone gargoyle replace the stairs. They starred a moment then started to follow Dumbledore while starring openly at everything. Finally they slipped into a large room. It had shelves upon shelves of books.

"I suggest you try to read as much as possible. Most books will help you immensely. Now I must be going, I have a school year to plan." The old man smiled kindly.

The ninja bowed again and were left in the large empty room. They all set their bags and masks down on one of the tables and all spilt up to grab the books they would need. Deidara and Naruto complained a lot but the others ignored them. They all met back at the tables each with a stack of books. The two Uchiha's flickered on their sharingan and smirked.

"THAT'S CHEATING!" Naruto and Deidara yelled pointing fingers at them.

Sakura shook her head. The two blondes were too similar for her taste. Then Sakura did something that shocked them all. She put her hands together in a hand sign and suddenly her green eyes bled red; the sharingan. Everyone starred at her gapping.

"How do you have the sharingan?" Sasuke asked in disbelief.

"Kekkai Genkai." She smirked.

"You're an Uchiha?" Itachi asked.

"No. But I have the ability to copy another's kekkai genkai. If I see it once I can usually copy it."

"Why didn't you show us sooner?" Sasuke frowned.

"The Haruno clan's kekkai genkai is quite secret. Also we don't gain the ability till we turn eighteen. I turned eighteen a month ago." Sakura said.

Everyone continued to stare at her eyes a moment longer. Then they slowly grabbed the books and drifted off to sit alone and read. The three with their sharingans absorbed the books remembering almost everything. They got through most of the books they needed. Sasori also got through quite a few with Hinata, but Naruto and Deidara barely got through any. They lost track of time after a while but none cared. Finally they were interrupted by footsteps. They looked up as Dumbledore stepped in to the library again.

"Well it's already after dinner so I think I should get you guys to the place you will be staying."

Everyone nodded and grabbed their bags. And with Dumbledore's permission they each grabbed some books to take a long.

"Now the school year doesn't start for three days."

They all blinked.

"You will be staying at the leaky cauldron. It's an inn and a pub owned by a man named Tom. You will have to get you school supplies at diagon ally too. You will stay at the inn for three night and get your things, practice your magic, and such. Then exactly a week from today you need to catch the Hogwarts express at platform 9 ¾ at kings cross. The train leaves at exactly eleven, so I suggest you don't be late. You will ride the train with the other students. Then you will be sorted into your houses with the first years. Any questions?"

None had any. Dumbledore pulled out some letters and a key from his robes.

"These are you supply lists. And this is the key to your account in Gringots bank. That is where you will get your money for the supplies."

Sakura took the key and the letters handing each one out. Then they all faced Dumbledore again. He pulled out a kettle from his robes.

"Well off to the leaky cauldron then. Oh and a friend of mine will check up on you in a couple days. His name is Remus Lupin. He knows who you are and I trust him."

They all nodded and took the kettle. Dumbledore smiled and within ten seconds the seven ninja were being whisked away. When they fell all of them landed on their feet this time. They looked around to find themselves in a bar. All the inhabitants were staring at them. Then a man walked up to them.

"That was good. Many people whisk in like that but none have ever landed on their feet." He chuckled.

"Are you Tom?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. And are you the exchange students Dumbledore said would be coming?"

They all nodded.

"Well come on then. I'll show you to year rooms."

They all followed the man up a flight of wooden stairs. As they reached the top the man pointed to four rooms. He handed them the keys.

"Come down in a while and I'll get you some thing to eat if you want."

The seven thanked him and he disappeared back down the stairs. The seven looked at one another then the four keys in Sakura's hands. Then they all looked up at Sakura waiting for her. It seemed she had been deemed the leader of sorts. She sighed. She thought a moment. Then she tossed a key to Sasuke.

"Sasuke and Naruto in room ten."

The two nodded and stepped into the room. Sakura looked over the others again.

"Hinata and Sasori in room twelve."

Hinata gulped.

"Keep an eye on him." Sakura whispered as she grabbed the key.

Hinata understood and followed the red head to room twelve.

"Deidara it seems you get your own room."

Deidara grinned like mad and grabbed the key shooting off to his room. Sakura looked at Itachi.

"That leaves you and me in thirteen." Sakura clicked her tongue.

Itachi smirked in amusement.

"You did that to keep an eye on us." He said.

"Of course."

"Then why let Deidara stay alone while sticking your two team-mates together? Shouldn't you keep an eye on him?"

"Naruto is not fit to watch him, he's too trusting. And Sasuke would end up trying to kill him. Besides I don't think it's best to leave Naruto unsupervised while in a brand new place either, he'll want to explore and he's too curious for his own good. But if he's with your brother he'll be safe because Sasuke won't let him do anything. And I doubt the blonde will do anything without the red head. They seem close."

Itachi let out a soft snort of amusement. Sakura and him walked to room thirteen and stepped in. The room was a good size with two double beds on either side of the room. There was also a small bathroom attached. A mirror was on one wall with a dresser beside it. There were also two small nightstands, one beside each bed, each with a small clock on them. The room was a mixture of greens and blacks. Sakura set her stuff down on her bed and then glanced at the clock. It said it was close to seven thirty. Sakura decided to go get something to eat. She was still wearing her ANBU gear though.

She grabbed some regular clothes and stepped into the bathroom. She quickly changed into a pair of black cargo pants and a black t-shirt that had a swirl like on Naruto's outfit but it was a mixture of blacks, silvers, greys, and whites. It looked like someone had dumped paint into a bowl and stirred it half heartedly. It was Sakura's clan's symbol. It symbolized that she had a mixture of techniques and her blood line could copy other blood lines. They called Kakahsi the copy ninja because he could copy jutsus with his sharingan but the Haruno clan had long before that been named the copy cats of the ninja world. Sakura smirked and stepped back into the room. Itachi looked up at her then stood from where he was sitting on his bed. The two headed out the door and down the stairs. As they reached the dinning room they found Tom. He took their orders and walked off. Sakura and Itachi sat across from one another.

"So how come you are in charge?" He asked.

Sakura raised a brow.

"Your team-mates decided in a split second you would take care of the rooms and lists and such. And when we were talking to Tsunade earlier she said you would be the captain of this mission." He said.

Sakura smirked.

"I have been studying under the Godaime for years. I didn't just learn medic stuff and inhuman strength. I learned political stuff and I've gone on quite a few diplomatic missions. Bedside's I'm the best in our team at making quick decisions, smart decisions, and plans. In our team I'm the medic, the planner, and the diplomat, and Sasuke and Naruto are the strength and fighters."

"So you're saying you don't fight as much and are weaker?"

Sakura sent him a nasty scowl.

"I can beat both of the two at the same time if I wanted. I'm just the rational thinker while those two like to jump right in and 'protect' me."

Itachi just smirked. A few minutes of silence later Tom returned and handed them two trays. They included chicken soup, a bun, and some tea. The two thanked him and started to eat. The others joined them after a while and soon enough they were all eating and talking softly. After they finished they all retired to their rooms. Sakura immediately pulled out her books and flicked her sharingan on.

"How long can you keep that on?" Itachi asked from his bed.

"I can use it for at least twelve hours, but then I have to leave it off for twelve hours." She said.

He nodded. Then he to flicked his on and grabbed his own books. They sat in silence and took in book after book. After a couple hours Sakura yawned and snapped her book closed. She set it on her nightstand and just flopped back not even bothering to pull the covers up on the warm night. Itachi could see she was asleep in minutes, though it was a light sleep. He watched her a minute then also snapped his book shut. He set it on the table and sat on his bed. He looked at the woman and scowled softly.

The Konoha ninja didn't know but the Akatsuki had a second mission to complete while doing the first. They were to try and gain Haruno Sakura's trust and get her to join Akatsuki. They couldn't force her because that would break their deal with Konoha and they liked and needed the agreement with Konoha. They were one group of nine people against most of the shinobi villages. So they needed every ally they could get. But getting Sakura to join was going to be a bit tricky. Itachi had run into her a couple of time sand she had healed his eyes so he knew a bit about her. She was quite loyal to Sasuke and Naruto; there was no doubt about that. But she was also loyal to her village and most people didn't change their loyalties in a couple of months. He scowled again. This was going to be tricky. He shook the thoughts off though and also laid down on the covers of his bed.

.-.

Itachi rolled over and starred up at the ceiling a minute remembering where he was. He rubbed his eyes slightly and sat up. His clock said it was eight o'clock. He stretched and looked to Sakura's bed. He was surprised to see it empty. Then he noticed the bathroom door was shut. He shrugged and stood up. He grabbed his brush and quickly straightened his hair. He wasn't vain but he did like his long hair and he liked it to look nice. Appearance meant a lot to others. He stepped in front of the mirror. He scowled softly and brushed the wrinkles from his clothes.

"You look quite handsome dear don't worry. Actually you are probably the best looking guy to stay here."

Itachi jumped slightly at the voice. Then he realized it had come from the mirror. He starred at it a moment. He shook his head. He had seen paintings move, moved great distances by grabbing a kettle, and read all about wizardry; a talking mirror wasn't that big of a thing it had just caught him slightly off guard. He walked back to his bed and straightened it slightly. Then he put some kunai and shuriken in his black cargo pants. He also quickly changed his fishnet shirt he had been wearing with a black t-shirt. After he had finished the door to the bathroom opened. Sakura stepped out looking the same as yesterday but Itachi could see her hair was slightly damp indicating she had a shower. She walked to her bed and dropped her weapon pouches on it. He guessed she already had some weapons hidden on her. Then she looked over to him.

"Well I'm going to go get something to eat. Going to come?" She asked.

He nodded and they walked out of the door. They stepped lightly down the stairs and back into the dinning room. They didn't see Tom but there was a cook up. He gave them their orders and they found a table. There were only two other people up besides them. Itachi and Sakura ate in silence not that either minded though. As they finished their meal Sasuke came down the stairs. He looked at them and walked over to join them. Behind him was Naruto who looked asleep on his feet. They sat down and also ordered breakfast. As they started to eat Hinata stepped into the room. She hurried over and sat beside Sakura. Sasori came down two seconds later dragging a sleepy looking Deidara. They all started to eat except for Sakura and Itachi who had finished.

"We'll go to this Diagon ally to get our things at nine." Sakura said.

Everyone gave nods. They stayed sitting and finished eating though. Then five minutes before it was time to go everyone rushed upstairs and grabbed their supply lists while Sakura found Tom. The others lined up and waited while Sakura chatted with Tom a moment. Then he led them outside to a small courtyard. He walked up to the brick wall and tapped it three times. The ninja starred as the bricks started to move and rearranged to make an arch way that led into a bustling street.

"Welcome to Diagon ally." Tom grinned.

The ninja slowly entered the street. They looked around as the bricks closed behind them. The whole place was crammed with stores and quite busy to.

"Wow." Naruto breathed.

"Yes it is amazing. Now we have to go to the bank first." Sakura said.

They all looked at her as she pulled out a small slip of paper. They could see it was a map.

"When did you get that, un?" Deidara asked.

"It was in my letter with my list." She mumbled looking it over.

She set off at an even pace everyone else following her. They walked through the crowds for about ten minutes before they reached a large building. They all walked in and stopped starring. All the tellers were some sort of small creature.

"Goblins." Sakura said.

She had read a book on it last night. They starred as she walked up to a teller and talked with him. He pointed her to another goblin.

"Stay here." She commanded before following the goblin to a cart.

The two stepped in and whooshed away. The group just stood waiting.

As the cart stopped Sakura hoped out. The goblin led her to a large door and asked for her key. She gave it to him and he stuck it in the lock. Sakura heard about a hundred tumblers start to click. The door swung open and the goblin stepped aside.

"Can you explain the currency to me?" Sakura asked the goblin.

If he was surprised by the question he didn't show it.

"The gold ones are galleons. The silver ones are sickles. The other ones are Knuts. There are 17 sickles in a galleon and 29 Knuts in a sickle." He explained.

Sakura nodded and pulled some pouches she had brought from her pocket.

"Dumbledore said to inform you that this is all yours." The goblin said.

Sakura glanced at the goblin and nodded. She scooped the money equally into each of the seven pouches. Then she thanked the goblin who shut the vault. They hoped back into the cart and flew off. When they reached the main floor Sakura hurried to her group. She explained the currency and tossed them each a pouch.

"Now… Let's all go get our wands together, then we'll split."

They all nodded and followed her out of the bank. They pushed through the crowds until they reached a shop that had a sign that read Ollivander's: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B. Sakura shooed everyone in. It was a bit crowded but not much. The whole place was littered in small boxes. Everyone gazed around a moment. Then a man popped up from behind the desk. He looked them over a smile on his face.

"Are you the exchange students?" He asked curiously.

They all nodded and wondered how many people Dumbledore had notified of their arrival.

"Well we don't often have exchange students. I would love to ask you a bunch of questions but Dumbledore told me not to. Well let's get you your wands."

They blinked as he changed the subject but nodded.

"First please."

Sakura pushed Naruto forwards and he stumbled till he was in front of the man.

"Lift your wand arm for me."

Naruto looked confused a moment but then lifted his right arm. Ollivander, who they guessed he was, whipped out a tape measure, he started to make measurements muttering to him self. Then he disappeared down a row of shelves. He came back with a box. He opened it to show a black wand. Naruto took it slowly and looked at the man.

"12'' mahogany, magical core is unicorn hair. Go ahead, give it a wave."

Naruto hesitated a moment before he flicked it in a circle. A loud crack rang out and he shot back and slid down the wall.

"Nope that's not it." Ollivander tsked.

He took the wand back and found another. Naruto was very hesitant to take it.

"How do you know if it's the right wand?" Sasori asked.

"The wand chooses the wizard." Was all the man said.

Naruto tried seven different wands all which either destroyed things or hurt Naruto slightly. Ollivander finally looked Naruto over carefully.

"Do you have anything you can relate to? Something I can compare with the magical core?" The man asked.

Naruto shifted a moment.

"Um…foxes." He said.

The man nodded and vanished again. He reappeared and handed Naruto a wand. Naruto slowly waved it. As he did an orange fox seemed to shoot from the wand. The fox shot up Naruto till it was on his head. Then it gave a silent yip and burst into a flash of orange sparks. Ollivander's eyes twinkled.

"That's your wand. 12'' willow, magical core is whiskers from a fire fox."

Naruto gazed at the wand a moment then stepped back. Deidara leapt forwards grinning.

"Something that has to do with clay or birds, un."

The man looked at Deidara with a raised eyebrow before disappearing. He came back with a wand. Deidara grabbed it and twirled it. A small bang and a poof of smoke shot out. Deidara grinned. Ollivander just glanced at him.

"11 inches. From a rare tree that grows in clay, magical core is phoenix tail feather."

Deidara just continued grinning. Sakura gave Hinata a small shove and she stumbled forwards twiddling her fingers.

"Um…I don't know." She whispered.

Ollivander looked at her a minute. Then he shot off coming back as quickly. Hinata took the wand from him and gave it a wave. Small purple and red sparks shot from it and twirled around with a soft melody. Ollivander gave her a warm smile.

"11 ½ inches, maple wood. Magical core is pixie wings. You reminded me of a small pixie with your hair and eyes."

Hinata said thanks and backed up. Sasori stepped forwards looking bored.

"Anything to do with sand or wood." He sighed.

Ollivander looked stumped a minute then hurried off. He came back and handed Sasori a wand. Sasori gave it a wave and the small form of a man ran out before vanishing in a whirl of invisible strings.

"13 inches sandal wood. Magical core, hair from the fire rat, which lives in the dessert."

Sasori just nodded and stepped back. Sasuke stepped forwards.

"Snakes." Was all he said.

Everyone glanced at him and Ollivander gulped. He disappeared and they heard a shuffle of boxes. He came back and slowly handed Sasuke a black wand. Sasuke gave it a twist. A black snake seemed to grow from the tip. It curled around the wand and wound up Sasuke's arm to his neck. It hissed at the wand maker making him go slightly pale before it vanished in a puff of black sparks.

"10 ½ inches, black locust wood. Magical core is scale of basilisk."

Sasuke smirked and a shiver ran down Ollivander's spine. Itachi stepped forwards now.

"Weasel."

Deidara and Naruto snickered and Sasuke and Sasori smirked while Sakura smiled and Hinata just looked off. Ollivander just shrugged and found a wand amongst his shelves. It was a deep black. Itachi took it gently and flicked it like it was part of him. In a burst, ten black ravens shot from it and flew around before vanishing into thin air. Ollivander smiled.

"10 ½ black locust. Same as the other boy, but magical core is hair from a weasel's tail and a bit of a raven's feather. Only wand ever made like that. I never found out how that raven feather and weasel tail worked so well together."

Itachi nodded. Sakura stepped forwards.

"Cherry blossoms and cats." She said.

Everyone glanced at her while Ollivander vanished from sight. A moment later he came handing Sakura a wand a look of hope on his face. Sakura took the wand slowly and gave it a wave. Out of the end a cat sprang. It was pink and behind the cat came a flurry of cherry blossom petals. They drifted down to the floor before the cat and the blossoms burst in sparkles of pink light. The man looked at her a minute.

"13 inches 1000 year old cherry tree wood, magical core is crystallized flower petals and cat hair. It is one of a kind and very powerful. We can expect great things from you."

Sakura smiled. They all paid the man and put their wands away gently. They all waved and walked from the store back into the busy streets. They looked to Sakura who sighed.

"Okay we'll split into the groups. Go with the person who you shared a room with last night. Deidara can pick any group. Now Deidara, Hinata, Sasuke, Naruto and I are all eighteen so we can act as students and Itachi we can say just looks older since you're pretty enough to pass as a younger person."

Everyone nodded. Then Deidara hoped up beside Hinata so she was in between him and Sasori. He looked down at her and gave her a sly wink. She immediately turned bright red. Sasori sighed and the three head off. Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm and practically dragged him off. Itachi smirked as he saw Sasuke sigh and let him self be dragged after the blonde. Sakura just shook her head. She briskly turned and headed for a shop that read Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.

Itachi sighed inaudibly and followed the pink haired girl inside. Once inside an old which smile and walked up to help them. In a whirl of measuring tapes, pins, and material she found Sakura's measurements and handed her some robes. Then she did the same for Itachi. Then she said they also needed to get dress robes. Sakura stood just looking out the window as Itachi got fitted for his and picked them out. Then when he was done he took her place by the window and Sakura got inspected by the witch.

"Well I think green, what do you think dear?" She asked.

"Do you have a crimson or black color?" Sakura asked.

The woman looked her over.

"Yes we do. I have a dress that is black. It's strapless but quite nice. I could also add some pink flower petals."

Sakura's eyes lit up and she nodded her head. The witch led her to the back by some racks and pulled off a dress. Sakura gasped and the woman smiled. Then she wrapped it up with Sakura's other things. She handed her the package and the two paid. They thanked the witch before they walked back into the street. After that Sakura dragged Itachi to various stores where they bought cauldrons, quills, parchment, text books, and other such thing. Finally they stopped at the Magical Menagerie. They looked through that was packed with animals. Sakura said she couldn't see a single one she wanted. Itachi found a handsome, intelligent, and male raven though. They took a liking to one another immediately and he bought it. He tucked the cage under his arm but let the raven ride on his shoulder. As they walked back down the streets Itachi looked at Sakura.

"So why did you ask for a wand that related to cats and cherry blossoms?" He asked.

"Well my name means 'cherry blossoms' and cats have always had high respect in our clan. They were our animal like the Inuzuka's have dogs."

"So why didn't you get a cat as a pet?"

"Those cats weren't to my taste. I prefer larger, stronger cats."

"Why don't we check out Knockturn ally then?"

Sakura raised a brow.

"I listened in on some conversations. It's supposed to be a shady place that you can get almost anything in." He smirked.

She smirked back and they changed their direction. They passed by Gringots and stepped into the shadows of the shady looking ally. They decided it was best to use a henge and hide their appearance. They did quick hand signs and both of them were covered in some smoke. When it vanished Itachi was shown a short brown haired man in his mid thirties and Sakura was a black haired witch that looked around twenty. They walked in silence. The whole place was quite empty and the only people in it looked very shifty. They ignored the people as the people eyed them. They were both used to people like this from missions and it was easy to ignore them.

They didn't see any pet shops for over ten minutes. The only way they found one at the last minute was when they heard a roar from one of the shops. They stepped into a store that looked 'very closed' to find it wasn't. The shelves contained all kinds of ugly creatures. The store was very poorly lit and had layers of dust everywhere. They could see a door open at the back of the shop. Sakura cleared her throat loudly and a minute later a balding man scurried through the door. He gave them a sickly smile, showing crooked teeth.

"How may I help you?'

"Do you have any cats?" Sakura asked.

He scowled.

"Large cats." Sakura drawled.

He looked at her and motioned for her to follow him. Itachi and Sakura gave open another a glance then shrugged and followed him through the door. They walked down a narrow hall until they were in a large room. There were some large cages around. Some held animals that Sakura had never seen before while some held animals that looked kind of like animals she recognized. The man pointed to a cage near the side. It held a large black panther. Sakura could tell it wasn't a normal panther though. It for one had pink eyes and its claws and fangs where to big to be ordinary. And it's back half was covered in blue spots. It also looked more then half insane. It opened its mouth as if to roar but the croak of a frog came out instead. Sakura narrowed her eyes.

"Any regular large cats?" She asked.

"Well we do have one but you won't want…."

"Show me."

The man shuffled his feet then pulled out a wand and waved it. A corner of the room shimmered and a large cage appeared. Sakura looked at the cage in surprise. Inside was a large pure-white tiger with small black stripes, and icy blue eyes. It growled but didn't move from it's lying down position.

"It is very violent, not a good pet. I have to stun it more then half the time I come back here. If you want it for a coat though, it has very healthy fur." The man said.

"Let us talk business then." Itachi said looking at Sakura.

The two stepped over to the door and started to talk backs to Sakura. Sakura knew Itachi was distracting the man for her while she looked the tiger over. She walked up to the cage and stuck a hand in. The tiger growled and tried to move.

"It's okay." She whispered.

The tiger's growls cut off for a minute and her eyes met it's puzzled ones. She laid her hand on its head and it immediately growled again.

"I will just heal you." She said.

The tiger blinked and her hands glowed green. She scowled. She could see the man had stunned it but he had also broken three of its ribs and a paw. In two minutes she had healed the tiger. It leapt up and swiped at her hand with a claw. She didn't dodge. She felt the claws dig into her skin but didn't make a sound. The tiger seemed confused at that and just stood watching her. She reached forwards and the tiger very cautiously let her rest her hand on its head again. She stroked it softly and it looked at her confusion in its eyes.

"I'm looking for a partner. Would you be interested in coming and working with me?"

The tiger starred at her a moment and gave a small growl. Then it let out a very soft purr and licked her cut hand.

"It's fine, watch."

She healed it with her abilities.

"I'm a ninja, not a wizard." She explained.

She knew the cat could understand her to a degree. It let out a growl of understanding.

"Did you used to be someone's pet?"

The tiger gave a small whine. Sakura glanced at Itachi and saw that he had just given up distracting the man and used his sharingan to knock him out. Itachi was leaning against the door frame watching her. She turned so he couldn't see her hand movements. She did some hand signs and put a hand on the tigers head. She immediately saw his memories. She had used a technique she had found in a secret scroll. Being the Hokage's apprentice had given her access to every scroll in the village pretty much and she had found some very old and forgotten techniques.

The tiger's memories flashed past her eyes showing her the tiger had belonged to a wizard in Russia. Then the wizard had died in a duel and before the tiger had known what had happened, his master's stuff was being divided amongst his family members. The tiger himself had gone to the wizard's shady brother who had sold him at first chance. The poor tiger had gone through the hands of five different people before winding up with the store man. It seemed each previous master had died, all dieing with in half a year. Sakura realized the tiger was considered unlucky from one memory.

She stood when she was finished. She walked to the cage's door and gathered a minimal amount of chakra in her hand. She brought her fist down on the lock and it smash. She threw it to the side and looked back at the tiger. It was starring at her and its tail was flicking back and forth. She waved for it to follow her. It hurried from the cage and stood beside her. It glanced at Itachi and his raven.

"Friends." Sakura said.

The tiger gave her a look and then sniffed the air. It walked to the back of the room and scratched at the wall.

"Another illusion?" She asked.

"My sharingan should be able to see through even these wizard illusions." Itachi said stepping up.

As his eyes turned red the tiger looked at him warily. Itachi tsked and did a hand sign. The illusion surrounding the wall vanished revealing another door. The tiger look up at Sakura and she got the idea. She grasped the knob opened the door. She glanced in and saw shelves of items and such. The tiger loped in and down an isle. He stopped at a shelf and stood on his hind legs. He grabbed something then walked back to Sakura. She saw that the tiger had a black color and a black leash in his teeth. She recognized it from the tiger's memories. It had kept him under control and was littered in charms.

"I guess it would scare some people to see you walking without something to restrain you." She said.

She clipped it on and glanced around. Itachi smirked as his raven took flight and shot down the isles. The raven came back a minute latter with a shiny thing in his mouth. He dropped it in Itachi's hand. Itachi saw that it was two rings on a silver chain. He looked up at the raven which just preened his feathers. He dropped the rings in his pocket and stepped beside Sakura. The two walked to the door and shut it behind them. They stepped over the man and walked to the front door. They stepped out and walked along the street. The people who had eyed them before glanced at the tiger once before hurrying off. Once they neared diagon ally Sakura and Itachi removed the henge. The tiger starred a moment but nuzzled Sakura's leg a second later. She smiled at him and scratched his ear.

"What will you name the raven?" She asked.

"Kuroi."

"What an imagination." Sakura said sarcastically.

"What will you name the tiger and is it male?"

"Hiun. And it is male."

The tiger purred at the name and nuzzled Sakura again. The crow looked at Itachi.

"Kuroi." He said tapping the raven's beak.

It let out a squawk and pulled its head back but started to preen Itachi as if agreeing with the name. Sakura giggled as it started to pull Itachi's hair from the ponytail accidentally while preening him.

"Well it look's like he likes you?" Sakura grinned.

Itachi just rolled his eyes. He fixed his pony tail and let the raven preen his loose hair. Sakura just laughed. The two walked back into diagon ally and headed towards the leaky cauldron. Most people didn't seem to think it completely odd that Sakura had a pet tiger, but most gave her some room. As they walked Hiun also helped carry some of Sakura's packages. He just grabbed the strings in his mouth and looked quite proud to be helping her. As they neared the inn they sighed in relief. They stepped through the brick 'door' and headed into the inn.

When Tom saw the tiger he gulped but said Sakura could keep it in the inn as long as it was behaved. She guessed quite a few people brought in a lot of usual things and a tiger was quite normal. Sakura and Itachi headed to their room and dropped all their bags on their beds. They also found some large trunks in their rooms with a note. It said they were for their things, from Dumbledore. Sakuras was a large crimson one and Itachi's was black. The two shrugged and started to pack everything while checking off their lists. When everything was in the trunks they both scowled and looked at one another.

"I forgot a text book and a book bag….and a broom. How could I have forgotten that?" Sakura said.

"I forgot a text."

"Should we wait till tomorrow?"

"Yes. I do not wish to go back there again today."

Sakura nodded agreement. It was already dinner anyways. Suddenly they heard a pounding on their door. Sakura stood up and walked to the door opening it. In front of her stood a blonde grinning boy.

"What Naruto?" She asked.

"I was just wondering if you had got back and I wanted to show you my pet."

She saw that his hands were behind his back.

"What pet?" She asked.

He brought his hands from behind his back to show he was holding a small orange fox. Sakura starred a moment. It had large blue eyes like Naruto, orange fur, and black paws and nose. Sakura smiled and pet it gently. It sneezed as it smelled her and scurried up Naruto's arm to wrap around his neck. It gave a yip. Naruto blinked.

"It says you smell like cat." He said.

Sakura's eyes widened.

"You can understand it?" She asked.

"Yeah. I think that's thanks to the Kyuubi. I can also understand cats and dogs. I haven't tried with other animals."

"How long have you been able to do that?"

"Since I was little."

"Amazing."

Sakura noticed Sasuke who stood behind Naruto now.

"What pet did you get Sasuke?" She asked.

Suddenly a black head poked out of his shirt. Sakura looked at the black snake with red eyes as it slid around Sasuke's neck. It looked to be three feet long. It hissed.

"It says the fox is right and you do smell like cat." Sasuke said.

"You can talk to snakes?" Sakura asked in more disbelief.

"Yes. I learned with Orochimaru."

"So you two saw fit to tell me this, three years after we made our ANBU team?" She asked scowling.

They both smirked.

"What are there names?" Sakura sighed.

"I named my fox Faia. It's a boy." Naruto grinned

"My snake is named Naito, also male." Sasuke smirked.

"So what did you and Itachi get as pets?" Naruto asked.

As if to answer his question, a raven shot from the room and landed on Naruto's hand. Naruto's fox yipped at it and the snake hissed at it.

"That's my pet. His name is Kuroi and he's male." Itachi said from behind Sakura.

Itachi held out an arm and his raven flew back to him.

"I expected you to get a weasel." Naruto grinned.

Itachi scowled slightly.

"So what did you get Sakura?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Cat." Sakura said.

"You're the only one who followed the paper." Sasuke smirked.

"Yeah, it said to get a cat, an owl, a rat, or a toad. I don't think they'll mind Itachi's raven or my fox but it sounds as if snakes aren't welcome. We had to go into the creepy Knockturn ally to find Sasuke's snake." Naruto made a face.

Itachi smirked. Sasuke glanced at him.

"Well I did get a cat but I don't know how they're going to like it." Sakura chuckled.

The two looked at her.

"You followed the rules but somehow twisted them didn't you?" Naruto squinted at her.

She grinned. The two of them knew she loved to twist and find loopholes in rules.

"Hiun." She called into her room.

"Bad fortune?" Naruto asked.

Sakura stepped aside and the large white tiger stepped up besides her looking over her team-mates. The snake hissed and tightened around its master and the fox cuddled up to Naruto for safety. The two gaped at the large tiger who growled in amusement.

"YOU GOT A TIGER?!" Naruto yelled in disbelief.

Sakura laughed at his expression.

"Well it is a cat." She giggled.

Naruto looked at her surprised then also grinned. He stepped forwards and went to pet Hiun who glanced at Sakura.

"These are my two best friends. They are like brothers."

The tiger gave a grin showing its teeth. Naruto gulped but still pet it. The tiger purred and leaned into his hand. Naruto grinned and scratched it. After a second the fox uncurled from his neck and skipped down his arm. It hopped onto the Tiger's back and curled on its back. It seemed to fall asleep. The tiger let out what sounded like a sigh. Naruto grinned.

"Want to come get dinner with us?" He asked.

Sakura nodded and followed him down the hall. Sasuke and Itachi also followed them, their two pets still on them. Sasuke's snake slipped under his shirt though and curled around his waist. When they entered the dinning room they found most of the place full. Most starred at the three hot boys, the pink haired chick, and the tiger in surprise and longing. The four sat down at a table and ordered. As they got their food they talked and ate, except Itachi who ate in silence. They saved room for the others too. Not even five minutes after they started to eat Deidara skipped in followed by Sasori and Hinata. The three stopped and starred at Hiun who yawned and looked at them.

"Friends." Sakura said to him.

"You bent the rules?" Sasori said raising a brow.

Sakura smirked. She also noticed on Hinata's shoulder was a white Siamese cat that had odd violet eyes. Neither Sasori nor Deidara had a pet on them though. The three sat down and ordered while chatting with them. They each went through their day and told their adventures. They talked until they finished eating. Then they all split and headed for their rooms. Once in their room Sakura quickly changed. Then she sat on her bed pulling out her text books. She flicked the sharingan on and opened the first text. Hiun after a moment leapt onto the bed with her and lay beside her. She was glad it was a double bed. She made a reminder to get him his supplies when she went back to Diagon ally tomorrow.

Itachi followed her example and also pulled out his books and sat on his bed. For a while the two read in silence. After a while Sakura sighed and tucked her books away. Instead she pulled out some medic scrolls she was in the middle of reading. Itachi glanced at her but didn't say anything. After a few more hours Sakura yawned and rolled up her scrolls tucking them away again. She didn't bother to slip under her covers again and instead curled up to her tiger. Itachi watched a moment then closed his books too. He laid down flicking the light off and letting his raven scratch the blankets into a nest like thing.

.-.

Itachi woke up a little later but didn't much mind. He sat up making his raven move. He blinked slowly and looked around. He saw Sakura's bed already made and her books put away. The bathroom door was open too. He wondered faintly where she was but didn't really care. He quickly stood and walked to the bathroom. He had a quick shower before changing. He sighed as he realized that tomorrow they had to catch the train. He shrugged after a second and whistled. His raven flew up to his shoulder. Itachi then grabbed his money pouch and headed out the door set on getting breakfast then his forgotten text book. He found Naruto and his brother already eating breakfast. He just sat beside them and had a quick breakfast in silence. Then he said he was off to diagon ally. Once they nodded he set off with Kuroi flying just beside him.

.-.

Sakura woke up early and sat up. Hiun jumped off the bed silently as she sat up. The large cat stretched and yawned as Sakura stood. She glanced at Itachi. She looked at his face which was facing her. He looked even more handsome when he had a peaceful look on his face. She had noticed he looked a lot more peaceful when sleeping. She just smiled and slipped into the bathroom quickly changing quickly. Then she slipped from the room and grabbed her wallet. She motioned for Hiun to follow her. He did so and the two slipped from the room barely making Itachi stir. She didn't even bothering to go into the dinning room, she jut grabbed a bun from the cook and hurried to the entrance of Diagon ally. She tapped the bricks and walked into the just woken street.

She held the black leash in her hand in a relaxed manner. It was just there for show. She knew Hiun wouldn't run or attack anyone. Sakura wander to the bookstore and told Hiun to sit and wait for her. She quickly got the book she had forgotten the other day and walked back outside. She giggled at what she saw. A small girl was practically draped over the laying Hiun's neck hugging him to death. He just purred and nuzzled her. A little boy stood only three feet away trying to call his sister away.

"Come on sis, he might be dangerous." The twelve year old boy whimpered.

"But he's swoft and cute bwother." The four year old girl squealed.

"He won't hurt her." Sakura said kindly.

The boy jumped. The two looked up at her.

"Ooh! Youw haiw is pink!" The girl squeaked.

"I-is that you t-tiger?" The boy stuttered.

"Yes and he won't hurt her. Do you want to pet him too?"

The boy gave a slow nod. Sakura crouched down and motioned him over. He slowly stepped over and reached out slowly. He pet the tiger's head. Hiun licked the boy and the boy smiled. The two kids both petted Hiun for a couple minutes.

"So where are your parents?" Sakura asked.

"Our parents own Quality Quidditch Supplies." The boy said.

"And we wost." The girl pouted.

"Do want me to show you back home?"

They nodded eagerly. Sakura motioned Hiun to stand from his laying position. He did so and the small girl rose with him. She squeaked and Sakura sat her on his back straight like she was riding a pony. She laughed and held on. Sakura held her hand out and the boy grasped it and stepped closer to her. Hiun walked closely beside her as Sakura a walked down the streets. The boy talked a whole bunch about riding his broom and the girl talked about cute animals. The small girl couldn't pronounce 'r' s though and ended up adding a lot of 'w' sounds to her words. When they finally reached the broom shop Sakura poked her head and waited till the lady at the till was done talking to a customer before she smiled at her. Sakura could see a distraught look on her face. The woman noticed her.

"Have you seen two children around? One should be a four year old girl and the other should be a seven year old boy. They should have-"

"Blonde hair and blue eyes?" Sakura finished.

The woman's eyes lit up.

"You saw them!?" She breathed.

"Yes."

"Mom!" The boy interrupted still holding onto Sakura's hand.

His mother swooped down and hugged him to death.

"Are you okay? Did you get lost?"

"Yeah mom. We were with dad then we got lost and this lady helped us."

"Thank you. They were out shopping with their father. He came and told me they were missing and then went off to look for them."

"You're welcome."

"Where is your sister, Lan?' the woman asked.

"Outside with this lady's pet." Lan said. "Come see her pet!"

He dragged his mother from the shop and Sakura heard a gasp.

"Mwom!" The girl squealed happily.

"Lea." The mom gasped.

Sakura saw the mom looked scared as she looked at Hiun.

"He won't hurt her." Sakura said.

The mom nodded and hurried forwards crushing her daughter in a hug. Suddenly a man came running up. He also hugged the two kids.

"You found them dear, thank god." The father said. "I was worried hey had wandered into Knockturn ally."

"This lady found them." The witch said as she hugged her daughter.

The father walked to Sakura and thanked her as Sakura just smiled and nodded. After a while the mom let her daughter go. Lea, now known as, wrapped herself around Hiun again.

"Isn't he cwute mwom?" The girl squeaked.

"Yes he is very cute but you have to come inside now."

The girl sniffed but stood and grasped her mother's hand.

"How can I thank you?" Her mother asked.

"No need." Sakura smiled.

The mother thanked her again. As the four walked back into the store Sakura made Hiun wait outside as she remembered she had broom to get. As she stepped in the mother blinked. Sakura just walked to a shelf and picked a firebolt off of it. The mother watched as Sakura set it on the counter and pulled her wallet out.

"How much? Sakura asked.

The mother blinked then tried to give Sakura the broom for free. Sakura refused and they haggled a moment. Finally Sakura agreed to let the woman give her a discount. When that was over she wrapped the broom up and waved goodbye before walking from the shop. Once she was out of the place she turned to her tiger.

"Thank you for not hurting her."

He gave her a look that said 'I'll only hurt any who hurt me or you or anyone you want me to.' Sakura smiled and patted his head.

"Let's go looked for a place to buy you some stuff."

He nodded in agreement. It took them over half an hour to find a nice pet supply shop. It seemed to have just opened recently and there were lots of people looking around. Most people gave Sakura space as she and Hiun walked in. The store owner glanced at the tiger but didn't say anything. Sakura easily found a section that held magical pillows for any pet. The pillows were said to stay fluffy and warm no matter what and would never tare or rip. They all would grow or shrink depending on the size of the animal you had. Sakura grabbed a black velvety one.

She also grabbed some food and water bowls. Then she talked to the clerk about Hogwarts pets rules and if she could get food for her tiger there. The clerk informed her that the school provided food for the student's pets, just not treats. Sakura happily nodded and set off to look for a nicer collar for her tiger. The black one was okay but it was layered in charms that could be used to give the tiger pain if he didn't listen and she didn't want to accidentally use them. She found a nicer black collar with a pretty amethyst rock on the top and a long black leash that had spell to keep it from breaking. She bought the items and quickly slipped on the new collar and such.

Then she smiled at Hiun. He growled happily and licked her hand. She handed him a treat she had got for him. He chewed it happily as Sakura led him to the ice cream parlour. She ordered a cone and sat at one of the tables. Hiun laid at her feet under the table in the shade. Sakura smiled at him and petted him again as she licked her coat. When she was finished her ice cream she stretched and stood. She spotted a store she wanted to go into and motioned for Hiun to follow her. She politely asked him to wait outside. He just gave a nod and sat beside the door patiently. Sakura gleefully walked into the sweets shop.

It had quite a few customers and Sakura had to side step a lot of people. It was a sweets shop so most of the customers were younger kids. Sakura looked around and grabbed the things she wanted. When she decided she had enough she paid at the counter. The woman wished her a good day and Sakura hurried from the store. She smiled at Hiun who was still sitting but now surrounded by kids who were entering or leaving the shop. Most were girls 'aww' ing over him but some were boys. As soon as Hiun saw Sakura he stood and walked through the kids to her. The kids all waved by as the two set off down the street.

Sakura walked slowly through the streets humming a song to her self. As they neared the end of Diagon ally they walked through brick door. Sakura immediately headed inside. She hurried up to her room and found it empty, not that she minded. She moved to her trunk and stuffed her things inside it. Then she sighed and moved to her books. She didn't want to be a total novice when she went to Hogwarts. She sat down and started to read flicking her sharingan on. She didn't pay attention to time but was interrupted later by a knocking. A blonde head popped into the room and Sakura realized it was Deidara.

"Going to come for dinner, un?"

"It's dinner?"

Sakura glanced at her clock and saw it was indeed dinner, six to be exact. She stood and ignored Deidara's amused grin. She stretched and dropped her book onto her bed. She let the sharingan fade from her eyes and moved to the door Hiun following. She followed Deidara down the stairs. All the others sat in the dining room. The two walked in and sat at the same table.

"Does everyone have everything they need? We leave tomorrow." Sakura said.

"We have everything." Naruto grinned.

Sasuke gave brief nod in agreement.

"W-we have everything too." Hinata stuttered.

Sasori nodded and Deidara grinned and nodded. Itachi gave a curt nod and went back to eating. Sakura just ignored everyone and just ate running her plans, ideas, and thoughts through her head and conversing with Inner Sakura who did still exist. Sakura thought her self insane sometimes, because of that figure in her thoughts. She sighed softly and finished eating. She said goodnight to everyone and headed back to her room. When she got upstairs she pulled out her medic scrolls again and her notebook. She sat cross-legged, Hiun lying beside her, and wrote some notes while fixing other notes and reading. Sakura didn't even stop to acknowledge Itachi and his raven as they walked into the room.

.-.

Itachi watched Sakura work. He noticed the small look of concentration on her face along with frustration and wonder. She was writing furiously in her notebook and looking at what he guessed was a medic skill. He guessed that if he bothered her now she would bite his head off. So he just sat and read, his raven preening him while he did so. He didn't mind Sakura. She was kind, and a good leader. Besides that she was intelligent, strong willed, yet quiet and sensitive of others. Itachi just sighed and continued to absorb the knowledge in the book. After a while he set the book down and fell back gazing at the ceiling to he fell into a blissful sleep.

.-.

Sakura jumped up and glanced at the clock. She hurried into the bathroom. She had a quick shower and changed into black cargo pants and a red t-shirt. Then she hurried back into the bedroom. She poked Itachi and he was immediately sitting straight up a kunai in his hand. He blinked at her.

"Time to get up." She smirked.

He gave a nod. Sakura left Hiun on her bed and hurried into the hall. She knocked on the three different doors and told each of the inhabitants it was time to wake up. Then she returned to her room. She returned to her room and found Itachi changed and ready to go. Hiun was also ready sitting by her trunk. She grabbed her trunk and dragged it out the door behind her, Hiun and Itachi behind her. They met the others in the hall and they all dragged their things downstairs. They had a quickly breakfast and returned the keys to Tom. Then they got directions to Kings cross. They hadn't even walked from the door before it swung open showing a tired looking man appeared. The pets all glared at him and Hiun growled menacingly. The man blinked.

"Would you be the exchange students?" He asked slowly.

"Would you be Remus Lupin?" Sakura asked.

The man nodded sighing softly.

"I'm here to escort you to kings cross."

They all looked at him a moment.

"What are you?" Naruto blurted out. "You don't smell completely human."

The man looked at him.

"Don't be rude Naruto." Sakura said crisply.

"No it's quite all right. I'm not completely human. I'm a werewolf." The man said quietly.

The ninja looked at him closely and nodded slowly.

"Well come on."

They all followed him out the door to find a car parked waiting.

"Wow a car! I've never ridden in one." Naruto grinned.

The man glanced at him.

"Will we all fit?" Sasori asked.

"Its has a spell on it to make it bigger on the inside." Lupin said.

The ninja just blinked. Lupin popped the trunk open and Sasuke stepped forwards first. He stuffed his trunk in. Sakura walked up and was surprised to see there was still room for all of theirs. They all quickly loaded it up. Then Lupin opened the doors. The ninja all slid into the back, but Sakura, Lupin, and Hiun slid into the front. The man had been right it was larger on the inside. The six others sat all comfortably in the back. Sakura shook her head and looked out the front window. Lupin started to drive and the others started to talk softly. They drove for about five minutes before they appeared at a busy station. Lupin helped them out and then led them down the platforms. As they reached platform nine they scowled. There was platform nine and ten but no nine and three quarters. They glanced at their tickets again.

"Run at the wall." Lupin said.

Everyone blinked at him and Naruto gave him a look that said he was crazy. Suddenly a small girl and her mom hurried around the ninja and ran at the wall. The ninja all gaped as they went right through it.

"Well I'm to leave you here. I hope you have a good year. And be careful. There will be a lot of people at the school this year." Lupin said in a low tone.

The ninja nodded and watched him hurry away. Then Sakura shrugged and ran at the wall with Hiun right on her heels. As she passed through the wall she appeared in a large train station. She looked at the large red train and the crowds of parents waving to the kids getting on the train. She stepped forwards just in time to find Sasori and Itachi appearing right behind her. They all waited at the other hurried through the wall. Then they walked to the train. With Sakura's help they all loaded their trunks onto the train. Then they headed inside and walked down the hall looking for a compartment. They found an empty one and slid in shutting the door behind them.

Sakura claimed a seat by the window with Naruto beside her. Beside Naruto sat Sasuke, then Hinata. Sasori, Deidara, and Itachi sat on the other bench seat with Itachi by the window. Naruto immediately leaned back looking about to fall asleep. His fox laid in his lap also sleeping. Sasuke just leaned back letting his snake curl up in his lap too. Then Hinata sat straight with her cat Yuki in her lap, stroking it affectionately. Itachi sat blankly looking out the window while his raven attempted to preen him. Sasori pulled out a miniature puppet and started to play with it and Deidara wiped out some clay starting to sculpt.

"Deidara if you blow up anything in this train or the school I will personally rip your arms off." Sakura said.

Deidara paled and nodded agreement that he wouldn't blow anything up.

"And no poisoning, killing, or making people into puppets Sasori or I will rip you apart piece by piece.'

Sasori gave a curt nod though.

"Itachi, no using the sharingan while in sight and no using mangekyou on the students."

Itachi just glanced at her.

"Same for you Sasuke, also no maiming any fan-girls. And Naruto… don't do anything stupid."

There was silence as they all nodded.

"No threat for Hinata, un?" Deidara asked.

"She's smart and trustworthy unlike most of you."

Five glares where sent at Sakura while Hinata blushed. Hiun laid down at Sakura's feet and everyone fell into silence each wrapped in their own thoughts. Sakura sat for ten minutes just letting her mind wander from subject to subject. Then the train lurched forwards and Sakura sighed in relief. Before they had even made it from the station their compartment door slid open. Three kids stood there all about twelve. Hiun took this time to yawn making all three of the kids fall back in fright. Sakura immediately perked up.

"Oh hello Lan." She said.

Everyone, including her own group looked at her.

"You're the pretty lady!" He grinned.

"My name is Sakura."

"Oh hello Sakura. Hello tiger."

"Are you looking for someplace to sit?" She asked.

He and his two friends nodded.

"Well we don't have enough room but I can help you find a compartment if you want."

They all nodded. Sakura stood and walked to the door. Hiun stood and followed like a loyal servant. Sakura shut the door behind her and led the kids down the hall. She let her chakra wave out sensing all the other people in the train. She soon felt a compartment that was quite empty. She led the kids to it and opened it up. Inside were two other first years, who were happy to see some kids their age. After a couple of minutes of letting the kids pet Hiun she said goodbye and headed back down the hall.

She hadn't made it far before she heard some laughter and clatter. A door swung open a second later. She stopped as a kid stepped out. He had light blonde hair and a face that seemed to smirk a lot. He wore green clothes and looked quite arrogant. Hiun didn't seem to like him at all and they had only just seen him. Behind the blonde kid where two larger kids that seemed to be thugs.

The three turned in the opposite direction of them and didn't even see Sakura and Hiun. Sakura glanced into the compartment to see a girl with dreamer eyes and long pale hair. There was also a girl with long orange hair. They were trying to scoop up a small hand bag of stuff. Hiun grabbed a magazine in his mouth and stepped into the compartment to hand it to the dreamy girl. The two girls gasped at him and the red head looked ready to scream in fear while the dreamy girl just froze.

"He won't hurt you." Sakura said quickly.

The pair looked at her and back at the tiger who was still offering the dreamer her magazine. She slowly took it.

"He's a pet?" the red head asked.

Sakura nodded.

"His name is Hiun."

"Are you a new student?" The dreamer asked in a water smooth voice.

"Yes. I'm an exchange student."

"Ooh!" The red head said. "My name is Ginny Weasely and this is Luna Lovegood."

Sakura bowed her head.

"My name is Sakura Haruno."

"Have you met a girl named Hermione?" Ginny asked.

Sakura's mind clicked to her files and she remembered that Hermione was Harry Potter's best friend."

"No." Sakura said.

"Well you should talk with her. She would be very interested to meet you." Luna smiled.

Luna stayed crouching and started to pet Hiun.

"Well maybe I'll go look for her." Sakura smiled.

The two nodded and Sakura excused herself stepping into the hall with Hiun. She decided to go look for Hermione, Ron, and Harry, who the mission file said they always stayed together. It would be easier to protect them if she could befriend them. She headed down the hall and looked around wondering which compartment. She shrugged and went to the closest one. She opened it and looked in at the blonde kid, the two thugs, a taller boy, and a girl. They looked up at her.

"Who are you?" The blonde sneered.

"I'm an exchange student and I was looking for my friends, sorry to bother you."

Before Sakura could close the door the blonde kid stood in front of her.

"Why don't you sit with us? I'm Draco, Draco Malfoy."

'Harry's rival/enemy, father is death eater.' Inner Sakura said as if talking of the weather.

Sakura smiled slightly and shook the kid's hand.

"I would but my friends are excepting me."

The boy just sneered and griped her wrist ready to pull her in when a loud growl rang out. The girl screeched as she saw Hiun. Draco paled even more and let go of her wrist.

"Now Hiun be nice." Sakura said.

The tiger was right beside her growling and barring his teeth. Sakura turned and walked off before any questions could be asked. Hiun followed her and she smirked. She decided it was too much trouble to look in every compartment for the trio so she returned to her group. She sat by the window again and drifted off. She woke though as the lunch trolley went by. They all bought some food and some flavoured beans that came in every flavour. That entertained everyone for a while. Even Itachi and Sasuke looked amused as they all tried the candy beans.

After a while everyone fell silent again, readying, dozing, or just thinking. Hiun started to get restless after a while and Sakura decided to go look for the trio again. The pair walked from the compartment and headed back down the hall. They actually hadn't made it far when Sakura heard familiar laughter and some yelling. She walked up to an open compartment to see Draco and his two thugs picking on some kid with bright red hair. A girl with a book and brown hair sat beside him with a boy with black hair across from him.

'Potter…Granger…Weasely…. We found them!' Inner Sakura sang.

'I can see that.' Sakura replied blandly.

Sakura glanced around the compartment. It seemed Draco was making fun of Weasely because of some hideous dress robes he had on him. Sakura cleared her throat. Draco spun to face her. He smirked.

"Ah, I never got your name." He said

"Sakura Haruno." I smiled.

He nodded.

"Why don't you come with me back to our compartment and leave these losers." He said.

"I'm sorry but my friends get jealous easily so I best just not."

Draco looked her in the eye. Then he stepped past her. Hiun growled at him and he paled. Draco took off his thugs trailing him. Sakura looked into the compartment to see the guy stuffing the dress robes away and the girl and the boy with black hair starring up at Sakura.

"Who are you? I haven't seen you at Hogwarts before." Harry said.

"I'm Sakura Haruno. I'm one of the exchange students."

"Exchange students?" Hermione squealed her eyes lighting up.

"Yes. Me and six others will be staying at Hogwarts for a year." Sakura smiled.

"What country are you from?"

"Japan."

"Ooh."

"Leave her alone Hermione." Ron said. "My name is Ron Weasely."

"And I'm Hermione Granger."

"And I'm Harry Potter."

There was silence as they looked at Sakura for her reaction. She just bowed her head.

"So why did Draco turn so pale?" Harry asked.

"Of he just spotted Hiun."

"Hiun?" Ron asked.

Hiun walked around Sakura's legs till he stood in the compartment. The cat on Hermione's lap backed up hissing and the two owls started to shake in fear. Ron's eyes were larger then saucers as he fell back into the bench seat. Harry gapped and Hermione squealed.

"This is Hiun." Sakura smiled.

"H-he won't attack us w-will he?" Ron stuttered.

"No. Hiun won't attack you."

The three calmed slightly and Hermione reached out tentatively and stroked him. Her purred and she calmed more.

"He's a real white tiger?" She asked

"Yes." Sakura smiled.

"What does Hiun mean?" She asked.

"What do you mean, mean?" Ron asked.

"The name is obviously Japanese so I'm wondering if it translates as something." Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Oh." Ron said looking off.

"His name means bad fortune or fate."

"Odd." Ron blurted out.

He blushed in embarrassment slightly as Hermione rolled her eyes again and Harry grinned.

"Sakura."

Sakura looked over her shoulder at Itachi.

"We need you back in the compartment."

Sakura nodded and he walked off.

"Come on Hiun. Well I'll see you later." She waved to the three.

Then she and Hiun hurried down the hall to the compartment. It seems they had wanted her to start planning about the year and the mission. She didn't mind and soon enough they were all talking and making plans after they had stuck a silencing charm on the compartment which Itachi had learned from a book. After about an hour a prefect came by and told them it was time to put their robes on. With lots of complaining about the 'restricting and ugly' robes that looked like dresses they all stood dressed. Then suddenly as they stopped Naruto's eyes glued to Sasori and his different robe.

"Why are you wearing those robes?" The blonde fox scowled.

"I can wear what robes I want, because I'm going to be teacher."

"WHAT!?" The two blondes yelled while all the others, except Sakura, starred.

"He will be a professor for the new Physical education class, gym." Sakura smirked.

"You knew?" Naruto asked.

"Tsunade and I decided on it." Sakura said.

"We needed someone that could roam the school at will and be close to the teachers." Sasori drawled.

"It's so unfair though. Why couldn't I be a teacher?" Naruto pouted.

"Because you're a moron." Sasuke smirked.

"SHUT UP TEME!" Naruto yelled.

Everyone seemed amused by their antics.

"They always like that, un?" Deidara asked.

"Yes." Hinata said quietly

"And anyways Naruto you are too young to teach and Sasori can't be a student unless he uses a henge all the time to hide his puppet body. He's better suited for the position too." Sakura smirked.

Naruto continued to pout. Sakura just tsked and led them outside. A huge man that was bigger then even Kisame was calling for the first years to follow him and the group wondered if they should too. Then they decided to just follow the other students. They walked up and starred at the hundred carriages waiting. They starred more at the… horses pulling them though. They were completely fleshless, their black coats clinging to their bones. Their heads were dragonish and their pupils were white. They had wings that sprouted from their withers and were black and leathery, like bat wings. When they pulled their eyes away they started to climb into the carriage. Sakura made sure everyone was in, including their pets, before she shut the door.

"Thestrals." She said allowed gaining everyone's attention. "You can only see them if you've seen death."

Everyone blinked at her.

"How do you know, un?" Deidara asked.

"Read a 'magical creatures' book and memorized it." She snickered.

The rest of the journey was mostly done in silence as all of them looked out the windows. When they saw Hogwarts from the outside they gasped. It was a lot grander then they had thought. Once they reached the castle the carriage doors opened. They all hurried through the downpour of rain to the building. As they walked in they all dodged a water balloon. They looked up to see a ghost laughing gleefully and throwing water balloons at people. Sakura snickered as Ron was hit. Then McGonagall came out of the hall.

"PEEVES! Get down here now! Don't make me get the headmaster!"

The poltergeist just laughed and zoomed away. Then McGonagall shooed the students into the hall stopping the ninja first though. As soon as they were all in McGonagall motioned them to follow her. She led them to a small door and the filed in. As they did so they noticed they were in the great hall but were behind the teacher's table against the wall. McGonagall pointed Sasori to a seat beside Snape and the red head sat down smirking at Deidara and Naruto who scowled at him.

The others stood in the shadows in silence. As the first years filed in the ninja looked all around starring at everything including the banners, teachers, ceiling, students, the stool and hat, and the tables. As McGonagall stepped up the few steps to the stool she stood waiting. Suddenly the hat started to sing surprising the first years and the ninja. They listened to the long narrative ballad until the end. Then everyone burst into applause. Once that was done McGonagall pulled out a long list and cleared her throat.

"When I call your name sit on the stool. When your house is decided go sit at the table with your fellow house mates… Ackerley, Stewart."

A small trembling boy walked up to the hat and sat on the stool slowly putting the hat on. It only took a few seconds before the hat opened its 'mouth'.

"RAVENCLAW!" It shouted.

The small boy hurried off to the table on the purple banners. Sakura glanced around to see if any noticed them. It didn't seem like it. She then just stood, closing her eyes, and half meditating as she waited, for the sorting to finish. Hiun growled softly as the headmaster stood, when the sorting was finished.

"Before we put the stool and sorting hat away, we have six more to be sorted." He smiled.

All the students started to whisper.

"They are exchange students from Japan. They will be sorted into the houses. They will do everything with the houses. They will sit at the tables, go to classes, and such with their houses but they will be staying in their own dorm so they can be with people they know and since the house dorms are mostly full anyways. I hope you will be courteous and kind to them."

The six, understanding this was their cue, stepped forwards and around the teachers table. Most of the girls (and some guys) were already drooling. Sakura and Hinata could see why too. Deidara had long blonde hair, a blue sparkling eye(s) and looked exotic. Itachi and Sasuke being Uchiha's were perfect, dark, mysterious, and fan-girl attracting. And Naruto wasn't any less attractive then any of the three. His blonde hair still spiky, resemble the sun, and his blue eyes would let any be lost in their depths. He was also quite handsome in his features.

Besides the drooling girls were drooling boys. Sakura had to admit she was quite the beauty herself, and Hinata was probably the most beautiful woman she had seen. Hinata had her clear white violet-tinged eyes and long flowing purple-black hair that was gathered in a messy bun. Other then that the shy girl had a figure that made anyone envious and her robes and uniform only showed it off. Sakura smirked as the crowd burst out clapping and whistling. Deidara and Naruto grinned and winked at some girls causing swoons, and Sasuke and Itachi just stood there… also causing swoons. Hinata turned slightly red and twiddled her fingers and Sakura gave a smile. The headmaster waited till there was silence then sat and looked to McGonagall.

"Uzumaki, Naruto." She called.

Naruto bounded to the chair with great energy and sat down setting the old hat on his head.

.-.

'Ah, what a brave young mind.'

Naruto blinked at the voice in his head.

'Who are you?'

'I'm the sorting hat.'

'Oh!' Naruto gasped. 'What are you doing in my head?'

'I'm figuring which house you should be in.'

'Oh, can you tell me about the houses?'

'Ravenclaw is for the clever, Hufflepuff is for the hard working and loyal, Slytherin is for the ambition, cunning, and resourcefulness, and Gryffindor is for the brave and courageous.'

'Oh.' Naruto mulled.

'You will be in neither Ravenclaw nor Slytherin that is for sure. But you have qualities that could place you in either Hufflepuff or Gryffindor.'

'Oh Gryffindor! I like their colors and I have to guard Harry.' Naruto said.

'I agree with the kit! Hufflepuff would suit him but it wouldn't suit me. Gryffindor will suit me too though!' A voice boomed.

'Who are you?' The hat asked in shock.

'I am the Kyuubi.' A voice laughed.

'Interesting… you have the nine tailed fox in you.'

'Yes.' Naruto said hesitantly.

'Well I agree with both of you so…'

.-.

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled.

The red table erupted in cheers. Many of the girls sighed dreamily. Naruto gave McGonagall a cheeky grin and skipped to the table letting people pat him on the back and introduce them selves.

"Um…Deidara." McGonagall said.

She seemed a bit confused about the lack of last name but shrugged it off as the second blonde walked to the hat. He sat happily on the stool and tugged the hat on.

.-.

'Another odd one.'

'You the hat, un?'

'Yes, now let me see which house you should be in…'

There was a moment of silence.

'Well no Ravenclaw for you. And you don't have enough qualities to be in Slytherin either. You are brave and reckless and would fit well in Gryffindor. Hufflepuff would suit you well though. You work hard to become stronger. And you are quite loyal to a certain someone.' The hat chuckled.

Deidara blushed slightly at the pictures the hat had dug up.

'Well then…'

.-.

"HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat roared.

Cheering came from the yellow house as Deidara grinned and leapt from the stool, rushing to claim a seat at the table.

"Uchiha Itachi." The professor called.

Many girls waved and batted their lashes as Itachi walked up and sat emotionlessly on the stool.

.-.

'What an interesting mind.'

'Nh.'

'I see you say that a lot.'

'Nh.'

'You aren't loyal to very many and you don't work that hard, so Hufflepuff isn't for you. You are brave at times but it isn't a quality you are known for so Gryffindor is out. You are cunning and resourceful so Slytherin would be quite good for you. But you are also a genius, sort of a twisted genius with a twisted mind, but a genius none the less.. Probably the smartest person I've seen in a hundred or more years. It's a hard decision between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. But I think you would fit much better in….'

.-.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat shouted.

Whistles, claps, and yells of welcome burst from the green table. Itachi smirked slightly and glided to the table ignoring most of the women. Sasuke watched in brother until McGonagall called his name. He hurried to the stool and sat down. He set the hat on his head and impatiently waited.

.-.

'So, a brother of the genius.'

Sasuke growled at that but the hat ignored him.

'A genius, like your brother, but not as smart as him. Now let's see what's in you head.'

There was a long minute of silence.

'A couple of years ago I would have set you in Slytherin with no hesitation but now….. You are smart enough to go into Ravenclaw but I do not think I will stick you there. You still are cunning and resourceful but have little ambition now so Slytherin is also out. You actually are very loyal now and quite hard working but I have another house in mind.'

'Gryffindor.'

'That was what I was thinking too. You are quite brave. And you want to follow a certain some one there.' The hat chuckled.

If you looked very closely you could see a small tinge of pink in the ex-avenger's cheeks.

'So that's decided then.'

.-.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The red table once again burst into applause. Sasuke smirked as he headed for Naruto who was also grinning and cheering. Sakura and Itachi watched him closely before looking back to the Professor.

"Hyuuga Hinata."

Hinata slowly walked to the stool and sat down gingerly. She gulped as the whole school watched her and the hat was set on her head.

.-.

'Ah what a shy one we have here.'

'H-hello sorting hat.' Hinata said politely.

'Polite too.'

Hinata just waited in silence.

'So smart, shy, polite, loyal, hard working, and brave when needed. You defiantly do not belong in Slytherin. And you don't belong in Gryffindor. So, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. You would do well in Hufflepuff. You have always been loyal to your family and village and you have always worked a hard to be stronger. You did get stronger too, and ANBU now…. You finally made your father proud.'

Hinata blushed slightly and nodded.

'But you also have brains. Your cousin is said to be a genius but you are even smarter then him if I have anything to say. You may not be the best at fighting but you can plan ahead quite far, you have become a master of traps and tactic, and you always had good written scores…. I've decided….'

.-.

"RAVENCLAW!"

The purple and blue house looked quite happy to have her, especially the guys. Hinata shyly walked up and blushed as everyone welcomed her.

"Haruno, Sakura."

Sakura stepped forwards, Hiun on her heels. Sakura heard some squeals of fright and some mutters of concern as the school saw Hiun. Sakura smirked and glanced at Dumbledore who had an even stronger twinkle of mirth in his eyes then before.

"This is my pet Hiun. He will not harm anyone as long as you give him no reason and as long as I tell him not to." Sakura announced.

Everyone starred at her a second. McGonagall glanced at Dumbledore who smiled.

"But you can't bring a tiger to school. It's against the rules!" A boy at the Slytherin table yelled.

Sakura raised a brow and looked to Dumbledore who smiled and stood up.

"Mr. Nott, Miss Haruno here has broken no rule that I know of. It says you may bring a pet, preferably a cat, a toad, or an owl or bird. And beside I believe the tiger is part of the cat family."

There was a bit of silence as everyone agreed to Dumbledore's point. Sakura just walked up to the stool and sat down the hat on her.

.-.

'…'

'So come to look around hey old hat.' Inner Sakura snickered.

'Now be polite Inner Sakura." Sakura sighed.

'Two minds…. Interesting.'

'So hat so where do we go?'

'I said be polite.' Sakura hissed.

'Make me.' Inner Sakura sneered.

'You asked for it!'

The hat watched as the two battled, I mean literally. On the outside Sakura had closed her eyes so she to was in her mind. It took two minutes before the two stopped fighting. They stood not looking at one another, looking a bit dishevelled.

'Well Sakura you are a hard one to sort. You have qualities for all houses, even Slytherin.'

Sakura and Inner Sakura smirked.

'You hold many secrets too. Secrets that would destroy people and secrets that some would kill to learn….'

Sakura nodded as the hat trailed off.

'And if you reveal any to anyone we will burn you.' Inner Sakura glared.

The hat was silent.

'I can see what you were like as a gennin. You have changed a lot, some for good some for bad.'

The two smirked as the hat fell silent again.

'This may take me a while… You must make a choice too because I may not be able to for once.'

The two grinned manically.

.-.

Everyone was getting a bit bored and concerned, even McGonagall. The pink haired beauty had been sitting on the stool for ten minutes not making a sound. She had sat with her eyes closed not moving. The hat was also silent. Suddenly it started to move.

"SLYTHERIN!" It called.

Slytherin cheered and smirked while the other three tables sat in silent surprise. All of the ninja where starring at Sakura who stood up and gave them a smirk that they had never seen before, and that would make any Slytherin proud. McGonagall picked up the hat which for once looked gloomy. McGonagall frowned and glanced at Dumbledore who had not lost the twinkle but was still watching the hat.

"Keep an eye on that girl." The hat said as McGonagall set it off to the side.

McGonagall blinked.

"She will not go against the contract but she will look for every small loophole and use it, probably just for her amusement."

McGonagall looked at the hat a moment longer then moved and sat at the teacher's tables. She glanced at Sasori who was watching Sakura as she moved to the Slytherin table and introduced herself. When everyone fell silent Dumbledore stood up.

"I only have to words for you… Tuck in."

The ninja gasped and starred as the plates were suddenly filled with food. Naruto started to dish everything out like Deidara, while Sasuke, Hinata, and Itachi took only a little and ate politely. Sakura picked some food she recognized and started to eat answering occasional questions and ignoring others. Most people, who had tried to make a move on her retreated, as soon as Hiun, who was lying at her feet under the table, growled. Sakura snuck him some snacks too and the evening passed nicely. When the dessert was finally polished off the plates disappeared and everyone looked back up at Dumbledore who stood up.

"I have a few announcements. Mr Filtch, the caretaker, has asked me to remind you that the forbidden forest is out of bounds. Also there is a list of items banned. You can find the list on his office door. I would also like to say that there will be a new course that is mandatory for all students. It is a physical fitness course that will teach games, fitness and such. It will be taught by Professor Akasuna who has also come from Japan.

The students applauded and Flitwick motioned for Sasori to stand. The red head did so and bowed his head before sitting. You could hear more sighs come from the girls as they laid their eyes on the angelic face. When the clapping ended Dumbledore continued.

"I also have to painfully say that the inter-house quidditch cup will not take place this year."

This was met by a stunned and sad silence and many whispers.

"This is because of an event that will be starting in October and continued through the school year. I am sure you will enjoy it immensely. I have the pleasure of announcing that this year at Hogwarts…."

He was cut off as the hall doors were swung open. A traveler wearing a dark coat and leaning on a staff stepped in. he pulled the hood back as everyone head turned to him. Everyone watched in silence as he walked to Dumbledore. A dull thunk was sounded with each step. Dumbledore shook his hand and they muttered something before the man walked to the spare seat at the teacher's table. The man sat down and looked around.

"May I present our new Defence Against the Dark Art's teacher, Professor Moody."

The only ones to clap were Sasori, in a bored way, Dumbledore, and Hagrid.

"Now as I was saying." Dumbledore started again. "This year Hogwarts will be hosting the Triwizard tournament."

The ninja all listened closely as the headmaster launched into a small description of the event. When the headmaster finally wished them a goodnight everyone stood and flooded from the room except the ninja. McGonagall met them at the door and led them down the halls. Sasori had headed off with Dumbledore. McGonagall finally stopped when she reached a large painting that had a large Cherry blossom tree. The petals were swirling around in the sunny day and a small girl with long brown hair in a braid was picking flowers a harp lying beside her.

"Minerva it has been a while." She giggled.

"It has. These six will be staying here now though, Fraya." McGonagall smiled.

"It will be nice to have someone finally use the room. What is the password?"

McGonagall turned to the ninja. Sakura smirked.

"Make it 'trust'."

The ninja glanced at Sakura wondering her reasons but shrugged as McGonagall told the girl. The ninja filed through with McGonagall.

"Now only Snape, Dumbledore, and I know you are ninja and guards. Keep it that way." The woman said before walking back out and shutting the painting.

The others all looked around. They stood in a fair sized room. It had a table for studying and a couple bookshelves. There was a fire place along with a comfy couch and a couple of cushioned armchairs. There was a stairway at the end of the room and a couple windows near it. The floor was also covered in a thick fuzzy rug. The colors of the room were a mixture of deep reds and blacks. Their trunks were stacked near the staircase. The six headed up the staircase to find themselves in a small hall. There were three different doors. They peeked in to find identical rooms. The rooms each had two double beds, a desk, a couple shelves, nightstands, and seats under the windows. Everyone glanced at one another.

"How are we going to do this?" Hinata asked quietly

"I call this room!" Naruto shouted going into the first one.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at his partner and also walked into the room with him. Deidara grinned and hurried into the middle room.

"If I share a room with Deidara he will be a bloody corpse by the end of the month." Itachi said in an uncaring way.

Sakura sighed.

"Hinata, do you want to stay with Deidara or Itachi?" She asked.

Hinata gulped and looked at Itachi who just looked around, his sharingan spinning lazily, as if ready to change to Mangekyou. She hurried after Deidara not saying a word though it seemed like she felt safer with the blonde then Itachi. Itachi then walked to the farthest room and set to exploring it, Hiun also followed understanding that would be their room. Sakura sighed again. Then she walked back don the stairs. She flicked her wand out and cast a simple levitating charm. She had learned a lot of spells from reading and practiced some while at the leaky cauldron and on the train. She levitated all the belongings up to the top of the stairs and into each person's room. Then she walked to her room. She walked in and set her trunk in front of her bed. Then she did the same with Itachi's.

She glanced around to see their room was a mixture of reds, blacks, and traces of silvers. She unpacked her thinks making sure everything was neat and tidy. Itachi did the same and Sakura was relieved to see he was also an organized person. When that was done Sakura checked out their bathroom too. Each room had one attached. Theirs was fairly large and had everything they would need. It was deep greens and whites. Sakura just smiled and stretched. Then she moved to her bed. She pulled the curtains closed around the four poster bed and quickly changed into some shorts and a tank top. She then unpacked Hiun's bed. She set it on the floor and as soon as Hiun touched it, it enlarged to fit him perfectly. Hiun purred and curled up on it. Then she climbed into bed. She sighed happily into the soft bed and snuggled under the covers. She slowly drifted off feeling relaxed and happy.

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Itachi woke as sun from the window fell onto him. He hadn't bothered to shut his curtains the night before. He opened his eyes slowly and scanned the room lazily. He could see Hiun still sleeping, twitching slightly in his dreams. Sakura wasn't in sight though. Her bed was made and everything was quite tidy. Itachi lifted his head and glanced at the bathroom door. It was closed and he could see a light on inside. He glanced at his clock to see it was seven in the morning. Itachi slowly swung his feet from the bed and sat up. He glanced out the window and saw the sun was just rising. He noticed Kuroi sitting on the window sill looking out. Itachi walked up to him and opened the window. As soon as he did so his black raven took flight. Itachi looked out a minute then shut the window and made his bed.

When he finished that he quickly changed into his uniform. Then he moved to the bathroom. He could hear water running and sighed. She wouldn't be out for a minute. Then he grinned. He whipped his wand out and twirled it mumbling the spell. The door opened with a click. It didn't seem that Sakura had heard him yet and he had masked his chakra so she wouldn't sense him either. He smirked and stepped up to the sink and counter. He grabbed his toothbrush and started to brush his teeth. When he was finished he grabbed his brush.

As he started to brush his hair the water turned off and a hand reached for a towel. Itachi stepped over and pushed it into her hand. The shower curtains were shoved aside to show Sakura with a towel wrapped around her. Her eyes landed on a smirking Itachi who was facing her and doing his pony tail. She let out a shriek and glared daggers at him. She hopped from the shower and looked like she wanted to hit him, hard. She didn't though. She just grabbed her pyjamas and stalked back into the room stepping by her bed and closing her curtains. Itachi just smirked finishing his hair. When he was done that he walked back out into the room. He grabbed his books and set them on his bed.

Then he grabbed a book bag he had bought. He stuffed the books he needed inside with ink, quills, and parchment. Then he added some very inconspicuous shuriken. He finally stuffed in some extra reading material and reminded himself to go to the library if he had the time. He looked up as Sakura stepped away from her bed. She wore her uniform and had a book bag the color of her eyes thrown over her shoulder. Her long pink hair was braided in one large braid and handing down to her waist. Itachi looked her up and down. The skirt showed off her long creamy legs and showed even more of her beauty.

Itachi felt a smirk tug at his lips again. He just walked out the door though. He could sense Sakura following closely behind him, leaving the door open a crack for Hiun. Itachi walked down to the common room to find no one there. He shrugged and glanced at Sakura who followed him. He decided to go see if he could get some breakfast at the great hall. Sakura caught up to him and walked beside him looking like she didn't have a care in the world. As they entered the great hall they saw only a few teachers and students. They sat down together at the Slytherin table and grabbed some of the food set out. Sakura ate some toast and talked with the bloody baron ghost who had joined them. Itachi just sat eating his eggs in silence.

After a while he and Sakura stood. Snape handed them each a schedule as they walked out the door. They took them and headed off to the library. They each grabbed some books and were content to go to their first class; transfiguration. They walked in silence till they reached the room. They walked in to find McGonagall sorting some things. They just sat pulling out their books, happy to just sit in silence and read.

As class started they listened closely, ignoring Sasuke and Naruto who sat on the Gryffindors side of the room. Naruto really wanted Sakura's attention though and kept throwing small paper balls at her with a speed most students wouldn't see. Soon Sakura had a small pile of paper balls around her desk. Itachi was listening to the teacher his head in his hand and his elbow propped on the desk. He watched with lazy amusement. Sakura's eye was starting to twitch with annoyance and anger. As soon as class was over she shot from the room, Itachi right behind her. They stood outside the door and watched as the students filed past.

When Naruto emerged she grabbed him and slammed him into the wall. The two brothers watched in amusement as Sakura raised a fist ready to punch Naruto's lights out. But just then the golden trio and Draco and his goons emerged from the room. The two groups starred at her and Draco and his group smirked while Hermione's eyes widened and Harry and Ron starred. Sakura gave Naruto a glare and dropped him. He started to rant on about her mercy and she was tempted to punch him again. The golden trio grabbed him and dragged him away, Sasuke following.

"I think we're going to get along." Draco said smirked, and then he walked off with the two.

Itachi looked at Sakura with a small smirk.

"I want to just pound him good." She scowled.

He smirked even more and set off. Sakura huffed and lifted her bag higher on her shoulder before following him. They set of to their second class, Charms. They were greeted buy a short man who seemed quite cheerful. They sat in the large class and pulled out their charms books. They both knew all the first and second year charms but hadn't practiced any except the silencing charm and Alohomora. As Flitwick started the lessons he told the ninja that if they couldn't do much it was okay.

The Slytherin's shared this class with the Ravenclaw's so that meant Hinata was also in class. She was sitting between a day-dreamy looking girl and a boy who was glancing at Hinata everyone in a while and blushing. Itachi and Sakura next to one another and a Ravenclaw sat on the other side of Sakura since they were at the middle for the class. The boy who had yelled about Sakura's tiger, Nott, sat on Itachi's other side.

The lesson went on without much trouble, the ninja getting almost everything right away. It was quite easy for them to ender stand with their chakra control, besides that Sakura and Itachi turned their sharingans on discreetly. And on top of all of that they were all very intelligent. As the lesson finished Sakura and Itachi walked off for lunch. Hiun somehow found them to and met up with them before they reached the hall. He looked happy and just walked beside Sakura. Most people gave her room and only the brave waved or pet Hiun as they passed. Sakura and Hiun didn't mind. As they reached the hall they moved to the Slytherin table. They sat down and ate while working on the little homework they got, together. They did so till they finished eating. Then they wandered down to the dungeons, to their next class; double potions.

Sakura found some people already there. The Gryffindors looked nervous while the Slytherins smirked like it was all under control. Sakura heard some of the students talking about potions. They said it was hard but Snape favoured his house, Slytherins. And he hated Gryffindor just like the Slytherins. Hiun nuzzled Sakura's leg in goodbye and trotted off. Sakura watched him go. Then she leaned against the wall. Itachi did the same, crossing his arms. When the doors opened, most students were already there. They headed in and sat down, Gryffindors on one side Slytherins on the other. Snape walked in his cape billowing. Sakura sat beside Itachi and they stayed silent. Naruto, Sakura could already see, was yawning. Snape shot him a scowl and stood next to his desk. Snape looked over everyone.

"Welcome to the fourth years potion." He drawled. "Many of you will have to work quite hard to pass it."

No one moved. Snape flicked his wand and directions appeared on the black board.

"This is done alone."

No one moved.

"Well get going." He snapped.

Everyone leapt up and hurried to grab the things. Sakura and Itachi smirked. The man didn't do much but he was quite intimidating. But Sakura felt he could be trusted and she didn't often get that feeling. She would speak to Dumbledore about him later. She grabbed her things and set them down at her table. She started her cauldron and opened her text smirking. Potions would be a breeze after Tsunade's lessons. And Sakura was already the best poison master after Sasori and could heal even his poisons. She had made a lot of potion like things and potions wouldn't be different; even easier since she had instructions.

She read the potion instructions one and then returned to the first step. She started cut some thing sup making sure she had all the things ready. Then she tossed the first couple of things in. The book said stir counter clockwise five times. Sakura frowned thoughtfully. It would be better if she stirred three times clockwise then two times to opposite way. She did so and moved to the next step after writing what she had done next to the first step. She continued on this way doing some things the way she thought would be best, adding extra, or less. All the while she wrote what she had done. As the class drew to an end Snape stood and wrote the homework on the board.

"Hand in your potions." He said.

Students scrambled to fill their flasks and set it on his desk. Sakura smirked in amusement as she glanced around. Hermione, Sasuke, and Itachi had done well getting their potions almost clear like the book said. But Sakura's had turned out crystal clear.

'Now we know who the better potion master between the book and us. Us.' Inner Sakura said smugly.

'What do you mean us? I was the one who did everything.'

'Yeah but I'm you so I also did it.'

Sakura walked up to Snape's desk once most of the students had stopped crowding to drop their own flasks on his desk. She set her potion on his desk with an indifferent look. Snape looked at it a moment then up at her. She didn't look smug or happy because she knew that would get on her nerves. She bowed her head in respect to him and turned and walked back to her desk. She sat and Snape stood. He looked them over.

"It seems Miss Haruno is the only one to get the potion perfect." Snape said.

Everyone glanced at her but she just looked ahead.

"Twenty points to Slytherin." Snape smirked. "Five to both Mr. Uchihas for getting theirs also. As for the rest of you I suggest you read the instructions more closely."

Then he dismissed them. They all filed out. Itachi and Sasuke looked at her.

"How did you get it so well? We read the instructions and did everything perfectly but it wasn't as good as yours." Sasuke said.

"I'm quite good at poisons and herbs and such and that is the same as potions, and I'm much smarter then a text book." She grinned.

Sasuke was then dragged away by Naruto and Sakura followed Itachi back to their dorm so they could change for gym class. They walked into their dorm to find Hiun gone. They ignored the fact and quickly changed into sweatpants and t-shirts. Itachi wore black sweat pants and a black t-shirt while Sakura wore green sweat pants and a white t-shirt. The two left the room without another word and headed back down the halls to a set of double doors that were open.

They walked in to find a large room. The floor was polished wood and the roof was quite high. It looked like a gymnasium. There where posters of the human body and many posters of games and their rules. There were a couple bins of balls and such against the back wall. Along some walls were benches. And against one wall were pillows to sit on and a black board on the wall. Itachi and Sakura went to the pillows and plopped down lazily.

As the minute wore on more and more students entered looking around in curiosity. Naruto wisely didn't sit next to Sakura who still glared at him. Itachi noted once again that the Slytherins were on one side and Gryffindors on the other. There were seventh years and fourth years of Gryffindors and Slytherins in the class. There were also seventh year Ravenclaws, and seventh year Hufflepuffs in the class making quite a few people.

Everyone was talking before the doors opened quickly. Sasori walked in and everyone quieted. He wore blood red sweat pants and a white t-shirt. He had used a henge to make his puppet parts look human. It looked like most students didn't know what to expect from him. He strode past those sitting down and to the wall where the black board was. He turned to them and clasped his hands behind his back. He gave them a bored look as he looked them all over.

"I can see you are all wearing the clothes required. I will not allow robes or wands in this class. If you brought a wand please bring it forwards. No one shall use on in my class. Not even me. Well only the healer shall use their wand. No one else, not even me."

More then half the students stood slowly and moved to him, where he set all the wands neatly over the black board on a small shelf. When the students were once again sitting he turned to them.

"The whole point of this class is not to learn spells, it is to get excises and become active."

When he was sure they were listening he continued.

"You will learn various games and sports, do exercises, and get fit."

He sent a pointed look to the two thugs by Draco.

"You will participate each day or I will fail you. Half you mark is on how good you are, and the other half is on participation. I will not tolerate lateness, nor will I tolerate duelling with wands. You may fight for all I care as long as you do it when I am not talking, nor with wands."

Some sent him odd looks.

"Today I thought I would start you off easily with a game of dodge ball."

Itachi saw Sakura smirk sadistically and look at Naruto who cowered behind Sasuke. Most students though looked confused.

"Does anyone not know the rules?" Sasori asked.

More then half the kids put their hands up. Sasori sighed.

"The rules are simple. There are two teams. One on each side of the room, the Gym. I will set out a bunch of balls. When I say go you each try to get the balls. Then you try to hit people on the other team with the balls, without passing the halfway line. If someone is hit with the ball they are out and sit on the benches. If you catch a ball thrown at you, you are safe. If the ball bounces before hitting you, you are safe. The only way to get back in the game is if I say jail break. Got it?"

Most students nodded.

"Now we can do Gryffindor and Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin and Ravenclaw or Girls vs. guys. Which one?"

"Gryffindor and Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin and Ravenclaw!" Most yelled.

Sasori nodded.

"Slytherin and Ravenclaw to the left side of the gym, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff to the right. I do not mind violence so you may throw the ball with what ever force you want and you may hit them where ever. If I see you cheating you will sit out for the whole game though."

Itachi stood with all the students and moved to the Slytherin's side. He noted with amusement that Naruto and Sasuke where backing up keeping their eyes on Sakura who was grinning. They looked scared. He guessed anyone with superhuman strength could throw a ball really hard. He glanced at Sasori who looked as bored as usual. The red head walked to one of the bins and grabbed two mesh bags of colourful balls. He moved to the center of the gym and Itachi now noticed a line separating the two sides. The puppet master dumped the bags of balls on the floor and tossed the bags to the side. He picked up a ball and held it up.

"These are rubber. They will not hurt much unless thrown well or aimed at certain spots."

Everyone nodded and waited.

"Everyone to the back walls."

Everyone obeyed and stood against the opposite walls.

"When I say." Sasori said.

Most tensed and got ready. Sasori backed up to his wall and pulled a whistle from his shirt. He put it to his mouth and looked to each side. His eyes rested on the ninja in the group and he gave a slight smirk of amusement. He blew the whistle and everyone ran. The ninja made it first, using reasonable speed and grabbed the balls tossing them back to their side. As soon as people had the balls they were wiping them as hard as they could at the 'enemy'. Itachi saw most were looking on in a feral way, as if ready to destroy the other in their built up hate.

Itachi leaned his head to the side and dodged a ball thrown at him. He looked to his little brother who grinned and tossed a second ball in the air before catching it and whipping it at him. Itachi caught it and just raised a brow. Itachi heard a scream and turned to see Naruto dodging balls that flew at him. He turned to Sakura to see her grinning and tossing balls at him. Finally one hit him. It nailed him in the face making him fall back, unconscious. Most froze and looked at the unconscious blonde who also had a blood nose.

They all turned to Sakura who was grinning holding two more balls. Most of the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs gulped while the Slytherin's cheered. Sasori walked to the blonde and dragged him to benches dropping him on one. The game resumed more slowly. Itachi didn't bother to throw any balls only dodging the ones thrown at him, most thrown by Deidara and Sasuke. He did notice though that Sakura hit two more guys giving another a bloody nose but not knocking him out, and giving one a black eye. He watched as Draco's thugs nailed an orange haired kid hard making him fall back on his ass. The boys black haired friend, Harry, was nailed after that as more then half the Slytherins threw balls at him at once.

Itachi watched in amusement as the bushy haired girl Hermione looked quite determined as she picked up a ball and turned to the blonde Draco who was sneering at her. Suddenly she wiped the ball at him making him stumble back. He cried out and many paused to watch. He looked up at her gaping as his nose poured blooded and looked broken. He glared and motioned his thugs forwards. They threw balls at her but she effortlessly dodged them. Itachi knew anyone with average speed and someone fit could dodge them easily. He watched as she picked up to more balls and chucked them at the two giving them both black eyes. The three had to go to 'jail' glaring the whole time.

As the game wore on people thinned out. Finally only Sasuke, Itachi, Sakura, Hermione, Nott, and Neville where left. Neville was still in by pure clumsiness. He had tripped or fallen every time a ball came at him. Deidara had been eliminated by Sakura and Hinata had been hit by Sasuke. Suddenly a ball whipped by knocking Nott out of the game, with a broken finger. Sakura wound up and threw a ball hard. Sasuke tried to dodge it but it nailed him in the gut. He doubled over clutching his stomach, the wind knocked out of him. Now it was two on two. The Gryffindors gulped and prayed for their two.

Hermione gulped but looked on in determination. Itachi had to admit she was good. He tossed a ball at her. She tossed her ball at him too, and he pretended to have been distracted, letting the ball graze his arm. His ball also hit Hermione's arm gently. The Gryffindors cheered for her as she sat down. He also sat down. The ninja knew it had been an act. Itachi watched on. Neville was shaking and gulping. He had seen how Sakura had knocked Naruto out, gave out four black eyes, five bloody noses, and a broken finger or two.

Sakura smiled at him and he swallowed hard. Sakura picked up a ball and the boy also did. She then leaned back and threw it at him. He quickly threw his too. Then he cringed and turned away ready to be hurt but was pleasantly surprised as the ball just hit his back gently. He looked up and she gave him a kind smile. She had side stepped his; making it look like she had just dodged his, almost being hit but not. Neville made his way to the seats and the Gryffindors patted him on the back for his job well done, while the Slytherin's cheered for their victory, Ravenclaw also patting one another on the back. Sasori blew his whistle and everyone looked up. He motioned everyone to the pillows and they hurried over. When they were all sitting Sasori motioned Sakura up.

"I know Mrs. Haruno here since I used to teach at her school. She is a very skilled healer so those with injuries please step forwards."

Most looked hesitant to get healed by the one who had injured them. She gave a kind smile and they all relaxed stepping forwards. She grabbed her wand and started to heal the various injuries. It had been quite easy since all she had to do was do her normal healings but through a wand which helped focus the power. She healed the all except Naruto who had already healed. No one really realized that though. When everyone was healed they sat down again. Sasori looked them over once again.

"Some of you are fit, others need a lot of work. Next class we will start to talk more of exercises to do. You may go."

"But the bell hasn't rung." A girl said slowly.

"You will need extra time to change, so go and do not complain…Wait. Mrs. Granger please stay behind."

Everyone stood and grabbed their wands before leaving, except Itachi, Sakura, Deidara, Hermione, Ronald, Harry, Draco, and his thugs. Hermione stepped forwards and Sasori pulled a small book out of his pocket. He tossed it to the girl who caught it.

"Your play impressed me the most. You play well for a civilian. And it is hard to catch my notice."

The girl didn't seem to hear the part about the civilian. She looked over the book that seemed to be on meditation. She flipped through it and her two friends also looked through.

"Ooh. The mudblood got a present because she thinks she's so good." Draco mocked.

Hermione sent him a glare.

"I'm warning you Malfoy, shut up."

"Or what?" He asked sneering.

The ninja just watched. The thugs glared at Harry and Ron while Hermione and Draco glared at one another.

"Just shut up." She hissed. "Thank you Professor Akasuna." She smiled.

He gave a brief nod.

"Trying to suck up to the teacher now?" Malfoy asked, an anger in his eyes.

Sakura grinned as she recognized what kind of anger it was. Hermione just turned her back on him.

"Oh? Did I discover something mudblood? Liking a teacher are we?"

Before anyone could stop her, except the ninja who didn't see any reason too, she had spun her fist raised. She punched Malfoy in the gut making him double over. He coughed out his air as Hermione grinned. Her two friends starred.

"Blimey Hermione, that punch was better then last year." Ron said.

"Well I took some karate lessons last summer, and he was asking for it." She snorted.

"But you did it in front of a teacher." Harry gulped.

The girl and Ron froze as if remembering there were other people where there. She turned to look at Sasori gulping in fear. Sasori had read the rules and knew something like that could almost get her expelled. He just gazed down at her. Draco was still gasping for air while his thugs smirked at her. Ron and Harry also gulped. Sasori looked at Draco then her.

"Next time hit just a little higher, it is a better spot to hit. Makes him loose his air for longer, and hurts more." Sasori drawled.

The six gaped up at him.

"Better hurry off." He said.

Hermione nodded still staring in disbelief. Harry, Ron, and her all ran from the room. Draco looked up at him scowling.

"Shouldn't you take points off for that?" He rasped.

"You were asking for it. And I said I didn't mind if you fought just not with wands."

With that Sasori turned back to Deidara, Sakura and Itachi. Crabbe and Goyle grabbed Draco and dragged him off. Sakura grinned and lazily laid on the ground resting her elbow on her pillow, her head in her hand. Sasori turned to her his eyes narrowed.

"Don't you have class?"

"I believe those two do too, yet here we all are. Any reason they stayed behind?"

All three narrowed their eyes at her. She stood and gracefully walked up to Sasori. She walked around him slowly. His eyes followed her. She reached up and twirled a piece of his hair in her fingers. She let her gaze go over all three of them. Deidara had tensed up when she had gotten close to the red head and Itachi looked indifferent, though his eyes were sharper.

"I know more then you think." She whispered.

They all clearly heard her and stiffened slightly. Then she walked towards the door. Once she reached the she rested a hand on the large door. She looked over her shoulder at them.

"Don't be to long Itachi, we have class."

The three watched her leave, with narrowed eyes.

"Do you think she knows, un?" Deidara asked.

"She was saying the truth. She knows more then we think, yet I am not sure which knowledge she holds." Itachi said calmly.

"She will make a good Akatsuki member." Sasori smirked.

"Yes… Yes she will." Itachi said.

"That being if we can get her to join us, un." Deidara said.

"It may not be as hard as we think. She is different." Sasori said.

Itachi nodded.

"Her being put in Slytherin proves that point. She is much more different then what we had thought." He said.

"Watch her closely." Sasori said.

Itachi gave a curt nod and smirked before slipping from the room leaving the two behind.

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THIS WAS KINDA WHERE I WAS GOING WTH IT:

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Sakura is already (secretly) a part of Akatsuki. She works directly for Madara. Pein doesn't know of her.

Harry finds out Sasuke speaks 'parseltongue'.

Sakura is in Triwizard tournament.

Instead of Cedric dieing, just Harry gets the portkey. When Voldemort is alive he doesn't hide, he heads to Hogwarts to confront and battle the wizards with Orochimaru with him.

Sakura hates Orochimaru. He tortured her once when she was a child and almost broke her mind when trying to make her the perfect mindless weapon, but she was saved and Inner Sakura was the result. (FLASH BACKS) While with Orochimaru she also learned a bunch of his secrets; How his body switching technique works, all his forbidden jutsus, his weaknesses, and a bunch of other things.

She has a breakdown later when battling Orochimaru. Her mind almost breaks again when he directly attacks her using legilimency (learned from Voldemort) pushing the memories back on her. She goes blank and Orochimaru uses her against her friends and team.

Kabuto saves Sakura in the end. He heals her mind using skills he knows and learned (legilimency and just healing and good old 'mentioning her friends and loved ones' trick). When she first regains her mind she'd devastated that she attacked her team (injuring Naruto and Sasuke and almost killing Deidara). She's momentarily vulnerable. Orochimaru is frustrated that she was healed and decides to cut his losses and tries to kill her. Kabuto takes the hit from his sword. Snaps Sakura out of it.

In the end as he dies it's revealed he's her brother (Should he be? Or maybe not.) In the end she kills Orochimaru and Harry kills Voldemort.