Beta: Do I even need to say that it is the incredible Prince Nemui
Omake
—How Hogwarts took over Konoha—
"Silverin," Naruto pronounced determinedly.
"Sly-the-rin," Michiko corrected, helping her godson learn the foreign word.
"Slyverin," the boy tried again, frowning in concentration.
"Nope, but close, Sly-the-rin," Michiko repeated again, amused at Naruto's attempts.
"Gah! Who wants to be a stupid Slyverin anyway," Naruto grumbled, hands crossed over his chest and adorable pout in place. Really, how was she expected to stay annoyed when he had that expression? Although Kakashi was doing a wonderful job at keeping her irritated with his constant snickering and commentary. Kinda like right now.
"Help, or be quiet," she ordered the teen, red eyes narrowed in warning.
"Me?" Kakashi asked mirthfully, pointing to himself, "Oh, no, no. Please do continue, I couldn't impose."
Turning back to Naruto, the redhead plastered on her kindest smile:
"Now, now Naruto-chan, it is not nice to bash other people's houses," she admonished.
"What's bash?" the kid asked instead, Michiko's words completely going over his head.
"Bash means to insult something someone else might like, simply because you don't. In this case, saying that Slytherin is stupid," she explained.
"But it is," Naruto whined.
"I agree with Naruto-chan. I can't see how this information-," Kakashi added, only to be interrupted by Michiko throwing…a stick, at him. The look he gave her spoke volumes.
"You keep quiet, idiot. This is an important right of passage," Michiko argued, hair rising against gravity. She was emulating Kushina rather impressively at that moment.
If poor Naruto was confused, and on the verge of asking something, then that urge got squashed by Sasuke and Itachi's arrival.
"Sasuke!" Naruto greeted his friend, happily running towards him.
After ensuring that the children were fine, Itachi went to greet the two teens. Confusion written across his face as he listened to their squabble.
Michiko was arguing about the importance of…'magic?' Itachi thought, even more bemused now. While Kakashi was simply pretending to be bored.
Their, conversation, did not cease because of Itachi, but because the two children wandered over. Once Naruto reached Michiko's side, he grabbed the side of her green dress, pulling on it to grab her attention. "Bachan, bachan," when he succeeded, and the fiery teen turned towards him, the blonde pointed towards his friend:
"Tell Sasuke about Gryffindor and Howarts and Slyverin," Naruto said rapidly, pleading Michiko with his eyes.
"Hogwarts," the girl automatically corrected, eyeing Sasuke. "Is the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in Britain," Michiko said proudly, ignoring the confused looks she received and Kakashi's snort.
"How can you say that with a straight face?" the silver haired teen asked, only to be ignored.
"Listen here, brats," the redhead said, hands on her hips, and doing her best Anko impression, "what you are about to learn is information privy only to a few people."
Looking at the boys to see if she had their attention, Michiko was pleasantly surprised.
"Take a seat-,"
"-There are no seats-"
"-and listen closely." she said. And, despite Kakashi's interruption, the children were enraptured by what she had to say, promptly sitting on the ground. Even Itachi looked curious and did as instructed.
Shooting the other teen a triumphant look before turning back to her audience, Michiko missed the way Kakashi rolled his eye, leaning into the tree next to him to pay attention.
"Very well, lets start with the basics; Hogwarts is a school where young witches and wizards learn to wield magic-,"
"What is magic?" Itachi quickly interrupted.
"Think of magic as chakra, but, unlike chakra, not everyone possesses it, and those which do are called witches and wizards," Michiko explained.
"Right, so it is a magic school and there are four houses within it-,"
"I though it was a school?" Sasuke said, looking confused.
"It is. In this case houses refers to…clans! Think of houses as clans. And there are four of them within Hogwarts. They are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each student is sorted into one of this houses when they arrive at the school. There is also a point system, here each student's triumphs ears them points for their house while each time they break a rule, they lose points. The house with the most points at the end of the year wins…," Michiko explained a few more things about Hogwarts and magic before saying:
"So now that we went over the basics, let me tell you the story of a young boy named Harry Potter…"
The teen barely got halfway through the Goblet of Fire when Mikoto and Kushina made their appearance, making them realise just how late it was. And, much to the children's protests, (Itachi and Kakashi kept quiet but felt similarly) Michiko told them that this would have to be it for now, and she could tell them more next time she came to visit.
The poor girl could already feel Toshio's irritation with her.
—.—.—.—
Nearly two weeks passed since Michiko's last visit to Konoha. And, after delivering a scroll to the hospital, the teen thought it a nice idea to go visit family.
Only her visit didn't go as planned, because the moment she stepped foot in the house, Naruto launched himself at Michiko like a rocket. The blond demanded she finish the story. Except, he remembered Sasuke wasn't here.
So they had to get Sasuke, who in turn remembered that they told others the story and that they wanted to hear the rest too. Thus Michiko ended up in the playground again, a gaggle of children already formed around her, with strays that kept popping out of nowhere.
And they weren't just two to three year olds. Oh, no. There were brats of all ages gathered, there were even fresh genin gathered. Heck, a quick chakra scan revealed not only Itachi sitting in the nearby tree, but Shisui and Izumi as well.
Then Michiko was hit by the green beast himself who was: 'oh, so exited,' and she stared at Kakashi who appeared out of the aether, book in hand, pretending to not give a damn.
'Are those ANBU agents?' the redhead thought aghast, swivelling to face Kakashi fully, waiting for an explanation. She didn't receive one, of course.
"What, the actual hell," she muttered, emotions raging from shock, at the sheer number of people present, to impressed at how quick they were at gathering. (A bit over an hour, but, for a bunch of brats, not bad)
Really, Michiko didn't know how to take it, and, when everyone finally settled down, she spent a long moment looking at them. Before shrugging and deciding she didn't want to know. After making sure they were all up to date with the previous events and a very brief reminder of where she left off, the Uzumaki carried on with the story.
Not even the slightest bit aware of Hiruzen listening to the story via his crystal ball. (The man was worse than Michiko at finding excuses to not do paperwork)
It was only when she got to the darker aspects of the story, that Michiko even questioned the ethics of subjecting such young kids to it. Except that this was a shinobi village full of children trained to kill, or who are exposed to such discussions from their parents. She was sure they could take it.
And, even weeks later, you could still spot a group of children waving sticks at each other, pretending to fight invisible foes or one another….well, the power of magic is great.
"So what were you saying about this being irrelevant information, Kakashi?" Michiko asked the masked teen, looking at him smugly the entire time.
"Meh, Slytherin still sounds stupid," the boy replied, avoiding the well aimed kick.
"Say that again, I dare you! I will protect the honour of my house!"
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Bonus snippet, I hope you enjoy it:
—Jiraiya is a great author—
"Come on read it," Michiko said, shoving the bright orange book in the boys face.
"No," was the simple reply she kept receiving.
"Damn it, Kakashi! Jiraiya-sama is a great author, you should feel blessed that he comes from your village," the redhead argued, holding the book between them and looking at it longingly.
"Yes, I am happy that the sannin are from our village, and are mostly on our side. That, however, does not mean I need to worship them or everything they create," the silver haired boy said exasperatedly, putting down the book he was reading about shinobi conduit.
"Bah, look at the garbage you're reading. This, Kakashi. This, is what real literature is like," Michiko said, waving the orange book for further emphasis.
"That is what you said last time you made me read one of Jiraiya-sama's books, and it was utter nonsense," Kakashi said, lazily crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the tree.
(They were actually on a mission together in Cha no Kuni(The Land of Tea) and taking a break)
Michiko gasped dramatically in response, hands, and book, going over her heart:
"You take that back! The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi is a great book! Not that someone like you could appreciate art for what it is. I mean, look at what you choose to read! Anyway," Michiko said, shaking her head sadly, "Icha Icha is completely different! Just give it a try!" the girl wined, pushing the book into the teen's hands.
"No worries, I'll rid you of this trash for free," she then said, grabbing Kakashi's previous book and scattering a good number of its pages it before he had a chance to react.
"Michiko!" The male bellowed.
"Oh, stop being so dramatic. Just read Icha Icha. You will thank me for opening your eyes to real literature."
Kakashi eventually read the damn book…he asked Michiko if there was a second one.
