Summary: When Harry's heritage becomes unsealed, who will teach the boy to master the "Power the Dark Lord knows not"? Set during Harry's sixth year and eight years following the Naruto series (Making Naruto and Sasuke 20).
Authors Note: The story is rated R as it contains extremely graphic violence (with Naruto and HP combined what did you expect?), as well as a lot of profanities and implied (and possibly more) Slash. If you don't like these, don't read. You have been warned. Also, just to note, this was written after Order of the Phoenix, and follows everything through the first five books. Due to the fact that the Naruto series is not complete, I have invented my own ending.
Now, without further ado, you can read the Fic.
Note: CHAPTERS 1-6 HAVE BEEN REWRITTEN I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU READ THEM AGAIN BEFORE THIS CHAPTER OR YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
Chapter 7: Of Life, Death and Those Left Behind
Harry was the first one to wake the next morning, surprised to find himself on a couch in the common room. Hermione and Ginny were in the couch opposite with Ron lying on the floor beneath them. All three were still asleep and Harry quickly wrote a note saying he was going for breakfast and that he would either meet them in the Great Hall or, if they weren't awake by the time he had finished, back in the Common Room.
He was about to sit the note on the table when he noticed his glasses sitting there. He looked at them, confused because he was suddenly able to see without them. Remembering that Hermione had charmed them to adjust to his eyesight, so he wouldn't need to get the prescription changed again, Harry assumed that when his Sharingan had become unsealed his eyes had repaired themselves. Picking them up, Harry looked at the lenses, which had adjusted themselves to normal glass.
Not having to wear his glasses would be an improvement when fighting - he would no longer have to worry about them falling off or smashing - and he was glad to be rid of the weakness. Then again, he also reminded himself that he should ask either Sasuke or Professor Dumbledore before assuming that the Sharingan had healed them - knowing the way his life was, there was probably some much more complicated and inexplicable reason for their miraculous recovery - and he quickly returned his glasses to their rightful place.
Ten minutes later Harry left the dormitory, clothed in a simple black turtleneck, jeans and a pair of black robes. Being allowed to use magic outside of school, he quickly resized a pair of Dudley's old clothes, reminding himself to get some new clothes in Diagon Alley later that day.
Ron, Hermione and Ginny were still asleep, and Harry quickly walked past them, out the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall. He didn't know how many people would be there - not knowing where most of the Order had gone after the attack on Grimmauld Place. He was pleased when he entered to find only a few people sitting at the head table, including Remus. The man looked older and more drawn than Harry had ever seen, most likely because of his own actions the day before regarding Bellatrix. When Dumbledore motioned for Harry to join them at the head table he instantly sat beside the old werewolf and tried to engage him in conversation.
"Morning Professor Lupin. How are you feeling?" he asked, noticing several people look towards the pair as he did - apparently he wasn't the only one who noticed the state he was in. Remus just nodded mutely to Harry before returning his gaze to his breakfast, which lay untouched.
Harry ate his breakfast swiftly, trying several times to evoke conversation with Remus before giving up completely. He decided to talk to the man alone rather than surrounded by the small crown of Order members that had entered into the hall for breakfast.
Harry was almost finished when Remus quickly left the table, his still untouched plate magically clearing itself as he left. Forgetting his own breakfast Harry wrapped a few pieces of toast in a hankerchief and ran after him, drawing stares at his retreating back from most of the people at the table.
It took Harry twenty minutes trying to find him - remembering that he could summon the Marauders Map from his trunk after the first fifeteen - and he was surprised to note that the man was atop one of the towers Harry had never visited before. He turned towards the tower, quickly finding his way through the labyrinthine corridors of Hogwarts with the aid of the map. It was located almost on the opposite side of the school from where any of Harry's classes were held, and for the first time, after noticing several rooms, statues and paintings he had never come across before, Harry truly understtod how little he knew about the old castle. When he finally came upon the entrance to the tower, Harry was unsurprised to find it had been magically locked.
The locking spells were easily lifted, and Harry could tell by their lack of strength that Remus hadn't put much strength into them. He had to climb five sets of steps before finally reaching the entrance to the roof, which were also locked with half-hearted locking charms.
Remus was sitting on the roof, his face tear-streaked and his hair blowing messily in the wind. He barely acknowleged Harry as he sat down beside him.
Harry could easily see why Remus had chosen to come to this tower. Not only was it away from the rest of the castle, and unlikely for anyone to find him there, the view from the top was the most amazing Harry had seen from any other place in Hogwarts. The tower was located at the back of the castle, and higher than most other parts of it, allowing anyone standing on the roof a clear view of Hogwarts in its entirity, as well as Hogsmead and the Forbidden Forest.
"The Marauders were formed here, you know." said Remus, startling Harry from his admiring of the view. The man's eyes were misted over, and he was looking off into nothing. He sounded and looked more broken and unwell than Harry had ever seen him, including during the full moon. "Your father proposed to your mother here too. Sirius, Peter and I followed them up here with your father's cloak and charmed the door to turn them pink as they left. Lily was furious."
Harry smiled a little, happy to learn something new about his parents, but becoming more worried when he noticed Remus wasn't smiling with him. It was then he noticed Remus' left hand, stroking the floor of the tower as though it were precious to him. Straining his neck Harry managed to make out what was magically enscribed onto the brick his fingers were running over.
A small circle, surrounded by the words "The Marauders - Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs - Friends Forever." Harry felt his eyes tear up as he read it, and looked up to see Remus staring at him. Noticing what he was looking at, Remus took his hand away from the small brick.
"It was Sirius' idea. This was where they confronted me when they found out I was a werewolf - I always came here to think you see - and when I realised they weren't going to shun me we formed the Marauders. We edited it to include our names when they learned their animagus forms. I was so happy that night" he said, once again looking off into the distance with his tear-filled eyes.
"Remus you can't go on beating yourself up like this. You fell guilty about killing her, but look at everything that she did. She was a monster, she deserved everything that she got." said Harry, handing Remus the toast he had brought with him as he did.
"That's no excuse, I..."
He didn't get a chance to reply as Harry calmly rose to his feet.
"What will you tell me Remus, when I kill Voldemort and feel the way you do right now? I know Voldemort has to die, just like I knew Bellatrix had to, but that won't make me feel any better when I finally have to do it. So what will you tell me then?" he said, nodding and leaving the room before Remus could reply. As he walked out, he quickly removed his wand and flicked it towards the door before making his way back towards the common room.
"Hey guys, what's up?" asked Harry as he walked through the portrait hole. Ron and Ginny were absorbed in a game of chess and Hermione was sitting on the couch above them, reading a book that Harry didn't recognise. All three looked up when he spoke.
"Morning Harry. We were just about to go for breakfast, but we thought we'd wait on you to get back, we didn't know if you'd be in the Great Hall or not. Did Dumbledore tell you if everyone was alright, I didn't get a chance to ask last night?" asked Hermione, putting a piece of parchment in her book and sitting it down as she got up. Ginny and Ron followed her over towards Harry.
"I didn't get a chance to ask, I was too worried about Remus." Harry said, explaining to them everything that had happened last night and at breakfast that morning. They were shocked that Remus had actually killed someone, but they all agreed that it needed to be done.
"You definitely left him with a lot to think about Harry, but what you said was sensible. I hope he's alright though, I saw him last night after the fight and he didn't look at all well, but I didn't know what had happened." said Hermione as they reached the Great Hall.
By now the hall had mostly emptied, and only Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Mad-Eye Moody and Tonks were left. Harry and his friends sat down at the Gryffindor table so as not to disturb whatever conversation they were having. Dumbledore looked at Harry long enough to silently ask if everything had gne alright with Remus, to which Harry nodded. Since he had already eaten he made idle conversation with his friends before, half an hour later, the doors of the Great Hall burst open, revealing a much happier looking Remus Lupin.
Harry guessed it was not this that drew all eyes in the room to him though, but rather the fact that he was bright pink from head to toe. Putting on his most innocent expression, Harry had to bite the inside of his lip to keep from laughing.
"Good choice of colour Remus, it's very you." he shouted, laughing to himself as he watched the man walk calmly towards him.
"Don't get cocky Harry, you might have gotten one over on me this time, but you know I will have to get you back for it. I still don't know how you managed to do it without me noticing though." he said, smiling a brilliant smile at Harry. Whether it was Harry's talk or his prank that had cheered the man up Harry didn;t know, and found he didn't much care as long as Remus was happy.
"Well you weren't exactly in a state to be noticing much of anything, but it was screaming to be done and I thought it might cheer you up. Guess it worked. Still, I doubt you'll be able to get me back, after all your advanced age might hinder your attempts." Harry replied playfully, taking a drink of pumpkin juice as he tried not to laugh.
"We'll just see about that Bambi." Remus shot as he turned away, causing Harry to almost choke on his drink and Hermione to laugh quite loudly. Ginny and Ron looked between their two friends and the retreating back of Remus in confusion, finally shrugging it away as a muggle thing.
"So, is that your new pranking name? You better hope that, if you have an animagus form, it's not a stag." said Hermione, earning a mock glare from Harry, which was quickly transferred back to Remus.
Harry gathered his supply list and the small list he had written of things he needed to buy as he rushed around to get ready for his trip to Diagon Alley. Ron had been rushing around for the past fifteen minutes searching for his own supply list, whilst Hermione - who had gotten everything ready half an hour beforehand - sat on the end of his bed chastizing him for having lost it already. Finally, deciding to put Ron out of his misery, Harry summoned the list and handed it to his flustered friend.
Grabbing the small sack he used for his money - which over the years had become rather tattered - Harry left the room and climbed the stairs down to the common room. Ginny was sitting in one of the couches reading over her supply list and waiting for the trio, and she smiled at Harry when he entered. They chatted idley for a few minutes before Ron and Hermione came downstairs to join them, Ron still looking rather flustered. Together they left the common room and headed towards the Entrance Hall.
Waiting for them in the Entrance Hall were Remus, Dumbledore and Mrs Weasley. They were so caught up in their discussion that they did not notice the four students until they were standing beside them.
"Ah, Everyone here?" asked the headmaster, drawing a muggle newspaper from his bright purple robes. "Good, good. Now you will be escorted to Diagon Alley by Remus and Tonks." Dumbledore said, motioning to the Mrs Weasley shaped Tonks, who grinned and winked at them. Harry almost laughed at her actions, so different than any the real Mrs Weasley would have performed. "Now, this newspaper is a portkey that will take you to a room that I have booked in the Leaky Cauldron for the sole purpose of your apparition point, rather than using the public one. If you would all hold on I shall activate it and you can be on your way.
Harry placed his hand on the newspaper, remembering exactly how much he hated portkeys. Sooner than he would have liked he felt the sickening pull behind his navel as the magical object dragged him away from Hogwarts, just as quickly depositing him in a head on the wooden floor of the Leaky Cauldron. Noticing he was the only one to have fallen upon landing, Harry flushed red and quickly jumped to his feet.
after one last check to make sure they had everything, the group slowly made their way downstairs, Tonks tripping over a small table at the top of the stairs and landing at the bottom in the worst impression of Molly Weasley that Harry had ever seen.
"Right, Gringotts first?" Tonks asked, looking at Harry and his friends. They all nodded, and Remus quickly removed his wand and opened up the gateway to Diagon Alley.
It had been two years since he had last set foot in the alley, and Harry took a moment to drink the sight of it in. He had missed the yearly trip to Diagon Alley - having Ice-Cream at FloreanFortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour, checking the latest Quidditch equipment in Quality Quidditch Supplies and surveying the strange people who shoped in the alley had been favourite pastimes of Harry's in his third year when he had spent several weeks there before coming to Hogwarts, and being away for so long had almost made him forget how amazing it was.
Gringotts was as it had been the last time he had lain eyes upon it, the white marble building almost painful to look at by the light of the sun. The goblin on the steps bowed them through the door into the bustling hall, where Remus immediatly dragged Harry off to one side, telling the rest of the group that they would meet up with him at some point in Diagon Alley.
We have to inform the goblins you're here Harry. I assume you recieved the letter about Sirius' will? It still has to be read, and this is the only chance we'll have to deal with it." explain Remus, walking with Harry to a goblin at a free desk. After a moments consultation with Remus the goblin disappeared, returning several minutes later with another in tow.
"Mr. Gringott will see you now. Tortuth shall show you the way." said the goblin, motioning to his colleauge beside him. Tortuth walked around the counter to stand before Harry and Remus.
"If you would follow me sirs." he said, walking through the crowded hall towards the door at the back of the room. They climbed up three flights of stairs and walked through several halls before coming to a stop before the most esquisite doors Harry had ever seen. They were giant, made of rich, polished wood and inset with the largest jewels Harry had ever seen. The doors were a certain sign of the wealth of the goblins, and Harry shivered in anticipation of whatever lay behind them. Placing his hand upon the ruby handle, Tortuth pushed the door open, motioning for the two wizards to enter.
If Harry had felt the doors were astounding, then they fell short at the magnificence of the room. Everywhere Harry looked some expensive item caught his eyes, and he was suddenly very glad that Tonks was not accompanying them.
"Mr Lupin, Mr Potter please do sit down" said a voice suddenly, shocking Harry from his inspection of the room. The goblin in front of him was dressed regally, clutching a golden cane and staring at them from behind the only desk in the room. Upon it were several files and a small orb on a stand that held swirling silver smoke. Following behind Remus, Harry quickly sat himself down on one of the chairs facing the elderly goblin.
"I am Gortian Gringott, great grandson of Sir Gringott, founder of this bank. As you have probably guessed I am not usually charged with the duty of will-reading, however there are several events that shall occur today that have not taken place in hundreds of years, and I wished to be the one to oversee them." explained Gortian quickly, opening one of the many folders in front of him and handing a sheet each to Harry and Lupin.
"As you will see, Sirius' Black's will was well kept, and rather complicated. Rather than keep it on paper he used a Voluntas Orb to record his final wishes. With your permission I will activate this now." explained the goblin, bringing the shining silver orb to the center of the table. When both Harry and Remus nodded, Gortian touched his finger to the orb, drawing it back as the glass seemed to dissolve, letting the silver smoke run free. Harry had to fight back a sob as the smoke assumed the transparent, silver form of his late godfather.
"If anyone is hearing this, then I guess I'm dead. I can only hope, morbid as it is, that Remus and Harry are listening now, because that will at least mean they are still alive. Either that or Remus has finally disowned me like he always threatens." spoke the ghostly Sirius, his attempt at humour not completely lost on the grieving pair. "Anyway, as you'll be told I've written each of you a letter and requested you be the only two present at the reading, so I guess I should get on with it. Two wills have been left by me, the second to take care of a few minor things to be taken care of, but everything concerning you will be in here. To Harry, knowing that he has everything he could already want in terms of money, I leave the deed to Grimmauld Place as well as everything within the house for reasons made clear in my letter, as well as the seven chests located in my vault and the key to Vault Eight Hundred and Twenty Four. These will make sense to him when he explores them, and I hope he can find answers there that he never got the chance to know. I also want you to know that, no matter what happens or what already has, I will always look upon you as the son I never had. Your parents would have been so proud of you, and I know that I was proud to have been known by you. There's more in my letter kiddo, but whatever happens just remember how loved you really are."
Unable to contain himself any longer Harry cried, resting his head in his hands and feeling the hot tears pool in his palms. It felt like only yesterday he had watched Sirius fall and, though he knew he wasn't completely over it, he felt he had been doing better coping with the loss recently. Hearing Sirius speak again, watching his shadowy form rest on the table in front of him - it was almost too much for Harry to handle.
Finally, to my last true friend Remus Lupin." continued the ghostly voice of Sirius, taking a slight sigh as the words left his mouth. "I leave you two things. Firstly, and probably most importantly in terms of the Wizarding World, as last remaining heir of the Black family and claiming the title of Dominus Black, I liquidate the Black family name so that from this day forth it be stricken from record as an existing line. All assets and finances of the family, unless otherwise stipulated, are transferred to the Lupin name, with title of Dominus Lupin granted to Remus. You'll find the ring in my personal vault, and it should change itself accordingly once my line has been liquidized. Secondly, on a much more personal note, you'll find a chest in my vault with your name on it. There are some things in there I've been meaning to give you for a while but obviously never got around to doing. My letter will explain more about that, but I ask that you share it with Harry, as I'm sure he'd appreciate it. Lastly, to both Harry and Remus, I leave you my most precious and cherished things in the world. You both mean so much to me, and I'm trusting you to look out for each other now that I'm not there. With all that out of the way I'll ask that you each be given your respective letters and I'll say goodbye. I don't know if I managed to do so before I died, so I want to tell you both that you made my life worth living again after Azkaban, and that I love you both. And I'll tell Prongs and Lily you say hi, because I know you'd both curse me if I didn't."
With a final cheery wave, the smoke evaporated into thin air. Remus was sobbing, and his face was tear-streaked. He looked to Harry and gave him a small, watery smile and grasped his hand between the chairs. Harry was glad for the contact, and quickly wiped his own eyes with his free had before turning back to Gortian. The goblin was once again in his folder, and extracted two envelopes which he handed to Harry and Remus before pulling several more pieces of parchment towards him.
"The liquidation of the Black family and transference of all assets to the Lupin line are detailed here. Your line, Mr Lupin, has become one of the richest and most valued in the wizarding world. If you would sign where marked, the tranferance shall be complete." explained the goblin, slipping several contracts and a quill toward the shocked werewolf. Taking the quill in shaking hands he quickly signed each contract appropriatly and handed them back to Gortian. After looking over them Gortain retrieved several vault keys from his drawer and handed them to Remus.
"Vaults 711, 514 and 823 now belong to you Mr Lupin, whilst Vault 824 belongs to you Mr Potter." said Gortian, handing Harry the appropriate key, which he immediatly pocketed. "Now, if you would both sign these appropriatly then I believe everything should be in order and then we are finished with the reading of Mr Black's will."
Harry was at a loss as to what the several pieces of paper thrust in front of him were, but he signed each of them in the places Gortian had marked for him before putting his quill down and handing them back to the goblin, Remus handing his wn over several moments later.
"Good, everything seems to be in order. Now, as to the inheritance of Mr Potter through his parents. Being an orphan and with no legal guardian you have been granted the rights of a full adult wizard. As such you have come into your family inheritance. The Trust Vault your parents set aside for your schooling remains almost untouched even considering your withdrawls over the last five years - apparently they had expected you to spend much more. In addition to full control over your Trust Vault you now have full control over the Potter line and are legally entitled to the title of Dominus Potter. I had the family ring brought here before the meeting, and can present it to you now." he explained, drawing from his drawer a small, black box that he quickly passed to Harry.
Inside the box was a ring. It was silver in colour, though Harry was sure that it shone too brightly to be regular silver, and etched upon it was the shape of a lion and inset with a single ruby upon he creature's forehead. Taking the ring from the box Harry slipped it onto his finger, feeling it constrict to perfect size, before closing the box and returning it to the goblin.
"Now, I have here keys to your vaults. The Potter line has five vaults, four of which contain only money to the total of 527,302,478 Galleons, 12,610 unconverted Sickles and 323 unconverted Knuts. The fifth vault contains the majority of the Potter assets and legal documents. The sixth vault belonged to your mother I believe, and was added to the Potter list upon her marriage. It contains mostly items of worth as well as a small amount of money. The original Potter vaults are numbers 439 through 444, and the sixth vault is number 799. These are the keys to each vault and they can be visited at your leisure." he quickly handed Harry a small ring of keys. "Also, here is a list of all assets that can be found in your vaults. If you would like anything removed from them then we can easily do it for you and have it delivered to you, saving you the trouble of bringing large objects through the tunnels. Once you sign these we can finalize our business and you will be free to leave." he conutinued, passing several more papers to Harry, who quickly signed them
"Congratulations Mr Potter, Mr Lupin, it was a pleasure doing business with you both. I thank you both for being so cooperative in your dealings and wish you luck in the future. Now, I must be returning to work, I am extremely busy. Tortuth should be waiting outside to accompany back to the bank, from where you can visit your vaults. Good day to you both." said Gortain cheerfully, standing and walking the two to the door. Saying goodbye Harry quickly followed Tortuth through the maze of corridors and back towards the hall of the bank. He had many questions in his head, but he noticed Lupin's white face and felt he was in no condition to be explaining anything about anything.
Tortuth, once leading them into the hall, immediatly got them a cart and took them firstly to Hary's trust vault. Realising he had a lot more money than in this one vault Harry quickly grabbed a lot more Galleons than he usually did, and stuffed them into his small pouch. The pouch was magically enhanced for space, but Harry doubted it would last much longer and made a note to purchase a new one in Diagon Alley.
A/N: Chapter 7 FINALLY. This Chapter has not been beta-read so it is most likely riddled with mistakes - now you shall see how sucky I type without En to check it over for me I'm really sorry for the long time without updating, but I'm back in the swing of the fic now after the complete revision of all the previous chapters so hopefully I'll be able to get regular updateing going again. I hope you enjoy the latest chaoter, and all the revised chapters before it.
Miss Ribbit: There will be romance, it just won't be what the story in focused on - I'm not really sure how to put it, but let's just say there will be no big chapters of fluff, though there may be the occasional fluffy-moment within a chapter. Thanks again for your e-mails you really got me into the mood of writing this again, and without them it probably would have sat for another few months.
Queen of Vegetasei:Wow, long review Long reviews make me happy. You're the first person to review on the updates I've made to chapters 1-6, and I don't know if you'd read them before or not, but I'm certainly happy that I got positive feedback from them. I did try having a breakdown for each OWL as you suggested, ad for the most part it worked, but there were just some subjects I couldn't break down into segments and at the time it was written my creativity was beginning to drain so I just had to give up. I'm glad it's good though. In truth I don't think Harry will make it into NEWT Potions in the canon, but this is fanfiction and I need him in that potions class so woohoo for the good score - it's the only score on my OWL results I think is completely non-canon. Sasuke and Naruto's relationship is actually quite complicated - you'll learn more when Naruto shows up. I'm glad you like my Sasuke characterization though, at first I had him completely wrong, he was one of my biggest revisions. He was acting too niceynice, it was very non-Sasuke. The fact that you loved the Remus/Bellatrix/Harry scene turns me to goo - it's my favourite scene I've written so far. As for your closing line, you never know what's lurking in Sasuke's velvet-lined drawers Thanks so much for your review!
Nora D:I'm glad you like it. And your assumption on Sasuke taking Naruto's last name is right, he is basically hiding his identity. Naruto was his best friend in Konoha so it was the first name that came to his head basically. Thoguh Naruto is far from dead, he will be showing up though I'm not sure exactly how many chapters before it happens. Hope you enjoy the new chapter.