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Penname: LiveLoveLaugh
FanFiction Story: Magical Chakra
Summary: NarutoHP Xovr Well…Team Seven goes to Hogwarts, they get crazy broom rides, fashion pioneers, crazy bus drivers, the Trio, Hagrid, and being assigned the one true mission, but that doesn't sound 'that' great.
AN: WARNING! If you had just read Chapter Nine: Vertical Lines, WELL NOW HERE'S AN UPDATE!
Cough, this is a flashback.
Okay, you may have killed her…you may have stuffed all those dollar bills down her throat, you may have ran her over with a shopping cart, I don't know…but I can tell you what didn't kill her: Smoking
Chapter Ten: Board Meeting with Dumbledore
Okay, Naruto, breathe in, breathe out.
Don't worry. This isn't supposed to be overwhelming.
Of course not, Obaa-san won't call you at the last moment for an important meeting.
Can't be that serious!
I mean she practically treats you like a son!
Yeah, right, like she would be if you keep calling her Old Lady.
And she's going to send authority on his foxy ass once she finds out about what happened yesterday—STOP IT!
THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE!
RAMEN! Ramen…ramen…delicious ramen…okay screw it, you're too stressed out. Now wipe that drool off your lips.
Breathe in, breathe out. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are your friends.
And make a note to dump them for better, cooler friends.
Oh, and remember to buy stamps.
Never mind that.
Don't worry, nothing is going to happen. Breathe in, breath out. It's nothing serious, nothing at all.
STOP FREAKING OUT DAMMIT!
The blonde was hesitantly walking down the narrow hallway to the Board Meeting Room in the Hokage Tower. He was sweating bullets and he was not ready for the pounding the Hokage might or might not give him.
Oh, who is he kidding? She is going to do for the hell of it.
He clasped the cold and smooth metal knob, slowly opening the door…
Naruto then began hearing a clear low voice of an older man's. Such a powerful voice, it was unlike anything he had ever heard before. The stranger's voice was serious, understanding, and compelling with a tender fatherly tone. Something the Sandaime Hokage had had before. He peeked into the sliver of the open door, to see only a small cut of some man's face and a bony wrinkled hand. The demon vessel began to relax his chakra emitting, and listened into the conversation.
"—the nightingales are moving north, Little Tsunade you should be informed about that. That way the spies you have occupied me with are to be further warned. The Nightingales are not a group of people that can be taken lightly. Just sixth months ago we have successfully captured a spy of theirs. But sadly before we were able to make a proper transmit of Truth Potion, the young fellow had fed himself poisonous tobacco from inside of his cuff link. We were not able to recover more information from him after his suicide, only that he saluted to his cult leader, the almighty figure, and the future of solace. The boy was no more than seventeen years old."
"So what is this suppose to mean, Dumbledore?" he could now distinguish the Old Lady's voice laced with deep concern and fright.
He raised a brow and pressed his left ear closer to the opening.
"It means our two united reinforcements are in for a surprise. What actually stopped a beat of our hearts, Little Tsunade, was that this cult was made of…made of non-magic folk." The stranger spoke hesitantly.
"Civilians? How can simple people find out about the ways of your people?" Tsunade spoke in a smaller voice.
"I'm not sure…but we have snatched a small piece of information that their smaller group is stationed in Old Turn Haven village over the forest of Hogsmeade's further abandoned east side. We have not been able to locate their specific quarters but we are sure of it that this is more than just a cult."
"…can they also be a threat to Team Seven?"
"Not precisely. But—"
Naruto was not able to hear more when a hard white slap had collided painfully on the top of his head. He was accidentally knocked to the door opening, slamming it quite loudly after the affect. He swore and rubbed his blonde hair to feel a giant anime bruise. He turned to see the man behind the conflict.
"That hurts you know?" he grinned, his bruise easily vanishing.
"You were eavesdropping weren't you, dobe?" a placid voice said.
"No, I was not! I so do not drop eaves!" Naruto grinned wider, holding out his hand, "Nice seeing you again, Sasuke-teme. It's been quite a seven months without the cold bastard, five months without the one-eyed pervert, and a year without the princess around."
The raven-haired boy stared down at the open hand, took into his, and shook it. He smirked, "Aa."
Uzumaki Naruto had not changed much. His sunshine blonde hair although grow frizzier, bigger, spikier, brighter, and rounder. Naruto's electric blue eyes were more noticeable and they shined like two sapphire gems. His skin was tanner from all the training Jiraiya put him through; his face was skinnier without much baby fat but anyone was able to see his whisker scars on his smooth cheeks. He still had not changed his immature and outlandish personality, but was now able to hold up a confident foxy grin that can brighten up any dark room. He was taller, but a bit shorter than his childhood rival Uchiha Sasuke. He wore his black Leaf hitae-ate proudly over his forehead to uphold his mustard-colored bangs.
But right now he was still sweating in his heavy black and silver windbreaker over his Chuunin vest, his form-fitting orange parashute pants with skin-tight black leggings, and black sandals, from all anticipating the beating he might or might not be getting.
Uchiha Sasuke had grown more handsome and heart-throbbing than ever, and half of the female population prowling at his feet. His raven bangs hung at the sides of his pale face with grace held up his forehead protector, and the rest of his silky hair was haphazardly styled into (what Naruto had always teased him about and get smacked on the head for it) a resemblance of the rough tail back of a chicken. His cold onyx orbs were darker than ever, mysterious, and shaped like a hawk's. He was lean and strong with well-developed muscles, a nice body hidden underneath his Chuunin vest and black attire, and still the second tallest in Team Seven.
Even throughout the years as a Leaf shinobi, after his conquest to power and placed in the league of Orochimaru and when he came back to his senses, he became a bit more emotional and learned to smile a little. But that didn't stop from being easily annoyed of his fan girls.
"ANYWAY! How's training with Anko-san? Is she a bitch?"
"No, she's very experienced in her field."
Naruto cracked up, slapping his knee, "Yeah, good one, Sasuke-teme! She's as worst as Obaa-san, only that the old lady is a lot uglier and—AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THAT'S HURTS!"
"It better have! Now finish that sentence, you baka!" Tsunade exclaimed, smacking the blonde again. She had stopped short of her conversation with her guest when she heard the loud door slam, the voices outside, and made use of herself by continuous slapping the eavesdropper.
"Well, you are old—AHHHH!" Naruto cowered himself, running in circles in the hallway with the Godaime Hokage, who was swinging her fist.
"I'M GOING TO KICK YOUR SKINNY ASS, NARUTO-BAKA!"
"IF YOUR HAIRY WRINKLY GRANDMA KNEE WORKS! OUCH!"
"Morons…" Sasuke muttered, folding his arms and just watching the free entertainment. He then heard a cough over his shoulder. The Uchiha prodigy glanced over and smirked.
"Kakashi," he nodded in acknowledgement.
"Sasuke," their old teacher grinned, turning his visible eye to the scene of utmost action. He grimaced when Tsunade jumped on top of Naruto and began giving him giant anime bumps on his head.
Hatake Kakashi was still same old Copy Ninja. Only that he was thirty years old, and not looking over twenty-six. His silver gray hair was still its original form, still wearing his annoying black mask that covered half his face, his slanted hitae-ate concealing over his Sharingan eye. But instead of wearing his Jounin clothes as he usually did, he just looked like he got out of bed just dressed in normal black trousers, fingerless gloves, and a worn-out gray shirt over his mask.
In his hand was his new Jiraiya wonder book, Mischievous Cloud Nine with a blue cover of a pretty angel sitting in a puffy white cloud and just blushing at the sight of a young man who was standing around, confused.
After the Godaime was finished with the blonde, Naruto completely healed and looked up to see his old sensei.
"PERVERT-SENSEI! You're on time!" he cried, grinning. Kakashi coyly scratched his hitae-ate with his index finger, slump-shouldered in a relaxed posture.
"I didn't want to be beat up," his eye crinkled in a small smile, gesturing towards Tsunade.
"Good," the Fifth Hokage said affirmatively, glaring at the three men, "Where's Sakura?" she questioned about her former student.
"I'm here! I'm here! Wait up!" came running down, exhausted, was their pink-haired teammate.
It had been two years since a lot of people had last seen her, after she had got out of Tsunade's training and taken into Morino Ibiki's ward at the Department of Torture and Interrogation. Many of them were timid in letting an innocent creature into such a dark place under the teaching of the world-famous, world's scariest sadist. The last of Team Seven's members and the Hokage were partly surprised that such a face was coming toward them.
Haruno Sakura was still beautiful, and let her pink hair grow to her waist, and made a habit of twisting it into a giant bun. Her roseate bangs clung at the sides of her pale feminine face, showing her 'slightly-bigger-than-average forehead'. Her big child green eyes turned remarkably into a pair of lovely emerald doe eyes that shined brighter than jewels, surrounded by fans of long lashes. Her lips were pink and splendidly curved into a big smile. And having dumped that stupid diet of her's when she was thirteen, she gained a lot more chakra and strength through her training with the Fifth and Ibiki, ridding her baby fat, and appeared a lot healthier then.
But now since her increasing Genjutsu and mental training started in the Torture department, her eyes were duller and her skin was paler than normal status, and nothing filled her body but muscles and bone. Her bright pink hair had turned lighter and losing a little of their color quality. Sakura just wore her Chuunin vest unzipped to reveal a dark red shinobi shirt, black trousers, bandages around her calves, and black sandals with red straps. She had dismissed the idea of wearing her hitae-ate over her head, and personally sewing the metal plate over a red bandana to wrap around the top of her pink hair.
Sakura stopped about five feet away from everyone, just glancing nervously at each gawking face. The four people were standing stunned, just staring at her. She scratched the back of her head, raising her brow.
"Don't I get a hug?" she asked, chuckling. Naruto was the first to snap out of his reverie and throw open arms around her form, squeezing her tight and lifting her up off the floor.
"SAKURA-CHAN! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" he hugged her harder, turning her face purple.
"A-air!" she gasped, Naruto immediately released her from his killer grasp. Sakura shook herself and just gave her own hug for the village idiot. Naruto lightly clasped her back.
"I missed you so, so, so much, Sakura-chan!" Naruto piped, nuzzling his nose on her hair. "I missed you too!" Sakura giggled, and began giving hugs to everyone.
Tsunade's hazel eyes were brimmed with tears. And try as she might, she blinked them back in and received the comforting hug her former student gave her. Kakashi would have let out some tears too, and just like the Hokage, he too missed Sakura that much. She was like a daughter he never had. He hugged her back with one hand (because his precious book was in the other) and watched her retreating form. Sasuke had nothing to say, really. He just stood still when Sakura gave him a small chaste hug. He nodded in greeting when Sakura smiled.
Just after a moment when the Board of Elders arrived, Team Seven settled into their seats at the table.
Tsunade stood at the front of the long table, stacking piles of papers and twirling her pen in between her fingers when she was thinking in silence. The five Elders sat on her right side, looking glum and strict. Shizume sat quietly at the corner on a rickety chair, ready with her pencil on her paper to inspect the meeting. At her feet, was the pet pig Ton-Ton. Kakashi (Who was more engaged in his reading) and his subordinates sat on the Hokage's left side, just watching the filing of papers and the quick signing of the sheets. After a short moment, their eyes immediately shot to twinkling blue orbs of the guest who sat across from Tsunade, having that small smile behind his snow white beard and between his nimble fingers was a plastic wrap that concealed some sort of yellow candy.
Just looking at the old man reminded the three teenagers of a child.
A short and squat Elder, looking very impatient, narrowed her beady eyes at the Hokage. "I hope the meeting would start now, Godaime-sama. Some of us have to be at their grandson's school play."
Tsunade, who never really liked that old crone, ignored her and continued to sign papers that lay before her. The female Elder's lips thinned and shot a glare at Team Seven. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke blinked, and began to really worry when all five Elders began glaring deeply at them. Shizume was sweating like ever before, petting behind the ear of Ton-Ton for comfort.
The guest, at the other side of the table, popped the candy treat into his mouth and smiled satisfying. After a long while when everything started going down hill, when the things everyone in the room only heard the sounds of scribbling and stapling, and the flipping pages of Kakashi's book. Naruto literally wanted to bite his fingers off when he kept noticing Tsunade shooting looks at him.
When the Hokage settled down on her seat, and looked at Naruto, she opened her peach mouth, "This meeting is strictly important. It requires the safety of both shinobi and wizarding worlds—"
"Nani?" Naruto interrupted with his eyes bloodshot, "You mean this meeting isn't about me?"
"Why would the meeting be about you?" one of the Elders with a mean face, shot at him. Of course all Elders knew about the thing in Naruto's navel.
"I meant, as I was saying! I thought we were here to discuss about what happened yesterday—"
"What did happen yesterday?" Tsunade asked him, her hazel eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"WELL DUH! I thought the meeting was about my behavior, you know! And my punishment! Ero-Sennin and I went to a karaoke bar and got so wasted—you should have seen us!" at this point the blonde was cracking up, "We were so drunk that we accidentally destroyed everything in the club, luckily we ran away and Ero-Sennin took me to the bathhouse to check out some bathing women—"
"YOU WHAT!" Sakura exclaimed, slamming her fist at the side of Naruto's head, "I've lost all respect for you BAKA!" she punched him again.
Inner Sakura: NO RESPECT FOR PROPERTY AND WOMEN! JERK! 'Naruto, you're dead!'
The Elders began to grimace at the pitiful childish quarrel and look shamed.
"That's not what we came to this meeting for, Naruto," Tsunade confirmed, sweat-dropping at Team Seven's behavior and feeling sorry for Kakashi having to deal with this. But glancing at the book he was reading, she decided not to.
"It isn't?" Naruto scratched the back of his head, raising a brow, "But Ero-Sennin and I—"
"We know what you and Jiraiya had done," the old crone said seething, looking very irritated, "We had the Toad Sennin pay compensation to the manager and the Hokage that already punished him for such an intolerant behavior. And as for you, young man—" her croaky voice was laced with anger, "—you have better settle down and act civil before the tyrant of the power rested in me will bestow upon you faster than you can say your own name twice, and I swear—"
"Koharu-san, you're making a scene," an Elder at her right whispered. The old woman named Koharu snarled and sat down.
Naruto was struggling not to break out and lash at her with all his power because she stared at him with those eyes, but instead he sat down and shut up. Sakura placed her hand over his comfortingly and Sasuke stared quietly at the dobe. Tsunade who was still quiet, continued on with the meeting.
"As I was saying…this meeting is strictly important and it requires the help of both shinobi and wizarding worlds so the united powers would be able to overrun the pathway that Orochimaru had long taken. This is my honored guest," Tsunade raised up with her curled hand, gesturing towards the old man, "—who came here from Britain to speak to me about important factors in which the upcoming mission would be held."
Everyone's eyes shifted towards the old man. When the guest stood up, he stood up tall. He had a good height, with a lean complexion and his image reminded many of them of Father Time. His sweeping snow-white beard was long and thick, his eyes were twinkling blue, half-moon spectacles on his crooked nose, and he wore long trailing plum robes with silver crescent moons and stars. He stood up over everyone, and nodded towards each acquitted attendant in the room.
He smiled, "Thank you, Little Tsunade, for a lovely greeting," the Hokage nodded respectfully, "—my name is Albus Dumbledore, and I am the Headmaster of Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am also the founder the second running society of the Order of the Phoenix. I came here on necessary bases to discuss with the Fifth Hokage, the Board of Elders, and chosen Team Seven of the Hidden Leaf Village. Many might not know, but the Third Hokage was a close friend of mine—"
"You knew Sandaime Hokage!" Naruto interrupted yet again. His heart was beating quicker. About a million questions ran in his mind. Who is this old man? What is his purpose in Konoha? Why is Team Seven reunited again? What is this mission?
The five Elders frowned, perfectly knowing who this stranger is now. They were one of the oldest in the village, and chosen as Elders was a high honor and they come to know a lot of things that weren't known to the public. They gruffly shuffled in their seats, not wanting to be in this place.
Kakashi's eye crinkled, he too knows. 'Dumbledore, of course I remember him. He's a very special foreign friend of Sarutobi-sama.'
Sasuke raised a brow, looking suspiciously at this man. Something's up.
"Yes, very well," Dumbledore murmured, just remembering the old times. He looked up with the twinkle in his blue eyes and smiled like a grandfather would. "It was sixteen years ago, on October the thirtieth, when the vicious fox demon rampaged through the Fire Country, killing many of villages and fellow shinobi, and only to be defeated by the Yondaime Hokage, the famous Yellow Flash. It was then that remarkable young man managed to seal the demon in a navel of a newborn child that goes by the name of Uzumaki Naruto—"
"Yes, we know that," Elder Koharu whispered, shooting a glare at the blonde sitting across the table. Naruto was struck down stunned and he fidgeted to his very bones when she looked at him with those deadly eyes. Sakura and Sasuke narrowed their eyes at the old lady.
Dumbledore looked sympathetically at the boy, and continued on, "As I saying, I wanted to tell you that something had also happened during that time. It happened sixteen years ago, on October the thirtieth, when a dark wizard forcefully barged into a house at Godric's Hollow and exterminated a man and a woman by the names of James and Lily Potter. When the wizard approached their child, ready to kill, something had happened."
"What happened to the baby, sir?" Sakura asked quietly.
"Nothing, that's the thing. Nothing happened to the baby, actually living a normal life as a teenager back where I live. The boy lived which was absolutely amazing because when the dark wizard emits killer intent, he's not going to let things down easily. Instead the boy survived only with a scar on his forehead that is shaped like a thunderbolt and the dark wizard vanished and lost all his power there."
Naruto shook his head, exclaiming, "How can a baby defend himself against a killer!"
"Because of love," Dumbledore whispered in a soft and strong voice. Everyone was quiet and still in their seats, Kakashi stopped reading, even Shizume stopped scribbling notes on her clipboard and looked up. Only Tsunade smirked.
"L-love?" Naruto murmured. He scratched his head, "I don't understand! How can love protect him?"
"It just does, Naruto," Kakashi whispered, closing his book. Dumbledore nodded.
"Yes, when his mother, Lily, died, she did so to protect her child and it created a strong old magic barrier to block out the evildoer from killing the baby. The spell the dark wizard cast backfired on him and destroying the very being of his great power and only leaving the thunderbolt scar on the baby's forehead."
"Wait, wait a minute! Are you speaking in code, old man!" Naruto was literally shouting, "What the hell is a 'wizard', 'spell', or 'old magic barriers'! And precisely how is this story supposed to mean anything? And who exactly ARE YOU!"
"Naruto!" Sakura said scolding, "Don't be rude!"
"No, Sakura-chan! I'm not!" the blonde slammed his fist on the table top, "I just want to know who is this joke? I mean, is he even the Third Hokage's friend? Where were you in our lives! What happens if he's a fraud! How can he prove to us what this bedtime story would be useful for! And what makes him think he can openly talk to me about the Kyuubi no Youko in my navel! Don't I get enough crap from the villagers!"
"Naruto! Shut up!" Sakura cried, shaking his arm. Sasuke appeared to be very irritated.
"Stop it, Naruto…" Kakashi said warningly.
"NO! What society is he talking about anyway? Some cult? Some lunatic asylum he's from? Why should he concern us?"
Just then, Tsunade slammed her hands on the table (Nearly breaking it) and shaking everyone up. She grabbed the front of Naruto's windbreaker and lifted him off the floor.
"BECAUSE KONOHA IS ENDANGERED! THE ENTIRE SHINOBI WORLD IS! THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU! DON'T YOU DARE BE SAYING THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW JACKSHIT ABOUT! NOW SIT YOUR ASS DOWN!" Her hazel brown eyes were red and bloodshot, she glared dangerously at Naruto, emitting vast amounts of chakra from her pores. She easily released her grip on his black jacket making Naruto hit the floor on his bottom.
"H-Hokage-s-sama…" the Elders stuttered.
Everyone was tense and stunned for a moment, just staring from Godaime Hokage to Uzumaki Naruto, vice-versa. The two blondes glared back and forth.
A bit brooding but hey, it gets you guys to know what's happening. And the Elder Koharu is not an OC but a character in Naruto, she was the one, along with an old man, that wanted to appoint Jiraiya as Hokage.
Thank you for reading! Wish me luck to finish the next chapter!