Dispelling a Spell

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter OR Naruto, beat that!

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"So, you three are the shinobi we sent for from Konoha, am I correct?" Naruto looked to his right, he had landed next to an old man with shiny, blue eyes and a long purple cloak. His smile was gentle, yet very welcoming. His long white beard was so enormous in length that it was tucked into the old man's belt. The blonde couldn't help but think of the 3rd Hokage that had passed away a while ago.

They were in a large room with a large table in it. It was a long table with people sitting around the edges. Naruto noticed that many of the people were very strange looking--even for shinobi standards. And he tip-toed and twisted to see everyone. There was a person who looked like a pile of rags, a heart-shaped face of a woman with short--and preppy--pink hair, and even a witch who had to same curious expression as Naruto and she too scooted around to look at the new visitors.

"Yes" Sasuke muttered, his eyes clearly full of distrust.

"Okay, now, you know what this mission is about? Has your Hokage told you about it?" This time, it was a red-haired, bespectacled man, he was staring at Neji's eyes with shock, and it was a wonder that he could even get his words out.

"Well--" Naruto started, but was interrupted by a plump, red-haired women, apparently the wife of the man. She was looking sternly at the

"Now, dears, we should welcome the guests properly and introduce ourselves! And no talking on an empty stomach, after you finished learning each others' names, please come to the kitchen! Dinner will be ready soon!"

"Uhh... Sure, Honey! We will!" Said the redhead, who looked a bit embarrassed. He bowed his head down and introduced himself as Arthur Weasley. A wizard who was part of the Order of the Pheonix.

Everyone else started to fuss around and all tried to introduce themselves at once. As the volume grew, the old, wise wizard raised a hand and the noise stopped at once. This man was definitely one to be the leader.

"One at a time, please, but first," He took a swig of something from a goblet, "I'll introduce myself.

"My name is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. But I assure you, you may just call me Professor Dumbledore. I'm sure you three are wondering what the Order of the Pheonix is. This is the Order of the Pheonix, and we are a group of witches and wizards who are sworn to help defeat the Dark Lord, or Voldemort."

Everyone let out a shudder and a pink-haired woman shuddered so much, she knocked over a goblet of wine. She then scrambled to wipe it all up, but gave up and sucked all the liquid in with something of hers that looked like a highly polished wooden stick (what the...?). Her hair was the almost the exact shade (it was darker) but different style and length as Sakura's. Also, she was older.

A few minutes later, as if on a schedule, they all realized they were supposed to be introducing themselves. All of them took turns and the pink-haired lady was actually a woman named Nymphadora Tonks ("But don't you dare call me Nymphadora. It's just Tonks to you!").

"Tell me about Voldemort, the only thing we've heard was that he's after Harry Potter," Asked Sasuke, but he did not mention what they knew about how Voldemort was a bit like Orochimaru, according to Tsunade.

"Ah, I expected that you three would start wondering that. However, that must wait until after the delicious dinner that Molly has prepared for us."

Molly, Mrs. Weasley to them, they found out, was the red-haired woman. The dinner indeed was delicious (roasted pig and other miscellaneous things). The group was talking about many different things. Like quidditch (was that a word?), broomsticks (what about them?), and current events (Gringotts bank hired a new cursebreaker--fool doesn't know a thing he's doing). Some of them--Sasuke noted--shot quick glances at he, Naruto, and Neji; especially at Neji and his eyes.

The three teens barely touched their food at all. Naruto ate some beans, roasted pig, and drank some of the butterbeer, though. But they were, well, to admit it, shy. The people here knew a lot more of what was happening, and maybe acting out too rashly would lead them to trouble.

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After a while, dinner was finished and Mrs. Weasley (they had decided to use the western terms, much less confusing because of the translation spells and the way others referred to each other) asked if they would like dessert. Sasuke shook his head and said, "No, thank you." Neji did the same but Naruto rubbed his hands together and nodded fiercely.

Mrs. Weasley waved her wand once and a bowl of ice cream appeared in front of Naruto. He dug in with enthusiasm. When he was finished, the redhead asked if he would like another. She said that it was no problem if he did.

"No," replied Neji and Sasuke together. "Now can you tell us about Voldemort and Harry and the situation at hand?" Inquired Neji.

Dumbledore looked at them with his shiny, bright-blue eyes, as if he expected the outburst (which, might I remind you, he probably did). "Yes, yes, of course. Now, here is some general information:

"Harry has faced Voldemort on four different occasions before, so he'll know enough about him. But Voldemort is indeed alive, and he's been taking action ever since his pressence was revealed to the wizarding world. Such as the collapse of a bridge, and various murders of important families or people.

"He (Harry) was originally famous through-out our world because he survived Voldemort's curse--the Avada Kadevra, the killing curse.No one has ever survived it before, and the boy, at age one, lived with only a lightening-shaped scar.

"We fear for his safety, and very well don't want him dead, as the Death Eaters--Voldemort's supporters--are now more active than ever. Security everywhere has been increased a tenfold and we hire you three for extra security. I've heard you've been trained in many arts. And some of the arts you've been trained in are what we suppose will help, a lot. Protecting Harry from Voldemort until the end of the school year is your mission."

Everyone had shuddered so much when the name "Voldemort" as small as uttered that the three nins were confused. What was so bad about this wizard that everyone was scared? Sure, from what they heard, he killed, but shinobi always killed--for missions, of course--and there was no problem with that. Though, a few of the things he had done were quite unnecessary, but had resulted in the deaths of innocent people.

"And so, you three have heard the story and this is what we want you to do." It was the red-haired Mr. Weasley this time, "We want you to guard Harry, however, do not leave any clues that you were hired by us or even let him know you are guarding him. He doesn't know, himself."

Mrs. Weasley joined in: "And what might you know, you might even become friends with Harry!"

A man named Lupin spoke, "Now you three ninjas may go home and learn what you might, or to prepare. We'll send for you later. Here's the portkey." And with that, he took out an ugly looking key chain. "I've already set it for it to send you home in one minute. Now, reach out your hand."

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Naruto's feet landed on the solid ground again and the first thing he said was: "Do you think that those people were serious?" He then observed his surroundings. They were back in Granny Tsunade's office. Tsunade, of course, was nowhere in sight. But there was signs that she had been there earlier. Such as the stack of paperwork that looked as if it had been untouched.

Sasuke didn't answer, but he went out the door and out into the rain. He was heading home. Clearly, he didn't care. This was just a mission to him, after all. Neji, however, said a curt, "Good Night!" and he too went out the door. The blonde stood there flustered.

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It was morning and they were back at the Hokage's office. An owl was on her desk, along with a few owl pellets--freshly coughed up. Tsunade--looking a bit... irritated (twitch twitch)--had three letters on her desk. She stood up--nearly squashing the owl pellets with her arm--and began speaking: "Here. Letters from those wizards. They did say they'd contact you, yes?"

Sasuke reached for the envelope with his name written on it. As did Neji. Naruto just snatched his.

Naruto was very excited, he had never gotten mail before. And he was very curious what he got today. Even though he knew it wouldn't be a friendly letter asking how he was, or anything like that, he ripped off the wax seal--wax seal...?--and read everything from the top to the bottom:

Dear Naruto,

Since you are all now informed about the mission, you must play your parts. You are going to be one of the three 'exchange' students from Japan in Hogwarts. DO NOT FORGET THAT. DO NOT GIVE HARRY ANY CLUES OF WHO YOU REALLY ARE. Unless, of course, the situation is dire. You may use your real name, however, you must lie about your lives and about your village. We are going to send you to Mrs. Weasley's house for staying until the school semester starts. Her younger sons are also Harry's friends. A girl named Hermione is also Harry's friend. She is a muggle-born, which is a witch or wizard with muggle parents. Muggles are non-magical folks.

During the school semester, the things you will be studying will be of no use, as you three have no magical potential. However, you should know a bit about magic, hence the books you were supposed to have read--or studied--before-hand. You must use your illusions or genjutsu to deceive the other students. For the potions, just follow the directions your teacher, Professor Snape sets you. That shall let you complete the potions just fine.

As for wands and robes, they have already been chosen for you. You haven't real wands as you have no magic, but as I have said before, your genjutsu will take care of that. Please do not use any ninja techniques in front of the students unnecessarily.

The way you are going to be travelling to the Weasleys' house is our magical way of floo powder. Your Hokage has already recieved a supply, and supposedly she has it ready. You are to take a handful (of the powder), step into the fireplace, say VERY loudly and clearly, "The Burrow!" And then drop the powder. If all goes well, you should be there all right and in one piece.

-Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress

Naruto looked up after reading this several times, while the other two did the same. They finally finished and a large flower-pot stood towering on Tsunade's desk, supposedly having been brought up by the Hokage when they were reading the letter. It was so big that the ANBU lost where the hokage's face was. Nejij walked up and looked inside. There were, as the letter said, powder in it.

Tsunade seemed to be looking inside too. "What the fuck?" She muttered.

Naruto spoke up, "The letter said that we have to step inside that fireplace, say, uhh..." He looked down to check, "--to say 'The Burrow' and then drop the powder." He too peered inside the pot.

"Of course I already know what the letter said, you idiot, I have a letter too! I'm the leader of this village, you know..." Tsunade scolded.

Sasuke was already in the fireplace, "I'll go first," He said, and said clearly, "The Burrow!"

And green fire appeared and licked Sasuke's legs, the smoke rose up and he disappeared. Poof, just like that. Naruto's eyes widened, he wondered just what happened to his colleague. Neji followed Sasuke's actions, with a stolid expression, of course, and stepped into the fireplace too. And the green fire ate him up, too.

It was now Naruto's turn. His heart beat fervently, but he relaxed. He was the future Hokage! Why should he be scared?

"The Burrow!" He now said confidently. The flames appeared and instead of a burning feeling, he had the most peculiar sensation. The fire was warm and welcoming. It was very pleasant. The last view of the Hokage's office was that the owl was crapping on the floor. Naruto chuckled before getting a mouthful of ashes and debris. Yuck. That was unpleasant.

He was still choking when he fell out of the fireplace. But it wasn't Tsunade's office he stumbled into, it was a living room. Crowded with a small throng of people. A hand lifted him up, but Naruto rejected it when he saw who was the owner. Stupid Sasuke.

A red-haired boy who looked older than Naruto also helped him up. He smirked mischievously, and stated: "First time using floo powder, right...?" Followed by another teen that looked exactly like the first. "Yup, first one's usually a doozy if you're not ready... You the third exchange student?"

Naruto was about the respond, when he caught a sight of a scrawny teen amongst the group. He had messy hair that stuck up in the back--a little like Sasuke's-- and long bangs. In the gap (of the hair bangs) in the center of the forehead, Naruto's eyes caught a scar. It was lightening-shaped,

So that was Harry. He really didn't look like anything special. The boy wasn't tall, nor extra strong-looking. He was lean and slightly short compared to his friend (was it?) who was right next to him. His eyes were bright green, though, as Naruto noticed.

Ah, now the boy next to Harry was fairly tall. He sported bright red hair and a splatter of freckles across his cheeks and nose, also. He probably belonged to the Weasley family. Which, was right.

A girl (right next to the tall, red-haired boy--Harry's friend) stood stiffly with a shocked expression on her face. She seemed to be worried about whether Naruto was hurt or not. She had bushy, brown hair and held (quite a few) books at her side. It looked like she was just interrupted whilst reading.

Mrs. Weasley appeared between the twins (either that, or clones) and said motherly, "Welcome to our house--The Burrow--! It's a bit small, and not very space-y, but it's cozy when it can be. You'll be staying upstairs--in the twins' room. Make yourself comfortable. I'll be off as these three show you where you'll be, and if they have any courtesy, they'll introduce themselves. By the way--" She turned towards the twins she was sandwiched between, "--Fred, George, meet them later, for now, you should be upstairs getting a few of those things you've left here. I don't want any--oh, I don't know--bitting chocolates hurting anyone, including our guests. Or actually, any-thing, for that matter."

The bushy-haired girl came forward. And smiled towards them. She spoke in an animated fashion, her voice brimming with excite: "Hello! I do suppose you are the new exchange students from... Ko-no-ha, right? I'm Hermione Granger, and the two behind me is Ron Weasly--" Ah-ha! He WAS from the Weasly family "--and Harry Potter. You must already know Harry, right? He's famous, after all."

Ron's ears reddened with indignance. He stumbled forward (almost crashing into Neji, who jumped back, by-the-by) and hissed to Hermione, "I can introduce myself, you know!" He bristled, and continued with a bit less annoyance, "As she said, I'm Ron Weasley. A Gryffindor prefect, by the way!" Pride was evident amongst his stance and current attitude.

Harry didn't step forward, and said, "Hello. Welcome to England, I hope you enjoy your stay here. It's really... nice, especially in Hogwarts castle." He seemed to be expecting something. What was it?

"Well--Aren't you going to rush forward and say ''Arry Potter! It's such an honour to meet you!'" Hermione rushed to stamp on Ron's foot. He had obviously done something he wasn't supposed to have done. Harry looked surprised that Ron had said that (or maybe it was because of Ron's apparent change of mood), but didn't join in on the attempt to restrain the red-head.

Sasuke, obviously, crossed his arms. These people were lunatics, simply lunatics. He narrowed his eyes in an 'I'm-too-cool-for-you' kind of look before letting out: "And why should we? I've certainly no reason to." Wow, these translation spells worked wonders.

"I'm so sorry, but it was really surprising that you didn't, after all." Hermione began to explain. "I mean, there's a lot of... media about Harry, and different people have different reactions to everything. I mean, there's been some terrible things, and some good things, so some people just... overact about just meeting the famous Harry Potter." To add to her statement, she rolled her eyes.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about us, then. We're not the type to prejudge." Neji said, while nodding.

"Yes, yes! So where are we going to sleep?" Naruto mouthed off suddenly, tired of all these "explanations and introductions."

"Oh, I guess we'll show you," responded Hermione. "Come on, follow me." She waved them over and the three nins clambered forward. Actually, Naruto pushed Sasuke, who in turn shoved off Naruto, who clambered/stumbled whilst Neji walked forward in a normal fashion.

They--Ron and Harry were behind Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke--lead all the shinobi upstairs to a room where there were three small beds with large trunk on each of them. They were large, and seemed to already be full.

"Sorry for the holes in the walls, mate. This was the twins' room, and they always experiment with things." Ron said in a embarrassed tone. "--And the discolouration of the carpet shouldn't be harmful, we think."

"We're just going to be upstairs--that's where Ron's and Ginny's rooms are. Where Hermione and I are staying." Harry said and the he--whilst being between his friends--left, stepping up the stairs.

Naruto opened the large trunk on his bed and found some dresses (or robes...) and a long, thin box. Inside was a wand, or at least it seemed like one. It was a wooden stick that was a light brown and smooth in texture and colour. Also, inside the box, was a small paper that said, Bonzai wood, no magical core.

The robes/dresses were very long and black. But it fit Naruto's body size when he held it against his body to see the fit. The bottom was at least two inches too long and dragged on the floor, making it a little hard to walk without stumbling a little.

Neji was examining the wand. Sasuke lost interest in everything already, so he looked inside his trunk once more to expect some more objects, but instead found another piece of paper. It was a piece of parchment, ripped off a longer sheet, with messy writing upon it.

Neji and Naruto too had a similar piece of parchment. Sasuke read his out loud. The translation spell must have given them the ability to read English, he realized. He didn't notice it before.

Sorry! You don't have any books for now, we're going to Diagon Alley tomorrow to buy some. -- Mrs. Weasley

But what was Diagon Alley?

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Whoa, I am so happy that I actually got reviews!

Note added on 04/15/2006--

I have re-done this chapter too. Not that much has changed, but there is a little change. As, now there are introductions and I'm making more things be explained to the shinobi! And some of the actions people have done changed.

And Harry wouldn't be happy if the nins knew about the prophesy, so I changed Dumbledore's little story. It's not even a story anymore.

And sorry, I removed the review replies. Because... I just... damn. I have no good excuse. Feel free to yell at me. But, I didn't really think that the review replies were really that... important. So I removed them, and also... as much as I loved to reply sometimes, it was a burden at times. But I will answer some questions down here if I feel that they need answering.

And the three shinobi--Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke--are 16, and they are ANBU rank now. At least, that's what I decided a while ago.