Neville and Rebecca broke their embrace and said a few hellos to one another, they smiled at each other and a slight twinge of red entered Rebecca's cheeks but Neville was to busy reverting to his former shy shell that he didn't notice. Neville turned and looked at his cousin who seemed to have a single tear trailing down his face, Naruto turned and walked past his mother and grandmother.

"Naruto, you should meet them and say hello, you can't let what happen between you Sakura and the Hyuga stop you from having friends, especially women friends Naruto it's just not healthy." Diana said looking for support from her mother but none came

"I am alone because I chose it, I have a path and that path is one meant to be walked alone, in my village I wanted to be Hokage so I could protect the village and I tried to be loved but it escaped me every time I thought I had it, so now I am here and I have a new goal and that is to protect everyone so that no good wizard or witch dies, if love escaped me the first time it most certainly is meant to skip me the second time." Naruto finished as he walked away for a small pub called the Leaky Cauldron

Ginny and Neville were the only ones who heard his response to his mother because the others were to busy talking to Arthur and Molly about all the books they could get today. Neville looked at Ginny and tried to force a smile, he didn't know what to do or say. Naruto was always like that encouraging others to reach for something while denying himself the same thing it seemed like a doomed existence.

"Neville, why is he like that, I mean the gear and the really big sword, he isn't a wizard so what is he?" Ginny asked

"About 500 years ago Wizards and Witches weren't the only magical users there were also Ninja's but the use a darker and blacker art sometimes but most for the time the use their life force as their magic creating large devastating attacks, they also train their body into super human condition, their faster, stronger, and more deadly then anything on this planet, and for some reason my family produces both ninjas and wizards. Naruto is a wizard and the strongest one in his village I think." Neville replied

Ginny had heard a little about ninjas from a few books she had read about dangerous magical people, but never were the described as honorable and self sacrificing, she wonder just a moment longer as her and Neville went back to their friends. Ginny wanted to understand how he felt heck she did, but in a slightly different way.

Naruto sat down at the bar, he placed his sword against it and looked at the bar tender who was a medium aged witch with raven hair and green eyes. Removing the bandages from his face he gave her a small smile trying to get her to stop staring at him. She wasn't staring in a mean way no it was the exact opposite, she hadn't seen a ninja before, sure wizards and witches read about them and everything they read said that ninjas could be ruthless and deadly.

"Excuse me miss I was wondering if you have anything to drink that would taste better then water?" Naruto asked with another smile

The girl blushed a bit the boy was far to handsome to be hiding behind such bandages, she quickly went and got a butter beer and placed it on the counter before Naruto could take out a few of the coins his mother had given him she waved him off and told him it was on the house he thanked her for the drink. Naruto was on his second sip when he felt two familiar chakras hiding in the room.

"You two can come out now I can sense you." Naruto said aloud as Rock Lee and Neji stepped out of the shadows

"How long have you two been here, no doubt that Tsunade has no faith in my ability as a ninja she sent you two?" Naruto said aloud again stunning the people with the world Ninja

"No Naruto-kun, not true we came here on our own, when we found out you left we ask if we could go and find you to help." Lee replied, Lee was completely different he no longer had his bowl cut instead it was short and spiky, his eye brows were now small and well trimmed, and he wore an all black suit yet amidst all the change he was still thick brows

"We decided that if you left the village we might as well follow and keep you out of trouble we are a team after all, besides we bring news from the Hokage, it seems Orochimaru and Voldemort have found a common goal in world domination." Neji finished, Naruto just snorted, as the other patrons in the bar became nervous "there is a small ban of ninjas and dark wizards in town heading for our wards."

"How is the Hokage?" Naruto asked both Lee and Neji looked at each other before answering

"He is fine." Neji answered

"Who is it?" Naruto asked already knowing the answer

"Sasuke, we are sorry Naruto-kun we know how much you wanted to be Hokage." Lee tried to comfort him

"It is okay, Sasuke has beaten me at everything else any way, but I gave up that dream a long time ago when I joined your team, now we have one goal and that goal comes before all else." Naruto shrugged the comfort off and grabbed his blade that was leaning against the bar, his blade was singing which made Lee and Neji look at each other as Naruto walked out the door

"Why does his sword sing?" The bartender asked

"When he inherited the sword he became one of the Legendary Seven meaning his sword is alive and can communicate with him and it senses the upcoming battle and yearns for action almost the like a battle cry." Neji said in his Hyuga air

"Except when it cries like that it is hungry, and the only thing that can satiate the hunger is the blood of the enemies, just be grateful he is on your side, he is here as are we to fight the dark wizards and ninjas." Lee said in a good guy pose "My name is Rock Lee and this is Hyuga Neji former ninjas of the Leaf."

"My name is Heidi Huggles, nice to meet you." She said as she gave a small curtsy

Neji and Lee smiled as the walked out of the pup and could see Naruto standing in the middle of the street watching the Nin and Wizards walking toward him and his family. Neji and Lee hurriedly ran up beside him in time for the group of evil thugs to reach them.

"Neville remember what I taught you, this is for real they are here to kill you and your friends, if one gets by use remember your training and use it, I have taught you well in the two weeks we had, take them off." Naruto's last words to his cousin as he turned and faced his mother "take grandmother and get her out of here I am about to do things that she would probably not like to see and would be ashamed if she had to witness me and my friends do them, especially Neville I have taught him things that he should have never needed to learn not being a ninja." Diana took her mother by the arm and gave one last look over to Neville who was kneeling down taking weights of his ankles that were causing the ground to tremble each time one fell and she smirked

"Come mother lets leave our ninja's to there battle and go inside." Diana and her mother went into the book store where the Wesley's were standing with Lockheart looking out the window at the battle that was about to explode

"Who is that blonde with the big sword and his two friends, they can't be ninja's can they, well they have headbands so they must be." Molly was ranting about almost anything to keep the impending attack from weighing on her

"The blonde is my grandson and those are his two friends, and yes they are ninja's but they are here working for me to protect Neville and his friends, though it seems Naruto that's his name seemed to modify it to protect everyone." Augusta replied with pride in her voice

Naruto's blade was resonating a beautiful sound that seemed soothing to those who could hear it, the other ninjas who knew of Naruto were worried Orochimaru said this was going to be a quick mission, he had not mentioned running into team Uzumaki in the process, they were they only team of genin not with sensei. A dark wizard decided he wanted to know why the blade was singing even though his friends felt they were better off not knowing.

"Why does your blade sing like that ninja?"

"It sings for blood" at that the wizard paled "and in a moment I will oblige its chorus and weave the ode of death." Naruto said as the others paled and he charged in quicker then most could follow

Naruto weaved in and out of a group of wizards and ninjas coming to his first victim he quickly brought his sword up and slit the throat of his enemy causing the blades tune to change as if it was the next progression and with every kill after it changed again weaving an intricate and complex work of beauty and death. Naruto had made killing an art and he was signing his name.

"Naruto-san don't you think that you should have used the mist to hide this from the others?" Lee asked

"No, they need to know that some one will openly oppose them, I am not afraid of snakes or their tools, DO YOU HEAR ME ORICHOMARU AND VOLDEMORT I HAVE COME AND I HUNT YOU." Naruto bellowed the last part as he finished his last kill and his sword fell silent

The Wesley's, Dumbledore, and everyone else standing around couldn't believe their eyes this boy had just dispatched of a large group of dark wizards himself, and this scared them and yet it comforted them knowing some one was there and was going to help them. Ginny couldn't peel her eyes off the blonde he was amazing and the song she found alluring having never heard anything like it.

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