Description: AU Naruto/HP Crossover. When Voldemort looks east for allies, the east decides to send guards for Harry Potter. What happens when Chakra meets magic? And what happens when someone that knows both comes into the picture?
Disclaimer: I'm putting this here and saying it once: I don't own Harry Potter, I don't own Naruto. Anything that comes from either series is not mine, including spells, characters, some bits of plotline I took from HBP, Jutsu, and anything else I'm missing that first appeared in either Naruto or the Harry Potter Book Series. Anything that looks to be new and different, however, IS mine, and should be treated accordingly.
Disclaimer 2: Like I said, this is completely AU. For the Naruto Fans, I took the characters right after Naruto went off for the Fifth and learned Rasengan (I butchered the spelling of that, I know) and I made them 16. Also, I decided that I want the Hogwarts Students to have robes in their house colors. There was another Fan Fic that did that (don't remember where) but I decided I liked it, so I'm tailoring the robes in the same factor. The other big one is that I'm ignoring what JK did with Blaise Zabini and playing with him on my own. There will be other small things I probably change, just keep in mind this is AU and go with it, K:) Also, in response to any questions about ships, I divulge none of them. :-D
A/N: Hello again! Since I didn't get a ton of reviews telling me Kimi's past is very Mary Sue-ish, (actually I got people who approved) I'm guessing people approve of her a bit more now that she's had some time to develop. :-P
In other news, while I was at work yesterday, I did a one shot on Kiba and Hermione's picnic. It's linked in my profile (it's called The Picnic) so feel free to read.
Kohona's Kage – You didn't review for seven, four, two, and one. But that's fine in my book; I'm just touched that you review as much as you do. It really means a lot to me.
Snickerdoodles – To be honest, I still haven't decided who Sasuke's going to be with in the end of it all quite yet.
Master Sanosa – That would be awesome. So here you go:
Kimi is about 5'5", so average female height. She's not fat, but she definitely has some meat on her bones, so she's not anorexic thin either. She's got dark purple hair, and light lavender slanted eyes. Her face, arms, and legs have clear skin, but if something shows on her shoulder, her upper legs, or her stomach at all, you'll see some white flashes from the scars Itachi put there. The top part of her school outfit is cut like Sakura's normal outfit, except with short sleeves (they go just past her shoulders, kind of like a baby doll t-shirt's length) and longer leggings. The outfit is dark blue, and her family symbol (a crescent moon that's tips are linked with three stars) is detailed on it in silver. The over robes are dark green with silver edging with a silver and lighter green crest on the right side of her chest that has an ornate looking S and a snake, symbolizing her house at Hogwarts. She usually wears her hair down, but sometimes (especially for classes like Potions or Herbology where her hair will get in her way) she'll wear her hair up in a high pony tail.
Is that detailed enough for you, or do you need more information?
Other than that, here's a chapter for you guys. A little bit of humor here as we skip ahead from the aftermath of Itachi's attack to Halloween. I may end up doing a detailed account of the tryouts as a one shot after I do Hermione's party, if you all would like. :-)
A few days later I picked this up again, and I want to apologize for it being so short. I didn't want to end it here but I also didn't want to put the first all school event in this chapter because of how long it will end up being, and I want some comedy to supplement the rest of it. But…there's the one shot. ;;
Chapter Ten: Aftermath
It was Sunday morning. Sasuke found himself staring at a sleeping Kimi, crouched on the ceiling, eyes narrowed. Kimi woke up just in time for Hermione's party the night before, and when it was finished she had gone immediately back to bed, informing Sasuke in a very clipped tone that she was tired and if he interrupted her rest asking about Occlumency again she was going to turn him into a yak. Unfortunately for Sasuke, when he tried following her up the stairs to the girls' dorms, the stairs turned into an oily slide, depositing him back into the common room much to his embarrassment and much to the amusement of the rest of the Slytherin house.
So at daybreak, he crept out of the boys' rooms and was standing in front of the stairs. Draco had told him that the founders didn't want the boys going into the girls' rooms and so turned the stairs into a slide when a male touched them. They also went and made the stairway impossibly tight, so flying up them with a broom was out of the question. However, Sasuke had reflected, the founders did not seem to know ninja existed, and therefore wouldn't have put in preventative measures a ninja couldn't get around. Sasuke then used his chakra to stick his feet to the wall, and he walked up it until he got to the ceiling, before proceeding to walk right over to the sixth year dorms. Once he got into the room, he found Kimi's room by the name on the door, and now here he was.
But how to wake her up?
It didn't take long for the idea to occur to him. He saw a scrap bit of parchment on Kimi's desk, and decided to tear it into shreds, roll them into tiny balls, and throw them at her.
The plan was brilliant in that it woke her up.
The plan failed because it didn't include that magical shield Kimi will have taught them in their next class.
Kimi stirred as she felt something hit her in the face. Breaking Itachi's hold took more out of her than she'd thought – she would definitely need to sit down, relax, and figure out how to improve her technique.
But right now she needed to recuperate. And the best way to go about doing that was sleeping and resting her head. However, whatever was hitting her didn't seem to care. Finally, after the fifth hit, Kimi finally opened her eyes and sat up. The dark green comforter fell off her shoulders, exposing the top half of her black nightgown. She was originally going to wear pants and a tank top, but she seemed to be having issues sleeping with them, so she'd decided at the last second to change into the nighty. It's not like anyone would see her without a robe on, right?
Kimi reached onto her bedside table and grabbed her wand. She looked around the room, eyes narrowed. She didn't see anyone on the floor, or behind any of the furniture. She was about to get up to check places she couldn't see when Sasuke appeared, apparently jumping down from the ceiling.
"Sasuke? What the – " Kimi stammered, not all the way awake, and highly confused.
"Good, you're up," Sasuske said. "Come on, lets get started on…"
Sasuke trailed off when he saw what Kimi was wearing. The nighty top covered her chest, but just barely. He could see the edging of some of the worst scarring on her torso that Itachi had given her, and he had a clear view of the scars on her shoulders and the top of her body. Regardless, this was the first time he'd ever seen a female dressed like this. Kimi noticed the look on his face, and as soon as she put two and two together, she shrieked and grabbed the blanket to cover herself.
"SASUKE! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"Er…lessons. Right. Occlumency lessons," Sasuke stammered, his face red.
"WHAT?"
"Well, you said you needed rest so I didn't wake you up last night…" Sasuke trailed off Kimi glanced over at her alarm clock. It read 5:34.
"Sasuke, what gave you the impression that I would be up at FIVE THIRTY IN THE MORNING?" Kimi growled.
"Well, er…you're usually up in the morning…" Sasuke replied. He had seen some scary things in his life, but up until now he had never seen a female as angry with him as Kimi was. Naruto always swore up and down that the scariest thing in the world was an angry woman, and up until now Sasuke hadn't believed him, citing demons and other various things they had dealt with. Even now, Naruto's voice flashed through his head.
"No Sasuke. We could beat up the demons and anything else the enemy threw at us. But an angry woman? Once you get that death look, you're done. And you can't just beat them up, so there's nothing you can do except hope whatever she does to you isn't too painful."
Because of who he was and how he acted, Sasuke never had the death look flashed at him. He didn't believe it was as terrible as Naruto had said until now, when he was the recipient of one.
"Um…I'll leave you to sleeping then. My mistake. Maybe tomorrow?" Sasuke stammered, his cool broken as he backed away.
"Oh yes Sasuke, I should be fine by tomorrow morning. I would tell you to go get some rest, but I don't know if that'll be possible," Kimi replied. Sasuke's stomach soared in elation when she said she'd start teaching him the next day, but then plummeted when the last part of what she said registered. It plummeted even more when she whipped out her wand and he felt something growing on his head.
"What the –"
"Sasuke-kun, please tell Kakashi-sensei that I won't be attending today's meeting due to my recuperation being interrupted. Though I recommend you run to the Hospital Wing first. You seem to have a bit of a horn problem." With that said, Kimi turned, put her wand on the table next to her bed, and promptly went back to sleep.
When Sasuke walked out of her room, he froze. First, he found himself meeting the eyes of Pansy, Daphne, Tracy, Millicent, and Hinata; all of whom woke up when Kimi started yelling. Then he looked up into a mirror the girls had hung in their mini common room to discover that he had yak horns sprouting out of his head.
"Sasuke? Um…do need directions to the hospital wing?" asked Daphne, who was doing her best not to laugh.
"I'll manage," Sasuke replied dryly. Trying to keep some dignity he walked to the door and stepped into the hallway.
Only to have the floor give out and turn into that thrice damned oily slide and set off that shrieking alarm. Sasuke managed to get up and run out the portrait hole just as the first people of the house were getting there. He didn't hear the click, or see the flash, but he did hear the laughter erupting from the sixth year girls' dorm room.
Kakashi stood in the front of the classroom, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Where are Sasuke, Kimi, Shino, and Hinata?" he demanded.
"Think they're in trouble?" Naruto asked Kiba, "I mean after all, they're even later than Kakashi sensei, and that's saying something."
Kakashi clouted Naruto on the head, much to most of the room's amusement. Everyone's that is, except for Sakura, who was looking at the door and biting her lip with a worried look on her face. Finally, after another few antagonizing moments, the door opened and a giggling Hinata, an amused looking Shino, and a grumpy looking Sasuke walked into the room.
"Where is Kimi?" Jiraiya asked.
"She's recuperating. She recently underwent severe mental stress and due to a miscalculation on her part. I will fill her in on the details later, and she sends her apologies," Sasuke said before taking a seat in the corner next to Naruto.
"Yeah, she didn't count on Sasuke waking her up at five thirty this morning bugging her," Hinata said. Everyone stared at her, as the comment was so un-Hinata like, and she immediately shut her mouth and blushed.
"That doesn't explain the tardiness," Gai said sternly.
"Kimi apparently didn't like being woken up at five thirty," Shino reported, "So she made yak horns sprout out ofSasuke's head. The nurse had some issues getting them to go away and we needed to wait for the transfiguration teacher to get there and reverse the hex. Even then, it still took all day."
The room burst out laughing again, causing Sasuke to scowl and sulk in the corner even more.
"Isn't there something more important we should be talking about?" he snapped.
"Like what?" Lee chortled.
"How about what happened with Kisame and Itachi?" Sasuke snapped. The room went silent, and the amusement was immediately replaced with grim faces. Sasuke looked around in surprise before glaring at Kiba.
"I didn't tell them yet, I was waiting for you and Kimi," Kiba spoke up sheepishly. Akamaru gave a small whine to punctuate his master's statement.
"What happened?" Jiraiya asked, immediately all business.
"Well, Hermione and I were going on a walk over by where the lake and the forest are close together. It was dusk, and we were talking, and suddenly she screamed. I turned around and there they were, coming out of the woods," Kiba reported. "They wanted to take Hermione to lure Harry to them. I told them no, and I had Akamaru guard Hermione and I started fighting Kisame. I was getting beat without Akamaru, but then Itachi was going to take Hermione anyway. Just as Akamaru was going to start trying to fight Itachi, out of nowhere Sasuke and Kimi appeared. Kimi went to guard Hermione so Akamaru could join me, and Sasuke and Itachi started fighting. I saw Itachi use that one illusionary move on Sasuke, but I was distracted because Kisame was about to kill me. But then Hermione stunned him from behind. I looked over at Sasuke and Itachi except instead of Sasuke on the ground in pain, they were still standing, and Kimi had her wand pointed at Itachi. When it stopped, Kimi looked really tired, Sasuke surprised, and Itachi was really mad. He was raving about Kimi being alive and some necklace. Then he went after Kimi and hit her, but Sasuke cut him and he ran off with Kisame."
"Sasuke, what's your side?" asked Kakashi.
"It was mine and Kimi's turn to tend to some of the plants in the green house. We heard a scream and went over to investigate. When we got there we saw Kiba battling Kisame without Akamaru, and Itachi was approaching the girl to kidnap her. Kimi elected to let me fight Itachi and guarded Hermione so Kiba and Akamaru could fight together. I got Itachi with a chidori, and he used his mind trick to pull me in for 48 hours of watching…well…" Sasuke trailed off and stopped talking for a second, but everyone knew what he meant so he didn't elaborate. When he started talking again, his voice was a bit softer, almost tender.
"Anyway, I went through it only a few times when Kimi suddenly appeared and picked me up. She turned me away, burying my face in her shoulder, and Itachi appeared. He was angry, and she just got him angrier. She showed him the necklace she gave me for my birthday, our clan's necklace. It got him really mad and the hold he had on me broke. He went after her, and hit her and she couldn't do anything to stop it, she was very tired. I cut Itachi with a knife and he ran off."
Tears sprang to Sakura's eyes as Sasuke finished what he was saying. She knew how badly the slaughter of his entire clan had hurt him, and she was happy that Kimi was able to save him from reliving it over and over again. However, she noticed the change in his tone, and couldn't stop herself from wishing that it wasn't Kimi that had stopped Itachi from his mind rape, but herself instead. She turned away, battling her jealousy and didn't look back at Sasuke until she had it under control.
"Interesting. Any ideas on how she did this?" asked Kakashi.
"Ask her. She explained it, but it was complicated and involved a lot of magic," Kiba replied for Sasuke.
"What about Hermione? Does she know about us?" Gai asked.
"Yes. We couldn't hide it from her. She agreed to keep it secret and wants to help us however she can," reported Kiba. None of the three older ninja looked happy about this, but it was already done so they had no choice but to accept it.
The rest of the meeting ended rather quickly after that, especially since Kimi wasn't there to teach them the shield charm. As the students drifted out of the room, Naruto grabbed Sakura's arm and had her stay back for a moment until they were alone.
"Sakura-chan, what's wrong?" asked Naruto. Sakura looked at her teammate. Heseemed to havegotten over his crush on her a while back (or at least he'd stopped acting like a total idiot around her all the time), and since then they had become closer friends. He was a good listener behind the flamboyance, and she found it was easy to talk to him just because she knew he didn't judge her.
"I…I'm just sad that Sasuke-kun had to go through that," Sakura replied hesitantly. Naruto raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, letting her know he didn't buy it.
"Alright, I'm jealous," Sakura suddenly snapped. Naruto paled, but as he wasn't getting the look of death he let her just start to rant.
"I mean, his tone of voice when he was talking about her! It's always Kimi this and Kimi that. What if I want it to be Sakura this and Sakura that?"
"Well, they are in the same house, so he sees her all the time. And that was a great thing she did for him," Naruto replied rationally. Sakura wasn't listening though.
"I have been here for him for years. YEARS! I'm the one that sits next to him in the hospital, I'm the one that worries about him, I'm the one that does EVERYTHING for him, and what does she do? She waltzed in about two weeks ago, and suddenly she's just amazing. Everyone loves her, no one loves me. How could he? She's beautiful, skinny, smart, PERFECT!" With that said, Sakura burst into tears, and Naruto took her into his arms. Sakura clung to him and sobbed into his shoulder unrestrained, muttering about Sasuke and Kimi over and over again. Naruto rocked her and stroked her hair until she was done. When she pulled away, he offered her a handkerchief.
"Sakura-chan, you're beautiful. And you're perfect size wise, and you're the smartest person I know. Kimi isn't any better than you, in any way, shape, or form," Naruto said quietly. Sakura took the bit of cloth from Naruto and wiped her eyes with it as his words sunk into her head, and she gave him a small smile.
"I'm being silly, aren't I?" she asked.
"Hey, I'd rather have you being silly but get it out than being silly and not getting it off your chest," Naruto said wisely, "After all, if you let it build up you'd end up doing something stupid, and that would be really silly. I mean I used to do it all the time so I know."
Sakura started to giggle before it grew into a full blown laugh. Naruto smiled as she sat there and laughed for a few minutes before calming down again and looking at Naruto, the sparkle back in her eyes.
"When did you get so smart?" she asked.
"I had Kakashi-sensei read self help books to me," Naruto replied seriously. Sakura's laughter rang through the halls again as Naruto went to walk her back to her tower before returning to his own.
Neither of them were aware of the people who had overheard the entire thing.
Up in Gryffindor tower, Ino was awake. She had waited because Sakura seemed upset, and ended up overhearing the entire conversation. She couldn't help wishing that it was her that was in Naruto's arms, with Naruto's handkerchief, and with Naruto listening to her problems. She wanted to be the one laughing and being walked to places. And most of all, she wanted it to be her, Ino, that was being told how smart and pretty she was.
It took Ino a long time to get to sleep, and when she did, it was a troubled one.
In the Ravenclaw tower, Sakura wasn't sleeping either. Part of her was still seething over Kimi's latching herself to Sasuke. Another part of her was dwelling on what Naruto had said.
He recognizes me. He thinks I'm beautiful and smart and just about perfect.
The thought made her stomach do a bit of a flip flop. She tried thinking of Sasuke, and her stomach did the same flip flop. When she realized what it meant, she groaned aloud.
I'll sleep it off. When I wake up, things will be back to normal.
Eventually Sakura did drift off, her dreams full of memories of dancing, both with Sasuke and Naruto, and her hand clutching Naruto's kerchief in her sleep.
The other person who overheard Naruto and Sakura lay in another part of the castle, staring at the ceiling glumly. Eventually he drifted off, his whispered wishes hanging in the air.
"I wish she would worry about me like that. And I wish I was the one that helped her through her problems, hugged her when she needed it, and gave her my handkerchief."
In the Slytherin dungeons, Sasuke couldn't get to sleep either, his head was swimming. He saw how Sakura was acting during the meeting, and he thought he read the actions of jealousy correctly. Eventually he decided to just ignore it and go to sleep, only to have his dreams just as confusing as his thoughts. The dreams all involved a female, the only difference is that sometimes the woman had pink hair, and other times her hair was a deep shade of purple.
