A/N: YO! Er...sorry for the wait, just so some of you know, I'm rather slow when it comes to updates. But I'll try my bestest to update as often as possible!
Warning: possible OOC (thought I'll try to keep them in character)
NO ROMANCE! As much as I like reading them on FF, I can't write them to save my life unless I make the characters extremely OOC, and we don't want that now do we?
Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto and Harry Potter universe or any of its characters.
Note:
"blah" English
'blah' Thoughts
"blah" Japanese
When two worlds collide
Chapter 2
One could reasonably argue that Uchiha Sasuke was probably the most reasonable and responsible ninja of his age group.
And why wouldn't he be?
He was logical, realistic, and (so long as it doesn't involve Uchiha Itachi) the very epitome of calm. When on a mission, the young shinobi considers all the options and calculates all the angles before taking his action. He is never late (unlike his sensei), be it for a mission or a simple outing with his fellow team members. He also passed the academy with flying colors, and despite his young age, was currently one of the best Anbu Konoha has to offer.
So yeah, one could easily say that Uchiha Sasuke was a reasonable person.
However, it is an also well-known fact that when in the company of Uzumaki Naruto, what once was will be once no more.
So it really shouldn't be a surprise when Uchiha Sasuke did the one thing he would never normally do. He ignored all the facts.
He ignored the fact such as that neither one of the shinobies could have guessed that the family of redheads was going to go through a wall! He also chose to ignore the fact that the two top anbus from Konoha hadn't even known that magic existed until but a few hours ago.
Yes ladies and gentlemen! Pigs will grow wings and fly with the clouds, for Uchiha Sasuke had abandoned logic, and was quite happy with his decision too. For being illogical meant that he could go and blame Naruto for all the wrongs in the world.
And blame Naruto he did.
Turning his head so that he was facing his partner, the Sharingan bearer gathered his energy and gave the other boy the deadliest glare he could manage.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the person), the effect of the glare was lost on Naruto, for he was too busy staring at the red headed man before him to pay much attention to his fuming partner.
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Naruto knew that staring was rude. He had been lectured enough in his youth by Iruka to know that when you encounter someone uncommon (or different, as Iruka would put it), that staring at him or her would be the last thing they wanted from you.
However, in this case, he simply couldn't help it.
'I don't think I've ever seen so many freckles in my life!'Was the current thought running through the blond ninja's head. (1)
He was snapped out of his musings, however, when said freckles drew closer to him as the man moved to give him a hand up. Naruto broke his staring with some struggle, but he eventually accepted the hand gratefully. Soon, he was standing in front of the family of freckled redheads.
"Err, thanks for the help." Naruto grinned sheepishly at them. Not noticing the confused looks invoked by his words, he carried on listlessly. "My name is Naruto, nice to meet you!"
When the man in front of him did not reply, Naruto frowned and was about to ask what was wrong when a hand suddenly clamped down upon his mouth.
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Sasuke (after giving up on his glare) immediately noticed the family's confusion when Naruto spoke. Realizing what the reason probably was, he instantly clamped a hand over Naruto's mouth to still what he was about to say.
Slowly releasing his teammate, he ignored the indignant glare directed at him and pushed the disgruntled blond out of the way. Moving in front of the father redhead. Sasuke asked carefully, "Es-coos-e me...ba' do you speek-a Eng-e-lish?"
He was no pro at English, but he knew enough words to get by without too much trouble, though his accent often caused people to misunderstand him.
However, upon hearing the familiar language, the father perked up and smiled a smile so wide, Sasuke feared that his face would split.
"Why yes! Of course I do! Wouldn't do to be in England if you can't even speak the language now would it?"
'Well, at least we know where we are now...' though Sasuke without humor as he carefully picked at the words and translated them in his head. His attention was redirected back to the conversation at hand when the father began speaking again.
"My name is Arthur Weasley, and this here is my family. You know, you and your friend there should really just yell for us to hold the portal open next time. Really! Rushing out like that could be dangerous."
Sasuke frowned as his mind was attacked with the jumbo of words that sprouted out of the man's lips. He tried to decipher the meaning of what the father said, but soon gave up. Just because he knew enough English to get by doesn't mean he actually knew a lot about the language itself. (The only reason he even knew the little he did was because his father had insisted that all the members of the household studied at least more than one language, thought Sasuke had dropped his studies after the massacre had occurred)
He was saved from answering, however, when Naruto pushed himself in front of him and (to Sasuke's shock) started blabbering in perfect English.
"Yeah, hehe..sorry 'bout that. It's just that Sasuke here kinda rushed in things without thinking. What did you say your name was again?" Naruto asked while trying to shove an incredulous looking Sasuke behind his back.
Mr. Weasley either didn't notice the disbelieving look the raven-head boy was giving the blond, or chose not to question it. Instead, he simply held out his hand in introduction and smiled warmly. "My name is Arthur Weasley, and these here are my children and wife, Molly."
Naruto gave the other members of the family a grin, his eyes lingering a bit longer on the one blackhead, before turning back to give Mr. Weasley's hand a shake. "Nice to meet you Mr. Weasley! My name is Naruto U-Usher. And this fellow here is Sasuke Kim.(2)" Changing their names at the last moment, Naruto gestured to the disgruntled Sasuke, who immediately glared up at the mention of his name.
Ignoring his companion, the blond shinobi carried on talking. "Sorry 'bout just now, but Sasuke is kinda new to the magical world. I had to tackle him out of the archway back there to prevent the wall from swallowing him...I ...er... kind of forgot to mention that the archway closes itself up it isn't being held open by another."
Turning to Sasuke, Naruto then plastered a serious look upon his face. "I thought I told you to stay close to me and to not wonder off!"
Sasuke, on the other hand, wanted nothing more than to slap the dobe over the head. Even though he had a bit of trouble keeping up, he got the general idea of what had been said. Not only had the dobe picked a name for him without his consent, but he also went and sprouted some story that no doubt had Sasuke featured as the criminal of their previous entrance.
To add salt to the wound, Naruto had to go and act all 'paternal' on him and scold him in Japanese! Knowing full well that it not only did his scolding in their native language add a necessary effect, but also that Sasuke couldn't do anything about it les they contradict with the picture they're supposed to maintain as the 'adult and his charge'
Hiding his scowl, Sasuke accepted his fate and proceeded to act out his part as the 'guilty charge'. Putting on his most shaken look (which wasn't as hard as one might imagine, considering that he DID almost get swallowed up by a wall), Sasuke dropped his head guiltily
"GomenasaiUsher-san, I didn't mean to disobey." Sasuke mumbled softly.
Naruto almost raised an eyebrow at how well Sasuke had adapted to his character as the 'guilty charge', but a soft chuckling from the father redhead snapped him out of his stupor.
"There now, no need for that, after all, no harm was done." Mr. Weasley smiled gently at Sasuke, who tried to keep from flinching at the amount of freckles that was fast approaching.
"May I ask where're you headed to Mr. Usher?" Mrs. Weasley asked suddenly, stepping up beside her husband.
Trying to keep from fidgeting, Naruto shot a quick glance at Sasuke. Rumbling through his mind, the blond tried to think up a plausible lie he could use. (They couldn't exactly tell the family that they were stalking them now could they?) Luckily, Sasuke seemed to realize Naruto's plight and stepped in before the blond could say anything.
"Shinemasei (3) Usher-san, demo, we hav-oo get-a go-eng." Sasuke mumbled while he tagged at Naruto's sleeve. Hiding his relief, Naruto then made a show of checking his wrist at his none-existent watch, before smiling apologetically at the Weasleys.
"I'm sorry, but we really have to go now. It was nice meeting you Mr. And Mrs. Weasley, and thanks again for the help." Naruto gushed out before practically dragging a protesting Sasuke away from the family and into the crowd. When they were out of the family's sight, Naruto steered the two into a nearby alleyway, where they still got a clear view of the Weasleys.
Once in the safety of the shadows, the raven-haired shinobi ripped his hand out of Naruto's grasp and whacked the unsuspecting blond over the head. Hard.
"Ow! What the heck was that for Teme!" Naruto hissed, while rubbing his head.
"For being an idiot!" Sasuke hissed back. "Do you know what you've just did violates our mission! We were given instructions not to reveal ourselves until the family has boarded the train! And yet, now not only are they aware of our presence, but, they know that we're related somehow!"
"Chill teme, jeeze..." Naruto grumbled, before glaring at the shorter teen. "First off, had I not pushed us out of the wall, we would have lost the family, and therefore, failed the mission all together. Second, they didn't find out who we are, so getting caught isn't that much of a deal. So long as they don't know our true identities, we're fine."
Naruto took a deep breath, before continuing in a much calmer tone, " Next, the mission didn't state that we were to act like we didn't know each other. And being 'related' could be used to our advantage. We could say that I was a teacher from the school you are transferring from and that the reason I'm here is so I can help you adjust. That way, people won't question us should we be caught together while we're comparing notes or something. We could just say that we were discussing our hometown"
Sasuke glared at the ground. He didn't want to admit it, but Naruto did have a point. As much as he hated it, the blond was right. If anything else, their encounter earlier had just gained them some advantages.
Sighing tiredly, the young Uchiha chose not to press the issue any longer and instead asked the question that had been bugging him ever since their encounter with the redheads. "Where did you learn to speak English so well dobe?"
The tall teen blushed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I…er…the Kyuubi knows quite a number of languages. So back there, when I realized that you guys were speaking a totally different language, he…kinda transferred the knowledge of the language to me so I can use it too."
'I should've known...' Sasuke thought dryly. Moving to lean against the wall, he gazed out into the crowd, easily picking out the Weasleys with their red hairs.
"Sasuke?"
"Hn?"
"Just so you know... your pronunciation sucks."
Naruto's answer came in the form of another whack to the head.
A/N: Yay! 6 pages! Done! Ooo and a special thanks to KK for checking this chapter out for me! (a kid 3 years younger than me is helping me check my gramma...what is the world coming to?)
Here are a few explanations:
(1) I'm not too sure, but I've lived in Taiwan, China and Bloemfontein, and none of the Asians I've seen (hech, I'm Asain myself) have much freckles. And even if they do, it's not very obvious. So I'm just gonna take a gamble and say that freckles are a very rare thing indeed in Japan
(2) I couldn't think of any last names for Sasuke,so when one of my classmates came over for a project, I thought 'Hey, why the heck not?' and volla! Sasuke now bears my Korean classmate's surname!You hear that Eugene? As for Naruto, I just went ahead and gave him the first name thatI thought of that began with a 'U'
(3) ...er...I really don't know how to spell in Japanese...please don't kill me?
Btw, I know that naruto seems more mature than Sasuke didnear the end, butI can't help it. My pen doesn't want to work with me.
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