THE ULTIMATE DEFENSE

Thanx every1 4 reviewing, I still can't believe I got over 50 reviews. I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint you. And I'm sry 4 taking so long, I'm not home a lot in the Summer.

BTW, this is Harry's 6th year and the only reason Sirius is alive is because I like him. (And because I hate it when ppl try to rite an angst Harry)


Chapter 2: Diagon Alley

The morning sun's rays shined through the dirty windows, bringing light to the whole room. Inside were two beds.

One bed was orange, decorated with brooms; the other was green, decorated with golden snitches and owls.

The two sides of the room were nearly identical. It looked like someone folded the room in half and duplicated everything.

The green bed sheets rustled, signaling that the person sleeping in the bed was getting up. The boy was medium height and lanky, with emerald green eyes and messy black hair.

He wore blue and white striped pajamas and blue slippers. Groggily, he walked over to the bathroom and opened the door.

After finishing his daily toiletries, he changed into an overlarge green shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Picking up his glasses from the dresser, he woke up the other boy.

"Ron, c'mon, get up. The new students are coming today!" he said.

Albeit he was reluctant, the redhead, Ron, finally got up after 15 minutes with the promise of pancakes.

He came out of the bathroom minutes later, looking fresh and awake. He had changed into a striped red and black shirt and black shorts. Putting on his sandals, they both went out the door.

They walked down the hall and silence enveloped them before the redhead asked, "So why do you think the new students are going to stay with us, Harry?"

"I dunno," Harry answered.

"Maybe, they're really strong and Dumbledore sent them to protect you," Ron guessed.

"No way, why would he send people who are the same age as us?" Harry countered.

"Well, I heard that the new DADA teacher is also staying with us and he knows the new students," said Ron, leading the way down the stairs.

"The DADA teacher could be protecting me in school but definitely not the students. He probably just knows them from their old school, they're all from Japan," Harry opened the door to the kitchen and a delicious smell met them.

Inside, two girls got up from their seats and walked up to them.

One girl had frizzy brown hair and the other had long red hair. The brunette, who was the taller one, wore a pink tank top, jeans and pink flip-flops while the redhead wore a white t-shirt, baby blue shorts and white flip-flops decorated with pearls.

"Did you see the new students?!" The brunette asked.

"Well, seeing that you're blocking the way, we hadn't," Ron retorted.

"Forget him Herm, he's a git," said the redhead, punching her brother lightly in the shoulder.

"Well, anyways, I usually don't care about these things but they are really cute!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Especially the blonde one!" Ginny added, giggling slightly.

The boys just looked at each other and rolled their eyes, thinking, girls.

"C'mon, I'll introduce you," said Hermione, already dragging Harry to a table. Ginny and Ron following behind.

Remus, Sirius, George, Moody, Fred and five strangers were already at the table. Harry took a seat next to Hermione at the end of the table, Ginny and Ron sat opposite them.

The blonde sitting next to the twins introduced himself first.

"My name is Naruto, I hope we can be friends." He had large blue eyes and flawless golden skin. A black band was wrapped around his neck.

When he got up, Harry saw that he wore an overlarge black t-shirt with an orange spiral in the middle and very short shorts. Somehow, he wasn't disgusted by the fact that he seemed somehow attracted to the blonde boy.

Shaking his head to rid his mind of the thought, he shook his hand and introduced himself as Harry Potter. To his surprise and some of the others, the strangers didn't have the usual reaction to his name. Maybe they didn't know who he was in Japan.

Then a black haired boy to Naruto's left stood up. He was as beautiful as Naruto but in a more feminine, sly way. His skin was pearly white, which contrasted against his hard black eyes, blue wide-neck t-shirt and black shorts. He introduced himself as Sasuke Uchiha.

Harry didn't really like him, seeing how he seemed so much like a snake. However, the kind glance Sasuke sent Naruto eased his worries a little.

Next, a boy with long, black hair stood up, "Nice to meet you, my name is Neji Hyuuga." He wore a form-fitting, white, long-sleeved blouse that was unbuttoned at the top and tight, black leather pants. (He sounds like some rich kid from Snow Drop or Meteor Garden )

A boy, who he later found out was named Shikamaru, had spiky black hair bound in a pineapple style ponytail and lazy brown eyes. He had this bored, pissed off look that nearly made Harry laugh.

He wore a long-sleeved fishnet shirt under a green, low-cut t-shirt. He was the closest to me and I saw that he had on black shorts and weird blue sandals.

The last stranger to be introduced was a man with silver hair. A facemask covered the bottom part of his face and a black bandana covered his left eye. Harry figured that he was their new DADA teacher, Professor Kakashi Hatake.

The professor wore a black sleeveless shirt and loose black pants. If they were connected or not couldn't be determined because of the bandages that bound his stomach. A small orange book rested in his left back pocket.

Also, Harry noticed that both Sasuke and Naruto had bandages on various parts of their bodies.

All of them had several things in common; they are all very tall, around six feet or so, had a forehead protector of sorts on their upper right arm and lean muscles. Harry was very jealous considering his skinny demeanor.

Ron introduced himself just as breakfast was served. It was an unfamiliar kind of noodle that emitted a fantastic smell.

"What is this?" Ron asked.

"It's ramen..." said Sasuke, picking at a few strands. He decided to take some bread instead.

"It's good," Neji added. "But you kinda hate it later on when you eat it too much, especially if Naruto makes you buy it for him every time." To further prove his point, he pushed his bowl over to Naruto and ate some fruit.

The said boy was happily slurping his ramen, oblivious to what his friend was saying about him.

Daintily, Harry put some in his mouth; it was delicious! The others seemed to think so too when the sound of slurping became louder. Soon enough, breakfast was done and everyone was content and full, well except for four certain individuals.

"Okay kids, it's time to go to Diagon Alley. Does everyone have their lists?" Mrs.Weasley asked.

All the kids attending Hogwarts raised their list that they received yesterday. The books were about the same, if not for the year level, as the last summer except for one, 'Martial Arts for Dummies,' the Dummies was crossed out and on top of it said, 'Wizards.'

It was written by someone named Jiraiya, the incredible Sennin... and other stuff that said how great he was.

Harry bet he was someone just like Professor Lockhart. In another corner, Naruto and Kakashi were having a discussion.

"Eeeew, Kakashi! Why did you have to use his book? I bet it's filled with perverted things!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Well, he said that he would give me the next four editions of Icha Icha Paradise and a filmed version of Book 1! Anyways, this book is the only book that these kids can keep up with," Kakashi argued.

Naruto looked doubtful and opened the book. He nearly choked at what he read inside.

"What!? This book teaches you how to flip and do cartwheels and stuff! It's so easy!"

"Exactly. I bet most of the wizards in Hogwarts can barely do the maneuvers they teach in this book," Kakashi whispered.

"You gotta be joking me," said Naruto.

"Hey you two! Get here already!" Shikamaru complained.

"We will!" Naruto shouted back.

They walked over to the fire but before Naruto went to stand next to Neji, he whispered, "I'm gonna tell Iruka about your deal with ero-sensei, Kakashi."

Kakashi blushed and sent him a glare that promised instant death before diverting his attention to Mrs. Wealey who was explaining floo powder.

"All you have to do is throw some of this floo powder in this fire and say 'Diagon Alley,'" Mrs. Weasley explained, "We'll do it in pairs, okay? George and Fred, you go first."

They both grabbed a fistful of floo powder and shouted, "Diagon Alley!"

Naruto and Ginny went after them, followed by Ron and Shikamaru, Harry and Moody, Sasuke and Kakashi, and finally Mrs. Weasley and Neji.


Everyone ended up in a dark and dirty pub. Tables and benches were everywhere, rearranged in no order at all.

A bar was at the right next to a rickety, old staircase. Moody walked over to a desk near the door, where an old, humpbacked man sat. They started to talk to each other in low whispers.

He came back to the group a minute later, "Tom says that the rooms are ready and the trunks will arrive soon. There are 6 rooms and all of us will have to share once Arthur comes."

Moody showed them their rooms and everyone had their pick. Unluckily for Sasuke and Neji, who were both fighting for the same room, Naruto walked into a room that Shikamaru already occupied.

That led to the fact that they had to share the same room. It also meant that everyone else will have one heck of a time trying to sleep.

After that, everyone went back down where they found Mrs. Wealey setting down cups of ice cream. Each taking one, the kids listened to the adults explain that they would leave them alone to shop. It seemed that they had to go to a meeting in the Ministry of Magic.

They watched the adults leave before the young wizards lead the new students to an alley behind the Leaky Cauldron.

"Hey, why are we here?" Naruto asked, gesturing to the garbage cans and brick wall.

"Just watch," Fred replied. He took out his wand and tapped a few bricks. Suddenly, the solid red bricks started to fold in on itself.

It continued until it finally stopped, revealing a big hole that several people could fit into.

Naruto stepped through the hole first. After everyone was through it closed back on itself, looking like any other wall in the world.

Then Naruto noticed the stream of people walking through the crowded cobble street. All of them were dressed in black robes and busy buying goods from inside the stores.

In front of one store, cauldrons of every kind shined in the sun, another had stacks upon stacks of books inside its window. There was also sweets shops and joke stores, stores filled with animals and others filled with brooms.

Naruto turned this way and that as he tried to see everything, no one in Konoha selled these things. Some of them seemed useful, too.

Someone tapped him on the shoulder; he turned around to find Harry pointing at Fred, the older boy was speaking, "We're gonna go to our shop to set up some things. Meet us at Ollivanders after you're done at Gringotts."

Waving, he and George disappeared with a loud crack.

That was weird, Naruto thought, they gathered chakra around themselves in a pattern and just disappeared, wonder if I can do that...

"Did you see that?" Naruto whispered to Sasuke.

"Yea, Tsunade is right, we'll definitely learn from these wizards, even if they are weak," Sasuke answered.

"Don't think of them that way, they're nice!" Naruto protested.

"Whatever. Did you catch the pattern?" asked Sasuke.

Neji, who was listening in on their conversation, came over, "I saw it, the marks are small and hard to see but Sasuke can copy it the next time they do it."

"I guess..." said Sasuke.

"Great job protecting Harry, guys. Let's go," Shikamaru whispered as he passed by.

All three of them blushed and followed the others. They formed a subtle square (of sorts) around the wizards and joined their conversation, watching their surroundings at the same time.

"So, where are we going?" Naruto asked.

"Gringotts," Ron answered.

"What's that?" Sasuke asked.

"It's the only wizard bank in England," Hermione explained, "You can exchange muggle money for galleons, sickles or knuts."

"Whats, whats and whats?" Naruto asked, bewildered at the foreign currency.

"Seventeen sickles for a galleon and twenty-nine knuts for a sickle, you'll see what they look like soon," said Ron, "Don't need much for us cause we got most of the stuff. But you guys will have to get everything, hope your parents left enough money."

"...Um, do we have to pay for ourselves?" Shikamaru whispered.

"Tsunade-baba didn't say nothing and I bet she probably spent all the money on gambling if there were any," Naruto replied.

"Damn," he groaned.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked.

"Nothing, he just wanted to know how much I had," Naruto lied.

"Oh, don't worry. If you don't have enough, you can use some of mine," said Harry, "Here we are."

They stopped in front of a snowy white building that towered over the other shops. On either sides of the bronze door stood a goblin.

They were short creatures with a clever face and long fingers and feet. They walked up the steps and the goblin bowed as they walked through.

"My hint to you is to touch nothing, the consequences are very high," said Hermione, she lead the party into a large room full of goblins sitting behind tall desks.

They were all very busy doing different kinds of things. Behind them, Naruto saw that there were a countless amount of doors leading into dark hallways.

Their group went over to the counter and found a free goblin. He was stern looking and had a crooked nose, he barely reached Naruto's head even when standing on his chair.

"Your names, please," he asked.

"Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and the Weasley's vault," Harry answered.

"And we need to exchange our money," Naruto added.

While another goblin helped the wizards get their money, the one at the counter tried to figure out what kind of money the Leaf nins had.

"This will probably equal 10 galleons, 15 sickles and 5 knuts for each of you. I don't think I've ever seen money like this," the goblin stated.

"Uh... yea, thanks. When do you think Mr. Potter will get back?" Naruto asked, worried since he couldn't find a single chakra sign beyond 10 feet of the doors.

"They'll be back soon. Please wait over there, there are more people waiting in line," said the goblin, pointing at a few benches near the entrance.

They walked over to a bench and waited.

"Do you think something happened?" Naruto asked.

"Don't worry," Shikamaru insisted, "They can take care of themselves. See, there they are right now."

He was right as the others turned their heads to the doorway Shikamaru was pointing to. The four of them walked towards them, fine and healthy despite all of Naruto's worries.

"We got enough, I think. Time to head over to Ollivander's," said Harry.

"What's that?" Neji asked.

"Best and only wand shop here," he answered.

"Right...wands," said Neji as the four of them shared a look.


I'm sorry for ending it like this, but this was wat I got up 2 b4 I found out that CHINESEDRAGONLORD freckin' stole my fic!!!!!!! He changed the story but the plot and everything are still the freckin same thing! I cannot believe him and I am so mad right now it's not even funny. If u r CHINESEDRAGONLORD, I'm going to kill u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!