This is not a proper fic.

It's a combination of notes from this story development and scenes that were cut, rewritten, or drastically changed. These 'chapters' at best have had a rough round of editing. Some were cleaned up to be used but didn't make it into the story. Some were false starts and abandoned as soon as they were written. The 'notes' portion is almost entirely stream of conscious style - which means they're choppy, filled with bits and ideas, dialogue snippets, expletives, and shorthand that may not make sense.

Why post these? Someone asked me to.

And I also realized at one point that I had pages and pages of material that wasn't going to see the light of day unless it came in a form like this. Social media platforms give me anxiety, so this is the closest thing to interacting about my own writing that I'm capable of.

I worked on this second portion of the Connections Series for something close to 10 years. There were a lot of ideas. And a lot of chapters that just gave me hell. I didn't cover a lot of things I thought I would but there came a point where I had to just move forward and get something finished instead of trying to get everything 'right'.

As always - a reminder that I started this story without having seen Shippuden and I still to this day have only gotten a short ways into it. There's going to be a lot of mistakes and missing details from the Naruto side of the house.

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Table of Contents:

Writing Notes (Stream of Consciousness, No Narratives)

Cut Scene: Itachi Interlude

Cut Scene: Naruto and Iruka Talk about Harry

Cut Scene: Alternate Connections Ending - Harry Expelled from Konoha

Cut Scene: Naruto 'Studies' Magic

Cut Scene: Remus Meets Naruto before the Intro Feast

Cut Scene: Nin in Classes

Cut Scene: Various DADA Teachers (Snape, Northstein, Kakashi)

Cut Scene: Alternate Aftermaths of Sasuke and Harry's Big Fight

Cut Scene: Alternate Version of Hermione Watching Harry's Nin Training

Cut Scene: Alternate Version of Itachi's Hogsmeade Attack