Deal

A/N: I'm going to skip over much of what was left of Harry's and Naruto's first year. I've already established that they were not willing to play Dumbledore's game. The golden trio doesn't exist although the boys are friends with Neville and Hermione.

Again, I suck at fight scenes. (Actually, you don't. You just don't prefer to write them. – Miriam1) The reactions to the fight will happen in the next chapter.

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Chapter 14

After the Christmas break and the new term started, except for a few die-hards, most of the students and staff reconciled to the fact that Harry Potter was now Haru Namikaze.

And the Namikaze twins, as they were called by the staff, were a force to be reckoned with. They were the top of their class in all subjects. They got the spells quickly in class, and even Potions wasn't too difficult, despite the professor.

Haru and Naruto sighed as they came into the Gryffindor common room. Neville and Hermione were tucked in a corner by the fireplace, trying to figure out what was hidden in the third-floor corridor, after it was discovered that a Cerberus was guarding something. The boys shook their heads. Neither boy wanted anything to do with THAT puzzle. They knew a trap when they saw one.

Yes, they had been curious. Every kid liked a mystery to solve, and it was a plus that it was in a magical castle. The headmaster's warning only fueled the curiosity.

However, they talked it over with their tou-san and he made them promise not to get involved in it. He did agree to look into it and wasn't too happy that the headmaster was playing games with the lives of the students.

Upon investigation, Professor Flitwick was appalled at how many of the older students had peeked into the room with the huge monster.

"So instead of a more powerful lock," Minato asked the professor one night, "it is locked with a simple Alohomora spell?"

The charms master nodded. "It would seem that the headmaster wants the students to get killed. . . hmmm…unless. . . "

Minato's blue eyes grew cold as he, too, caught the implications. "He is testing someone. . . say my son Haru. . ."

"It would seem so," Filius agreed. "Now that you mentioned it, the tests, although complex, can be solved by a very smart firstie like our Miss Granger. Most troubling."

Minato snorted; for a moment, the short professor reminded him of a Nara.

The pair took their father's warning to heart and stayed well away.

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With summer break being only a few weeks away, Haru overheard the Weasley twins talking with Neville and Hermione about the forbidden corridor and the many traps under the room of the Cerberus.

Haru looked over at Naruto. They tried to tell both Neville and Hermione not to investigate. It was too dangerous, and it seemed their friends were not going to listen.

"Look, guys," Naruto tried once more to warn them, "Our tou-san told us it was a trap and to stay away from it. . . "

"Awww, the ickle firsties afraid of the big bad doggie in the window?" one of the twins teased.

"Give it up, Naru," Haru said, placing a hand on his brother's shoulder as he glared at the smirking red-headed menaces. "They are not going to listen."

"But aren't you at least curious?" asked Hermione.

"Of course, we are," Naruto told her. "We aren't dead."

"Besides, it reeks of a trap. We, for one, are not going to be the ones to spring it," Haru interjected.

"Come on, Haru. I'm hungry."

"You're always hungry."

Both boys took their father's warning to heart and made sure they kept their special kunai handy. Plus, both were forced to carry special tracking seals as well. As active pre-teens, they had balked at being tracked, but their tou-san insisted.

"For the trap to work," he told them, "is to not make it appear to be a trap."

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Haru woke with a start. Where was he?

He remembered he had been walking down the corridor with Naruto as they had left DADA class.

Then nothing.

"I see you are awake, Potter," came the voice of Professor Quirrel, who for some reason wasn't stuttering.

Potter! Not that again!

Haru came fully awake as he stood. He was in a fire torch lit room with only himself, a very large mirror, and the DADA professor.

"Where am I?" he demanded.

"You are here to serve my lord," came the answer.

Haru scowled. He didn't see Naruto anywhere. Last he remembered, Naruto had been beside him when they left the classroom together.

"What did you do to my Oniisan?"

"If you mean that foreign blond menace, he was of no consequence."

Worried, Haru reached inside of his magic for the bond he shared with his brother. It was weak but still there. Concentrating, he sent a pulse through it and received one back.

Relieved that Naruto was alright, he turned his attention back to the mirror and the DADA professor. Then he sent another pulse through the tracking seal as he pulled out his tou-san's kunai.

"Use the boy!" came another voice.

"You sure, master? You are still weak." Quirrell seemed to be arguing with himself.

"Use the boy!" the voice insisted.

As Quirrell unwrapped his turban, Haru wrinkled his nose at the horrible smell and sight before him. In the back of the professor's head was an ugly face.

"See what I have become, Potter!" the face informed him. "You did this, and that mud-blood mother of yours."

"Who are you?"

"Don't you recognize Lord Voldemort?" Quirrell sneered.

Suddenly, there was a flash of yellow light and suddenly Haru didn't feel afraid anymore. Tou-san was there.

The fight between Minato and Quirrell, if you could call it that, didn't last long. Minato threw several of his special kunai around the room and flashed to different ones, keeping Quirrell's attention on him and not on Haru, who had enough sense to duck behind the mirror for safety.

Haru watched his tou-san, who fired off spells as he flashed between his special kunais. This wasn't his father sparring with Prof. Flitwick anymore – this was Minato, the fourth hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, protecting his most precious person – his son.

As Minato fought Quirrell, Naruto burst into the chamber. He launched himself into the air only to land next to his brother. Both boys took a fighting stance, but stayed away from the fight.

Haru looked over at the mirror. There was something about it that Quirrell wanted. He walked over and stood in front of it. It didn't take long for him to decipher the meaning of the sentence over it.

"Show me my desire? Hmm?" He took the tri-prong kunai, enpowering it with chakra and threw it at the mirror. It couldn't stand up to the chakra within the weapon and shattered into many chunks of glass.

The Dark Lord heard the sound and turned, letting out a scream of rage shouted, "Avada kedavra!"

Haru dived to the floor and came up with a large piece of mirror shard.

Naruto and Minato raced to stop the duel only to pause. As Haru brought the large shard of the broken mirror in front of him just as the sickening green death spell raced towards it.

The shard caught the sickening green spell and reflected it back to the caster.

If Quirrell had the Dark Lord's wand that had the other phoenix feather, he may have had a chance of winning. However, the reflected spell caught the possessed wizard and threw him backwards against the stone wall as it enveloped him.

Being trained in a different discipline had given Haru's a better sense of situation awareness and knowing when and where to use his strengths. It surprised all, as he blocked the unblockable curse with such a simple non-magical trick.

Quirrell may be dead, but Voldemort wasn't. He rose as a black cloud out of the dead body.

A blackened face formed within the cloud, roaring his displeasure at being forced out of his host.

It was a very determined and angry young wizard who wasn't about to give up his family that stood and faced him.

Naruto jumped in front of his little brother as a blue swirling ball of energy formed in his dominant hand. He pumped his magic as well as his chakra. "No one messes with my otouto! Take this! Rasengan!"

Haru not to be out done shouted, "Glacius!"

Haru's spell hit first, freezing the black cloud. Naruto's thrown ball of blue energy hit the block of black ice, shattering it.

Minato stood back, watching the tableau between his sons and the Dark Lord. He was very proud of how well they worked together to defeat a common enemy. He was also thankful for Sirius teaching them beyond the first-year spells.

Now it was his turn, before the cloud could reassemble. He did the hand signs that he had once used that horrible night.

Suddenly, the room grew very cold and the only light was from the fire and spell-work.

Minato pulled the pair of boys behind him as they watched the black cloud pieces once more rise from the melting ice, forming once more into an inky black cloud.

Minato gave a formal bow to the spirit as it turned to the black cloud and placed his boney hand above it. :DID YOU THINK SPLITTING YOUR SOUL WOULD KEEP YOU HERE?: With the other hand, the Shinigami opened it palm up.

From Haru's forehead came black ichor. The pre-teen screamed in pain and collapsed into Minato's arms.

From a hidden room high within the castle, a diadem sat forlorn on a dusty perch. It gave off a green light and a black ichor rose from it, only to disappear.

The same happened to a diary in a safe room in Malfoy Manor; a cup in a vault in Gringotts; and a ring under a floor board in a dilapidated cottage; and a locket in a forgotten townhouse in London.

A snake hunting in the wilds of Albania paused for a moment before returning its hunt for food, never knowing how close it came to being killed.

As each drop of black ichor left their hidden containers, it would reform on the open palm of the shinigami. Once all six formed, the shinigami swiftly popped them into his mouth.

"NOO!" shouted Dark Lord Voldemort, but before he could figure out where to go next, the shinigami reached out and took both Quirrel's hovering soul as well as the last bit of Riddle's soul.

Minato wanted to hide his sons from the scene in front of him, but as a shinobi – death, as well as life, was just a part of that life. He felt vindicated. He had fulfilled his part of the deal he had made all those years ago.

:OUR DEAL IS COMPLETED, NAMIKAZE MINATO. EVEN THOUGH YOU DISREGARDED SOME ASPECTS OF OUR DEAL, YOU STILL COMPLETED IT. I RELEASE YOU FROM IT. THE BARRIER BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND YOURS IS GONE.:

Once the Shinigami was done, he turned to the trio. :MY THANKS. NOW, AS A REWARD AND IN TIME YOU WILL NEED IT. . .:

The Death Spirit placed a hand on both Naruto's and Haru's heads. Both boys glowed with a red light that blinded the trio.

When the Shinigami had sealed the Nine-tails within Naruto, his son's chakra coils were under-developed but only half of the Nine-tails could be sealed.

When the light faded, so had the Shinigami.

Minato groaned as he came to. They were still in the chamber and it was in ruins. The fires had burned themselves out, as there were very few burnable items to begin with. Beside him were his two boys.

A quick examination showed them to be exhausted but fine. The biggest surprise was Haru's chakra's pathways. They had been enlarged. Then he gasped in shock. The same seal that Naruto had was on his second son. Haru had also became the Jurchuriki of the second part of the nine-tails' chakra. Whereas Naruto held the yang part of the nine-tails, now Haru held the yin part.

What that meant only time will tell.

Minato groaned and silently thanked the Kamis that his beloved late wife was still dead for she would've killed him, believe it!

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A/N: Yes, I know Quirrel killed himself with his own killing curse but his soul had not yet left. It was being held in place during the fight. I thought I should clarify that.

Thanks for all the reviews, good and bad. Until next time. – GF

Parts of the challenge fulfilled:

Naruto and Harry grow up together check

Try to do as many years at Hogwarts sort of. One year was all I could manage.

I tried my best to meet the challenge and hoped I succeeded. If not, please enjoy it anyways.

I will repeat what I've said in the past, I am a little old lady from the Midwest with a very vivid imagination. I know very little Japanese and it shows. It is not my intention to offend anyone. So bear with me.

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Until next time. – GF