Hello everyone! I'm back for another chapter on Ninja Magic! Thank you all readers and reviewers who read and reviewed this story, you are very much appreciated! Most of all, in this chapter, Neji is a little out of character when he saw the spiders :P
All translations of the Japanese phrases are in Italic
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Technique 2: House-cleaning Fun
The three Jounins and the wizards have just finished eating their lunch, still sitting at the table. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were chatting among themselves, Fred and George was discussing about their joke shop. Naruto rubbed his stomach in content, grinning at both his teammates who were in a kind of trance, not responding to him. It was then Mrs. Weasley came back in.
"Now children, do you have a nice lunch?" Mrs. Weasley asked the group of teenagers, or to be more precise, this question was directed more to the Jounins than the wizards.
"It was good! Demo sa… Ichiraku no Ramen wa motto motto, ume daze!" But, the ramen at Ichiraku is much more delicious! Naruto babbled on, but was stopped when his raven-haired teammate rammed his fist on Naruto's head.
"Sorry about him" the kunoichi said, bowing a little, "It was really nice, thank you" then looked back at her blonde haired teammate who was now nursing the bum on his head, cursing all the way in Japanese. "Naruto" she hissed at him, "Ikagen ni shiro!" Stop it already! The moment she was done, Naruto could be seen standing very straight, freezing in his position.
Neji shook his head in defeat just as Shiyuki raised her hand to her forehead. 'This entire mission is the ultimate test for my patience…' they thought in unison, even though neither said it out to the other.
"I'm glad you like it" Mrs. Weasley said, "You may go up to your rooms for some rest. Could you show them the way, dear?" she said to Harry, Ron and Hermione, who nodded without hesitation. "We'll begin our house cleaning tomorrow then!" Mrs. Weasley then disappears down the hall. Fred and George then went off soon after, grinning madly, 'They probably have invented some new items' Harry thought. Ginny managed a smile before she hurried back to her own room. That left Harry, Ron and Hermione together with the three Jounins.
On their way to their rooms, Naruto asked curiously, "Ano sa, ano sa!" Harry and his friends stopped to listen. "What does she mean by house cleaning?" as soon as the question is out, the lot continued up the stairs to the rooms.
"This house is unoccupied for years… and now they are using this place as headquarters for the Order. Over the years… despite the fact that a house elf lives here, it certainly did not keep the house under condition… resulting in infesting of some creatures and some strange items" Harry explained.
"Oh…" was the reply he got which indicates that the Jounins have understood what he just said.
No sooner, they reached the rooms. The wizards showed the Jounins to their rooms, which was at the rear end of the corridor, three rooms are neighbors to each other. Shiyuki's was right at the end, followed by Neji's; Naruto's was beside Neji's room. After which, the wizards told them where their own room was suited, along the same corridor, just nearer the stairs. Waving a good bye, the three wizards returned back to their rooms. The three Jounins then started their secret meeting session… in Shiyuki's room, their female teammate's room. The only reason for that is because; the kunoichi's room was the furthest down the corridor, meaning more privacy. Just after the three Jounins went into Shiyuki's room, Harry, Ron and Hermione came out of their own, curiously staring at the closed door of the kunoichi's room, wondering what the three are doing. A loud crack nearly made them jumped into the air, Fred and George apparated before them, wearing a mad grin and holding up their invention, the extendable ears. The group of wizards then concentrated outside the Shiyuki's room, trying to listen to what the Jounins were saying behind the closed door.
When they went into her room, they noticed that the kunoichi's belongings had already been brought up, and also, there were two beds in the room. All three Jounins entered the room, closing the door behind them. Shiyuki moved to the bed on the right, sitting down on the side of the bed. Neji sat on the other bed, opposite from hers. Naruto on the other hand, plopped himself on the bed his female teammate was sitting on.
"Saki, mite nai?" Saw it just now? Shiyuki asked, "Kare-tachi, watashi tachi o shinjite kure nai" They don't trust us
"Aa…" Neji replied, "Ore-tachi, kodomo ni omota dakara" Just because we're not adults.
"Ne…" Naruto voiced, "Aiitsu tachi, kodomo janai ka!" Aren't they children themselves! He exclaimed. "Nanoni, ore-tachi wa aiitsu tachi o mamori dayo! Makaku… gaki tachi tomo…" And we still have to protect them! A bunch of kids… he muttered, crossing both his hands before his chest and pouting.
'Gaki to wa omaie darou!' You're the kid here! Both Neji and Shiyuki thought, rolling their eyes at his reaction. The wizards outside were having confused looks plastered on their faces. They did not understand what the Jounins had said, not even a single word! Nevertheless, they strained their ears to try to hear more of their conversation.
"Back to business" Shiyuki said, both of her male teammates looked back at her, "Although Tsunade-sama did not say anything much about the risk of this mission, we still have to be careful. Over all, we cannot afford to fail, it concerns all the villages' future" Neji nodded his head to show that he understood. "Naruto, wakatta ka?" Naruto, understood? The kunoichi turned to ask Naruto.
But she was greeted with a sight of a sleeping Naruto, his mouth opened in a wide and long line, saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth. Neji saw and knew what was coming when he saw his female teammate raised a shaking fist. A sharp cry rang down the corridor the next moment, startling the wizards outside the room. Shiyuki was standing beside Naruto, both her hands were on his shoulders, lifting him to stand on the ground and shaking him to and fro violently.
"Teme…" Saying 'you'in a venomous tone or anrather impolite way of refering to people you dislikeshe hissed, "Don't you dare to sleep when people are talking about serious things you idiot!" she almost shouted as she continued to shake him violently.
By then, Naruto was going dizzy from all the shaking that his female teammate was doing to him. "Ano… sa…" was the only sound he managed to get out.
"Nani ga kono baka!" What is it you idiot! Shiyuki replied angrily, not creasing in her actions.
"Neji…" Neji raised his head, as he had been keeping it down for that entire period, looked to Naruto, who had called his name. Meanwhile, Naruto's eyes were starting to spin from all the shaking, "Ta…su…ke…te…" Save me… was the last thing he said before he practically fainted, eyes spinning.
A big sweat formed on Neji's head and slide down as he called the kunoichi to stop. When she finally did, Naruto slumped to the ground, head, hands and legs on the ground, with his butt in the air and his eyes continue to spin. She too, sweated before she uttered a "Gomen" Sorry in a low voice.
Right after, the kunoichi turned to face the door, Neji looking pass her. "Kizuitan no ka?" Have you notice it already? He asked her as the female ninja nodded her head. Taking a deep breathe, she said out loud, "I don't know what you people are doing out there but if there is anything you need from us, just come in" the group of wizards outside the room froze in shock. They knew we're outside! Harry thought.
The five wizards then entered the room, freezing in their steps at the sight of Naruto lying senselessly on the floor. Their eyes widened even more when the female ninja walked to Naruto, picked him up by the collar of his clothes and dumped him onto the bed he had been sitting on previously. 'What super-human strength!' was the first thing to cross Harry's mind at the scene.
"Feel free to take a seat anywhere" came the kunoichi's voice, addressing the wizards as they sat randomly on the ground near the door.
Naruto, being back to himself, looked at the wizards with half lidded eyes. He crossed his arms and sat up straight, with his eyes still half open. "Ne… Nani ga you?" Is there anything you need? He asked in a monotone voice.
"Huh?" was the only reply they got from the wizards.
"Naruto" Neji spoke, "Did it cross your mind, even once that we're about the only ones here who even knows Japanese!" he stare at Naruto with his white eyes. Naruto just rubbed the back of his head with one hand and force out a laugh.
"I'm really sorry about him" the female ninja said, looking to Naruto, "But is there anything you need us to do?" she asked as she pulled out her pouch which contained kunais and shurikens. Grabbing some cloth from her luggage, she threw some at Neji who caught it with ease and at Naruto who seem too out of it to catch, resulting in the cloth landing on his head.
Shiyuki rolled her eyes, then, sat down on the other side of the bed, opening her pouch and started polishing her weapons, on the other side Neji could be seen doing the same. The wizards could only raise their eyebrow and stare at the kunais and shurikens; they had never seen things like that. When the wizards finally got over it, they were curiously looking at the three Jounins.
"What are Ninjas like?" Fred and George asked together.
"What do you do in your country?" Ron asked.
"What kind of offensive items do you use back there?" Hermione asked.
"What do you have to do to become a Ninja?" Harry voiced.
Both Neji and Shiyuki looked at the wizards, temporarily stopping in their polishing actions. 'So, that's why' they thought. Naruto, on the other hand, was practically jumping with joy. Finally, there was someone who he could tell of the wonderful things they did in Konoha! The overjoyed blonde then began answering the questions the wizards had asked, making sure that no details were left out.
Ninjas are people who had undergo heavy training in the academy. They used weapons like kunais, shurikens and techniques they call 'Jutsu', although, katana was also considered one of the main weapons. One will basically have to pass the academy and a test from the Jounin teacher to become a low ranked ninja, Gennin. Ninjas in the country did missions in their teams, the difficulty ranges when you managed to get promoted to a higher rank.
Naruto nearly send his two teammates into shock when he suddenly mentioned about the Jounin teachers all of a sudden. Something about Gai being a super thick brow and something about Kakashi being a pervert because he reads the book, 'Icha Icha Paradise' Flirting Paradise.
Time seemed to pass very fast while one's enjoying themselves. Soon, it was night and Mrs. Weasley could be heard shouting for everyone to come down for dinner. The wizards and Jounins made their way down the stairs, still laughing at what Naruto had said earlier.
They took seats that are opposite each other, making it easier to start a conversation. It was then the Jounins noticed that a few of the Order's members were also present. There was a woman named Nymphadora Tonks who said to just call her Tonks, "What kind of a mother would name her child Nymphadora?" there was also a tired-looking man named Remus Lupin.
Dinner passed successfully, without needing Neji or Shiyuki to do any large scale damage to Naruto. After dinner, the group moved back to the kunoichi's room. Fred and George excused themselves to go back to their inventions, leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione with the Jounins. Naruto and Neji then went into their own room and took out one of their luggage before going back to their female teammate's room again. It was only inside the room that the wizards found out the two luggage contained weapons and the two male ninjas began to re-arrange the luggage, trying to get everything they need into place. After the luggage, they sat down on the floor, packing some scrolls into another pouch. Naruto happily told the wizards some other information about their country. Soon, it was late in the night; the wizards said a good night to Shiyuki with her two male teammates as they returned back to their own rooms to rest for the night.
The next morning, Harry woke up to the smell of breakfast. He briefly changed into another set of clothes, running a hand through his messy hair, he took to waking Ron. Hermione was already up. She went out of her room as soon as she was done with her bushy hair. Shiyuki was brushing her long purple hair and was half way done when Hermione suddenly came into her room. Hastily, she tied her hair into the loose ponytails down her chest and exited the room with her. Neji had just finished attaching his pouch when someone knocked at the door. It revealed to be his female teammate and Hermione. The three then stop in front of Naruto's room.
The two ninjas breathed out a sigh 'He's probably still asleep', "This is going to be hard" they went into the room. True enough, they saw Naruto still lying on the bed, mouth wide open, obviously still sleeping.
"Naruto… breakfast time!" the kunoichi said out loud.
At the sound of breakfast, Naruto immediately sprang out of bed. The three waited outside the room until Naruto finished changing. Harry and Ron just came out of their room when they heard someone calling them. Turning around, the two saw Hermione walking towards them, the three Jounins right behind her. The group of six then went down the stairs to the kitchen, where breakfast was laid. When they entered the kitchen, they saw Ginny, Fred, George, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were already sited, waiting for them. Quickly, they grabbed a chair and sat down, it was then, and all of them started eating their breakfast.
After they finished their breakfast and Mrs. Weasley was done with the dishes, they followed her up the stairs with loads of baskets and cans of sprays to stop in front of the study room. The entire group of teenagers dropped their jaws when Mrs. Weasley swung open the door violently. Doxys… an entire room full of Doxys! The said creatures were running around the room, you could see them everywhere through the door. Neji and Shiyuki were practically staring straight ahead at the Doxys while the rest were just staring blankly ahead, eyes white and were nearly popping out, with their jaws hanging in mid air, apparently shocked.
"Na…Nani kore…" What is this… Naruto mumbled in a low voice.
"I've never seen such an infestation!" Mrs. Weasley said, with a quite disgusted look. "Everybody grabbed a basket and a can of doxycide. You just need to spray them on their faces to knock them up"
Despite the fact that everyone had taken their own share of the items, no one moved. There was just too much of the creature, how are they ever going to finish cleaning up this damn room? Just then, Naruto shifted into a stance, two fingers from both his left and right hand put into a cross.
"Naruto!" Shiyuki said, "Don't tell me you…" she could not get to complete her sentence.
"I'll fight numbers with numbers!" Naruto shouted with a wide grin, readying himself, he shouted out the technique, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Shadow Replication Technique!
With a loud 'poof' the front door was filled with numerous Naruto, surprising the wizards. All the Naruto stood with huge grins on their faces, looking passed the door at the Doxys inside.
"All of you listen up!" Naruto exclaimed to his replications, "You are to go inside and try take out as much of the creatures inside as you can. Okay?" he was answered with a loud 'Oh!' from his replications. "Iku zo!" Let's go! He shouted as he dashed into the room with all of his replications.
Both his teammates were still standing outside the room, blankly looking at what Naruto was doing. For the wizards, they were having the shock of their lives. How could someone do that! Their jaws were practically hanging in the air as they watch all the Naruto dash into the room.
'That idiot…' Shiyuki thought. 'He's probably thinking of wrestling with the Doxys…' both Neji and Shiyuki thought in unison, shaking their heads at the mere thought.
As if on cue, all the Naruto in the room was engaged with the Doxys, pulling at the creatures and in turn was getting pulled by the creatures. Others were scratching here and there with the Doxys. Both ninjas were looking through half open eyes, a series of sweats dripping down their heads. Finally, finding that they could watch on no longer, they walked over to the still struggling with Doxys Naruto and spray the doxycide on the Doxys, knocking them out. The wizards were quite frozen in place, merely staring at the Jounins. Some time later, they managed to clear off all the Doxys infesting the room.
All of Naruto's replicas disappeared with another 'poof', leaving the battered Naruto on the floor, bruises and scratches covered his face and arms. Sighing, the female ninja walked over to Naruto's side, Neji right behind her.
"Naruto" Shiyuki said, "Does it hurt?" she knelt down beside the battered blonde.
The battered blonde gave a nod, looking up at his female teammate. Neji helped to hold him still while Shiyuki began concentrating her chakra and channeling it to her hands. The kunoichi then brushed her hands over all the bruises and scratches which faded away almost instantly. Imagine the look on the wizards' faces when suddenly Naruto stood up, all healed and healthy. Turning over, the Jounins saw the expressions plastered on all the wizards' faces, they took to explain.
"Shiyuki is a medical ninja" Naruto said, beaming.
"Meaning that she is considered the healer of the group" Neji explained.
After the wizards finally got back to their senses, they began picking up all the Doxys now littering the study room. Harry noticed that Fred and George had pocketed some, saying that they are going to need it for their new invention. When they finally managed to clear off all the Doxys, a knocking sound caught their attention. Scanning around, they found out that the sound came from the table. Shiyuki walked over curiously, followed by her fellow teammates. The wizards looking intently behind them, standing still in the same position beside the baskets.
When they reached the table, they saw one of the drawers shaking. Deciding that something was inside, the kunoichi reached to open the drawer. As soon as the drawer opened, a thick mist floated out. The wizards stopped in their tracks, they knew what that was, a boggart. But before any of the wizards could react, the boggart changed its shape. A boggart naturally changed into anything which the person nearest to it fears the most. The boggart took up the shape of some humans, though the wizards did not know who, they could see that the people was somewhat related to the kunoichi when her eye widened considerably. Both Neji and Naruto stared blankly at the figures the boggart had changed into. 'Aren't they…' were both ninjas' thoughts.
In an all too fast motion, the kunoichi's eyes turned a fiery red. She held up an extended palm, fire surrounding her hands, molding into a ball above her palm. The wizards' eyes widened as a fireball engulfed the boggart, instantly destroying it. The kunoichi then slumped to the ground, panting heavily. Her two teammates immediately knelt down beside her, calming her down.
"Daijoubu… Daijoubu dakara" It's okay, everything is going to be all right. Naruto said.
"Aiitsu tachi wa mou inai, mou kaeri nai" They're gone, they won't return anymore. Neji added, hands on her shoulders.
After a while, the female ninja was finally back to herself, she stood up shakily and managed a small smile at the wizards who in turn returned the smile. But they were thinking profusely. 'Where the hell did that fireball come from? Is it only me or did I really saw her eyes turn red? Who are those people?' Harry wondered.
Soon, everyone could be seen towing basketfuls of Doxys out the study room. Just then, a big black dog came near them, startling the Jounins when it turned into a human, introduced as Sirius Black.
"Ano sa…" Naruto started, everyone had his or her attention turned to him. "Isn't this like the Hengen we did?" Transformation he asked his teammates.
"I'm sorry…" Sirius said, "He…han…? What's that?"
"Oh… it's a technique ninjas like us used commonly" the kunoichi said, "It's called Hengen, or simply translated as Transformation in English" the female ninja continued,
"What does it do?" out of curiosity, Harry asked. His fellow wizards all had on the same expression, that of curiosity and they were looking intently at the Jounins for some answers.
"We can change ourselves into another thing" Naruto said.
"Excuse me?" Sirius and Mrs. Weasley said together.
"Change?" the twins asked, raising an eyebrow.
"What do you even mean by changing into another thing…" Ron questioned with a sarcastic face.
"Unless… you mean that you could change your appearance to take on another form?" Hermione added with raised eyebrow.
"Like an animagi?" Harry asked, but he was replied by Naruto with, "What's an animagi?"
"An animagi is someone who could change themselves into an animal at will, but only a specific animal" Sirius said, "Like what I did" he added, winking.
The wizards nodded their heads in confirmation to what the older wizard had said earlier. Naruto seemed to be thinking of something, Neji had on his indifferent face, seemingly not caring about what the wizard had said. But deep inside, he was also getting interested, 'to turn into an animal at will?' he thought. Shiyuki raised an eyebrow, 'they could only change into one specific animal… interesting!' the kunoichi smiled.
"Datara… ore tachi no Hengen no Jutsu wa motto sugoi darou!" If that's so, our Transforming technique is much more powerful! Naruto said aloud, grinning.
But his two teammates had on different expressions. Neji drop his head in defeat while Shiyuki raised her hand to her forehead, looking upwards. 'Can't he just stop saying these kind of words!" both ninjas was almost screaming inside, but they were quite relieved that none of the wizards understood what their blonde teammate had said.
"So…" Harry continued, bringing the Jounins back to reality from their thoughts, "What exactly does your Transforming change you into?" he asked.
"We can basically transform into anything" Neji replied, eyes closed.
"Anything?" the wizards repeated.
"Yes, anything" the kunoichi said.
"Anything!" the wizards exclaimed. Sweat dropped down the Jounins' heads.
"Hey… what's wrong with you people!" Naruto exclaimed loudly, "We already told you anything!"
"And what does that 'anything' include?" Sirius asked.
"It basically includes everything and anything you could see with your eyes" the kunoichi elaborated.
Whatever the wizards were going to say was drowned by a sudden screeching. It was later that the Jounins found out the source of the noise. A painting… a painting of Sirius Black's mother to be exact. What made it different from other paintings is that, the painting actually moved, the figure in the painting was screaming curses at the lot, not that it affected the Jounins as they did not really understand what she had said. The screaming was finally put out, when Sirius threw a thick cloth over the painting.
"Just ignore her" was the only thing he said before he left the area.
Soon, it was lunchtime and the entire group moved down to the kitchen for their break. When the break was over, it was the start of another house cleaning mission. This time, they moved to the drawing room. When the door swung open, everyone's jaw dropped again. Inside the room were spiders… huge spiders the size of dogs. Ron paled considerably, backing away from the room, he was terrified of them, most importantly, he HATED spiders! Another person who turned blue at the sight of spiders was Neji.
"Spiders?" Neji almost exclaimed. The wizards stare at his sudden outburst.
Three years ago, when Tsunade-sama sent out a team of Gennins to retrieve Sasuke, Neji had been one of them. And, he had been the one to fight with Kidomaru, the sound ninja who summons spiders. He had enough of the eight-legged crawling creature in that one day. He never seemed to be able to get over his total disgust of them from since that day. The raven-haired ninja's face turned blue with disgust and dread, lines fell down his forehead as he backed a few paces from the drawing room. Both of his teammates cast him worried looks.
"Neji" his female teammate said, "I think Naruto and you should rest. Naruto, you had done quite a lot just now. Just leave this to me" Shiyuki gave them a smile.
After the kunoichi face the wizards with a thumbs-up, she immediately transformed into a wolf with a 'poof'. The wolf had black fur; two gleaming silver eyes seemingly glowed in the light. The wizards were quite shocked and could only continued to see what the kunoichi was doing. The two ninjas however, plainly smiled as they watch the black wolf dash through the sea of spiders. Moments later, all spiders lay dead while the black wolf changed back into the female ninja with another 'poof'.
The wizards were very pleased with what the kunoichi did; it had saved them the time. For the next few days, they continued clearing the old house. Although some strange object would come out and make a mess some time, it was still much fun doing house cleaning. Especially with the fact that the Jounins had made new friends here. Hermione and Ron were made the Gryffindor prefect, surprising the entire Weasley family. It was only some days from the start of the school, and the Jounins started to mentally prepare themselves for what was to come next.
A/N: Well, that's it for this chapter, hope you people like it. Just information for those people who wondered who are the people the boggart turn into and why Shiyuki feared them, the figures are her parents. As for why she feared them, I'll keep it a secret for now. See you next chapter!