The four champions and their partners were waiting apprehensively for the rules of the first task to start. Five minutes later, Dumbledore, Karkaroff, and Madam Maxime walked into the tent that the champions waited in. Dumbledore spoke clearly when all of their attention was on him.
" Well, the first task is to gather a golden egg from its guard. It will be among other eggs, but the other eggs will be real. As you may have noticed, the eggs will be guarded by dragons. What type you will go against, and when you will go, will be decided when you reach inside this bag." he motioned to a leather bag. " Miss Delacour, ladies first." Fleur reached into the bag and pulled out a perfect model of a welsh green dragon(note: I do not know what the dragons look like, so you have to imagine them. Sorry). On it was the number four. She quickly gave it to Naruto, who looked at it in astonishment. Dumbledore then spoke up once more.
" Mister Krum." Krum put his hand into the bag and pulled out a scarlet Chinese Fireball dragon. He looked at it and went back to sitting down on the bench he was sitting on.
" Two." he said.
" Mister Diggory." Dumbledore said. Cedric reached into the bag and pulled out a Swedish Short-Snout dragon, with a one on it. Last was Harry, showing a Hungarian Horntail with a three on it.
" So, it will be Mister Diggory going first, then Mister Victor, then Mister Potter, and last but no least, Miss Delacour." Dumbledore said. He then told the champions to come out when they heard the whistle blow. And they left.
The champions waited for the first whistle to start, but before it blew, Naruto spoke to the other shinobi in the week.
" Oi, Gaara, Shikamaru, Neji" he called to them, gaining everyone's attention. Naruto grinned. " Why don't we make this more interesting?" he asked.
" Vat do you mean?" Krum asked. Gaara answered him.
" He means a bet." he paused. " It's good to see that we're still your friends, Naruto. I accept your bet."
" But you don't know what the bet is." Krum protested.
" I'm in." Neji said. Harry looked uncertain, but nodded.
" Troublesome, but why not?" Shikamaru said. Naruto grinned even more.
" Ok, which ever team gets the egg AND kills the dragon first, will..." he looks to Fleur. " What would you like, if you won, Fleur?" Fleur blushed at the closeness, but thought about it.
" I vould vant a pet." she said. Naruto thought about and the nodded.
" Alright, the losing teams have to pitch in and buy the winning team a pet of their choice." he said. The champions were still thinking about it when the four shinobi walked to the middle and nodded to each other.
" Agreed." Shikamaru
" Agreed." Naruto
" Agreed." Neji
" Agreed." Gaara
At this time, the whistle blew, meaning Cedric and Shikamaru went out.
When the two got out, they saw the judges sitting in a row above them, and were surrounded by hundreds of people. In front of them, was the Swedish Short-snout. It was a silvery blue, with long pointed horns. It saw Shikamaru and Cedric and blew a ball of fire towards them. Shikamaru quickly threw kunai at it, but they bounced off harmlessly. He grabbed Cedric and jumped away from the dragon, and performed some hand seals.
" Go for the egg!" he yelled to Cedric. The boy couldn't believe what he was hearing.
" Did you just tell me to leave you to your death?!" he asked.
" Just go!" The dragon was just about to slash Shikamaru with its claw, when suddenly, it stopped moving.
" What?" The crowd, the judges, and Cedric all thought at the same time. Shikamaru smirked.
" Kage Mane no jutsu, success." he turned to see that Cedric was still staring at him. " Go dammit! I don't want to pay for someone's pet!" and with that, Cedric ran towards the egg. Shikamaru then looked back to the dragon, and did some more seals. From the shadow, a clawed hand started to go up the dragon's neck after a few more seconds. The dragon dropped down, dead. At that moment, Cedric had gotten the egg.
" And the egg is captured. In thirteen minutes and twenty seconds, Cedric and Shikamaru have gotten the eggs. Now for the next champion!" The whistle blew, and out came Krum and Gaara. Immediately, when Gaara and Krum went onto the field, Gaara was about to use his sand, when the dragon blew a blast of fire towards them. Gaara got in the way of the fire and stayed in front of Krum, causing the crowed, except for Shikamaru to gasp. When the smoke cleared, Gaara was standing, right behind a wall of glass. The sand user looked to Krum.
" Go for the egg. I will handle the dragon." Krum didn't budge, he was still too shocked to move. The Chinese Fireball quickly charged and slashed at Gaara with its claw. Gaara's sand blocked that attack, but the dragon was up-close and blew a ball of fire towards Gaara, causing him to be incased in a ball of glass. The crowd gasped and the aurors were about to step in and stop the match, when the glass suddenly exploded. When everything cleared, they saw Gaara with an angry look on his face. He spoke to Krum in cold voice.
" Go for the egg. Now." He then held up his right hand and said two words. " Sabaku Kyu." Sand immediately covered the left fore leg and left hind leg. Gaara wanted to kill it, so he had to get the whole dragon covered in sand. It took a while, but after a few minutes, Krum had gotten the egg and Gaara finished his job. " Sabaku Sou Sou." he clenched his fist and the sand that covered over half of the dragon, crushed it, making it rain blood.
The crowd was shocked to see what had happened. The teachers and Karkaroff and Madam Maxime all thought one thing.
" Who the hell did Dumbledore get to be partners with these people?"
The announcer then resumed the first task.
" Erm, well. It seems that Victor Krum and Gaara have finished their task. They did this in a ten minute forty-four seconds!" The third whistle blew. At this, Harry and Neji walked out. They saw the black dragon waiting for them. Neji sighed.
" Byakugan!" he called out, having his veins around his eyes to bulge. What he saw shocked him. The dragon's had more tenketsu then humans had. He turned to Harry as he pulled out a kunai. " Go and use your charm, I'll take care of the dragon." Harry looked at him like he was crazy.
" Are you nuts?! You'll get killed by that thing!" he yelled to him.
" Just summon your broom!" the Hyuuga yelled back. Harry sighed in frustration.
" Accio Firebolt!" He called out and waited for the broom to come for him. As he was waiting for his broom, Neji had run toward the dragon, with a kunai in his hand, right as he was about attack the dragon, it noticed Harry on his broom flying toward it's eggs. It ignored Neji and flew right toward Harry, causing Neji to curse and run toward the dragon.
" NOW POTTER!" he roared. Harry dove and sped towards him, causing the dragon to follow him. Once Harry was about five feet in front of Neji, he flew up as Neji used his prized moves. He started to spin and gaining speed. " Kaiten!" causing the dragon to fall backwards. " You're within range of my Hakke!" He started to use his stance. " Hakkeshou Rokujuu Yonshuu!" He then started to rapidly hit the tenketsu of the dragon." Two strikes. Four strikes. Eight strikes. Sixteen strikes. Thirty-two strikes. Sixty-four strikes!" The last sixty-four hits had so much force in them that the dragon had actually flown backwards a few yards. Neji waited for the dragon to stand back up, and sure enough, it flew towards him again, angered by what he had done to it. The Horntail roared at the Hyuuga and charged. Neji started to spin again. The dragon shot a ball of fire just as the Kaiten started. " Kaiten!" The fire and chakra clashed, and Neji actually pushed the fire back and the crowd watched as the dragon roars in pain. Neji the leaps onto the head of the dragon. He set his left palm on the head and the right palm gathering chakra.
Harry sped towards the egg when he saw something shimmer. He sped up even more and was about to grab the golden egg and grabbed it. At that point, Neji yelled and slammed his palm into the dragon's head.
" Jyuuken!" He jumped off of the dragon's head and watched as it fell down lifelessly. The crowd was awed b what had just happened. The announcer was too stunned to speak, so he was replaced by Professor McGonagall.
" Well, Mr. Potter and Mr. Hyuuga have finished their task in the least amount of time so far. In nine minutes, twelve seconds. Now, for the last champion to come out and face their task.
At this, Fleur and Naruto walked out. They saw the dragon looking at them and Naruto saw the egg behind it. He looked to Fleur.
" Fleur, I'm going to do something to distract the dragon, then we'll go and get the egg. Ok?" he asked. Fleur nodded, still slightly fearful of the dragon, and not entirely sure that Naruto could pull his plan off. The dragon just stared at them. Naruto looked to Fleur again." When I say run, run towards the egg." He then crossed his fingers into his favorite seal. " Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" creating fifty clones, causing the crowd and Fleur to gasp. The clones all reached into their cloaks to reveal the fuuma shuriken. They all unclasped the shuriken and threw them towards the dragon, which used its claws to block them. Naruto then yelled " RUN!" and he and Fleur ran towards the egg as fast as Fleur could run. They were half way to the egg when the dragon had finished off the last of the clones and flew towards Fleur. Naruto saw it coming and did the only thing that came to his mind. He pushed Fleur out of the dragon's path, just as the dragon opened its mouth, and swallowed Naruto whole.
" Naruto!" Fleur yelled, pulling out her wand toward the dragon. " Leviathan!" she yelled and sent a snake of water towards the dragon. The dragon looked like it was about to dodge, when something made it stop. All of a sudden, a silver flash came out of the dragon's neck, then, something that no one had thought could happen the dragon's head had fallen off. With an angry Naruto holding his katana out. What shocked everybody, was that the blade of the katana was made of pure silver. With pieces of hardened demon's blood, to cause more pain. The hilt of the katana was wrapped in black leather. He snarled.
" There is no way in hell am I gonna be a giant lizards lunch twice!" he sad as he went over to Fleur and helped her up when she fell in shock. " C'mon Fleur, let's go get the egg." She nodded and they ran toward the egg, when Fleur fell down. Naruto went to check her legs when he saw a deep cut on her left leg. ' Kuso, must've been when I was eaten.' he thought as he ripped off a sleeve and tied it around the wound. " This will have to do for now, I'll carry you to the egg." He then carried her bridal style and ran as fast as he could toward the nest. To the crowd, all they could see was a blur of blue. Naruto skidded to a halt and helped Fleur grab the egg. Causing the crowd to applaud loudly after about five minutes of shock. Professor McGonagall spoke up again. It looks like that Champion Fleur Delacour, and her partner Naruto Uzumaki, have finished their task at hand. In..." she checks the timer, " Nine minutes and ten seconds!" Naruto jumped at the time they had received. He hugged Fleur, causing the girl to flush.
" Alright we won the bet!" he yelled, causing the other shinobi to sigh. Fleur giggled and blushed when she heard Naruto ask her a question, two inches from her face. " So, Fleur-chan, what kind of pet do you want?" she was about to reply, when the announcer had told the champions to stand in front of the judges for their scores. Dumbledore stood up.
" Cedric Diggory." Cedric and Shikamaru stepped up. Dumbledore waived his wand and a silver eight appeared. Then Karkaroff gave a five. Madam Maxime gave a seven, the minister of magic gave a seven, and the announcer gave him an eight. The crowd cheered. Next was Krum. Dumbledore gave him a seven. Karkaroff gave him a ten, Madam Maxime gave him seven, the minister gave him a nine, and the announcer gave him an eight. The crowd cheered even more. Next was Harry. Dumbledore gave him a nine, Karkaroff gave him a five, Madam Maxime gave him an eight, while the minister gave him a nine, and the announcer gave him a ten. The crowd cheered wildly, he was tied with Krum. Last was Fleur. Madam Maxime gave her a nine, as did Dumbledore. The minister gave her an eight, the announcer gave her a seven, and Karkaroff gave her a five. The crowd cheered and the champions' faces were on the scoreboard and the scores were displayed.
Cedric Diggory- 35
Victor Krum- 41
Harry Potter- 41
Fleur Delacour-38
The crowd cheered as Harry went to talk with Hermione and regain the friendship of his red-headed friend, Ron Weasley. Fleur and Naruto then had to go to the medical tent, to get them healed, much to Naruto's chagrin. Once they waited inside of the tent, Fleur looked to Naruto.
" Naruto," she started. " I vant to thank you for saving me from ze dragon." she said embarrassed. Naruto just grinned.
" No problem Fleur-chan. There's no way I'd let you get hurt. And besides, you didn't tell me what kind of pet you wanted. We won the bet." Fleur smiled and blushed at the suffix.
" Vell, can I get ze pet ven ve go to 'Ogsmeade next month?" she asked. Naruto nodded his head, even though he had no idea what an Ogsmeade was. " Thank you Naruto! She said and hugged him, causing him to blush. Right at that moment, Madam Promphey came in. She was absolutely outraged at the thought of children facing off dragons. She quickly healed Fleur's wounds and was surprised when Naruto didn't have any on him, just like Gaara she said. Naruto grinned and left, with Fleur, who started to apologize for Naruto having to rip his outfit jut to help her. He shrugged it off and said it was the right thing to do. She quickly waved her wand and Naruto's sleeve was fixed. They then went to the dining hall and were about to eat, when Gaara came up to Naruto.
'' What's up Gaara?" the blond asked. Gaara just looked at Naruto and used his sand to wrap around Naruto. Naruto exploded into smoke and Gaara found that he was surrounded by the blonde. " Ok, ok, I get it now. We will train tomorrow. Ok?" Gaara nodded and went to tell Neji and Shikamaru. Fleur looked to Naruto worriedly. She didn't want to say it, but had grown attached to Naruto in the week they had known each other, and since he saved her lie, it only made her like him even more.
" Naruto, do you think it's a good idea to fight against Gaara?" she asked. Naruto just grinned.
" Don't worry, I've beaten him once, I can do it again." he said. Fleur smiled and grabbed his hand and took him up to their room. Naruto was confused about why they were here, but just wet with her. They sat on Fleur's bed when she started to talk.
" Naruto, we've known each other for a vveek so far, and you are a great friend, but we still don't know much about each other. 'Ow about we share stories about our past tonight?" she asked. Naruto was a little nervous about this, but nodded anyway. Naruto started it off.
" Well, I was born in the village of Konoha in Fire country in a place called the Bermuda Triangle. At least that's what the old guy said it was. I've been living alone since I could remember, and was hated by the village until I became a Genin when I was twelve. Genin is the lowest shinobi in the village, then it goes to Chuunin, like Shikamaru, then Jounin, their like the aurors. They teach teams of Genin until the Chuunin Exams. After Jounin, its ANBU, they're like the elite elites. They are the ones that risk their lives the most. After ANBU there's the ANBU Captain and then finally Hokage. The Hokage is the most powerful Shinobi in the village." He then told Fleur about his missions and about the mission with Princess Yukie from Snow Country and Fleur's eyes widened.
" I knew you looked familiar!" she yelled. Naruto got confused.
" What?" he asked but Fleur went to her trunk and took out a tape that had a picture of Princess Yukie on the cover, along with Naruto in his old jump suit covered by the seven colored chakra. " What the hell is this?" he asked.
" This is my favorite movie, 'Rebirth of Hope'. You were in it! You actually knew Yukie!" Fleur said excitedly. Naruto nodded and continued his story. After Naruto was done, Fleur told him about her. She was born in France, she had a little sister named Gabrielle, and she was a sixth year in Beuxbatons. Told him how much she had wanted to be a champion for the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Then Naruto had said he needed to sleep to train the next day.
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