Hogsmeade was a strange place to the shinobi. All these shops selling weird and magical items. Naruto saw many things that he liked, but he was soon dragged out of the joke shop. The place was full of strange things. Naruto led Fleur and the other shinobi to a magical pet shop. They saw many different types of animals. The blonde looked to the silver-haired girl.

" So, Fleur-chan, what animal do you want?" Naruto asked, grinning. Fleur looked around the shop, seeing which types of magical animals there were. Her eyes widened when she saw a white fox kit, curled up into a ball of fur, sleeping peacefully. She picked it up and Naruto grinned. He then looked to Gaara, Shikamaru, and Neji and smirked. " Well, guys, it says the kit costs twelve galleons and a sickle. Pay up." he said, causing the others to scowl, but reached into their bags and pulled out the money necessary for the kit. They paid for the kit, while Fleur got a medium sized cage for the fox to sleep in. When they went outside, Neji asked Fleur what she would name the kit. She thought about it for a while, until she smirked.

" I think I'll call it, Naru-chan!" she said, causing three out of four shinobi's to smirk. They continued to walk, until they saw Harry and his friends follow a shaggy black dog. Shikamaru was suspicious about this and nodded to Neji, who nodded and activated his Byakugan. He saw many wierd things with the dog, but the most surprising was that it had the same amount of tenketsu that a human had. He quickly spoke.

" Shikamaru, that dog is not normal. It has the same amount of tenketsu of a human." The two followed the trio while Naruto and Gaara led Fleur back to Hogwarts.

Shikamaru and Neji

The two shinobi followed the trio stealthily. They soon came up to a run-down hut on the outskirts of Hogsmeade. They went to the window and listened in, while Neji used his Byakugan to see through the wall.

" Sirius, these four people are pretty amazing. They each helped the champions to stop a dragon and killed them, they also got Snape fired after he was found out that he was a spy for You-Know-Who, and was planning to kill Dumbledore. But what if they're just spies trying to trick us?" they heard the voice of Hermione say. Shikamaru slowly sat, thinking of what they were going to do now.

" Hermione, they helped Harry in the first task, and helped get Snape fired. They may be spies, or they may be real guards for the four champions. We'll just have to wait for the time to prove themselves to come." they heard a gruff voice say. Neji looked to Shikamaru and nodded. Shikamaru began to make hand seals while Neji reached for the door.

Harry was talking with his Godfather and his friends, about the shinobi, when the door opened and a black line connected to all of their shadows. They saw two people enter and were surprised when they saw Shikamaru and Neji.

" Hey, you're the one that's supposed to protect Harry in the Tri-Wizard Tournament! What the hell do you think you are doing?!" the red-head asked. Neji ignored him, and looked to the shaggy man in the corner.

" Who the hell is this? We saw you enter this house with a dog." The Hyuuga said.

" Well, maybe the dog left, and what are you doing following us?" Ron sneered.

" I can tell you are lying with my eyes, and I am supposed to protect you from all threats." he shot back, his Byakugan blazing. Harry then gave up.

" This is my Godfather, Sirius Black. He lives here and I'm visiting him. Is that a problem?" he asked. Neji shook his head and turned to leave.

" Next time, if you want to visit a relative, then inform either me or Dumbledore-sama." The two then left, leaving the four wizards to sigh in relief.

Naruto, Gaara, and Fleur

The three were walking back to Hogwarts when Fleur was hugged by a flash of silvery hair. Naruto and Gaara looked down to see Fleur and a younger version of her, hugging. Fleur got up and introduced the chibi-Fleur to Naruto and Gaara.

" Naruto, Gaara zis is my little sister, Gabrielle. Gabrielle these are my friends Naruto and Gaara. Naruto helps me in the tournament." the older girl explained. Gabrielle smiled a shy smile at the two, but Naruto grinned. He squatted down, till he was about her eye level and grinned.

" Hiya Gabrielle, I'm Naruto. How are you?" he said, trying to get the little girl to open up more. Gabrielle paused for a moment and then answered.

" Hi. I'm good." she answered. She then looked to her older sister. " Fleur, I almost forgot. Mama and Papa wanted to see you and your protector." she said, causing Fleur's eyes to widen.

" Mama and Papa are here? Wait...What you mean want to meet my protector?!" Fleur asked, starting to panic a little. For what she didn't know. The next second, Naruto and Gaara saw two people coming. One was a man that was the typical tall, dark, and handsome, walking with a beautiful woman with silver, waist-length hair, sparkling blue eyes. Both wore elegant robes and walked to Fleur. The woman hugged Fleur, while the man gave the boys a look over.

" Oh, Fleur. I 'eard you and your partner had beaten a dragon in the shortest time. I'm so proud of you, but where is your partner? And who are these two boys?" her mother asked. Fleur was about to answer, when Mr. Delacour started to interrogate the boys.

" Who are you? Why are you here? What the hell were you doing holding my daughter's hand?" the last question was aimed towards Naruto, who had taken hold of Fleur's hand to help her up from when she was hugged to the ground by Gabrielle. Gaara just shrugged and walked away, ignoring the elder man. Naruto gulped when the man continued to stare him down. Fleur tried to diffuse the situation.

" Papa, you said you vanted to meet my partner for ze Tri-Wizard Tournament?" she asked. Her parents nodded at her answer and she smiled. She the walked over to Naruto and stood next to him. " Papa, Mama, I vould like to present you to Naruto, my partner who not only helped me win ze first task, but also saved my life." She said, causing Naruto to blush.

" Is that true?" Mr. Delacour asked. Naruto nodded, blushing slightly. " Then I would like to thank you for saving my daughter. She and Gabrielle, are my life." he said, shaking Naruto's hand and pulled him closer to him. " But that is all I want to thank you for." He said coldly. Naruto gulped but returned to Fleur's side. They then went up to the castle to eat lunch and Fleur's parents wanted to talk to Madam Maxime, while Naruto went to train with Gaara and Neji. Shikamaru had to help Cedric with finding away to breathe underwater.

Next Day

Harry was having a terrible day. He had just been informed that the champions had to attend a Yule ball. The worst part of it was that they had to dance the first dance their. He knew that Cedric and Krum wouldn't have a hard time getting dates. Cedric was Hogwarts' pretty boy, while Krum was famous. He didn't know of anyone that would want to go with him to the ball. He went into the Dining Hall just in time to hear:

" WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE BALL WITH ME?!"

The next thing he saw was Ron, running out of the Hall with his face a bright purple. He just shrugged, wondering what Ron had done, but figured it out and went to the Owlry instead.

Naruto

Naruto didn't know how he felt. For one, he was furious that there was someone who asked Fleur to the ball before he could ask her out, and two, he felt like cracking up because of how he asked her out. The red-head in front of him had yelled at the top of his lungs in the dining hall if she would go with him. She didn't get to answer because as soon as he had asked her, he had fled the hall, causing said hall to crack up. Naruto soon stopped laughing and looked to Fleur. He gulped. ' It's now or never...' he thought. He went over to Fleur and asked her to come with him to the lake. Fleur nodded and followed him, wondering if he was going to ask her out. He led them to the lake where she saw another Naruto walking towards them.

' Kage bunshin' she thought as the bunshin walked over to the original and handed him a wrapped package. She then heard it say: " Gamakichi got it from Bunta a few days early when he said what it was for." She was confused. What was a Gamakichi, and who was Bunta? And what was the wrapped object that Naruto had in his hand? Naruto then turned around to see Fleur look at him in confusion. He took a deep breath and walked to the silver haired girl.

" Naruto, vat are you doing?" she asked when Naruto was less than a foot away from her.

" Well," he started. " I didn't want to do this in front of a lot of people, but I didn't want to risk you saying yes to someone else, until I got to ask you myself. " He then showed the wrapped package and unwrapped it to reveal a necklace with a blue octagon jewel, like the green one that Tsunade had given Naruto, which caused Fleur too gasp . " Fleur, will you wear this necklace and go with me to the Yule Ball?" he asked nervously. Fleur gasped again at the question that she had been waiting for him to ask, but she was surprised at how he had planned about asking her out. She just had to tell him.

" Naruto, you do know that I vould 'ave gone with you even if you 'adn't shown me ze necklace in your 'and. I vould love to go with you." she then hugged a shocked Naruto. After she let go of him, he proved that he was the number one, most surprising ninja in Konoha.

" ALRIGHT!" he yelled as he jumped high onto the water and rocketed off into the sky, causing Fleur to look up in astonishment. When Naruto landed, he was still jumping around until he heard Fleur say something that had made him stop.

" Naruto, you need to learn 'ow to dance!" she yelled to him, causing him to stop and look like a deer caught in headlights.

" But Fleur-chan, I already know how to dance." he whined. Fleur giggled a little.

" Naruto, if you don't learn 'ow to dance, then I'm not going to go vith you." she said. Naruto sighed and nodded, gaining a smile from Fleur.

" Good. Now, let us go back into ze castle." Naruto nodded again, and they went into the castle, with Fleur wearing Naruto's necklace. Both were unaware of a smirking woman with blonde hair, and hazel eyes, and a dark haired woman sitting next to her.

" It seems that Naruto-kun has finally gotten over Sakura, eh, Tsunade-sama?" The dark haired women asked. Tsunade nodded, still smiling.

" Your right Shizune, and it also looks like he's growing up. I'm glad that Dumbledore-san had asked us to be the guests of honor for this Yule Ball. Maybe we could come back here for the last two rounds of this tournament, just to see how they are doing?" The blonde said. Shizune smirked.

" Tsunade-sama, you don't need to hide it from me, you're worried about Naruto." she said. Tsunade just smiled.

'' He may be growing up, but he is still like a little brother." she said. They then went into the castle to speak with Dumbledore.

A Few Days Later, Night of the Yule Ball

It seemed that almost everyone that could go to the ball had a date. Harry and Ron had gotten the Patil twins while trying to figure out who Hermione was going out with. Well, that was mostly Ron, Harry was looking at a beautiful girl by the name of Cho Chang, who was going with Cedric. Cho was also the girl who had rejected Harry's request. Harry then saw the other champions walk down to the entrance of the Hall when they were told. Harry was with Parvarti Patil, he was wearing green dress robes, while she wore an elegant red and white dress. He saw Fleur in a beautiful blue dress with her hair in curls, she was wearing a blue gemstone necklace, and next to her was Naruto. Naruto was in a dark blue kimono with his headband on his right bicep instead of usually being on his forehead. He turned to see Cedric in red dress robes with Cho in a sparkling red dress, she had some earrings and a ruby studded bracelet. Harry sighed and looked to Krum. His eyes widened when he saw that Krum's date was Hermione. She had her hair straightened and glossy, she was wearing a sky-blue dress that hugged her body, and she had a diamond necklace around her neck. Krum had on dark red dress robes and was looking awfully happy that Hermione was his date. Harry looked to Ron, to see if he noticed and saw that Ron's face was about to explode in anger. Then Professor McGonagall came in front of the champions.

" Oh, you all look handsome and beautiful, now even though you are to have fun, please control yourselves as we are trying to impress our guests of honor. They have come from far away to watch the Tri-Wizard Tournaments, and we want to be able to have more friends. Champions, please have you and your dates ready for the first dance, it starts in five minutes." she then walked away, right as Neji, Gaara, and Shikamaru came up to Naruto and Fleur. Gaara was wearing dark red kimono with out his gourd for once. Next to him was a sixth year girl from Gryffindor named Katie Bell, who was wearing a red and gold dress. Naruto raised an eyebrow at seeing Gaara with a girl, since Gaara hardly talked and everyone was afraid of what he could do. Naruto next saw Neji, who was wearing black and white kimono with a Yin-yang on the back, with his Hitai ate on his forehead, covering his cursed mark. The girl was a fifth year in Ravenclaw named Deandra Hudgenson, she was wearing a yellow dress with a slit up the thigh. Shikamaru's date was a seventh year Beauxbaton named Ina Monet. Shikamaru was wearing a blue and white kimono, while Ina wore a blue and white dress. Gaara spoke to Naruto.

" Naruto, do you sense them too?" he asked, confusing all of the witches and wizards. Naruto nodded.

" Yeah, both of them are strong. Whoever they are, we all would get killed if we fought against the weaker one. Even if we went and gave it our all." he said, receiving a nod from the remaining shinobi. The wizards and witches were shocked. They thought that the shinobi they knew were strong, but there were people stronger than them. The door was opening, when Shikamaru spoke.

" Alright, keep your guard up. Remember, we are to protect the champions, no matter what." he said. Naruto nodded.

" We will protect the champions even if we die." he said and held his hand out in a fist. The other three nodded and connected their fists as the doors opened fully. The Grand Hall looked so much different with all the tables taken away, tinsel, trees, ornaments, snow illusions, and two stages. One in the middle, the other to the side with a band. On the middle stage, stood Dumbledore, Madam Maxime, and Karkaroff. The champions were taken to the middle stage. Dumbledore stood up and opened his arms.

" Welcome to the Yule Ball of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Please enjoy the dance and have fun." the crowd cheered, but Dumbledore quieted them down. " Please, I would like the champions to please step up, and have the first dance." The crowd cheered again as the champions and their dates stepped up. The music started to play as Krum and Hermione started to dance. Naruto bowed to Fleur and they started to dance, as did Cedric and Cho. Harry was looking at Cho the whole time as he stepped on Parvarti's foot for the forth time. As the song finally ended for Harry, it seemed to only begin with the other three. They bowed to each other and walked down the stage as Dumbledore stepped back up.

" That was a splendid dance. Now I would like to introduce to you the Guests of Honor. Champions, will you and your partners please come back up the stage. One by one, the Champions and their partners were up in the stage. Dumbledore nodded and waved his wand. The next thing they knew, they were looking at two women. One was a buxom blonde with hazel eyes. The other was a brunet. Both wore white Kimono, but the blonde had the Kanji for Fire on her robes. At the sight of the women, most of the males blushed. The only ones that didn't were Naruto, Neji, Gaara, and Shikamaru. The boys' dates were glad that they didn't pick perverts, but all of the other men were not as lucky.

" Stop staring Harry!"

" Cedric, I'm over here!"

" Victor, it's not polite to stare!"

While others started to talk.

" Do you see the curves of that blonde?"

" Yeah I do mate, what do you think she is?"

" The brunet is hot too guys."

After getting over their shock, Neji, Gaara, and Shikamaru went over to the blonde.

" It is good to see you again, Hokage-sama, Shizune-sama." the three said at the same time. Naruto on the other hand, dragged Fleur over to Tsunade.

" Naruto, vat are you doing?" Fleur asked as Naruto came closer to the female Kage.

" Don't worry Fleur-chan, I know what I'm doing." he said as he was in front of Tsunade. He quickly gave her and Shizune a hug in front of everybody, causing most to think he was trying to feel them up, until:

" Tsunade-obaachan, Shizune-neechan, it's great to see you again. Did you guys miss me?" he asked after he hugged him. Shizune smiled.

" Well Naruto-kun, the village isn't the same without you guys." she said. Tsunade nodded.

" She's right brat, the village has actually been quiet." she joked. Naruto laughed to and then looked to Fleur.

" Baa-chan, Shizune-neechan, I want you to meet Fleur Delacour. She's the champion for the school of Beauxbatons." he said, introducing Fleur to Tsunade and Shizune.

" How has Naruto been treating you. Good I hope?" Tsunade asked. Fleur nodded.

" Oui, Naruto 'as been so good to me." She answered. Gaining a grin from Naruto. Dumbledore then cleared his throat to get their attention.

" As I was saying, I would like to present you, Tsunade-sama, of Konohagakure no Sato, and her apprentice, Shizune. Tsunade is the leader of the village that Naruto, Neji, Gaara, and Shikamaru are from." he said. The dance continued after that as Tsunade had to talk with Dumbledore and Shizune went with them. Ron and Hermione got into a fight during the ball because she was with Krum. Harry and Ron had overheard an argument with Hagrid and Madam Maxime. Naruto and Fleur danced some songs and went outside for fresh air, to see the other shinobi and their dates. Shikamaru nodded to Naruto when they saw him and Fleur come out.

" I see you came out.'' the lazy Nara said. Naruto nodded.

" Yeah, its way too crowded in there. I couldn't breathe." he said, looking up to the sky to see a full moon. His eye's widened and turned to Gaara to see hi clench his fists every now and then. " Gaara..." Naruto started, but he was stopped.

" I know, but I can beat It." the red-head stated. Katie looked at Garra fearfully as he tried to restrain his demon, though she did not know about it. Naruto nodded and looked over the balcony they were on. He saw the lake and saw a tentacle come out of it and throw what looked like a big fish into the air and when it came down, was devoured by the giant squid. He then turned around and smiled to Fleur. They walked away from the group and watched as snow started to fall down. They went in and went to get warm drinks. Fleur looked up, and blushed as she pointed up. Naruto raised an eyebrow and looked up to see mistletoe floating above him. Naruto blushed in realization and looked to Fleur. They looked at each other and Fleur pulled Naruto closer towards her. They were only an inch away, when students started to scream and run out of the hall. Naruto looked around and didn't see anything, so he and Fleur went out onto the balcony to see Gaara, Shikamaru, and Neji look up at the sky Naruto looked up as well as Fleur. They saw a green skull in the air with a snake wrapping itself around it. Fleur gasped.

" Ze Dark Mark..." she said.

Betcha didn't see that comin, now did ya? Sorry for the long wait, but i've had trouble in school...damn school loop... some of you guys wanted Naruto and Fleur to kiss and I almost gave it to you, sorry. Maybe next chapter. And i'm also working on my real book. So far I have like three chapters. Maybe I'll post it on fanfiction as a random subject. If you guys read it, please review and tell me how you think of it. Thank you for reading my fanfics, and i will try to update sooner.